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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an acitve duty Marine and I'll tell you it is a big problem in the military. Our physical fitness requirements are hard physically and demand a high ratio of muscle to fat, but it is practically impossible to have that and weigh within our standards. Most of the Marines I know who are women ride the top of their weight limit and even barely making weight, they look like supermodels compared to the women we see in the civilian world. The Marine Corps has the toughest standards and is least likely to change them, but across the board, services are going to have to look at what they can do to recruit and retain a military that is fit with the Americans we have available. [/quote]

The physical fitness standards are not THAT hard.  They are harder than the other services though.  But they should be.  I personally always found the run to be the hardest--I'm not much of a distance runner and never could max the run, although making the minimum was never a problem.  Some struggle with the pull ups.

https://www.military.com/military-fitness/marine-corps-fitness-requirements/usmc-physical-fitness-test

The weight ranges is pretty wide, I don't agree that it is a challenge to make that.    I'm 55 now (and no longer on active duty) but certainly have no problem being under 171 lbs!!

Height (in.)	Maximum Weight (lbs.)	Minimum Weight (lbs.)
56	115	85
57	120	88
58	124	91
59	129	94
60	133	97
61	137	100
62	142	104
63	146	107
64	151	110
65	156	114
66	155	117
67	161	121
68	171	125
69	176	128
70	181	132
71	186	136
72	191	140
73	197	144
74	202	148
75	208	152
76	213	156
77	219	160
78	225	164
79	230	168
80	236	173
81	242	177
82	248	182[/quote]

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