As a sprinter the HAMR definitely restored my confidence in being about to score excellent on my PT test cause the 1.5mi run was always my worse event

@lucax2300

10 ай бұрын

I thought the run was always your easiest challenge for the PT test. 1.5 isn't that much shorter than 2, but when I was getting ready for the Army, running was what I did the most of. The situps were my struggle.

@AP-bc6uj

10 ай бұрын

​@lucarain2300 I leave for bootcamp in 1 week, but 1.5 miles is my best. I can get at 10:50 roughly, but im shooting for 10:20

@hoos3014

9 ай бұрын

Personally, I would have taken the HAMR over the straight 1.5 mile run every time.

@cuznj25.8

9 ай бұрын

TBH, that 1.5 was nothing. People was just lazy and never did PT… I used to be a UFPM before I separated and I heard all the excuses.

@baloossthoughts1024

6 ай бұрын

​@@AP-bc6ujwish you the best 🙏🏿

fun fact...for the cross crunch u can legit lay down and rest. the resting position IS laying down. there's no "termination" for stopping lol

@DF.04

Жыл бұрын

I literally said the same thing in my head

@X0luminary

Жыл бұрын

he probably just wanted austen to try his absolute best and push himself as much as possible

@Briceronie

Жыл бұрын

That made me laugh. I love the reverse leg crunches on the test now. It's insanely easy if you're tall enough. I do about 30 then rest on the ground talking to the guys counting for me before continuing. 😂

@OhDoze

Жыл бұрын

@@Briceronie exactly what i do as a 6'2 guy lol just trolling the AF pt test

@BustaShenanigans

Жыл бұрын

@@Briceronie cap. you may be able to rest but it's still a 2 minute max test.

Did the USAF take the pacer fitness test and rename it the HAMR? 😂

@smokythebear9711

Жыл бұрын

We always called it the beep test. But ya, exact same as grade 5 gym class

@tomhanks7421

Жыл бұрын

The Fitness Gram Pacer Test

@notsogrimadventures3053

Жыл бұрын

Yes it’s the same thing

@PK-VLOGG

Жыл бұрын

Yeah honestly it’s brutal

@horsez4eva18

Жыл бұрын

Literally had this in the background making dinner, heard the first beep and immediately whipped my head over "is that the beep test?!"

Army here: definitely giggled at how hard sergeant Case was playing. Dead serious, people are usual far more jovial and relaxed. Test takers and administrators both

@alecrauf8995

8 ай бұрын

Army here too, it's cause he didn't get his milk and cookies 😢

@HeywoodJablome

7 ай бұрын

its usually to overcompensate for not being an actual BA.

@ericte2400

7 ай бұрын

That what I said above, cocky wannabe combat arms chair force kid. Air force people always trying to be Army.

@flyonawall6521

3 ай бұрын

@@ericte2400 lol I know a ton of military people none of the air force people ever said they wanna be army....i mean if they wanted to it would have been a easy signing on the dotted line. 🤣

The pacer test just took me back. I remember it being hard for those of us who were student athletes. The non athletic students always died out or gave up by 30. Only one time did I ever make it to the end and I was in peak form from wrestling conditioning.

@elagumdzic

Жыл бұрын

Yup who can forget the Pacer test. I didn't do too bad on it in gym class. I remember in my class having 2 students complete the whole thing and then go further like machines.

@TheDirtyBum900

Жыл бұрын

Wrestling conditioning absolutley turns athletes into young monsters man

@dillonwooten5871

Жыл бұрын

My buddy and I ran cross country/Track and Field in high school and did it together. We got over level 100 and then class ended so we had to stop.

@6thgraderfriends

Жыл бұрын

"Gave out around 30" LOL, I don't think I ever made it past 11. I'd always at least try to make it to 7 when it started speeding up.

@LivelyFig

Жыл бұрын

man i remember chilling at around lap 75 on the pacer test, but I decided to stop because I was in jeans and a cotton shirt (smh)

I just passed the UK's Air Force training. It's very similar, we have to get to 9.10 on the bleep test. Do the push ups and then sit ups. If you don't pass all 3, then you're sent home from basic. This fitness test is seen as the "bare minimum" and is "easy" compared to the other branches.

@Penfold101

Жыл бұрын

I just turned 40 and did my first fitness test at that age - had to run to level 8.3. So much nicer than 9.10😂

Growing up a sprinter who hates distance, I love that we get to do this as an option now. I hate any sort of distance. A lot of people will say this is easy, but it depends on the individual. Some people run easily, but suck at core, some suck and push-ups.. everyone has their thing.

