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Ok, so I'll be enlisting in the U.S. Army (hopefully in an airborne division) next Wednesday. I'm currently 5'10, 160 lbs. I need to be as fit as possible before basic training, which will begin roughly two weeks after I enlist. Up until now I've only been riding my bike about ten miles daily. I plan to step up my work-out regiment exponentially in the coming weeks, should I just stick to push-ups, sit-ups, chin-ups, and a long run? What should I be eating? Has anyone here been through basic training, could they tell me a bit about their personal fitness level entering? Thanks for any advice given.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Went through Air Force basic training. Weighed 175 Could only manage about 35 push-ups, 30 something situps, and like a 14 minute mile and a half. Pretty shitty, but after 6 weeks i was doing 60 push ups, 50+ sit ups, and a 11 minute mile and a half. Lost 15 pounds too. Army basic is 8 weeks long, so if you can manage what i did, you will easily make the reqs.
>> Anonymous
Army training boasts about turning a 50% failure rate into a 90% success rate. You might suffer at first but by the end you'll be another happy drone as long as you're not overweight going in.
>> Anonymous
Army BASIC is more strict than the Air Force's, the work out will depend on your Drill Sargent, smoke you every few times a week (though do hope for a day or so of light PT so you body can recover, since if it's all heavy PT your body will not bulk up right).

You have any Idea which BCT your going to?
>> Anonymous
Also try to do PT in group (pushing each other on) since your going to feel more motivated to do more with Battle Buddies, than you would alone.

Drink Water also, remember that's one of the most important thing in BCT. Don't become a heat causality since that fucks you for the rest of your military life (your more at risk if you been one before), when your PTing drink in small sips over a period of time. Also at night drink about a QT of water before sacking in.
>> Anonymous
This shit is old as fuck, but you can DEP.

Delay your basic training time.
>> Anonymous
Act like you're more tired than you really are, then show massive improvement later on!
>> Anonymous
>>123036
A quart right before bed? You will wake up at like 3 AM having to piss badly. I would know...
>> Anonymous
Basic is there to get you in shape. If you're heavy you'll lose weight. If you're skinny you'll put on weight. I went in at something like 140 and completely out of shape (took me like 16 minutes on the run, pushups/situps weren't a problem though) came out 175 and feeling good.

This was Air Force basic though, I'm sure the Army's a bit more rough with the training. Then again, I went to basic when the focus was rolling your shirts up just right unless you wanted your drawer flung across the room. Now they actually get a rifle right off with the firing pin removed...maybe they beefed up the PT too.
>> Anonymous
>>123379

rifle with firing pin removed? lol wut
>> Anonymous
>>123375

Well I know in Marine Corps Boot they made us drink a full canteen just before bed to replenish any fluids we lost throughout the day (though you hydrate constantly). Not sure if it's the same in Army Basic.

Also, I went into boot without being too fit (though I did workout a bit before actually going) and it wasn't too hard for me. More mental than anything.

>>123379

Wtf? Firing pin removed? They gave us our rifles the first week of actual training (the actual first week was just receiving, you know paper work and medical stuff) ready to fire and everything. Guess the Army is just different like that...
>> Anonymous
>>123385
>>123387

To focus on keeping it clean and whatnot, I guess. Fuck if I know. When we went through we got one day for the rifle stuff. Got to fire like 100 bullets overall (50 to test, 50 for qualifying). The rest was "I SWEAR TO GOD IF THERE IS A STRING ON THAT FUCKING UNIFORM BLAHBLJAELAJERLDJARRGGGGG".
>> Anonymous
>>123396

I am now concerned with the ability of air force personnel to handle rifles.
>> Anonymous
>>123387
mc ocs is more or less the same way, and having gone through both boot and ocs i can say that ocs is more physically demanding, while boot is more mentally demanding. I don't know about the army, but I'll give my two cents.

boot: don't do much pt (relatively), and what you DO do is more functional kind of stuff rather than hard (ie drill, running in formation, stupid easy shit). getting fucked with CONSTANTLY.

ocs: expect no sleep, a lot of pt, fucking hydration, and just dealing with a lot of shit for a long time until the last two weeks where they basically leave you alone.

prior to ocs i ran a couple times a week, trained on some killer hills and stuff, but i could've been in way better running shape (good lifting shape though, 6'0" 200 @ ~8%). Although being in good shape helps when you're going in, your body WILL get used to it, it just means that you'll have a little bit longer acclimatizing period.
>> Civilian > Military. Anonymous
I've heard a lot of stories about people going into basic training like shit then coming out feeling like beasts.

Marines seem to have the most drastic change though. Probably because their basic training is brutal.

I've been doing my own research (for myself) into the topic of Civilian > Military transformation. Although I have to admit, basic training and how they give that level of transformation to everyone is beyond me (at this time). I've been doing my own exercising, pushups, situps, and as much jogging as possible. The weather has really sucked around Pennsylvania on my work-out days so I'll probably be forced into joining the only gym within 30 minutes.

I've heard that muscle-building before Basic training is not suggested. This was from an Army's TI that said it.

Anyways. yeah.. Need more military posters.
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>> Anonymous
>>123413

Forgot to mention that, and you touched on it a bit sir, that you should get used to running. If Army Basic is anything like Marine Corps Boot then you'll be running all the time. I went from a ~26 minute run time to a ~21 minute run time in about 3 months.

But I can't imagine going from Boot Camp to OCS sir, going to hell and back twice. I'm thinking about going that path, but we'll see.
>> Anonymous
The army's workout regimen isn't as strict as the air force's, probably because you're doing it for a longer amount of time. I had no trouble with the air force's and I'm not athletic at all really. It's created for you to pass, don't build muscle up before because they're just gonna starve you for the first week anyway. Most guys I know that went through basic lost weight, but not fat. They ended up losing most of their muscle they had built up before basic Just keep a positive attitude and you'll do fine.
>> Anonymous
>>123400

As you should be. If you get deployed you go through the predeployment training or whatever, which is probably the only thing keeping airmen from shooting themselves in the foot. But don't worry too much, I'm in a non-deployable unit, so the only way I'm going is if there's openings and I put my name on a list of volunteers, which is pretty damn long.
>> Anonymous
Air force = deskjob, Navy = scrubbing, Coast Guard = chasing cubans.
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>> Anonymous
Since there seem to be a lot of military people here, I have a question to ask. Is it worth going to the military for college money?
>> Anonymous
Aren't immigrants allowed to join the us.army?(I'm not talking some eastern european country or some third world country like that) more like close allies of america in western europe?

What about the marines? Is that for us citizens only?
>> Anonymous
I'm surprised this thread has survived without a reference to FUCKING A LOT OF DUDES.