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Physical Fitness Testing

FUPaladin

FUPaladin

couldabeen
I hardly run at all, but I ran 1.5 miles yesterday just to see where I'm at, and I did 11:30 without too much effort. I could also do 80 situps even though I never do those either. With pushups, on the other hand, the most I can do is 46, and that's an improvement from where I was a month ago. Being 6'4" helps with running, but having long arms definitely doesn't help with pushups. I feel like I have to lift my 200 pounds twice as far as some of you short guys. :icon_wink

Not that any of this matters yet, since right now I'm having to deal with a former employer two states away who's dragging his feet in getting my recommendation done. I hope to be up for the next Intel board, but we'll see.
 
J

joboy_2.0

professional undergraduate
Contributor
FUPaladin said:
I hardly run at all, but I ran 1.5 miles yesterday just to see where I'm at, and I did 11:30 without too much effort. I could also do 80 situps even though I never do those either. With pushups, on the other hand, the most I can do is 46, and that's an improvement from where I was a month ago. Being 6'4" helps with running, but having long arms definitely doesn't help with pushups. I feel like I have to lift my 200 pounds twice as far as some of you short guys. :icon_wink

Not that any of this matters yet, since right now I'm having to deal with a former employer two states away who's dragging his feet in getting my recommendation done. I hope to be up for the next Intel board, but we'll see.
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And this is why I hate people like you. Pushups are always an easy fix, but I can't make my legs longer to increase my running. I work hard for my 10:30 (at altitude). As for pushups...just do dips. After getting up to 5 sets of 10, pushups are laughable.
 
loadtoad

loadtoad

Well-Known Member
pilot
Contributor
My recruiter just told me to do the minimums. As long as you pass you are fine... He basically said all you are getting is a check in the box when they look at your scores.

Just passing that along...
 
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Rasczak

Marine
loadtoad said:
My recruiter just told me to do the minimums. As long as you pass you are fine... He basically said all you are getting is a check in the box when they look at your scores.

Just passing that along...
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That's not the right attitude to have. What makes the difference is that YOU know you did better than the minimums.
 
Thisguy

Thisguy

Pain-in-the-dick
Rasczak said:
That's not the right attitude to have. What makes the difference is that YOU know you did better than the minimums.
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Not only that, but the better you do at the In-PRT, and the better you are at PT in general, the less flak you'll catch. Don't give them another reason to get on your case.
 
loadtoad

loadtoad

Well-Known Member
pilot
Contributor
Rasczak said:
That's not the right attitude to have. What makes the difference is that YOU know you did better than the minimums.
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Was running a 9:15 1.5 mile, 65 pushups and 87 situps better than the minimums?

I was just passing along that my recruiter said it doesn't matter if you pass with flying colors or just barely passed. It's just a check in the box and you don't get any extra credit going above and beyond.
 
Kycntryboy

Kycntryboy

Registered User
pilot
loadtoad said:
My recruiter just told me to do the minimums. As long as you pass you are fine... He basically said all you are getting is a check in the box when they look at your scores.

Just passing that along...
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Not totally accurate, with my package I submitted I am considered "overweight" for my height when they saw my PRT scores they reasoned it wasn't because I was out of shape (read fat). So it can help. Just don't be "that guy" that shows up to OCS doing 14 push ups on the In PRT.
 
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Rasczak

Marine
Kycntryboy said:
Not totally accurate, with my package I submitted I am considered "overweight" for my height when they saw my PRT scores they reasoned it wasn't because I was out of shape (read fat). So it can help. Just don't be "that guy" that shows up to OCS doing 14 push ups on the In PRT.
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Did they really look at it that way? I'm overweight for my height and it's something that has always worked against me, a lot of times I'll go out there and run circles around all these flyweights. People I've worked with have failed to take that into consideration. Your fortunate.
 
schwarti

schwarti

Active Member
Contributor
Kycntryboy said:
Not totally accurate, with my package I submitted I am considered "overweight" for my height when they saw my PRT scores they reasoned it wasn't because I was out of shape (read fat). So it can help. Just don't be "that guy" that shows up to OCS doing 14 push ups on the In PRT.
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I thought that if you could do that few, you wouldn't get accepted in the first place - this has been on my mind, because I'm definitely on the scrawny side. (5'11", 140lbs) I've been working out since I decided to start looking into the Navy a few months back, and I've been using weight-gainer protein shakes and all of that. My recruiter said to just do my best and not worry, but I guess I just want to know if I have a shot, being as weak as I currently am. I know that if given the chance, I'd give anything to get accepted.
 
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Rasczak

Marine
Start now then. Prove it to yourself that you want to get accepted. Over the last month I've been working dbl hard to increase my pullups and such. Over the last week I increased them by 3. Over the last month I've lost 10 lbs and shaved about 2 minutes off my 3 mile run time. Just go out there and work hard. You'll see everything start to come together.
 
schwarti

schwarti

Active Member
Contributor
Thanks - yeah, I've definitely seen marked improvement. It's just that everyone I see posting about these things is always worried about being overweight, not underweight.
 
BigRed389

BigRed389

Registered User
None
schwarti said:
I thought that if you could do that few, you wouldn't get accepted in the first place - this has been on my mind, because I'm definitely on the scrawny side. (5'11", 140lbs) I've been working out since I decided to start looking into the Navy a few months back, and I've been using weight-gainer protein shakes and all of that. My recruiter said to just do my best and not worry, but I guess I just want to know if I have a shot, being as weak as I currently am. I know that if given the chance, I'd give anything to get accepted.
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Weak?

You're going to be doing bodyweight exercises...so it's all relative. Just look up the standards, and make sure you can pull your weight...pun intended.
 
JD81

JD81

FUBIJAR
pilot
loadtoad said:
My recruiter just told me to do the minimums. As long as you pass you are fine... He basically said all you are getting is a check in the box when they look at your scores.

Just passing that along...
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Seeing as your out PFA at OCS goes with you when you leave, you'd be dumb to do that if you gave two sh!ts about what your record reflects about you, and PT is somewhat of a graded event as well at OCS.

I'm also considered overweight by lbs, yet my body fat was 16% on the rope & choke. Many 'overweight' folks built like linebackers attend OCS. As far as the run goes, I hauled my 6'3 200lb ass into a 10:46 and beat a lot of the scrawnier guys in my class, its all about effort.

My .02c, hope it made some sense.

-J
 
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