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Sgt. Sam's commentary clip follows Thompson over walls and climbing bars after another Marine gets away first.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 835,223 views a day, 46 times a normal first day on this channel (18,100).
He wasn’t letting that slide 💀
"Let's go Thompson!" a spectator shouts, but encouragement cannot get him out of the next exercise: a set of burpees beneath the monkey bars. Another Marine finishes first and heads off, leaving Thompson to make up ground over the obstacles ahead.
That pursuit is the hook in "He wasn't letting that slide 💀", a Short posted by military clips channel Sgt. Sam. It reached roughly 936,000 views in 33 hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day pace for Shorts.
This is footage presented with voiceover commentary, not an original Sgt. Sam training challenge. The narrator identifies the competitors as Marines and follows Thompson as he vaults wooden barriers, catches up at the tall climbing bars and swings over. The finish comes near the end of the minute-long clip.
The commentary calls it the military's toughest course, but viewers are scrutinizing the details rather than simply accepting that billing. Several discuss the burpees, including how many Thompson actually completes; others question the course's difficulty or the narrator's description of the final sprint.
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What viewers say
Why did I start to breath heavy
@Walnuts29See it on YouTubeI was wondering which one is thompson
@2FAST4upezzySee it on YouTubeIf you count correctly he did 12 burpees
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- Channel
- Sgt. Sam
- Subscribers
- 113,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 7,983,004
- Channel views, pace per day
- 896,542 (on a normal day: 808,705)
- Video published
- October 27, 2026
- Video views so far
- 935,665 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 835,223
The numbers
The obstacle-course Short drew an unusually large early audience for Sgt. Sam. Its estimated first-day views were more than forty times the channel's usual start for Shorts.
💡 Test your knowledge
Where do the Marines stop to perform burpees in the clip?
The competitors perform their burpees beneath the monkey bars before continuing through the course.