Marines: Most Female Recruits Don't Meet New Pullup Standard (3 Pullups)

[rooseveltdunn]

This is what happens with major fire departments and top shelf police departments. Women can't pass the physical test. Everyone claims it's biased against women. Then they lower the standard.  The same with the academic test. Minorities fail then they lower the grade needed.

The Marine corps under Obama will eliminate the pull up requirement for women I predict. I know all the liberals want women in combat. They will lower all the requirements and suddenly they will get what they want. A woman Seal to decorate in the white house. Hollywood will make up a half fiction movie about her and the under 45 crowd will think it's actually factual.

Africans (not african american) and Egyptian students in America outperform American students all the time, race has nothing to do with it. Its just culture and opportunity, stop being a troll.

[oldgolds]

Africans (not african american) and Egyptian students in America outperform American students all the time, race has nothing to do with it. Its just culture and opportunity, stop being a troll.

                                         Then why are Africans living in mud huts and dying of starvation?

[Roger Bacon]

Africans (not african american) and Egyptian students in America outperform American students all the time, race has nothing to do with it. Its just culture and opportunity, stop being a troll.

[Archer77]

Africans (not african american) and Egyptian students in America outperform American students all the time, race has nothing to do with it. Its just culture and opportunity, stop being a troll.

We've gone through this before.  You need to provide some data to back this up.

[BikiniSlut]

I dont give a shit about gender.  I'm shocked people cannot do 3 pullups.  Shocked.

I'm going to say a big FUCK YOU to this.

I can barely do one.

Doing a pullup is fucking hard for the majority of women. I work out regularly and still can't do three let alone struggle with one....and a shitty one at that.

[Shockwave]

I'm going to say a big FUCK YOU to this.

I can barely do one.

Doing a pullup is fucking hard for the majority of women. I work out regularly and still can't do three let alone struggle with one....and a shitty one at that.

women just dont have the upper body strength.. my wife cant do one.

youd be amazed how few people can do even 1 pullup.
the only chicks that can do pullups at our gym are either 'on' or are seriously hard core.

[BikiniSlut]

I could care less if no women could pass the physical.

Male or female they should have the best of the best.

Let's just face the fucking facts.....women are physically inferior to men in most performance related events. Gymnastics is one of the very few where women are on par or superior to men.

In any position where physicality is of the utmost importance, I want THE BEST. If they are protecting my freedom/life/whatever......I want THE BEST. If that is a man, I want a man. If it is a woman, I want a woman. If it is tranny, I want a tranny.

If I'm stuck in a burning building with a baby I don't care what gender rescues me....as long as they get the job done.

[BikiniSlut]

women just dont have the upper body strength.. my wife cant do one.

youd be amazed how few people can do even 1 pullup.
the only chicks that can do pullups at our gym are either 'on' or are seriously hard core.

I honestly find most women don't have strength in general.

When I first started lifting I couldn't squat the 45 pound Olympic bar. My legs were shaking even going down two inches. I needed to use a 30 pound plastic bar to even get 5 squats.

I even actively participated in high school sporting activities.

Most women ARE weak.

[EastCoastChick]

I honestly find most women don't have strength in general.

When I first started lifting I couldn't squat the 45 pound Olympic bar. My legs were shaking even going down two inches. I needed to use a 30 pound plastic bar to even get 5 squats.

I even actively participated in high school sporting activities.

Most women ARE weak.

I am always amazed at how many women can't bench the 45lb bar. I have ROUTINELY seen this over the years.

[Croatch]

My opinion of the Marines, just hit the shits.  3 pull ups...damn that's strong....grrr!! Haha. Especially, when most of those guys weigh 150lbs.
I recall realizing how weak most people were back in 3rd grade PE class.  It was always painful watching that fatbody fail in front of the whole class.  Talk about setting someone up for low self-esteem in life.  Just like the poor reader trying to put words into sentences in English class.

[Grape Ape]

My opinion of the Marines, just hit the shits.  3 pull ups...damn that's strong....grrr!! Haha. Especially, when most of those guys weigh 150lbs.
I recall realizing how weak most people were back in 3rd grade PE class.  It was always painful watching that fatbody fail in front of the whole class.  Talk about setting someone up for low self-esteem in life.  Just like the poor reader trying to put words into sentences in English class.

