People from the military are often the most fit people we have around. And it’s mostly because of the conditioning they get from training. Here are excerpts on what exercises you can do to reach military-type fitness.

The first drill that’s supposed to develop motor skills, frequency, intensity, time and type (F.I.T.T.) consists of:

• Sit and reach
• Lunges
• High jumps
• Crunches
• Knee bends
• Side straddle hops or Jumping jacks
• Swimmer
• Supine bicycle
• Pushups

Five reps increasing to ten.

The second conditioning drill is designed to increase endurance, joint mobility, and upper body strength through:

• Pull-ups
• Sit-ups
• Pull-ups
• Sit-ups
• Pushups

Five reps increasing to ten. Sit-ups and pushups are timed, beginning with 30 seconds, and working up to one minute.

Here’s the army physical test:

The Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) consists of sit-ups, pushups and a two-mile run. Soldiers must run two miles in under 18 minutes (21 minutes for females), perform 45 sit-ups in under 2 minutes (38 for females), and finally, perform 30 pushups in under 2 minutes (14 for females).

Now it probably helps too if you’ve got a nasty drill sergeant howling behind your back for some old school motivation.

Source: Askmen.com
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