Marine Minute: PFT Plank Requirements

There are new changes coming to the PFT.

(Video by Marines Magazine)

[longdongdaddyfromcincinnat]

4 minutes sounds rough as hell but the world record is 10 hours, I’m shaking like a leaf at 1 minute

[mytho_actual]

Me: this should be easy
*1 minute later*
Me: help

[redmanbeats]

Thanks now I added another workout to prepare for boot camp

[mattm]

4:20 for a perfect score. I wonder how they came up with that time?

[belleislecustoms]

For all you younger people, I am 55 years young and plank everyday, it has helped strengthen my core, and every time I want to quit, I think to myself: What would a Marine do? Stay strong!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[cookiecrumbs]

Me: I wanna be a marine!

Also me: dying while doing a plank for a minute

[generalhamalvis]

They must be high of they think I can hold a 4:20 plank.

[bubbles]

Am I the only one who thinks planks are hard as fawking shet?

[Bonkbork]

I may sound weak but this is a big changer to the PFT because I can only do the minimum amount of crunches to pass the crunches part. So this helps

[JMOSORT]

a swap option for crunches, very well will help out a lot for shorter marines

[sicario_arias]

But who was that female marine planking tho

[rarex]

What's next? Atomic Sit-up? Airborne Koalafication?

[shawnreed]

Back in my day we did 50 setups and it counted as 💯.



Also where did they come up with 4:20 they must be high.

[Characterbuilding]

This is way better than the sit-ups IMO

[Mikek]

Who would prefer to plank for four minutes instead of just doing the crunches? Also the whole straight back thing is gonna be highly up for interpretation by the monitors...

[occamtherazor]

Sounds like good news for guys with short legs and long torsos.

The way my body is built, there is essentially no difference between a crunch and a sit-up. I wish this option had been available when I was in.

[kawaiisrs]

This is much better than crunches! Ugh. I hate crunches because they hurt my damn back and neck but I don’t even feel a burn. However planking really improves my score so I don’t know if it’s easier if not. It just doesn’t cause injury which I like.

[Tinker_Balambao]

OMG! Finally! Heard about the PFT plank requirement to pop up in 2020 was unable to get what kind of plank position or the time req. Going Navy, but if I do it good enough for the Marines it will pass for Navy no problem. Thank you for posting this! ❤

[midnightdarkchocolate]

They chose 4:20 because by then you'll be shaking like a leaf 🍃🌿🔥

[pfcajwatkins]

A lot had changed in 14 years for the pft and I wouldn't even know where to begin with the cft.