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Friday, July 16, 2004

Swim Times

The Navy requires the its personnel exercise at least  three times a week. There are quite a few reasons why this is, some are obvious some are not. I am not trying to focus on the reasons here so I will just leave it at that. We are tested on our physical abilities twice a year. PFA's (Physical Readiness assessment) consists of a sitting toe touch, two minutes of situps, two minutes of push ups, and either a 1.5 mile run or a 500yd/450m swim. Failure to sit and touch our toes is a failure. During the two minutes of push ups and sit ups the goal is to see how many you can get done within that time. There is a minimum number for both based on age and sex. The run and swim have time limits based on age and sex as well. Now that I have told you the back ground, here is the reason I am writing this in the first place. Two PFA cycles ago I swam my 450m's in 9:12. The last PFA I swam it in 9:04. Wednesday as a part of my weekly workout routine we did a mock PFA. I have dropped two minutes, I did it in 7:02 this time. LOOK I realize I am not an Olympic swimmer. But it is an improvement for me. My goal for the official PFA in October is to get to 6:30.  

Anonymous Anonymous said...
So, if somebody is a 26 yr. old female, how many situps and pushups am I supposed to do in two minutes?  

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Blogger Art Moss said...
Here is a link to the Military Fitness Standards  

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Hey Art,
no worries man. As a rescue swimmer for 10 years i know alot of my bretheren that can't do the PFT swim in 7 minutes. Your probably in the 10% in the Navy with a time like that. Are you the fastest one in your command?
AM2(NAC) Cash  

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