Help! Endurance!!!

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Paris Island in mid summer??? There is no hope for you D-Man. hehehe.

Seriously, at that time of year, the key will be at least 50% mental. I went thru Ranger training in FL in the summer in the mid 60’s prior to shipping out with the Sea Wolves. We did not have time for the full SEAL training. I survived but mostly because of a “will do” mental attitude even though some who dropped out were in better shape than I was.

After the mental attitude, the next most important thing is to stay as hydrated as possible while there.

Running for the next month, in sand carrying weight if you can, and body weight exercises will get you through the muscularity/endurance part.

Give em hell Diesel! We want an article from you upon completion with your recommendations for future enlistees.

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Diesel…

Whatever my name is? Heck I signed the bottom of my post. It’s right there, I mean c’mon, talk about your selective reading.

My name is Brad by the way.

I’m A Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy. You know, the guys who take care of Marines, The guys who hump with Marines, PT with the Marines, wear the same uniform, Ect. I’ve been active duty for going on 9 years now, Six of which have been attached to ground forces either in support of or directly involved with things you still have to learn.

You’ll see Hospital Corpsmen when you get to boot camp. You’ll hump along side some of us, you’ll see that while you’re suffering and sweating, the Hospital Corpsmen are moving back and forth along the lines making sure you’re not injured.

My experience working with, among, and for Marines for a period of time longer than you probably intend to be enlisted is what qualifies my last post. I know what happens to Marines, I know because I’ve “been there done that”, and treated things like heat injuries, cold injuries, a miriad of orthopedic injuries, not to mention weak minded Marines who just can’t hang.

That whole “baby boy” comment was just cute…

Big tough guy… I wish I could just pat you on top of your head and tell you it’s going to be ok…

But with your immediate, defensive approach to sound and valuable advice, things probably won’t be ok. You’ll probably be an overconfident bonehead that does something stupid to injure himself within the first couple weeks of bootcamp and ends up in the hospital. We see it here all the time.

Call your recruiter, complain to him that a Doc was trying to give you advice.

Good luck.

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 It must be some military attitude syndrome. 

 Can you PLEASE take the time to read my fucking posts before you go out of your way and 'correct'  what 'I said' - I am pretty darn sure I never said PT alone will get you honors. I never said I intend to beat my chest and be above all others. I never said I intend to escape the grueling mental challenge that will be posed before me no matter how fit I am. 

 No. Instead I simply said, I intend to be in the best shape I can WHEN I GET THERE. I intend to get close to 100 pushups in 2 minutes, not close to 45 pushups in 2 minutes. See the difference? Its about wantint to prepare to be the best I can - physically wise. Can you understand that? Please reread the whole post before you jump to conclusions, not that they matter much in THIS forum (maybe at military.com's forums where you might be able to push around some of the wannabes).

 Also, congrats on your service as a corpsman. You must be very proud of your 6 week bootcamp, as opposed to the 12 1/2 weeks for the Marines. You must also be very proud you didnt have to undergo combat training WHILE in bootcamp - 3 weeks for the Marines. Sorry, but if you wanna pretend to teach someone about the Marines, and Marine bootcamp, you will have to BECOME one first. Im sure you have plenty of good advice for corpsman wannabes. When it comes to Marine wannabes, let those who have been there talk. Marines, Rangers, Delta, SEALS, Air Force special ops, Green Berets, they all know it any better than I may ever know. If someone's gonna give me shit, he'll have to be one of these. Not a corpsman. Otherwise, just can it.
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Doogie, before you think I’m one of those who are “lecturing” you, you should know that I am in the same boat as you, and will be joining the military soon as well. I went through a condensed boot camp for an elite unit a few months ago, and I didn’t pass not because I wasn’t good enough, but because I came in with the wrong mindset, which I’m afraid you might be slightly exhibiting as well. Before the camp, I trained like a maniac (phsically), and I came in to the camp in extremely good shape. My mistake was, that even during the camp, I focused too much on the PT aspect, and not as much as I should have on the other aspects (team work, leadership, etc.), and that is ultimately what put me down. In the grand scheme of things, PT is much more trivial than you might think. Your instructors really don’t care how good you are physically as they believe that they can whip anyone into shape, but the kind of character you show is the real thing they’re after. Again, don’t get offended, but take it as advice from a fellow recruit to another.

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Once you get to boot camp, you can tell the Corpsman who takes care of your blisters and cough to take his advice to can it too…

We’re always there, and you will need us. We’ve always been there.

You’ll understand soon enough. I suppose my advice means squat to you now, but it will come in handy, especially the leadership aspect if making rank is your goal.

Take care…

Brad

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back to the ORIGINAL question
don’t you just love the way these things go off on a long tangent?
i was in the military and am currently training someone to go to westpoint with great success
the program that i have had her use is based on Pavel T’s writing (what with him training military folks himself)
very simply you do difficult but not to failure training every hour or so-such as 25 pushups if you can get 40 etc. you can also employ things like elevated pushups and situps. and if you really want to get in the best shape of your life do some kettlebell work-with dumbells since you don’t have time-if you can pop out sets of 50 reps on a one arm snatch with 40 or so lbs the physical aspect of PT will be a joke
good luck

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D,
I e-mailed you through T-mag an attahcment on Marine Corp Basic Training. I hope it came throught okay.

If it did not check your mail at you t-mag log-on or contact me at my yahoo address.

Best of Luck.