@kingnate4382

10 ай бұрын

I love distance

Retired from the air force almost a year ago. I sure do miss it. I left right when they pushed out the new fitness test and actually got a chance to be one of the first people to try it.

@autumnonpurpose

9 ай бұрын

I can’t wait to join… what did you do? I’m 30 and going later in life and happy I’m trying now and living with no regrets

@kariboothaGod

9 ай бұрын

@@autumnonpurpose I was a linguist and learned Spanish to translate documents and recordings from enemy countries

Outstanding and thanks for sharing your candid thoughts about prioritizing fitness. I'm an older Army veteran, but I can relate to the challenges of life getting in the way of fitness. Thanks for the content Austen. Stay strong.

I genuinely love the opportunities to do these new alternative movements, I'm glad you made this! As a PTL, it's hard for me to stress to airmen that all of these movements should be respected as an alternative to an already difficult original movement. Glad this will be available to share to the airmen in my squadron if they are curious about the new movements!

Watching this really helped me because I'm joining the air force soon and I'm getting ready and preparing and this video really showed me what I need to work on.

@tanicwhisper0647

Жыл бұрын

Good luck to you. Hopefully we join around the same time.

@LaAbiceleste7dm227

Жыл бұрын

Literally same here haha. Been a gym rat for over a year now but training now more towards what I’m gonna be doing in basic is a challenge I’ve been training intensely for. Good luck to y’all as well

@Sam-jb2gk

11 ай бұрын

You can’t use these in BMT or Tech School, you have to just do classic push ups, sit ups, 1.5 mile run

@autumnonpurpose

9 ай бұрын

Same

You’re a hell of a guy, Austen. I know what you mean when you talk about placing the business before your physical fitness. That’s what I did when I retired from the army. Keep grinding and stay focused 💪

I love watching these episodes. It takes heart to try these different tests.

@AustenAlexander

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom!

I did the HAMR in September without practice. Even though I passed my PT. I think I’ll just stick to the 1.5 mile run next time. Lol

@keysalty3756

Жыл бұрын

How much time did you have for that ?

@jamesmonorow574

Жыл бұрын

How many did you manage to do and what’s the maximum?

@alexp587

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesmonorow574 I do the Hand release pushups, regular sit ups, and then the HAMR (24 and under) you need 40 hand releases, 58 sit-ups, and 54 HAMR laps to get a 90%. (if you want to do the 1.5 mile instead its 13:00-13:14 to get the same score. anything faster, higher score, anything slower, not a 90)

These videos are great for getting me motivated👍

@AustenAlexander

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! LETSS GOOOO

This is really interesting. The running, increasing in increments I have never heard of before, and watching it being done is really helpful.

That new test is a good one. Well done AF.

I always get so motivated after watching ur videos. Keep up the good work!

@AustenAlexander

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! So glad they motivate you 🙏

Love the videos. Aaron case is the man!!!

I joined the USAF 40 years ago this year. There was no entry fitness test. They took us as we were as long as our ASVAB test scores were good. I was not accustomed to physical training. But, BMT helped. I never knew I would ever be able to run 1.5 miles in formation and in step, much less do all the push ups and set ups. When I entered Security Police Tech School, the physical demands were more, but I had no problems.

@KevinInPhoenix

5 ай бұрын

The military then was set up for draft inductees. These days they expect new service members to be in a much higher than average state of physical fitness. If there is ever a draft again then the initial fitness standards will need to drop to those of 70s and 80s.

@takedown6470

3 ай бұрын

Air Force Fitness was always a Joke. Good to see that they step up their game. I would have Max it out.

Airforce really doing the fitnessgram pacer test

Way to go Case!!

Definitely love the bloopers 😆 🤣

You actually can start with your rear foot on the start line and stop when your front foot hits the 20m mark..a couple of your "misses" were probably actually good according to the book

I love this dude. he is the most mid exercise channel athlete around but he has fun!

Great job!!

We called it the beep test in high-school. Best I got to was level 8.

Did this test today for my PT test and got a 94. It's honestly much easier than the previous test.

@trevorwood482

7 ай бұрын

Is down and back one?

@spiderfiend

5 ай бұрын

@@trevorwood482 No one replied to you but down counts as 1 and back counts as another 1.

You should try the new USAF SF combat fitness test. It’s in the “trials” right now, but I’m sure you could find it

Good effort. Better than what I would have done

That was awesome!

Rocking them wizard sleeves.

Enjoyed the bloopers!

@AustenAlexander

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

The HAMR is definitely tough but a lot of that test comes down to practice and technique. You cost yourself a lot of time on a few of those shuttles. You need to be quick to start at the beep and then execute your stop and turn with just one foot on the line. Going past the line is just extra distance and being quick to turn is necessary to be in a position to take off at the next beep.

