well said lads...you definitely do not need to be super human or super fit to pass...obviously the ftitter you are prior to arrival the better..but its also the determination side they are looking at the most..who quits and who doesnt, no matter how fit they are, do they have what it takes up stairs ...

whats the score with problems like "shin splints" in the first few weeks of training?..would you get MD'd on the spot or huntered?...any ideas?

Its "shin" green machine...."shin"...
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Could be any number of things...appears to be a common fault with guys doing a lot of running..myself included suffer from this trouble...I found it was the fact my feet over pronate..and after visiting a sports injury clinic got these insoles for my ...

Ive always been in two minds on this subject to..its abit like running in boots..personaly im just going to do as I was told by the people who know,after my prmc we had our fitness brief with the Cpl and that subject was brought up, as well as running in boots..and he just said no...no way..just run ...

yer try to out do the number of reps by a long way,this will prepare you for the prmc..its all about endurance,on my prmc we got alot of push ups alot of the time for various things and you need to be able to do them.you need to be capable of doing them most of the day and not just 60 for gym test 1 ...

Good...the feeling of knowing your really struggling with something yet still getting through it, knowing all your preparation was the key to your success..great feeling

another ugly...having to share the showers with hunter company..because our showers broke in the night...so we had to scurry across that little court yard to their block in our towels and through the snow at 5.30am..

UGLY...cleaning the bogs...

When he said circuit training,does he mean a bit like gym test 2..ish?

true..but its seriously painful...if im lucky ill be back running with in a week...but walking makes the blood pump to it..and that hurts..although I wont have finger nail for 6 months..nice..my boss dropped round my nail this morning..yummy...it still had te front tip of my finger hanging off it ...

hi guys...im struggeling...im starting RT on the 8th of May..and yesterday at work I had my right index finger crushed between to planks..ripped off the end of my finger and the nail...I didnt lose the end of my finger, just all the tissue...and is in a bad way..so sadly im off training for a while ...

hi dan...yer as prmhanson says..PRMC is tough and will demand alot of you..but not impossible..they push you easily out of your comfort zone..but if you prepare correctly and have the right attitude youl do fine..i found most stuff ok..
dont get me wrong its a tough few days..but i was still ...

yep..thats the same one I was on mate...28th of Feb...Im from Horsham in west Sussex..in between Brighton and London basically..if you wana chat on msn mate my msn is MSN addy edited by Doc, Persec people! PM him your details ...I take it you where the one that all the Corparals were saying "emmmm ...

Hi luke...Well done on passing mate and good luck in training...I was on the PRMC the week ahead of you, did you ask for the 31st of July or did they give it to you?...as my recruit date is the 8th of May...strange...

hi prmhanson...

Im on the same recruit training day as you...infact I was on the same PRMC as you too...Think I saw you about..cant wait to get cracking down there