FBI physical fitness test

Magnus Midtbø did the FBI physical fitness test (PFT) last week.

That meant that we had to do it, too.

So, today the four of us went out to our local rubber athletics track (Millennium) and had a go.

There are two versions of the test -- the standard PFT has four parts (push ups, sit ups, 300m, 1.5 mile), while the tactical recruitment programme (TRP) PFT also adds pull ups.

The points allocation table is here:

The idea is that you need to get at least 1 point from each of the parts --if you miss the minimum on any part, then you fail the test.  Also, for the standard test you need to get at least 12 points, while for the TRP test you need to get at least 20 points.

To make it harder, you only have at most 5 minutes rest between doing each part.  Not much recovery time!!

We followed Magnus' version of the test, which was slightly different from this official version, which we found afterwards.  The official version orders the push ups between the two runs, giving more recovery time and making the test easier.

For Magnus' version, push ups and sit ups were as many as you could do in a minute, while pull ups had unlimited time.

So, how did we do?

Miya

• Push ups: 21 (2 points)
• Sit ups: 47 (5 points)
• 300m run: 63.2sec (1 point)
• 1.5 mile run: 13:29min (2 points)
• Pull ups: 6 (6 points)

PFT total points: 10

TRP total points: 16

Mulan

• Push ups: 31 (5 points)
• Sit ups: 46 (4 points)
• 300m run: 50.7sec (9 points)
• 1.5 mile run: 13:26min (2 points)
• Pull ups: 3 (3 points)

PFT total points: 20

TRP total points: 23

Me

• Push ups: 30 (1 point)
• Sit ups: 62 (10 points)
• 300m run: 47.3sec (4 points)
• 1.5 mile run: 12:06min (2 points)
• Pull ups: 0 (0 points)

(I didn't do the pull ups, because of my golfer's elbow soreness.  When I'm uninjured I can do about 13 (6 points).)

PFT total points:17

TRP total points: 17 (or 23?)

Mama

• Push ups: 0 (-2 points)
• Sit ups: 23 (-2 points)
• 300m run: 72sec (-2 points)
• 1.5 mile run: 17:29min (-2 points)
• Pull ups: 0 (-2 points)

PFT total points:-8

TRP total points: -10

Not bad us!!  Mulan and I passed, and Miya was very close to passing.

But before we praise ourselves too much, we have to admit we cheated slightly.  We gave ourselves a bit more time after each of the runs (maybe 10 minutes instead of 5 minutes).  We definitely need to work on our recovery fitness.

(Sadly, we also need to be US citizens and aged between 23 and 36, to be eligible to join the FBI.  Oh well, at least we'd stand a chance to outrun them if we had to!)