MK does a modified pull-up during a wod at www.crossfitpleasanton.com

Amanda does pullups between the trees.

Evaluators were looking for the perfect pullups and allowed no extraneous leg assistance as cadets struggled to complete the most possible. This task followed the Army Physical Fitness Test, the Indoor Obstacle Course Test, a Combat Survival Swim test and an eight-mile ruck march. Still, there were more challenges to follow as roughly 300 cadets participated in the daylong selection process to earn a slot in a competitive Military Individual Advanced Development program. Photo by Mike Strasser/USMA PAO

Credit: Eric Astrauskas, www.PTinTO.com

This is the view from our my bench in the neighborhood park where I read on some mornings.