Let’s go austen!!

@AustenAlexander

Жыл бұрын

THANKYOUU

Go baby! 😊

you should go through the special warfare Assessment and Selection next

My heart goes out to all of you service military personnel

AARON 🔥🔥

@AustenAlexander

Жыл бұрын

A-ARRONN

Nice video great encourage by that airmen. I am not sure I like the ball cap. I like the PC look with the ACU.

It is an interesting test. That shuttle run would be incredibly hard to grade for a large formation. The cross crunch leaves a bit of room open for subjective grading. Hand release pushups are no joke. They start off easy but around 30 it starts to get real.

@antonionacarino1742

Жыл бұрын

I agree the with group aspect for the shuttle run. When I do it if you away from the grader you can get away with missing a lot. But it catches up to you

@monteporche5552

Жыл бұрын

Shuttle run isn’t hard to monitor. Since it’s normally going to be run on a basketball court (or similar), you aren’t going to have more than 8-10 people running at a time. 4 people can monitor that.

@AdventuresInSkateboarding

Жыл бұрын

@@monteporche5552 I am used to 100-200 Paratroopers at a time taking a Army Combat Fitness test. So I was seeing through that lens

@monteporche5552

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresInSkateboarding yeah, in that case it wouldn’t be possible. Between the space needed to ensure everyone has a clear running lane and everyone needing to hear the audio, large groups wouldn’t be possible.

@chrisofelt6427

Жыл бұрын

My base has us wear numbered jerseys and as people fall out they just circle the level and number for each jersey

Australian here.. The pacer test was brought back to high school and I had class next to the oval, and once a semester that sound would play for the 3hr (3 different classes)...

Glad to see the NCO holding the standard. On many if these there is very poor form being counted as reps. Great job airforce and Austin.

@SubscribedEr

5 ай бұрын

I was an E5 in the AF giving these test. I was always to standard to avoid Airmen accusing me of favoritism.

This stuff is great

This is in my reccomend feed the day after my pt test 😂

That was a hilarious hug! 🤣😂

@AustenAlexander

Жыл бұрын

Aaron deserved it

Always ready! ⚓️ “On your 6packs.” “Maybe someday.”

I ALWAYS have trouble pacing myself correctly on the HAMR test. Plus, my muscles lack the explosive - fast twitching muscle fibers for the sprints. I will gladly take a 1.5 mile run instead 😅

Good job 👍

@AustenAlexander

Жыл бұрын

Thank Timothy!

i suggest the regular standard testing over the new one

You can definitely loop on the HAMR as well. The only rule is you can’t leave before the beep so as long as you’re timing it right, you’re all good!

Sir Austin you should try the PFT in Philippine Scout Ranger (Musang)

Id love to see you do a workout with an old school drill sergent

Holy Smurf! That's extreme, yep. I definitely can see it inbyur shorts and shirt. Don't get relaxed in yur training , glad yu are realizing that. Yu are awesome, so keep up the routine

@AustenAlexander

Жыл бұрын

Working on it! Thanks Mikey!

I thought homie had a ranger tab and was impressed then I saw it said recruiter.

My friend’s a lieutenant in the Air Force so now I get to see what she went through

The fitness gram pacer test is a multi stage capacity test that gets more difficult as the test continues…

You are a brave should to do the HAMR instead of the run...did the beep run once or twice before I shipped to Army basic, and YIKES I'll run at my own pace thanks 😆

My fitness test while I was in the AF was a 1.5 mile run, and IIRC, walking it was mandatory for over 35 or so. 1975-2000

@SubscribedEr

5 ай бұрын

I practiced the walk… it was sincerely brutal for me I much prefer the run

I did the HAMR for my last PT test, and as a distance runner, I still prefer the 1.5 mile run. I like the hand-release push-ups, though. I started doing those instead of regular push-ups.

Look at the evaluator acting hard. So cute 😊

I'm gonna try this PT and I'm gonna try to beat your 96 Austen. 🤞🏻☺️

Just took my pt test again and this was the easiest one yet lol

Even tho you did great it’s a shame that the proctor didn’t count reps correctly. On the push-ups and sit-ups. Also in the dafman it doesn’t say your not allowed to do the loop on the hamr

I love how they call it the Hamr test. I've always know it as the beep test for obvious reasons

I'm going into the airforce next January. This is a great indicator on what to work on

@tyhendricks3371

Жыл бұрын

You ain’t gotta work on nothing bro, airforce PT is a joke 😂

@redinterceptor8355

Жыл бұрын

No way same here whats your ship date?

