jj, on the shoulder lift do you have to to do it on the 30 kg and 55 kg setting or do you go up till you can't lift anymore??

you don't have to workout for 4 days a week for 1.5 hours for strength gains, remember theirs a big difference between training for muscle mass as opposed to training for strength and explosive power.

The last thing you should do is waste valuable recovery time on countless exercises for every ...

the AFCO are looking to get me in within the next two weeks so i can start basic and finish it before christmas, i'll get the RSC date probably today

i'm hopefully down for the date if everything goes well at RSC, i ve gone for REME as well, which trade have you gone for?

Having taken a while to get myself to the point of going to RSC something has began to cause me a problem.

For the past 6 months or so i've had soreness in my right heel/achillies tendon now i haven't seen a doctor about it as it wasn't hampering me just a bit uncomfortable especially after ...

well, all those touch screen pub Quiz machines i spend time on when bored have served me well, i managed a BARB test score of 79..

fair play to you mike, i think you did the best thing, if you're not sure that you are doing what YOU want then you were right to evaluate your options again!

Does anyone know if the Army require the actual GCSE certificates when you go for selection? or can you just produce a letter from your school saying what your grades are?

I never bothered picking up my certificates when i left school :oops: just glad to ditch the hell hole :D and as far as i m ...

Does anyone know if the Army require the actual GCSE certificates when you go for selection? or can you just produce a letter from your school saying what your grades are?

I never bothered picking up my certificates when i left school :oops: just glad to ditch the hell hole :D and as far as i m ...

i take it then that they must recover vehicles under fire in battlefield conditions?

does anyone know much about this trade and have you had any experience with them?

Interested to know more about this trade other than the official spin on it, it could appear as a military version of the AA or RAC by the looks of it!

if you've not had treatment with in 4 years you should be fine, i think the big thing they look for apart from breathing aleergies like asthma is severe hayfever and skin conditions which hamper you, oh and any long term injuries whic affect you're training, apart from that it should be a breeze

nicely done mikeb, how tall are you by the way? i know from experience that if you're weight isn't under the maximum for your height you will be refused.

i was 16 stone 2 at 5'11 and tho im down to 15 stone 3 according to their Body Mass Index crap thing i've got to be 13 stone 5 to be considered ...

except that the grip you use is shoulder width and you're holding onto a high bench and not a bar and remember heaves are done from a fully hanging bottom position right up to where you're chin clears it i.e No sissy half reps

Apart from that it s identical to pull ups

the exact maximum for that height is 13 stone 5 lbs or 85 kg, so you're bang on.