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To be eligible to begin recruit training you must complete the Army's 'pre-entry fitness assessment'. There are three parts to this assessment and you must complete each one to pass.

The Beep Test

The first test is the 'Multistage fitness test or 'beep test'.  You run to and fro along a 20 metre track, keeping up with a series of beeps on a cassette.  The timing of the beeps gradually increases until you can no longer keep up and this defines the level achieved. The minimum requirement for both males and females is 7.5 or 56 shuttles for a total of 1,120 metres in 6 minutes 30 seconds.

 

 

Technique for the Army Sit up (above)

The Situp Test:

The second part of the test
consist of sit-ups, the
standard being 45 for both
females and males.  The
technique is as follows:
1. To start legs are bent at 90
degrees and your feet are
either flat or with heels on the
ground.  Feet can be either
held or anchored.
2. Keep you arms straight with
the palms of your hands on
top of your legs.  Your chin
should be as close to your
chest bone as comfortable.
3. To sit up, keep your hands
in contact with your legs until
your wrists come to the top of
your knee caps.  Once this has
occurred, lower to the start
position.  This should take 3
seconds and is counted as
one sit-up.

The Push Up Test


The final test is Push-ups with
the female requirement being 8
and the male 15.  The correct
push-up technique is as
follows:
1. To start your toes should
be on the ground, feet
together or shoulder width
apart and palms flat.  Your
back should be straight and
you can either look forward or
down.  Your arms should be in
the lock position.
2.To reach the down position,
keep your body straight then
bend your arms to a 90 degree
angle from shoulder to elbow.
After this has been achieved,
push your body back to the
full lock arm position.  This is
one push-up.
3.You can rest in either the full
arm lock position or in the 90
degree position.

Technique for the Army push up (above)

Further Information:



Further details of the test and
a 'get fit for the army in just
four weeks' training regime are
included in the pamphlet 'Are
you fit to join the Army?'
(From which this information
is taken) Available from your
local depot.

Beep Test Cadence (15.6 Mb mp3 File)

Sit up Cadence (3.6 Mb mp3 file)