CNN New Day Sunday January 5, 2014 11:43:00
Levels. but at the bare minimum, a marine has to be able to do three pullups. >> i want to make sure every marine is successful at maxim e maximizing pullups. >> reporter: more than half of the recruits couldn't do it so marines are pushing back the day when it becomes mandatory. >> if you have a failure rate of 55% and 99% of the men are succeeding, obviously this is not going to work. >> reporter: men have to do three pullups minimum to pass the marine's fitness test. it takes 20 to earn a perfect score. women had to meet the same minimum but only need eight pullups to score perfect. because...