Speaking for myself, and possibly a lot of the other civilians on this thread, were trying to gauge what is considered "in shape" for OCS as well as the Navy in general because, after all, we are civilians. The questions are just to better design a training routine leading up to OCS. Not stressing or "nuking" over it, just designing a measuring stick.
I know it's a test of will and mental integrity as much as it is a physical ordeal (and there's not much that can prepare you to the real thing), so by preparing as we are for the physical aspect it's just one less thing to stress about when(if) we get there.
On the flip side, thanks for the solid advice. Good form, pay attention, don't be stupid. Roger that
Fair enough, I suppose it's easy enough to downplay it after you've been through it and kind of see the method behind the madness, so to say.
To give you a measuring stick, I think I did something like 85 sit-ups, 50 pushups, and ran a 12 min 1.5 mile right before I left (so I clearly wasn't in the best of shape). On the IST I did 91/54/11:30, and that was maybe slightly below average for males in my class. Were there points during OCS when I was getting beat, doing RLP, etc. where I was near my limits physically? Absolutely, but at the same time if you remember why you're there, and you're 100% confident that it's what you want, then you will be able to push through.
The fact that you guys are on here and so focused on preparing properly will definitely be noticeable when you get to OCS, because a lot of people are not prepared, whether that's physically, knowledge-wise, mentally, etc. (which really surprised me).
