Rescue PT test.

medic2038
medic2038 Posts: 434 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So any other Fire/EMS people out there that have trained for PT tests?

My service is starting a new tactical element to engage in warm zone responses, I'm one of the members they've selected for the initial team setup.

We have an upcoming PT test to qualify for the team, which honestly doesn't sound so bad.
The test is:
1/2 mile run in 8 minutes
Rescue Randy drag (150lbs) 50 feet
and RR drag up a flight of stairs.

I already lift 4x a week, and at the advice of one of my best friends I've started doing Farmer Walks (at about 200lbs on a hex bar). I'm doing those everyday (that it doesn't rain), and it's a distance of 60 feet (30 to the end of my driveway and back).

I think that's a good prep for the drag, even if it's a slightly different mechanic. But I don't really have any analog for the stair drag.

Would you guys think that's sufficient enough prep, considering I'm already lifting?
I've never had to do an actual PT test before, but I've never had issues with "lift tests" for work or anything.

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  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    How's your running?
  • Return2Fit
    Return2Fit Posts: 226 Member
    In the USMC we remained in training at all times - not merely when we knew a PT test was scheduled.
    And we trained for PT tests by preparing for more than the perfect score on that test.

    In other words, if the perfect score on the test section for Pull-Ups was twenty, we trained to perform 25.

    I totally aced every PT test. If I were in your shoes, I'd train for every single item on that rescue test as part of my regular exercise routine. When the test day arrived, it's just another workout only not as intense as my usual training.
  • medic2038
    medic2038 Posts: 434 Member
    A half mile in 8 minutes will be cake! I'm not a huge fan of running, but i'm preparing by jogging. I run about an 11 minute mile now.

    Yeah like I said I'm already lifting 4 days a week, but added in a more functional exercise to kind of simulate the dragging portion. I don't really have a good way to try to drag that much weight up a flight of stairs though. All in all though I feel very well prepared (and I've been lifting long before the PT test was announced so).
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