"Democrats are fit, Democrats are hot, and we’re tired of Republicans trying to lay claim to [health and fitness] when it’s so demonstrably false,” Josh Sorbe told The Advocate.
If you don’t run regularly, I doubt you could run 1.5 miles in 8 minutes. Unless you’re really fit from some other exercise like swimming or rowing.
The average beginner pace for a 45 yo man in a 5k is about 11 minutes/mile. 8 minutes would be an elite pace over 1.5 miles. Even if you did it in 8 minutes you’d be winded as hell. You’d basically have to give sprint effort for 1.5 miles.
Yeah that’s some armchair confidence there. I’m not sure what “trained” means here, but I have been distance running for a long time and 12-13m for a 1.5 mile is pretty comfortable for me. I’d be genuinely shocked if an inexperienced runner, even if physically fit otherwise, could even do a mile in under 6 minutes.
I’m a nearly middle aged woman who walks everywhere. My back hurts right now.
I could do this. I couldn’t do anything but lay there wheezing or maybe begging for painkillers after, but I could do it. The pushups might give me trouble since i broke my shoulder last year, the sit-ups is half my daily without weights/a ledge.
A single pullup would exclude me, but those are notably absent.
No reasonably fit adult should fail this if they’re taking it seriously. No athletic adult under 70 should blink at the effort.
If you don’t run regularly, I doubt you could run 1.5 miles in 8 minutes. Unless you’re really fit from some other exercise like swimming or rowing.
The average beginner pace for a 45 yo man in a 5k is about 11 minutes/mile. 8 minutes would be an elite pace over 1.5 miles. Even if you did it in 8 minutes you’d be winded as hell. You’d basically have to give sprint effort for 1.5 miles.
Yeah that’s some armchair confidence there. I’m not sure what “trained” means here, but I have been distance running for a long time and 12-13m for a 1.5 mile is pretty comfortable for me. I’d be genuinely shocked if an inexperienced runner, even if physically fit otherwise, could even do a mile in under 6 minutes.
Additionally, average walking speed is ~3mph, so 1.5mi in 11min is 2.7x the speed — not just slightly above.
I’m a nearly middle aged woman who walks everywhere. My back hurts right now.
I could do this. I couldn’t do anything but lay there wheezing or maybe begging for painkillers after, but I could do it. The pushups might give me trouble since i broke my shoulder last year, the sit-ups is half my daily without weights/a ledge.
A single pullup would exclude me, but those are notably absent.
No reasonably fit adult should fail this if they’re taking it seriously. No athletic adult under 70 should blink at the effort.