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Edited by Hudson Louie
Thank you to my friend Edgar and for helping with this video.

Are you as fit as a WWII soldier? Take the test for yourself at home and let me know how you do! Here is a link to the manual that includes all of the testing and scoring instructions. (Note, you may have to download the file to view it properly, and the test portion is the last chapter of the manual).
https://digirepo.nlm.nih.gov/ext/dw/1...

This WWII fitness test was a bit more difficult than I had expected. I performed fairly well on the pull up and push up tests because those are exercises that I'm very familiar with. The squat jump and sit up tests were much more difficult because those movements felt very awkward to me and I was focusing on trying to maintain the correct form. The running exercises would have gone much differently if I could have worn modern sneakers instead of my ill fitting boots, but soldiers back then had to make due with the boots they were issued as well, so I'd say that part was historically accurate at least.


Sources/ Further Reading:
Knapik, Joseph J.; East, Whitfield B. "History of United States Army physical fitness and physical readiness testing." The Free Library 01 April 2014. 11 September 2023 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/History of United States Army physical fitness and physical readiness...-a0368958327.

Physical Training: FM 21-20. Department of the Army, 1941, https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digit..., Accessed 11 Sept. 2023.


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