Insane Military Obstacle course! - Military Pentathlon 

Marius Dreyer was our "sports officer" when I was in the Airforce 5 years ago. We weren't exactly the elite forces, but having him as a coach in everything from skiing to obstacle courses was a great experience. He is just so humble and motivating, even though we were the lowest rank in the military we played ping pong and watched football games with him after work. Amazing to see how he's still going strong

I love how these guys are able to be super competitive with eachother while staying super respectful and supportive of eachother. No macho bullshit.

I may never look as badass again as I did at 7:25 😂 Great video as always brother

I love how respectful everyone is. Everything said is helpful and productive, it's so great to see, and really imparts a positive feeling!

“Fun fact I have the crawling world record” 😂

magnus is genuinely one of the coolest, nicest dudes. always supportive no matter who he is talking to, so level headed and genuine all the time, always askes the most thoughtful questions when trying something new, calm and collected in everything he does. magnus, you're inspiring and will always be a fan. Thank you!

As ridiculously fun as this looks, it also seems pretty rough on the knees. Not something to attempt without powerful thighs.

These videos are fun. Ignore people who say you should only climb. I actually want you to train a few of these sorts of things and do a 2 month followup. Andreas too (and of course Marta). Many of these videos tease us with your fitness potential but it is always an "exhibition" one-off. Weirdly, I am always most amazed at how fast you run. I am a bit staggered that you do not run and can run at those paces.

This looks like so much fun and Magnus seems very talented! I've asked for it before, but please do a VO2 max test. I really enjoy seeing you do endurance stuff! Edit: I can see why you're the crawling world record holder now. 21:38 that was rapid!

Watching these videos always reminds me that Magnus is a world class athlete. Kudos as well to Andreas who showed he's no slouch either.

Magnus 'The Crawler' Midtbø, King of Kindergarten 🗻, the most famous ancient Norwegian kingdom. The legend says he could also crawl up vertical walls😲 even the ones surrounding his enemies' castles 🏰 .

Props to Marius for completing the course twice and crushing the military requirement both times

Watched this with my 4 year old and when it was over he said, “Can we watch that again? That was so epic!”

Would love to see Anton Fomenko do this course, great vid Magnus :D

21:24 That in sync landing was so satisfying. Great video Magnus!

In Rio, Danish soldier Daniel Wollbrecht did the obstacle course in 2:10 breaking the world record. It's on youtube. Really impressive run!

Magnus was so good on the crawl the second time. Marius stays so calm when he's doing the course. His breathing is amazing.

Fantastic video Magnus!👍 This brought me good memories of 1988, the year in which I participated in 3 military pentathlon competitions, contributing to the Lisbon military region team achieving first place in the national competition.🙂

I'd love to see some Parkour athletes like the Storror team attempt this obstacle course

Magnus, this is really cool! As a military guy myself that just got into climbing, love that you're having fun with the Norwegian army!

Military pentathlon athletes: 🔥👊🏻💪🏻🤜🏻🔥 Magnus: I don’t want to brag but I’m kind of a crawling champion 😂😂😂 Great video

Awesome video, it's always cool to see you try out all these different things that test the body out in so many different ways. I'm feeling pretty pumped after watching that, so I'm going to try to bring a little bit of your hustle into my workout today.

I think Magnus would've kept up in the second half if he could fall off things faster. The climbing has made him more adverse to falling 😂

Oh my god. I ran track in high school and the 400 meter by itself was brutal. This looks absolutely agonizing. Good job!

Brings back memories of when I did the obstacle course when I was in the army.....it's definitely gruesome. 😅

Love these kinds of videos where you try new stuff. So interesting, had no idea the military had their own international competitions either. Learned something new today lol.

As a former swimmer & swim coach, so glad we got to watch the "pro" swim. Soothed my 🖤. Finishing your strokes and rolling your hips in swimming is just as important as hip and body position in climbing.

Everytime I watch one of your videos I feel so motivated! Stay healthy and have a great day!

That was awesome! Well done boys 🙌🏼💪🏼 I wish they made this public, looks like a ton of fun!

Hi Magnus, I am an active person but not a climber. Watching you climb is amazing. It's been real help during lockdown to see someone 'free' and at one with the sport they love. Great to see this and the other challenges and gym tests but I have just watched your Teneriffe 'cave climbs' from 2019! To date I had considered you as a pure sports/indoor comp climber (and nothing wring with that) but this was something else. That final ascent with the overhand! Wowsers, amazing. Keep well. Win x

One of your best videos, thank you very much! This obstacle course brings up a lot of nostalgia by the way and I so could empathize with you at the end of the course, with regard to that "unique" sensation as if you're about to puke out your soul, which lasts for a good couple of minutes afterwards... :)

What an informative and enterntaining video! As a military-enthusiast, this was very fun to watch! Keep it up, Magnus!