@milessmith8868

Жыл бұрын

Hoping to get in sometime next year, I’ll be training beforehand as well. Good luck

@shylajohnson7668

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@bornofstardust5910

Жыл бұрын

All you need to do is practice sitting down into and standing up out of a comfy office chair.

You should do the army’s ACFT

This is great! I would love to see you do an Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT). That will destroy you if you haven't done it already. Just try it.

@chimualor5888

Жыл бұрын

Very glad I got out before the ACFT was implemented, it was definitely a challenge when we were practicing for it!

@zachcook16

Жыл бұрын

acft is brutal. the sprint-drag-carry is killer just to go run a 2 mile right after

@chimualor5888

Жыл бұрын

@@zachcook16 exactly! It’s my thighs that kills me during the run lol

Good to see the Air Force increasing their fitness standards

I just might do the HAMR just to try it. Where is this, Travis AFB? Nice backdrop

00:05 even he knows he's not intimidating 😂

@LucidG51

Жыл бұрын

Airforce tryna be like the marines fr😂

I think this new Air Force physical testing only applies to those who are already in and are just retesting each year or so. I was really hopeful that this would be the standard, but such is not the case. This is not something trainees are allowed to do at BMT for the or PT testing, according to my recruiter, MEPS, and people who recently graduated BMT.

Bro iam from Pakistan. Yesterday i found your channel and i am addicted to your videos. You are doing a great job

When you said "always ready" like navy boot camp that was hilarious

Bruh i remember this from middle school this is what we have to do four our final test in Fitness class

Man you gotta do the space forces pt test

In Australia we do the final cardio test in school. It’s called the “Beep test” but we regularly train it couple times a year starting in like 6th grade lol. I hate it

You did better than most airmen who are still on active duty!

@ChazUBCS

7 ай бұрын

Which is sad

People can say all day this is easy, but I do the traditional 1 min sit-ups, and this hit different after burning out your hips flexors lol.

The heartfelt sharing of excuses was dismal.

The Airforce picking random exercises as their fitness test. Figures.

I wish this was my PT test when I was in the Army back in the day

We do this seiries of test too at air cadets on fitness nights

I'm not sure if the recruiter was motivating him or hitting on him. "He could see the strength in his shorts" lol

Good job

@AustenAlexander

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

We used to have to do the HAMR in gym class, it was called the “beep test” it is no joke 😳

@gunslinger0074

Жыл бұрын

The pacer was the worst thing ever

@Lo_Lo1535

Жыл бұрын

It was known as the pacer test for me

@Fullsendfilosophy

Жыл бұрын

@@gunslinger0074 If you’re fit it’s not bad. I used to hit 100+ easily

I prefer the regular push up’s the momentum loss on those I feel like make it harder

When did this come out? I retire in 13 days so I've been out of the loop 😆

Airman saying "mhmm" like he's been his own boss before. lmfao

@671TechReviews

Жыл бұрын

As a recruiter he likely kinda is. They usually have a ton of freedom. Once leadership sees them hit their quotas they tend to leave them alone.

Try G.E.O. test (Grupo especial de operaciones)

Scores: 42 hand release push ups (20/20) 57 cross-leg crunches (20/20) 69 HAMR (56/60) Insane: 96/100

TSgt is trying to act like a Tommy tough nuts lmao

Use to be easy in the 80s. LOL. Since Terrorism, the fitness tests have become harder. Even some of the desk personnel now have second jobs as security police augmentees!

@valseyer4486

Жыл бұрын

Security Forces baby it's where it's @ especially during shift level exercises when you get to tackle ur flight chief and he can't tell you nothing hehehehehehehehehehe, all for the love of the game.

@SubscribedEr

5 ай бұрын

I was an admin you deployed as a security forces augmentee working on convoys

This has become my favorite channel to watch but you know what would be really fun to see if there was any chance to get Kevin hart to get in your battle bunker obstacle course 🤣🤣🤣🤷🤷

we havent done this test yet were still on push ups in a minute sit ups and a minute and 1.5 mile

You need to do the ACFT

Try the Gurkhas, World's hardest selection process

Got a 93 on my recent test doing these components 😊

HAMR was the only part of that test that had any difficulty the rest are easy as hell

For my last 2 pt tests, i have done the hand release push ups. I have maxed out both times with a minute left. I much prefer them over the standard pushups. Also did the HAMR for my last test as i just moved to Colorado from Illinois. Was paranoid about the run. In total the test took me like.... 15 minutes.

@astro_karbowski

Жыл бұрын

Hand release pushups rock and help me save energy for the other events of the test. Max out on the HR and do fairly well on everything else. Love the new events.

@chusett

7 ай бұрын

Im better with standard pushups than the hand release pushups