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To: Ransomed
do they make allowances for guys who weigh differently? A 120 lb guy should carry the same as a 220 lb guy, right?

Or how about two guys of the same weight but one is heavily muscled?

14 posted on 01/31/2013 3:17:04 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Two guys the same age have to do the same amount of pushups, situps and have the same amount of time allowed for the run on a PT test no matter how they are built. Women can pass physical fitness tests doing half the pushups, less sit ups and running much slower than a guy the same age. For example a 17 - 21 year old male needs to do 42 pushups to pass, a 17 - 21 year old female needs to do 19. The standards for women are a lot lower than for men.


15 posted on 01/31/2013 5:25:56 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: Cronos

“do they make allowances for guys who weigh differently? A 120 lb guy should carry the same as a 220 lb guy, right?”

It would be called ‘weight neutral’ standards.

How come time doesn’t enter into the equation? Like one soldier carries 70lbs 5 miles, and takes two hours. Another carries 100lbs and takes three hours. This would be ‘time neutral.’

Freegards


16 posted on 01/31/2013 5:53:13 AM PST by Ransomed
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