U.S. Navy sailor Austen Alexander challenged U.S. Marine Sargent Ari Novoa to take on the Navy’s Physical Readiness Test.

The physical readiness test is the standard test that sailors take every 6 months or one year. This test consists of situps, pushups, and a 1.5-mile run.

For her age, 25 to 29 years old, for a maximum score, she must do:
-101 sit ups in 2 minutes
-46 pushups
– 1.5 mile 10 minutes and 17 seconds

“How are you feeling?” asks Alexander.

“Good, nervous. I always get nervous when I do a test,” she says.

“I get nervous before every test too. No pressure,” he reassures her.

First up: situps. Novoa crushes the challenge, knocking out 85 reps.

“Abs of steel, that’s what I’m talking about. That’s the most we’ve ever had on my channel for a woman, just so you know,” says Alexander.

After a 2 minute rest, she’s on to pushups. And she exceeds the maximum, with 55 reps.

“That’s more than maximum. I didn’t count a few of your reps because they were too shallow. If I had, it would have been over 60,” says Alexander.

She gets a 10 minute break to prep for the 1.5 mile run, which she does on the track, meaning she’ll run six laps.

Her first lap she clocks in 1 minute, 20 seconds.

“You know what, she could beat every female I’ve had on my channel. This could be monumental,” says Alexander.

She completes the run in 9 minutes, 51 seconds.

“That’s the fastest we’ve ever had on the channel for a female,” says Alexander. “You dominated the sit ups, dominated the push ups, and obliterated the run.”

Novoa proves that she’s a total beast by crushing every single aspect of the test. At the end of the video, she offers her words of encouragement to those looking to join the military or currently in the military.

“My encouragement to you is don’t give up,” she says. “Don’t give up on yourself. It doesn’t matter that the outside noise is telling you to give up, telling you you can’t do this, telling you that you suck, telling you this isn’t for you…I heard the same things. When I started I couldn’t even do pull ups. At boot camp I could only do 2 or 3. Now, I can do 22.”

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