IPPT - Test of endurance only?

IPPT... a fitness 5 stations (before that was 6) test made compulsory since pri sch for healthy & medically able bodied males to be taken at least once annually until when they aged around 34years old in singapore. (Thats when reservist days for guys usually end nowadays, just dunno if we guys still need to go for IPPT after that. Haha) For females, dun ask me cos I am a male. =)

While Shuttle run and Sit ups are my best 2 performing stations, i had mixed results in Standing broad jump, Pull ups and 2.4km Run.

What's difficult in Standing broad jump? Isn't it standing broadly and then jump far? Well, there are techniques to jump far as some of my friends have told me, but I believe ultimately improving leg muscles can help alot. So far I notice whenever I have been cycling regularly before IPPT, I can jump better with much ease. (I can jump anywhere from 210cm - 235cm) Hmmm... Jumping over 215cm can be tricky at times as i often retake my IPPT partly because of this simple station. *Damned it, got to fine tuned my techniques... =X

I wonder if I try to reach for the sky, will
I be able to jump further?

Then comes pull ups - test of strength and muscular endurance in my upper body. I can only manage at best 8 pull ups count at one go when i am fitter during my NS rather than now. For now, i think at best a borderline 6, therefore I should go train my upper arm power soon if not i confirm will fail... Somemore, gym cost about $2.50 per trip. Nowadays, cannot afford it (Its not as if 1 gym session will guaranteed you a pass in IPPT), have to think of other creative ways then...

Running has by far been quite ok for me if i do run/cycle regularly from now till my IPPT date. (Maybe it will be one of the days during last week of Jan if i managed to book a day, else it will be held at a "much difficult to run" track during 1st week of Feb when i go for my reservist!) Best timing so far in my life is only 10:30mins, which is also attained during my NS period. =( Shall currently aim to run better than 11:40mins if i am gonna get at least a bronze award hopefully...

Ok, there isn't much motivation for me to excercise these few days due to massive spring cleaning operation. But I can still find motivation somehow, though I feel its more productive if i do train with a friend. Maybe I shall start cycling again to find my excercising momentum, or maybe I shall devise some unique healthy excercising plan... At any costs, I have decided on doing different excercises to really motivate myself to excercise various parts of muscles, else impending IPPT failure awaits me...

One of the better sunrise shots taken few years back by my friend... Hope my future will be brighter soon... Within 1 - 2 years, I suppose...

P/s: Sorry for lack of relevant photos for this post. (That shows how busy or rather slack I am in training, but I will be sure to increase training soon to keep fit in time for tough challenges ahead...) Who take pics of IPPT stations anyway... =P