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Women and men can do pull-ups. Women and men can fail to do pull-ups. But the common denominator to passing a pull-up test is to practice them.

Some 65 percent of all female Marines voluntarily performed pull ups in their annual physical fitness test this year.

The test: Schools had the option of giving kids either a pull-up or push-up test, though many chose the former. Perform as many push-ups as you can until failure.