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Careful with the size thingy
[QUOTE=afchic;318269......... But I bet that with my body type, I would have a better chance of passing said test than say a 5'5 guy who weighed 130 pounds.[/QUOTE]
Careful with the size thingy. Some of the ruckenest fools I've ever seen were little short guys approaching their body weight with their rucks. Little legs zippin' back and forth were a blurrrrr of motion. Long striders were huffin' and puffin' to keep up.
Way back when my wife tried out for airport security in Fayetteville. One of the final tests was to move a sand man over to a 4 foot wall and get him over - anyway you could. The reason as explained to the folks was you were expected to be able to move a person from an area of danger. My wife could get him over to the wall but not over. Oh, well, somebody else got the job.
I do remember a few cases where there were similar strength standards, trash collection and fire fighters come to mind. I think the trash job was less strength than technique and the female applicant practiced and blew away the competition - then they wanted to change it - not fair.
The problem with "standards" is they are not set. Not getting enough? Lower the standards.
Had a student want to argue the 12 road march standards with me one time - carping about the measured distance. I told him all the companies start here and all the companies finish there. The route is called the 12 road march route. Everybody walks the same course, sandy all the way, up hill and down. And my watch is the official time ---- "GO" tick, tick, tick.
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