Toughest physical regiment???

[ThreeGreen]

They said it was 2.7 miles, and we ran it about 2-4 times a week, sometimes it was a sprint/jog course maybe a bit longer. I went through in the spring, it might have changed. I'm sure you'll be fine, the PT is certainly constant, but the worst is being an adult and getting treated like a child for 12 weeks. It doesn't take long to get old, but thats just one of the hoops to putting on the bars. Good Luck, like I said, you'll be fine!

 

[Mos]

touche you son of a bitch! :icon_tong

*touché

The worst? I'd have to pick between three different occasions. First would be the first or second day with the Gunnery Sergeant, which would be the time we ate lunch out on the grass near the uni shop in a squatting position followed by marching lessons and getting dropped on our faces about ten times on the way back to the hall.

Second would be morning run with one of the DIs (not ours), who did not like that some in the group were slower than the others. After running out to the carriers (stopping every quarter of a mile or so to do shit in the grass), and coming back about another quarter mile, he got pissed and turned us around to the carriers for more fun in the grass. This happened two more times, until he had no choice but to bring us back home in time for breakfast.

Third would be our welcome aboard, which lasted between one and two hours IIRC. I won't detail that experience. But I will say that after finishing welcome aboard, I felt like there wasn't anything in the world I couldn't do. And then week 2 started.:icon_wink

 

[srqwho]

First off, I was pro-rec for SNA BDCP (close to final select), and I do not have to go to OCS for another two years. I was wondering if someone that has been through OCS could tell me what was the worst physical training they did while they were there (i.e. running push ups etc.)? I realize that no matter how much information one receives, one will not be prepared for what happens when you arrive there, but I am still curious. I am a div 1 athlete, and in good shape, but I would like to get a little taste of the unknown.

I searched various threads, and could not find this specific question, so if this question has already been asked, I apologize.

-gb21

It's not so much the "scheduled" PT sessions that were rough, but the beatings that seemed to go on and on and on. And really, none of it is really that tough, but you're tired, in a bad mood most of the time, and always pissed about some inspection or test that you swear you don't have enough time to prepare for. If I had to think of a worst beating (not answering your question I know) it would probably be a post mid-PFA beating that involved something like 60-70, 8 count body builders. The jack-webs are also evil, and unfortunately a regular part of morning PT.

 

[Jim123]

I wouldn't worry too much about the run distance/pace if you're in good shape, since the formation runs were as difficult as you made them (that is a good thing). If the pace was slow for you, then you could sing along to the cadence that much louder (this is not as gay as it sounds) which tended to improve your own workout... or if you were huffing and puffing just to keep up, then you were probably a little quiet with the cadence. As for wind sprints, calisthenics, and the unscheduled PT sessions, not everybody burns out at exactly the same time but eventually even the PT studs work up a good sweat and slow down too (which is the point)

If you're still worried then I'd make sure your knees can hold up to running at least a few miles at a time for a few times each week.

I'm not giving away a secret to also mention that the DIs are actually paying attention to make sure you don't suddenly die of PT, perceptions to the contrary notwithstanding

 

[FlyinRock]

Perhaps the wrong thread for the response but still apropos.
In the mid 50's, I watched a college grad with a PhysEd major, who was in pretty good shape, going thru the various standards of evaluation. One of his junior DI's, in uniform, wearing his Smokey Bear hat, got into harness alongside the youngster and matched him move for move and never broke a sweat.
I often wondered about physical standards and if they have really slipped over the years for the majority of American youth. I know for certain there are military units that are kick ass for physical conditioning and a lot of it is upper body. The one main point is that if you can't haul your ass for miles at a dog trot carrying 60-100# you are going to get killed by people who CAN!!
In my old ancient case, now I'll pull my 1911 to argue for me. I can remember the days of long hard runs carrying insane weights in the glorious USMC.
Happy birthday Marines!!!
Semper fi
Rocky

 

[Boomhower]

Sweeping the deck in the passage way with your "go-slowers". Absolutely painful.

