[bk1000]

IOW, women can’t do pushups and we don’t want them to feel bad.

[hinckley buzzard]

Bingo.

[TexasGator]

READ THE ARTICLE!

[greatvikingone]

“IOW, women can’t do pushups and we don’t want them to feel bad.”
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Just. Not. So.

[castlebrew]

“...we don’t want them to feel bad.”

Oh, they still get to do pushups. just tougher ones according to the article.

Along with the other 4 events - plus a two-mile run:

Strength deadlift: Set of 3 reps starting at 120#, weights increase to muscle failure.

Standing power throw: 10# ball backwards overhead, for distance.

Hand-release pushups: Weird description, sounds like a focus on core and balance.

Sprint/drag/carry: Sprints, drag 90# sled, carry a pair of 40# kettle bells (for time?). Would like to see the distance.

Leg tuck: Alternate leg lifts to elbows, while standing.

The pre-1983 Army had a similar function-oriented 5-event test: situp, inverted (crab) crawl, run/dodge/jump, horizontal ladder, 2-mile run (I was there). Scrapped it due to time & equipment requirements (and the females couldn’t hack it). A lot of the horizontal ladders got pretty rickety over the years.