Im going the same mate . you want to look at joining the AFC , army foundation collage in harrogate , if not you have to wait till your 17 and go to ITC catterick .
At selection the requirments are the same , after all your going for the Maroon Machine :wink:
have you done selection yet , im ...

Not too sure mukker , try and do more than 15 pressups before a rest , it really isn't that hard right :-? .
also follow this programme it might help http://hundredpushups.com
i dont use it but i know people that have and there press ups have increased by quite a few.
but seriously i myself would ...

Yeah best bet is looking to join the AFC ( Army foundation collage ) in Harrogate.
Im going there in Jan , para's of course :wink:
You need to be sure tis what you want and not just because you 'forgot' to get a place ment in collage .
You got any idea about what regiment your going for yet or ...

kelly696 wrote:I also have another big problem....my boobs lol, they bounce all over the place, ok they are not real but it is so embarrasing when you see people staring.

Maybe if we had some pictures we could all agree

copymenu wrote:Do you have to meet specific height and standards for the Parachute Regiment or are the standards the same fro the rest of the army?

cheers

Yep , have to be 7"1 and 190kg
Thats Para standard right ?

Some are saying you do Pull-ups, sit-ups and puss-ups during the 2-day selection at ADSC which i know is right. Reading through some answers , it seemed the Junior entry mates are miss leading standard entry folks .....junior entry , please , let us know your entry level when contributing to ...

SandyTheGuvnor wrote:

kev101 wrote:No it's 14 minutes for AFC! i did it in febuary.

that is a joke no wonder the AFC struggle when they get too ITC

Yeah they need to sort that out i think .
My friend is morbidally obese and could run that time .
Cut 3 mins off and try that .
Sounds more realistic

No it's 14 minutes for AFC! i did it in febuary.

Correct .
I passed selection couple of months ago now .
i asked the people on this site if it was 9:18 or under and people was saying yes .
So i trained every night and when it came to selection i got 9:02 .
I then asked after i passed what is ...

Hi, basically i went through and passed selection applying for 3rd Mercian but have now rethought and have decided that i want to join the paras instead, im going to AFC Harrogate on Sept 6 and i was just wondering if anyone has any experience with this kind of thing, would it benefit me by telling ...

They didn't give me a grade, they just said I had passed.
September intakes were full for Para before I even went to ADSC, the Officer I had my second interview with at the ACIO even showed me that it was full on the computer system.
So I don't know how they said you can go in September.
The reason ...

yeah its full . im not going until the january intake now . although i passed selection a couple of weeks ago . so got alot of spare time on my hands .
Carnt afford to get unhealthy like im doing ahah .
I was a bit disapointed when I heard it but I guess it's more time to get fit.
Have you done ...

I found out a few things today and thought I would post them here:
First off the places in the AFC Sept 09 PARA course is full. That doesn't mean people won't drop out or anything but apparently it's full.
Also to clear things up apparently anyone going for Junior PARA will still have to do PRAC ...

EagleEyes wrote:Yeah congats Tom. Even if you didnt do too well on the run you made up for it on the static lift, well done mate.

Thanks . mean alot knowing that people are supporting you .
When i was on my run . I thought to myself .
Right c'mon The Lads at mfat are backing you . aha and just went all out .

you passed thats enough... im 25 been abusing body a little longer lol, iv had to come from total none fitness to fitness again
i used to be really fit when i was 16
well done any way mate. bet you cant wait for next step


Loooking forward to harrogate . Carnt wait . Then phase 1 and Phase 2 ...

Erm was out of 40 of us .
i was yougest there . as im 16 and 1month
i did good though .