Honor to watch such dedicated and disciplined athlete. Thank You for sharing great videos and offer some inspiration.

So much awesomeness in 1 place, great effort Magnus & Andreas, Marius is a machine. ✌🏼

I've done these obstacle courses in France - it was humbling - you see them on TRvid you get some idea, but when you go through it it is brutal and humbling. The pool one going under the net I was convinced I would drown but I was there so I pushed through - like you said Magnus, you don't think of the obstacle you go ahead 😂

Military guys are just awesome to watch. They're made of a different fabric and it's extremely inspiring.

This would be somuch fun if I had an obstacle course like that around here. Such a cool exercise! Very motivating to go exercise more after watching this!

That course was so much fun (when you are younger and body doens't take the hits that badly) 😉 Respect for Magnus for doing that - you did it really well if that really was your first touch of that course.

Interesting course! I remember going through my own military's "Special" fitness test, we had to swim in fatigues and rifle 200m then carry a fullpack (20kg I think) and full load bearing gear with 8 magazines and 2 full water vessels, run (cant remember the distance now, 1.5km?) then clear 11 obstacles plus another run to the finish (800m I believe). Timed. The worse thing was the bloody helmet since it made it extra hot and unnecessarily tiring in the midday equatorial weather with 90% humidity factor. Fortunately they allowed us the option of wearing trainers. Not sure how I passed but I guess it could be blamed on youth.😆

Hey Magnus! I am regularly watching your smart videos. Really cool stuff you are doing! Also I am very fascinated about your forearm and grip strength. Do you have a routine maybe to develop a good grip strength ? Thanks and stay healthy🤟🏼

I feel like having a civilian to run against was probably motivating as he definitely didn’t want to lose. Plus having good people to train with pushes you more.

2:42 Is a moment Magnus needs to remember, his face goes from military deadpan to 'I can't believe this, this is insane.'

You could definitely tell it's a technique thing and not stamina. Magnus got up the front of the obstacles pretty quick most of the time, but lost a lot of time disengaging on the back end.

Gave me a perfect studybreak! Great job guys!

Yesterday I sprinted for about 25 seconds. It showed me how massively out of shape I am. I'm skinny (5'10), so I think the sprint was pretty damn fast, but it took me about 20 to 30 minutes to calm down. I knew I am out of shape, but not that out of shape. This makes me respect magnus a whole lot more.

Your videos are so inspirational. You got me going to the gym to loose some weight and build muscle. Have been going for a month now feeling great.

That cardio and anaerobic endurance from the pentathlete is killer.

this looks really fun! I wish my city would build this for the public

In the Finnish military we had to do that same obstacle course as part of a 30km hike (preceding a 100km bicycle hike). The obstacle course was not timed, but we had to bring full field gear with us. So every obstacle you passed, you also had to make sure that your 20kg pack and 4kg rifle pass them as well. The tall table-looking climb was the bane of everyone's existence. Fortunately it was a team effort so you didn't have to do everything alone. For example someone could climb onto the top of an obstacle, stay there and the rest would hand over their gear before proceeding to get over the obstacle themselves.

Great video I watch all of your content and it is all AMAZING. My favorite type tho is your route setting videos. That is probably because I want to be a route setter when I grow up. Keep up the good work, stay strong, and never give up! P.S I would LOVEEE a shoutout. Thanks-Lexi

I find it very impressive to master this course AT ALL, let alone in such a fantastic time as a first try. It def. helps to be a climber because let me tell you from experience going over these 5 meter ladders is no joke. At all. If you're even slightly afraid of heights that may already be the end of the run.

Watching these videos is interesting. Swimming/cross country even a place I worked at a while ago...mentally...don't see me doing terrible but the obstacle course...portions of it not to difficult looking but others...not confident like in other areas. Particularly when they're hanging off the side of a deck and pull their body weight over...that looks difficult

I remember my time in the Air Force Academy half a century ago... the course was the same... and we ended it exactly the same as here... lying in the grass completely exhausted

Now this is what I call total body workout and awesome fitness....

For people who watch this after free solo with Alex Honnold. When you watch their video it looks super super intense. But when you realize this guy is no1 in Norway. And see his capabilities. Then you realize show was there and Magnus. Tiusentak. I worked in Norway in 2012. Amazing country.

Great one again guys on all fronts, advancing against obstacles to the conclusion of the exercise, jolly good show chaps 😎😉

I would love to see Anton try this course!

