Reserve Army fitness

NYCKILDARE

Hi, I am thinking about applying to the reserve army and I'm just curious as what level of fitness is required.. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Morpheus

Firstly as a recruit, you should be able to do the following and will have to as part of your entry fitness test.
note: each stage of the test, is pass/fail - fail any one part, you fail the test and you do not join
there is also a BMI test - see my link below.

basic recruit entry requirements - able to do the following:
20 situps in 1 minute
20 pushups in 1 minute
run 2.4km in under 11 minutes 40 seconds (13 min 10 seconds for females)

All of the above completed in one sitting on same day.

http://www.military.ie/en/careers/fitness-testing-centre/defence-forces-fitness-tests/

as regards regular fitness, this is a more difficult graded set of tests and is applied to all troops each year.

Once inducted, your normal fitness you should aspire to attain should leave you comfortably able to operate
on foot
from anywhere from five to twenty km
in all weather
carrying a backpack weight somewhere in the region of at least between 15 - 25kg including change of clothes, wet gear, sleeping system, shelter, cooking equipment, food and water.
then on top of this you will add the extra weight of chest rig or battle vest,
a day sack inside your main pack,
armour plates,
helmet,
any mission specific equipment required - depending on your corps and role, could include the likes of
stretchers,
ladders,
radios,
your own ammunition,
your weapon,
possibly grenade launcher and it's ammo,
ammunition for the section weapon(s)
a SRAWW,

this is if you are infantry... other corps will have their own equipment,

you should be able to do this, in all terrain without your fitness level effecting your cognitive ability to concentrate and operate as part of a team,
leaving you capable to concentrate and take part in tactical operations,
climbing up and down hills,
on and off trails and roads,
through heavy forest,
mud,
across rivers,
constantly stopping and moving,
bear crawling,
leopard crawling,
moving whilst crouching,
lying in the open in the cold for long periods of time,
short bursts of speed over 50 - 100m,
Day or night
long marches etc

other than that, its fun!

.300 WinMag

That there is the finest damn answer you're likely to get, however that information is also readily available on the Defence forces website, if you had taken the time and shown initiative and resourcefulness you would have seen for yourself, both of those abovementioned traits are essential in military life, I am not having a swipe at you, just calling it as I see it, use all available resources to complete your task regardless of how trivial.
Morpheus, well done on a great answer, and the patience to type it all down.