Don't know this Mark Rippetoe from a bar of soap.
However, for 'combat fitness' purposes, I'm calling shenanigans.
That Rippetoe test would take all of... ~5 minutes?
A combat situation could last 5 days if not 5 hours.
As a general strength test, sure no problem.
Yet if I was going to test the average military member for fitness, I'd do something along these lines :
1. 5 mile pack march with a 50 pound pack.
2. 500 yard farmers carry - 2 X water jerries at 50 pounds total.
3. 10 X 50 yard sprint.
4. 50 bodyweight pushups.
5. 50 starjumps.
However, for 'combat fitness' purposes, I'm calling shenanigans.
That Rippetoe test would take all of... ~5 minutes?
A combat situation could last 5 days if not 5 hours.
As a general strength test, sure no problem.
Yet if I was going to test the average military member for fitness, I'd do something along these lines :
1. 5 mile pack march with a 50 pound pack.
2. 500 yard farmers carry - 2 X water jerries at 50 pounds total.
3. 10 X 50 yard sprint.
4. 50 bodyweight pushups.
5. 50 starjumps.