The Spanish Special Forces fitness test - People train for years to do this…

All right, so I'm here with ***, he's a captain in the Spanish military and today we're going to try the special ops test. The test to access the cores for special ops. Okay, right. So if you get passed, they train you to be a special ops. Right, and I've tried a lot of hard military tests, but I suspect this to be among the hardest. Well, the first exercise we're going to be performing is sit-ups. Sit-ups? Yeah, we're going to test your core strength. Normal sit-ups, any special sit-ups? I'm going to perform a sit-up for you so that you can see what you can do and what you can't do. Okay, because I've heard that you're pretty strict when it comes to form. Yeah, here in the Spanish army people are really strict with form and maybe we don't do a perfect form, but we have a minimum requirement and if that's not met, we're not going to count the repetition. Okay, it's going to be like zero, zero, zero. Yeah, we're going to be stuck at a certain amount if you don't perform correctly. But show me the form then so I don't mess up. You have to get your thumb to your clavicle. Yeah. Close your hand and the other hand the same way. You get up and touch your knees. This is one sit-up. That's one sit-up. Okay, two. Yeah. And when you go down, you can do the sit-up up to this point. You don't really have to touch with the upper part of your back, but you need to have two-thirds of your back touching the mat or it won't count. Right. And then you come back up again. Okay, cool. And you cannot rest. The moment you do this, it's resting and you're gone. But is it until exhaustion or do we have a time limit or what? You have two minutes, but usually you get exhausted before reaching the two minutes mark. Oh, ----. I haven't done sit-ups in a while. I can give you what's the maximum score. Yeah. That's 115. All right. Well, I'm always getting nervous before these things. It's because you know you're going to get super tired. All right. Three, two, one. Here we go. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 28, 29, 30, 49, 50, 51, 52, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100. I'm going to stop there. Good, good, good. That was a very good score, actually. So that was 100, right? Yeah. Then you're 7.5 out of 10. That's good. Yeah. That's a decent score. That's a decent score. For the push-ups, you want to have your legs closed. You can not open your legs. Yeah. And your hands must meet your nipples with the thumb, okay? Thumb and nipples. So you lay down. Yeah. Use your chin in the mat. Okay. And your thumbs must go under your nipples. Once you have this position, you get up. Oh, wow. This is not one. Okay. And now, whenever you want, you say, go, and you start. Okay. You cannot do like this, for example. Yeah. This is not right. Yeah. Or, for example, opening the arms like this is not right. Yeah. You cannot switch the arms. You cannot do like this. This is not permitted. The moment one hand leaves, you're done. Yeah. And you cannot come, of course. Of course, yeah. And you cannot push your butt up. Here, chin to the mat. Okay. Go. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45. You can rest up in the upward position. You can rest like that. Okay. Sorry, I didn't tell you. Yeah. 46, 47, just one slow. Go on. 48, 49. Oh, no. That's so hard, man. 48. That's way harder than normal push-ups. Yeah, it's hard. Yeah. It's a decent mark, but not super hard. Yeah. The score for your push-ups was like, okay, a two. A two? A two, yeah. Oh, my goodness. This is a really hard test. Yeah. It's like a two. It's very hard. I actually struggle a lot myself with the push-up. Yeah. Oh, Jesus Christ. You guys have some hardcore special ops. I think I know what the next one is. Am I allowed to perform this one without a shirt? You are. Okay. Because I think that might help me a little bit. You need your full power. I need my full power because I'm a little bit disappointed with the push-up. So now I need everything I can get. You can get your grip as wide or as close as you want. Yeah. But once you get it, you can't change it. Okay. And you cannot release the hold. You also have to be in a line and chin clearly above the bar. Yeah. When you go down, you go down fully. You can't get like here. Of course. And this kind of thing. It's not allowed. Not allowed. The push-ups kind of killed me, actually, because it's so weird. I feel like it's a little bit of the same muscles you used. Even though it's not the same, it's like, I feel tired. You've been performing. That's the thing with going back to back, you know? And you also said earlier that if you have a bigger group of people, you get more rest. So it's usually easier. Yes. But then also the score is based from the whole group, right? Yeah. So you just take the average kind of. Yeah. And right now, you're performing above the average. So you're in. Well, I got a two on the last one though. Yeah. But the two is, remember, it's what usually is a five. Right. Okay. So it's not that bad. It sounds horrible, but it's not that bad. Okay. Right. What is the maximum here? 31. 