The changes did away with the timed flexed-arm hang, which had been the standard option for female Marines, and gave all Marines the option to perform push-ups, or the more challenging pull ups.

pull-ups for female Marines; a rowing option for those over 46; swap push-ups for pull-ups; and the chance to take the test more than once. Task & Purpose reached out to some of the devil dogs who ...

By 1956, Marines were being tested on chin-ups, push-ups, broad jump, a 50-yard duck waddle and an at least 440-yard run. According to history provided by Gibson, the first female version of a ...

More than half of female Marines in boot camp can't do three pull ... A test started in 1956 included chin-ups, push-ups, broad jump, 50-yard duck waddle and running. The first test for women ...

The Marine Corps considers physical fitness an ... push-ups are now an acceptable alternative: Male/female push-up standards (max/min) The maximum score is 70 points; the minimum is 40 for each ...

This year, the Marine Corps set out to make Marines stronger, faster and generally more fit by raising the service’s physical fitness test standards, and it appears that they succeeded.

Now, for the first time in the course's 35-year history, the Marine Corps is putting the ... or do squats, push-ups and pull-ups — seven hours into the test — under Perkins' critical eye.