United States Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test

The CFT is designed to measure abilities demanded of Marines in a war zone.

Changes in grip are allowed as long as the feet do not touch the ground and only the hands come in contact with the pull-up bar.

The pull-up begins at the "dead-hang" with arms extended and the body hanging motionless.

[6] However, when more than half of female recruits were unable to meet this standard,[7] the change was delayed.

The planking form prescribed is that forearms, toes, and fists or palms in contact with the floor at all times.

[11] Marines satisfying any of the following requirements[3] can, instead of running, opt to row 5000 meters on a rowing ergometer: The scoring for each event in the test is dependent upon a Marine's sex and age group in all events, [12] except for planking where all sexes and ages use the same scoring scale.