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Question - The Fitness Test


sorry, this is probably a silly question - but during the army fitness test, the examiner tells jack to pull down his pants, and then cough. What exactly is he doing/what exactly is that supposed to prove about ones fitness?

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It's the standard hernia test. If you play sports in HS or served in the military you'd probably gotten about 10 before the age of 20.

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if you google "turn your head and cough" it would probaly explain it. seen it a few times in films etc, dunno if they still do it tho, my lecturer explained it once but i was so bored out of my mind i didnt pay attention lol

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