1.1K’th like. So satisfying to see it kick over. Wow. What a fun, impressive and challenging competition!! So proud of you all!!

you should try taking a martial arts black belt test (karate, taekwondo, mixed, etc.)! as a martial artist, my three-hour test was by far the hardest physical thing i’ve ever had to do and it would be cool to see how magnus holds up!

This looks fun, I want to try it one day!

Perfect timing, I just came in my break. Thank you Magnus you wonderful human!

In middle school I had a PE teacher who had us do the standing long jump one day. He claimed it was really difficult to get a long distance and none of us would even come close to beating his attempt. I tried and immediately out did him by at least a meter! But oh! I was disqualified because my toes were (apparently) ever so slightly over the line when I jumped. Dude just didn't want to admit that he was completely shown up by a 12 year old.

If more militaries were like this, perhaps I would have joined.

There’s something so honest and genuine about Norwegians. No ego involved. I wish the whole world were like them.

I love seeing the videos back in Norway. Beautiful country! Someday I wish to return to the land of my ancestors.

Great effort! This was really fun to watch.

Dude, the production quality of your videos is insane. You are super underrated. I'm telling you, you're gonna hit 1.5 mill by the end of this year fosho!!!

For the swimming, I think maybe he (the military athlete) used a technique that I also discovered when I was a child. I am not sure if this is correct, but I always felt that swimming under the water was faster than breaking through the water line, and it looks like he also tried to stay under the water most of the time. But like I said, maybe I am wrong. I was still a child when I did this, tried to swim the entire pool length but at the bottom of the water (and actually succeeded too). So because of my young age, maybe I had some wrong conclusions, and it has been a very long time since I've done any swimming at all so I could also remember it wrong.

Brilliant video as always. Can't wait for an Anton and Juji collab!

I love obstacle courses. But I noticed when I got into my 50's, even had trained really hard, I got some injuries every time. On the flip side there wasn't a lot of people in their 50's, so I won the war of attrition. 😂

Glad to see you keeping up your military contacts. Think this suits you better than marching

Great vid I'm training for an ocr right now so I feel your pain. You should take some of them climbing they would be so good at it.

The workout is the warmup for this guy. 🙌

Nice to see the military as a supportive environment :)

It's incredible how human like robots got. At first glance you wouldn't tell that magnus is a robot but then when he starts an exercise you'll notice it immediately.

Amazing! Love these types of challenges

Marius is like the T-1000 from terminator when he goes on that obstacle course he just looks relentless.... You cannot stop him.

I could not physically finish some of the obstacles in that 500 meter course. But I can deadlift a lot.

Please make more military videos!! These are by far the most exciting videos youve made!!

I literally LOLed at him talking about the importance of staying humble after casually popping off his tshirt as usual😄

Damn that guy doing the 500m course was killing it

Should I have gone to bed about 2 hours ago? Yes. Have been watching Magnus' videos for the past 2 hours? Also yes.

OUTSTANDING! GREAT JOB EVERYONE!

As a trained lifeguard, I'd say that Magnus could probably save the most seconds by improving his front crawl technique and getting his face under water :D Great video though, and I'm certain I'd loose on any of the other disciplines XD

Very cool to see! I'd never heard of the Military Pentathlon before

This looked like a lot of fun.

Bring back memorys. Did military penthlon cior 2005 in Belgium Eupen. Was amazing. Also used to run the sandhurst o course in sub 3 mins. Lungs feel like they bleed at that intensity. Metal taste in the mouth afterwards as you are paying the o2 debt.

Even being able to compete is a great feat in its own right.

Love this original content. Good video Magnus👍

That is pretty damn fast for a first attempt at an obstacle course.

I was reluctant to watch this one, but I really got into it. Ninja Warrior is flash, bang, loud noises... enjoyable but all that gets in the way of the physical and mental challenge. I far preferred this because of the running but also the head-to-head aspect. Well, it is Magnus and friends instead of some 15-year-old kid, etc.

The world record crawler strikes again showing how he earned the title

I bet you it’s an amazing feeling to be in full control of you body!

Love the vids Magnus keep it up. Was wondering if you could do a video about getting better finger strength and stronger in general :). Or what you were doing to improve to get to your prime or what your were doing in your prime

Oh god, my knees twinge every time I see them just jumping down from the high obstacles 😂

Would love to see a freerunner in that course. Would imagine, that they're saving some time doing a roll after jumping down..

Lots of cameras and cameramen, or multiple takes. Great editing and production values. Well done.

Magnus just casually smashing things everywhere he goes

Regardless of the feedback, this was a good video and kind of thrilling! Makes me want to do it!

The swimming part could be more interesting with having to go deeper to go under certain obstacles, and adding a few high rafts, that you need to climb up on, and jump off, rather then just hurdling.