These are just the start. You might need to make doing 5 pull-ups your first challenge. Or 5 push-ups. Or a handstand. You can even make your own challenges, and post them here for us to check out.
Note: these are not just for men. There is no reason many or most of these can be done by women too. And they won't make a woman bulky unless she takes steroids; it's not in a woman's body to bulk up like that.
Marine Corps Fitness Test (for a 17-26 year old male)
Pull-ups (dead hang-no time limit)
Passing 3
Perfect 20
Crunches (2 minutes)
Passing 50
Perfect 100
3-Mile Run
Passing-28:00
Perfect-18:00
Navy SEAL Physical Screening Test
500 meter swim
Passing-12:30
Competitive-10:00
Push-ups (2 mins)
Passing-42
Competitive-80
Sit-ups (2 mins)
Passing-50
Competitive-80
Pull-ups
Passing-6
Competitive-11
1.5 Mile Run
Passing-11:00
Competitive-10:00
Prison Challenge
Descending sets of Burpees with 10-second rests between sets from 20 to 1 (20, 19, 18, etc.)
Mighty Men Challenge
10 Pistols (10 on each leg)
15 Pull-ups
100 Burpees (5 minutes)
Beast Challenge (from Russian Kettlebell Club)
With a 72 lbs Kettlebell
1 Military Press
1 Pull-up
1 Pistol
(You can scale this down to either a 53 or a 35 lbs kettlebell. That is still quite a challenge on the pull-up and pistol.)
Tactical Strength Challengelink
2 or 3 times a year gyms around the country hold this challenge. Depending on the class you enter (novice, open, elite, or masters), you will max deadlift, do max pull-ups (with or without weight), and do max kettlebell snatches in 5 minutes. Check the website for the rules for each class.
Bar-barian Standardslink
This challenge is part of the membership requirements for a bodyweight training group called the Bar-barians. This mostly tests upper body muscular endurance. And it is intense.
In 6 minutes, do
-5 muscle-ups
-45 dips
-25 pull-ups
-55 push-ups
-5 muscle-ups
