Puttering out during IT

Arvy · 02-25-2014, 10:53 PM

You can do a lot of things in terms of fitness if you have someone pushing you. For example, when I bring my friend to the gym with me, we push each other and I feel my workouts are much easier to get through. It's not so much I can do more reps or whatever but having someone there to push you will make it easier to get through reps.

And DIs have a ton of experience; I'm sure you won't die so relax.

BubbaGumps64 · 02-27-2014, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Arvy

You can do a lot of things in terms of fitness if you have someone pushing you. For example, when I bring my friend to the gym with me, we push each other and I feel my workouts are much easier to get through. It's not so much I can do more reps or whatever but having someone there to push you will make it easier to get through reps.

And DIs have a ton of experience; I'm sure you won't die so relax.

Actually, I believe that a few years ago a recruit did die during PT. Then again I believe the article I read said that he had undiagnosed diabetes.

LT Guppy · 02-27-2014, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BubbaGumps64

Actually, I believe that a few years ago a recruit did die during PT. Then again I believe the article I read said that he had undiagnosed diabetes.

Unfortunately there have been 3 or 4 people who have died during initial training in the last 5 years. In each case the cause of death was an undiagnosed medical condition.

classified9 · 02-27-2014, 07:17 AM

I was actually in Army ROTC for a while in college, we would get "smoked" (their version of beat) and usually when everyone was burnt out on the pushing they would have us go on our backs to flutter kicks. Stuff like that. But when I say burnt out on pushing I mean DEAD.

Auridan · 02-27-2014, 07:34 PM

If you hit muscle failure during a divisional beatdown, you'll probably be ignored as long as you're still trying. If, however, you're a mouthy little jackass like this one kid in my division and you're getting personal attention, you might be doing flutter kicks through at least 3 complete collapses. Don't think that orange card will protect you. RDCs can get real creative about skirting what's printed on 'em. Like, ten-counts that go 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8.....etc.

John213AV · 03-03-2014, 04:56 PM

I remember when we were getting IT'd I was literally on the floor, dripping sweat forming a puddle below me. I could not actually perform a pushup, but I was like yelling motivation while getting myself off the ground like ONE inch before I would collapse down again. It was clear I hit my limit, and physically could not get myself back off the ground but because I was still giving the effort to lift myself even for just one or two inches, they didn't say anything. They know you will hit a limit, like others say, just don't lay there whining claiming you can't do anymore.

John213AV · 03-03-2014, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Auridan

Don't think that orange card will protect you. RDCs can get real creative about skirting what's printed on 'em. Like, ten-counts that go 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8.....etc.

For those who don't know, the Card has a list of MAX workouts the RDC's can make you perform, and they are supposed to go in the order of workouts on the card...there is like 11 workouts, and if they make you do whatever exercise number 5 is, they are not allowed to switch to an earlier workout and then continue up the line.

With that said, your supposed to do like a max of 30 pushups....so what they will do is get you up to lets say 20, then start you back at zero. Then work you back up to 20 and whoops someones knees are on the ground and they are not trying! HOOYAH ZERO! Back to zero again...so you can actually be doing around 60 pushups when you are only supposed to do 30.

They did that with jumping jacks ALL the time lol. Bring you to like 40 jumping jacks ( max 50 4 count ) and claim your not doing them in snych and bring you back to zero and make you do them all over again.

Talk about brilliant lol

02-25-2014, 10:53 PM	#1
Arvy Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 74 Rep Power: 0	You can do a lot of things in terms of fitness if you have someone pushing you. For example, when I bring my friend to the gym with me, we push each other and I feel my workouts are much easier to get through. It's not so much I can do more reps or whatever but having someone there to push you will make it easier to get through reps. And DIs have a ton of experience; I'm sure you won't die so relax.

02-27-2014, 07:17 AM	#4
classified9 Active Duty Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 297 Rep Power: 0	I was actually in Army ROTC for a while in college, we would get "smoked" (their version of beat) and usually when everyone was burnt out on the pushing they would have us go on our backs to flutter kicks. Stuff like that. But when I say burnt out on pushing I mean DEAD.

02-27-2014, 07:34 PM	#5
Auridan Active Duty Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Sea level Posts: 713 Rep Power: 0	If you hit muscle failure during a divisional beatdown, you'll probably be ignored as long as you're still trying. If, however, you're a mouthy little jackass like this one kid in my division and you're getting personal attention, you might be doing flutter kicks through at least 3 complete collapses. Don't think that orange card will protect you. RDCs can get real creative about skirting what's printed on 'em. Like, ten-counts that go 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8.....etc.

03-03-2014, 04:56 PM	#6
John213AV Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Virginia Beach, VA. Posts: 119 Rep Power: 0	I remember when we were getting IT'd I was literally on the floor, dripping sweat forming a puddle below me. I could not actually perform a pushup, but I was like yelling motivation while getting myself off the ground like ONE inch before I would collapse down again. It was clear I hit my limit, and physically could not get myself back off the ground but because I was still giving the effort to lift myself even for just one or two inches, they didn't say anything. They know you will hit a limit, like others say, just don't lay there whining claiming you can't do anymore.