In a new video on the Shift Fire channel, former Army Ranger Cameron Fath and former Green Beret Israel Wright perform a famously grueling field training exercise: the entrance test for the Long Range Reconnaissance Squadron (LRRS) of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
First is the chest-supported row. To pass, participants must be able to lift the equivalent of their own body weight. Both Fath and Wright manage to pull 180 and 195 pounds respectively, and then continue to add weight to the bar until they each hit their single rep max. Wright fails at 225 pounds, while Fath shows his “short man strength” at 245.
The second event is the weighted pullup. Fath and Wright must each single with 55 pounds strapped to their waist in order to pass, while a weight of 85 pounds would be required for a maximum score. Fath manages to go up to 100 pounds, while Wright maxes out at 67.5 pounds.
The next step is the standing medicine ball throw, which tests the soldiers’ explosive power, with a distance of 5 meters required for a minimum passing score. Since they only have access to a 20-pound ball instead of the standard 22, Wright and Fath increase the minimum distance to 5.18 meters. Both pass this round: Fath achieves a distance of 5.61, while Wright achieves 5.27.
The final round is the ruck walk, which takes place on a treadmill set at 4 miles per hour, with an incline that increases 3 degrees every 5 minutes, while carrying a 55-pound backpack and an 8-pounder. pounds on your hands. (A mallet is used here to simulate the weight of a rifle.)
“It’s almost like running, but not quite walking,” says Wright at first. “I’m going to try to hang in there and keep that good pace as long as I can without running. My calves are already feeling it.” He is well on his way to hitting the 25-minute minimum requirement, but stumbles at 22 minutes and 30 seconds and ends up walking off the treadmill. “It scares you,” he says.
Fath keeps up a good pace on his attempt early on, but begins to cramp and only makes it to 16 minutes and 23 seconds. “A humiliating experience,” he says. “That’s definitely not a joke of a test, for sure.”
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