goldmanharry91
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Having a nice endurance base will serve me well. I won't need to train too much to get back into good aerobic shape. Just needed the strength.
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Feb-March 2016 Rolling SWO Board Thread
- Thread starter FormerRecruitingGuru
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CellShock
Active Member
Doesn't matter if you lose sleep because you have to get your meals in. Meals are more important. - Rich
Outdoorsman
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I'm 5 10 at 155. Lost like 30 pounds of fat during training for OCS. I was pretty pathetic, couldn't do 10 pushups, couldn't run half a mile, took me over a year but now I can max out curl ups, and hit excellent for running and am in between good and excellent for push-ups. I'm pretty skinny but I think I'm in good shape for OCS, leave in about a month. I dunno if I'm on the lighter side of the spectrum or not but if I get the scores I need I should be set I figure.
Too late to bulk up now at any rate. My ORs physical prep instructions were "don't get fat" so even though I train almost every day I didn't wanna go crazy with very heavy deadlifts and stuff so I don't blow it by hurting myself.
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yeah i tapered down my deadlifts and squats.... or a while I didn't even do anything anymore. I finally decided to add them back in. I don't bench anymore at all. I think my athletic performance has gotten better by throwing in deads and squats again. It's a risk worth taking.... just don't overdue it. Idk about you guys, but i tend to take saturday's off on diet.... i keep it within reason though. I still get crazy water weight fluctuations. this week I cut down to like 234, pretty sure after this weekend i'll be looking at 240 again haha.
That's awesome, man, good for you. OCS (and it's resident DIs) are a great motivator. Excited to hear how it all turns out for you!
@SWOMan Had a similar experience adding the lower trunk lifts back in. I think just having the extra stability they give you is huge, and the extra performance totally makes up for the added weight. I also recently switched my lifting program from max strength to muscle endurance focus, after realizing that I could bench decently for 5-10 reps, but wasn't hitting my target for pushups. Even in two weeks I've noticed a difference.
TENNESSEE13
Active Member
So this is probably irrational, but I am concerned about the condition my package was emailed in. The OCS coordinator of my ship scanned it onboard and the pages came out fairly dark. Everything is legible, but it takes some effort in some places. Could this cost me anything, and would it be a bad idea to mail in a nice copy from my printer at home to supplement the emailed copy?
exNavyOffRec
Well-Known Member
not irrational at all, I had application kicked back by the NRC processors because some pages were unreadable, after you get an email saying it was rec'd I would follow up to ensure it is readable to them.
FormerRecruitingGuru
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If it's legible
You can't Mail OCS packages to NRC. If the copy isn't legible enough the processor will let your CCC know.
You can't Mail OCS packages to NRC. If the copy isn't legible enough the processor will let your CCC know.
TENNESSEE13
Active Member
Thank you. It's nice to know they would let me know if it's an issue.
Squirrel Girl
Well-Known Member
This was listed on the Nov-Dec 2015 feed.
196 to board. 67 selects. 34% selection rate
196 to board. 67 selects. 34% selection rate
VWXThrasher378
Active Member
Yeah the lower selection rate was a disappointment for everyone. I believe the reason given was that the board was held near of FY 2015. Also, some have speculated that the recent rise of NPQ Pilot selectees being designated to SWO have filled prematurely filled the billets available. Might be a combination of these two factors.
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