31. Oh my I'm in 31 pull-ups. I could probably do, but with that form, there's no chance I can do it. Whenever you feel ready. I'm going to start counting. I hear you have no time limits, no time limit, and I can rest. Just don't let go of the bar. Yeah, that's it. Okay. All right. You have it in you. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. Come on. You have one more in you. 31. 31.5. 31.5 because you did very well. Thank you. That's a 9.5. 5. 9.5. Yeah. 9.5. It's a great score. Yeah. It definitely helped me to be able to rest on the bottom. And when I jumped up, I was like, oh my God, my, my hands are a little bit too narrow, but I couldn't adjust it because I'm not allowed to. All right. A hundred meters. So what's the maximum score? Well, the maximum score is actually pretty tough to reach. It's 10.5 seconds. 10.5 seconds in a hundred meters and on like concrete slash gravel. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's very tough. That's almost like a professional runner time. Yeah. But the minimum it's like 13 seconds. That's still pretty fast. Yeah. Yeah. It's still pretty fast. Yeah. Well, the minimum to get past, like there are also subpar scores, but we're not aiming for those. Okay. Yeah. When I turn on the timer, I'm going to, I'm going to simultaneously lower my hand and then you go. Okay. So as soon as I see you start lowering your hand, then I can go. You can go. So what was the time? 12.45. 12.45. I'm pretty happy with that. Honestly. I'm actually, I'd actually be happy with, with that. But the fact is that the register I have is very strict. Your score would be 3.75. I'm still happy with that though, because that's like for the special ops and everything. So you're definitely in. Yeah. And you even have a 3.5 when the two is the minimum to get in. Yeah. So still past. Yeah. Still past. The next one is a maze, right? Like a, like a tunnel maze. Yeah. It's like a sewer simulation. Okay. And it's like a labyrinth. Yeah. And you have to get out of it, but this one has no scores. It's just pass or no pass. Okay. Right. Okay. So this one is kind of scary, right? That's the, yeah, you have like to overcome the anxiety and the fear that you might experience like going into claustrophobia or even if you were sensitive to disgust because you've touched something icky or something like that, you have to overcome all that and you have to run through the maze. Yeah. And if you find a dead end, you have to keep your cool. So that's part of the test. Okay. So I might get lost in the maze. That sounds, sounds kind of scary. As long as you promise I can't promise. Cause I've heard of people getting bit by snakes in those things. Yeah. Actually we sometimes have wild boars in our, if you hear some snorting run the opposite direction. This is supposed to test that if you were able to be cool and to keep your cool under pressure. Is someone in there? Maybe a wild boar. We will never know until you get inside. Hello. And I have no idea how long it is and how long it's going to take. I'm just going to, it's supposed to be like that. It's just like an enclosed space. You're not going to be comfortable. You cannot get up. You cannot run. Yeah. You feel the pressure of being underground and under those circumstances you have to, to solve the maze. Yeah. It's a good thing that I don't have claustrophobia. Three, two, one go. Which way do I go? There's so much spider web here. Jesus Christ. That's dark. I can't see anything. What is this? This must be a dead end. All right. Oh, that was, uh, oh, there was so much spider web and stuff in there. Yeah, there was. It was a pretty, uh, I don't know. I feel like it was a bit, a bit of luck that, uh, got me through it in less than one minute because I could have gone the completely wrong way because you saw bits of light everywhere. Yeah. And then you're like, is that where I should go? And then I was like, no, they're probably trying to trick you. So you should probably follow the darkness instead. That was my... Well, you were right because actually the fastest way to go is exactly the darkest tunnel in there that you, you like peek in and you were like, Ooh, this is super dark. Okay. And that's, that's what you have to go do. You have to go through that tunnel. I hope, I hope I pass that one. Yeah, sure. Now it's only the 3,000 meter. Yeah. This is the one that I'm dreading because it's with extra weight, right? Yeah. It's with 20 kilos. 