Any chance you missed the "female" part of the topic?

[Shockwave]

My opinion of the Marines, just hit the shits.  3 pull ups...damn that's strong....grrr!! Haha. Especially, when most of those guys weigh 150lbs.
I recall realizing how weak most people were back in 3rd grade PE class.  It was always painful watching that fatbody fail in front of the whole class.  Talk about setting someone up for low self-esteem in life.  Just like the poor reader trying to put words into sentences in English class.

thats minimum to graduate from boot camp.

[_aj_]

Any chance you missed the "female" part of the topic?

Lmao.

[Croatch]

Any chance you missed the "female" part of the topic?

I didn't realize there were lower standards for women.  I thought, a Marine is a Marine.  What a contradiction for women's equality.  We want to be treated the same, except for materity leave and strength...oh and reaction time.  Sounds about right.
Are women allowed in combat?  Women in the military...seems very limited.  You either take the full responsibility or be a security guard.  Political correct crap..hah
I didn't read the original post from the start, I see the "woman requirement" now.

[Shockwave]

I didn't realize there were lower standards for women.  I thought, a Marine is a Marine.  What a contradiction for women's equality.  We want to be treated the same, except for materity leave and strength...oh and reaction time.  Sounds about right.
Are women allowed in combat?  Women in the military...seems very limited.  You either take the full responsibility or be a security guard.  Political correct crap..hah

no youre corrdct.... 3 is the minimum to graduate from bootcamp for meb. Theyre raising it from dead hangs to 3 oulluos for women.

thats MINIMUM, you get mocked and belittled if you cant do at least 3.
they have to pusb a certain amount of recruits through... period. And jist because a guy cant do a ton of pullups doesnt mean he will be a shitty marine. How many BBs do you know that can do 3 dead hang pullupd?

[che]

I can do 30 perfect pullups

Marines think I'm God

[Cleanest Natural]

WTF do you eat che? You are always lean (maybe I am getting old and eating shit)

[Shockwave]

I can do 30 perfect pullups

Marines think I'm God

20 is a perfect PFT. Little guys usually can do 50+.

You shoulda been a Marine Che, then you coulda shot at people.

[che]

WTF do you eat che? You are always lean (maybe I am getting old and eating shit)

I eat clean , I work outside 8 hs a day,  sometimes 10 hs , constantly moving.

[T-REX007]

Younger people today are in terrible shape compared to students in school during the 70's and 80's, I see it every day. Times are different though, too. kids used to kill time playing street ball or just being outside and doing stuff that was physical, not as much any more. I remember Atari and Intelivision and the start of video games way back when, it was kinda cool being a new thing and all that, now it has helped to create a society of wimps.

I talk to recruiters all the time at school and they tell me that if we ever fought a large scale infantry type of war again we would get killed because kids today are sissies, not all of them for sure, but TOO MANY. Our technological edge is what keeps us still top dawg, not so much the "greatest generation" thing anymore- they might be right ?

[Shockwave]

I eat clean , I work outside 8 hs a day,  sometimes 10 hs , constantly moving.

Im sure the hours of rough gay sex help as well.  

[EastCoastChick]

I can do 30 perfect pullups

Marines think I'm God

  nice

[calfzilla]

Pull ups are more about low body weight than strength. The worlds strongest man probably can't do 1 because he is probably over 300lbs.

[che]

20 is a perfect PFT. Little guys usually can do 50+.

You shoulda been a Marine Che, then you coulda shot at people.

I wouldn't last a day , I hate people telling me what to do.
 

[Shockwave]

Pull ups are more about low body weight than strength. The worlds strongest man probably can't do 1 because he is probably over 300lbs.

It has more to do with strength related to size. The Marines emphasize a lean, athletic body over a muscular, bulky body... because they want you to be able to hump large amounts of gear forever, and then be able to run and fight when you get to your destination with little food and next to no sleep.

You never see a huge, ripped grunt. They're always pogs... grunts are almost always average sized and slightly lean. You literally cannot get muscular with the amount of running and humping you do as a grunt.