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BASIC TRAINING

big_mex_9 Posts: 2 Joined: 2003/12/22	2004/03/02, 04:02 PM DOES ANY ONE KNOW OF ANY GOOD WORKOUTS FOR SOMEONE WHO IS PREPARING FOR BASIC TRAINING IN THE ARMY. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
skippy254 Posts: 9 Joined: 2004/01/19	2004/03/02, 04:42 PM I went through the Marines boot camp and heres what i would advise you to do. Run, climb a rope , Run, push-ups, run, chin-ups, run, gut busters, run, and get ready for some head games. O did i mention you need to run. Good luck. -------------- Bryan S. Push that weight
	2004/03/02, 04:45 PM I agree with skippy except you need to run:big_smile: -------------- Some times life is like herding cats. Charlie
agamble Posts: 1,029 Joined: 2003/09/22	2004/03/02, 08:05 PM All of the above plus running. Buy you some good heavy boots and run in them. Find some sand and run in it. Good Luck. You can do it......or else!
Pritchard Posts: 1,212 Joined: 2004/03/02	2004/03/03, 12:48 PM I take it you have to run alot?!?! in the words of brandon dicamillo "you have got balls of big steel"
parko03 Posts: 156 Joined: 2004/01/28	2004/03/04, 12:02 PM I am training for Navy boot camp myself right now. Run like the wind and we have a requirement for push ups and sit ups. I am doing alot of cardio and upper body strength training. My numbers are growing so I must be doing something right.:) -------------- It is no fun to be normal!!!
agamble Posts: 1,029 Joined: 2003/09/22	2004/03/04, 12:12 PM I went through Navy boot camp many years ago. Wasn't too bad at all. I then went to Aircrewman Candidate School. A little bit tougher but if you don't mind swimming and running it wasn't bad either. The physical body can adapt to most any regimen. Most people wash out of boot camp (be it Navy, Marine, Army, Air Force)because they can't handle the mental demands.
treadhead Posts: 22 Joined: 2004/03/02	2004/03/05, 04:48 PM As a former (staff puke right now) training company commander I can tell you precisely what you need to do. I like the USMC program better than ours but that's life. You will be evaluated on your ability to do three events. The push up, sit-up, and two mile run. DO a google search for present performance standards for your age and gender. Keyword 'Army APFT.' For the PU's and SU's all you need do is a few sets a day. Go for a good burn for say three sets of each. You should run 3x per week. Get some good running shoes. One run at a moderate pace for say 3 miles. On the 2nd day (make sure ya skip a day) do a 2 miler at a pace which gets the heart and lungs going. Be sure to pace yourself. On the 3rd go around you need to do some speed drills. Best to find a track and run say 3 440's at about a 3/4 pace, with a shuffle pace lap between each sprint, then do 220's, with 220 shuffles in between, then 100 meter. Good luck
knuhkles Posts: 62 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/03/10, 03:24 PM Im currently in the Air Force Active Duty stationed in Kadena Air Base, Okinawa,Japan, with all the branches of service especially USMC (6 Camps)! I'm a Security Forces member, we train with the USMC, so we are expected to with hold the same fitness standards as them. All I have to say about your situation is RUN, RUN, & RUN!! And when you think you are starting to feel the burn, thats when you should run even harder. The biggest part of Basic Training isnt pushups or situps, its acutally the run! Eat a balance meal so you have energy to get through the day. Try to get up around 4:00 A.M. get a bannana in your stomach and out the door you go. RUN(Not jog) about 4 miles. Do Pushups, and Situps. You'll be just fine...Oh and dont foget to stretch, its a big key in preventing injurying. ~hope this helps you out~
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/03/10, 03:27 PM Hey knuhkles they still got us jarheads banned from the e-club on Kadena? I was stationed there in 95-96, that e-club was the hot spot. -------------- Hecdarec in full effect.
knuhkles Posts: 62 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/03/15, 04:58 AM They sure do....as a matter of fact the 3 star general on Foster made it so that they have a curfew at 12:00 and all marines can't get into any of the clubs, including both enlisted clubs...kinda sad
Leilita808 Posts: 154 Joined: 2004/01/07	2004/03/15, 08:18 AM knuhkles...where is your follow-on
knuhkles Posts: 62 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/03/15, 08:26 AM Don't have one yet(You know how the military works....)Outta here soon! THANK GOD
Leilita808 Posts: 154 Joined: 2004/01/07	2004/03/15, 09:02 AM kool...I am at partick
knuhkles Posts: 62 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/03/15, 12:05 PM oh really....im from deltona, florida...I had to go to Patrick after I got my Military ID taken from *Roxys Night Club*...whats your job and how do you like it...I also noticed the army working your gates...has that changed??