Marine Boot Camp Tips

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The physical apsects have been pretty well covered. Here are some tips that might make your stay a little easier.

Some basic do’s:

  1. take care of your feet
  2. eat a light breakfast (juice & toast)- everyday
  3. eat a big dinner - everyday
  4. never let the DIs know your name - don’t
    stand out good or bad. Be a face in the
    mob.
  5. never volunteer for anything
  6. keep your eyes forward going thru the
    chow line, no talking.
  7. only speak when spoken to
  8. when spoken to, never speak while at
    Parade Rest (from personal experience).
  9. your check will say Dept of Navy - get
    over it
    10)know your general orders and chain of command before you get there.

Semper Fi

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you wont have to worry about your feet, you will be forced to change your socks.

you have no control over what you eat or how much you have time to eat it.

you will be at position of attention before you even make eye contact with a DI.

you dont get checks … we have direct deposit.

about volunteering, not much of that, but you will get “voluntold” plenty of times

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[quote]hawkcapt1912 wrote:
2) eat a light breakfast (juice & toast)- everyday
3) eat a big dinner - everyday
4) never let the DIs know your name - don’t
stand out good or bad. Be a face in the
mob.
5) never volunteer for anything [/quote]

WTF…seriously, You literally become a frickin human garbage disposal. I have never consumed more much food on a daily basis than I did at boot. I was eating everything I could get my hands on and i still lost 70 lbs. Even the diet recruits had more than juice & toast for breakfast.

The DIs will know your name, Your senior will and so will the green belts. Get used to that.

The volunteer thing, theres none of that. Being “voluntold” is accurate.

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I greatly regret never serving in the military. My son is doing so and I am BIG TIME proud of him.

Thank you, ejohnson1887, and all you others who have served.

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In Basic, you’re going to be exercising several times a day, so you want to increase your recovery ability and work capacity as much as possible.

I’d run 4 miles on Mon, Wed, and Fri mornings, trying to reduce the total time each workout.

On Monday and Thursday nights, I’d do whole body strength training, performed as gut-wrenching circuits.

  1. Pullups, 2 x max reps
  2. Back squats, 2 x 15
  3. Overhead presses, 2 x 10
  4. Dips, 2 x max reps
  5. Bent Rows, 2 x 10
  6. Bench press, 2 x 8
  7. Deadlift, 2 x 8
  8. Russian Twists, 2 x 10 each side
  9. Leg raises off the bench, 2 x max reps
  10. Calves, 2 x 30

On Tuesday and Friday nights, I’d do stamina work similar to the drills we do in boxing / MMA. Do these things for 20 seconds each, and proceed to the next with 0-10 sec rest. Each week, add 10 seconds to the work duration, and shoot for less rest. Eventually you should be able to do 6 straight minutes with only 1 min rest between circuits.

  1. Jumping jacks
  2. Burpees
  3. Swiss ball crunches
  4. Mountain climbers
  5. pushups (punching a heavy bag would be better!)
  6. Jump rope

Work hard, trust your borthers, and God Bless!!!

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[quote]USMCGNPer wrote:
you wont have to worry about your feet, you will be forced to change your socks.

you have no control over what you eat or how much you have time to eat it.

you will be at position of attention before you even make eye contact with a DI.

you dont get checks … we have direct deposit.

about volunteering, not much of that, but you will get “voluntold” plenty of times[/quote]

For real how much food can a boot eat from the time the slop gets dumped on his tray till he gets to the end of the food line and has to dump the rest in the trash. “Duck” was a very popular meal.

USMCGNPer is givng the most accurate advice here. The physical training isn’t that hard unless you are getting some personal instruction time. AIT is much harder. No matter what the day has to end and as long as you do what you are told every single time, don’t get lazy, realize it’s all just a game (almost everything they do to you or have you do has a purpose) you will be fine.

DI’s will do everything they can to make sure a person who is trying, and isn’t a total fuckup, do what they have to do to make the standard because that’s their job.

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Dude remeber the warriors breaksfast after the crucible. To this day, that is the most I ever ate at one sitting.

I remember the DIs used to take us go “island hopping”. Man they would smoke the shit out of us.

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Marine Corps boot camp is about 90% mental, and about 10% physical. Its all in your head. If you are not a strong minded person, Parris Island will F*&%^ you up… I don’t care what kind of shape you are in.

When you first get there, you will run a IST (initial strenghth test) witch consist of 1.5 mile run witch has to be done in I want to say 10-11 min. You will also have to do pullups, 1-2 to pass, and crunches, 55 to pass? not real poss on numbers.

If you don’t pass the IST, you wil be sent to PCP. (physical conditioning platoon) witch sucks. So, if you can’t go at least 6 pullups, 50 cruches in 2 min, you have no business going.

The most you will have to run is a PFT, (physical strenth test) 3 miles run, most cruches in 2 min, and most pull ups, you can look up the requirements on the net.

Hahahaha, and then there is the Quarter Deck, and the waterless beach…
I don’t care what anyone tells you, there is no way you can train for that.

So in oder to get ready, I would (1) develop real thick skin. and try to get mentally prepared! this being most important. (2) run as often as you can, at least 1 mile, you goal should be 3 miles in less than 28 min.

PT! Good for you! Good for MEEE!

If you survive you will come out lean, and in great shape.
PM me if you have any questtionsss

Good Luck!
PFC Merchant

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this morning for PT we ran 6 miles, with 2 sets of max pullups thrown in around halfway… on top of that we ran 2x400 sprints and max crunches in 2 minutes… maybe you should try that PT in the next week or so and see how you do

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Haha.

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So yeah i today i did 65 crunches in 2 mins. Few weeks ago i did 6 pull ups. The only problem i have really is the 1.5 mile run. Monday i did that in like 16 mins. To pass the IST i have to get it down to 13:30. Now i hear im shipping out the end of march most likely. So yeah im trying to concentrate on my running and geting my weight down as fast as possible. Im a bit of a fatass lately due to a hand injury that kept me out of the gym for months and just being lazy up to now. I was 175 at meps about 3 weeks ago. Down to 170 now. Hopefully lose at least enough 10 pounds. By the way my height is 5’ 6’'. Anyway any tips on reducing my run time would be appreciated.

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just run…early…HIIT, focus on running 3 miles. 1.5 will be easy

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dude if I can run 1.5 miles in under 11 minutes at over 200 lbs with terrible knees and compartment syndrome, you can too meet your goal. Suck it up and do it.

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Yea well you always look in better shape than me. Anyway though i know i can get it down there its just i got only about a month to. So yeah thats why im stressing some about it. If i have 2 or 3 months i wouldn’t even be worried at all about it.

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I would suggest finding a running buddy who is in a little better shape who would be willing to run with you. As much as I like lifting and doing other physical things, I hate running and I find that I do better when there is somebody who I can keep pace with to push me.