If you’ve ever wondered how fit you’d need to be to make it into the Australian Army then this is your chance to find out! Lifestyle of Fitness takes a group of six marketing and account managers through various parts of the Army’s Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA), a test that any potential Army recruit has to pass before they can enlist in the Army.

Marko, 28
Army Physical Training Instructor

Marko loves adventure! Having travelled much of the world and completed a deployment in East Timor with the Army, he has always kept active. With physical training a key part of his job, he is incredibly fit and loves tackling any extreme sport. He recently swam with sharks.

In the Army we teach a different kind of fitness than anything that’s out there in the civilian world. We focus on things like all over body strength, endurance and co-ordination, basically anything that’s going to help recruits prepare for the challenging physical demands of their job in the Army."/>

Our cast are also put through some additional physical training sessions and an obstacle course, which recruits experience during their time at the Army Recruit Training Centre (ARTC) in Kapooka, Wagga Wagga. The result is a highly entertaining and amusing look at what it takes to be fit enough to join the Australian Army.