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Power & Endurance
Clinical fitness assessment

Farmer's Carry

Assess grip endurance, core stability, and loaded walking capacity.

Equipment

Dumbbells, kettlebells, or farmer's carry handles. Measured course.

The protocol
  1. 01Set up a clear walking course (straight line, no obstacles).
  2. 02Client picks up the weights (equal in each hand) using a deadlift motion.
  3. 03Walk at a steady pace with shoulders back, core braced, and arms at sides.
  4. 04Record: weight carried, distance covered, and/or time.
  5. 05Test ends when the client sets the weights down, drops them, or cannot maintain form.
What to watch for
  • Excessive lateral lean or trunk shifting.
  • Shrugging the shoulders up to the ears.
  • Looking down instead of straight ahead.
  • Unsafe grip — if the weights are slipping, stop the test.
How to read the result

There is no published normative standard for Farmer's Carry that we would stand behind, so we do not publish one. Read it against the same client’s own earlier results instead: the direction and size of their change over time is the result.

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