FORT GORDON, Ga. – Competitors need to expect the unexpected. “The Jared is an operational fitness challenge. It’s a CrossFit event,” said Sgt. 1st Class Ian Sabin, 782nd Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion, noncommissioned officer in charge of the 780th MI Brigade’s Best Warrior Competition. “The actual event itself is 70 push-ups, and the push-ups are not your typical Army push-ups. The push-ups are going all the way down, releasing your hands so your chest is hitting the ground, and then pushing back up. It’s also 40 Army PRT (physical readiness training) rowers. That’s one rotation. Yo

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FORT GORDON, Ga. – Competitors need to expect the unexpected. “The Jared is an operational fitness challenge. It’s a CrossFit event,” said Sgt. 1st Class Ian Sabin, 782nd Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion, noncommissioned officer in charge of the 780th MI Brigade’s Best Warrior Competition. “The actual event itself is 70 push-ups, and the push-ups are not your typical Army push-ups. The push-ups are going all the way down, releasing your hands so your chest is hitting the ground, and then pushing back up. It’s also 40 Army PRT (physical readiness training) rowers. That’s one rotation. You have to do four rotations to complete the regime, followed by pushing and pulling a 200 pound sled, within a one-hour time limit.”

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