just finished bootcamp :)

[mfarr13]

Originally Posted by kayleeeileen

How was it?! And how was your PT experience. I know pretty much all I need to as far as my START guide. But PT is my enemy I am not overweight just my wekness is PT. How much did you work out each day? And what were the hardest parts?

To prepare for PT, the best would be to do about 40 pushups and 60 situps a day, and run for about 2 miles. If you do this 5 or 6 times a week, you should be fine. Start slowly e.g. 10 pushups and 15 situps, and slowly work up to the numbers above. You will find that in bootcamp, due to training and healthy diet, you will easily exceed these numbers provided you have trained before. Just my 2 cents...

[kayleeeileen]

Originally Posted by mfarr13

To prepare for PT, the best would be to do about 40 pushups and 60 situps a day, and run for about 2 miles. If you do this 5 or 6 times a week, you should be fine. Start slowly e.g. 10 pushups and 15 situps, and slowly work up to the numbers above. You will find that in bootcamp, due to training and healthy diet, you will easily exceed these numbers provided you have trained before. Just my 2 cents...

I do work out and run, but I leave in 30 days so I still worry I won't be ready. But I think I am just overthinking it.

[mfarr13]

Originally Posted by kayleeeileen

I do work out and run, but I leave in 30 days so I still worry I won't be ready. But I think I am just overthinking it.

If you work out and run, you should be fine!

[ajfederio]

way to go. im leaving october first. any words of advice for working out and training before shipping out? what was so hard about the pt to you?

[warehimer33]

How often do we get to talk to people in our division? I'm thinking we'd have Sunday routine to do that but are there other times we would be able to just chat to people about where they're from and stuff?

[NavyBoii]

I heard at night after your RDC's leave a lot of people talk. I'm not certain though.

[cttaef21]

Originally Posted by NavyBoii

I heard at night after your RDC's leave a lot of people talk. I'm not certain though.

Like a bunch of 13 year old girls......Most people get up and shine shoes and stuff too but you have to be careful for the OOD coming in...They will yell and scream but not much else besides that...I never really had watch between taps and reveille so I took advantage of the time to sleep...One of the first ones out every night...and some people would fall asleep in every class and wonder why they were so tired every day, maybe it has something to do with you staying up for hours every night talking!

[cttaef21]

Originally Posted by warehimer33

How often do we get to talk to people in our division? I'm thinking we'd have Sunday routine to do that but are there other times we would be able to just chat to people about where they're from and stuff?

It depends on your RDC's mainly...We did good in all areas, so we had some more leniency...During our downtime, people talked a lot and as long as the noise level wasn't too high, then the RDC's never said anything...As long as you know how to whisper or talk softly, you have opportunites to talk...but some RDC's are different...It just depends. You'll just have to judge your environment to see if its acceptable or not

[jjwalker69]

What were the classes during the day like? Were they like high school classes where the instructor is extremely strict or is it more lenient and self paced?