20 kilos. I think it's going to be pretty tough. And I think that the most important job here is to keep your pace. Yeah. It's like, uh, you have to hold, uh, your strength and you have to lay back a little bit and not do a sprint at the beginning. Because if you do that, I don't know if you're gonna, if you're going to finish the test. Yeah. The most important thing is to pace yourself. Right. I'm terrible at pacing myself, but I think I've gotten a little bit better over the years of trying these tests. Hopefully. Yeah. So this is the last exercise, right? Yeah, that's right. But it's going to be the toughest too, because it's going to be running three kilometers, 20 kilos on you. And you're going to be facing very tough uphills. I feel like 20 kilos is so much more than you think. Like, yes, it doesn't sound so bad, but 20 kilos is a lot. It's a lot, especially after a while, because at first it's like, yeah, I can carry this. But in the long run, you start feeling the weight a lot. And this uphill is gravel. Yep. But it's the last thing we're doing today. So that makes it a little bit easier. I think. King of the hill. Oh, damn. This is heavy. Yeah. Are you comfortable? I'm pretty comfortable. Let me rest my legs for two seconds. So OK, I'm ready. Three, two, one, go. Just got to remember to pace myself. This is where I have to start walking a little bit. They told me it's not smart to run the whole way, so my tactic is to only run when it's flat or downhill. When it's steep, I'm just going to walk fast. Trying to use my arms as much as possible. Trying to run up here. I know it would be stupid, so I'm just running where it's flat or downhill or slightly steep, but this is too steep to run. Oh, it's so hot. Jesus Christ, it's hot. Even though the sun is going down, it's also kind of annoying that this weight is a little bit too big. So I have to hold both hands in the weight before I tend not to jump too much. I've been running for 11 minutes, 43 seconds. Time is pretty good though. Where is the penny planter? Oh, there's no ******* way. Oh, no. Are you OK? I almost because I was. Oh, ****. OK, yeah, you performed really well. I'm much more surprised. I'm surprised, too. I'm just happy that I have the GoPro to prove it. I was like on the way there. I was because I was I was hiking up the first two steep hills because you said those would be really hard. Yeah, I was like, I'm just going to hike. And then when I passed a hill and was running down, I could go so fast. Wow. Thanks. Yeah, that's crazy. The more I do these tests, I feel like endurance is what I should do because I always perform better on like 5000 3000. So that maybe that's what I should have done with my life, not the climbing that I've been doing over climbing. Yeah, that's true. So you performed outstanding. You had 15 minutes and 40 seconds. Yeah. And that's a 10 out of 10. That was surprising. It's a very good mark. I was surprised when I saw you coming because I thought there's no way it's him. But it was you actually. So to sum up. Yeah. You did very well in the endurance test in the mountain. You did very well in the pull ups. And you had some weaknesses in the push ups. Yeah. And some weaknesses in the 100 meter sprint. I think the push ups is incredibly hard, though. Like 49 narrow push ups like that. I'm pretty happy with to be honest. Well, I don't think they were so narrow. It's just our standard. But overall, you performed very well. You had a 6.5 out of 10. And it may it might not sound as much. But remember that you are competing with the best score of the best performance in every test. My plan here was to award you a military rank depending on your performance. Yeah. And the 6.5. It's about colonel. Okay, because you could do better. You could be a general. Yeah. But for now. Oh, wow. I think you deserve this because you performed really well. Thanks, man. And at your service, sir. Yeah, thank you. This is really cool. But now I'm your inferior. Yeah. And boss me around. Okay, that's awesome.