 

[Spekkio]

The toughest PT I did at OCS was bear crawl for nearly an hour straight...but that exercise has since been made a no-no by the CoC.

 

[PR1 H]

First off...
You come off as a fucking clown when you ask about a physical regiment..
A regiment is a military unit composed of a few battalions. The Army and Marines use brigades in lieu of regiments now. I think you meant regimen. You need to get a better grasp of the English languish.....and nobody gives a shit if your a Div I athlete.
edit: nothing personal......just tuff luv

Not to be a assclown or anything... lol.. but wouldn't that be language? :icon_tong

 

[gb21]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the insights.

 

[Floppy_D]

Not to be a assclown or anything... lol.. but wouldn't that be language?

Ba-ZING! You beat me to it.

 

[phrogpilot73]

The Marine Corps uses regiments (actually the Army does as well, it's just that when they combine non-homogeneous battalions they call it a Brigade Combat Team, whereas Marines call it a Regimental Combat Team).

+1

There is a Brigade in the Marine Corps, it's the MEB - or Marine Expeditionary Brigade. It is a full-on MAGTF, and that's the only way you'll find a Brigade in the Marine Corps.

Regiments are standing units, and RCTs are as said above.

 

[SoOthersMayLive]

2.7 mile run 4 times a week. Monday, Wedensday, and Friday you run with a group according to your ability (Fast, Medium, or Slow). Saturday is a self paced. This is all done after about a 45 min. PT session. You will not run a longer distance (consecutively) while you are there. If your class is sucking you will probably do sprints or get the crap kicked out of you by the D.I.. Don't be in the slow group and most of the time you should be OK, just walking in circles with your canteen in your hand while waiting for the fat bodies to finish their run. The impromptu beatings aren't bad, people whine and bitch about them but its only a 10 - 15 minute beating, multiply that by 5 - 10 times a day and it gets old. The severity all depends on how your class is doing.

 

[FlyinRock]

whahhh whaaaa whaaaa....... <gggg>
The most motivated people I ever worked with are the ones who were actually dodging bullets in their chosen career as US Military. None of them is faster than a speeding bullet as I carefully point out, and only their state of mind will carry the day.
I'm terribly disapppinted that I don't get to work out more than I do and it shows in my physical condition. My brain refuses to accept the fact that I can't leap over a building in a single bound and when the attempt is made, it requires assist of a ladder. Speeding locomotives are rare and when they run over my feeble attempts to stop them, the local tabloid just calls it a local bum drunk on the tracks. Funny they never mention how the bum just gets up and walks away...... damn, it sucks getting old.
There is nothing that will motivate you more than the fear of bullets or other shit hurting you when you can't move fast enough or in the right direction.
I guarantee you, I have replayed the event literally hundreds of times to see what I should have done differently and I suspect it will be replayed a hundred more without an answer.
Those of you who are deliberately in harms way in the military can't let down your guard or you'll end up like me with a lot of stories if you are lucky, and dead if you arent.
Blowing my horn, I got in a short marathon recently and finished dead last, but I finished, and they were closing the course and picking up the cones behind me. Not sure if they marked the places where I stopped to gasp and wheeze but I did finish. Even though it was a fun run, I kept the idea that the bad guys were chasing me and if they caught up it was not going to be one of my more fun memories. Shake it down to USMC attitude but the fact remains, if you are not in good physical condition, you are going to let down a lot of people when you fall over dead because you quit.
How can I be more eloquent than that?
Semper Fi
Rocky

 

[beaverslayer]

Even though it was a fun run, I kept the idea that the bad guys were chasing me and if they caught up it was not going to be one of my more fun memories. Rocky

^^^ +1

I have to do the same thing to motivate myself to keep running, albeit a watered down version, since I have not (yet) personally been in that kind of life or death situation. It's a great way to force yourself to keep running though!

 

[blarged]

Even though it was a fun run, I kept the idea that the drill instructors were chasing me and if they caught up it was not going to be one of my more fun memories.

Changed it for my thought process while running in preparation for OCS. :icon_wink