Alright everyone. i just finished week 2 of basic training. Not finding it too bad but there is a hell of a lot of ironing to be done! Physically it isn't too bad, but hardly getting any sleep. Just gotta stay on top of things.

Exercise "first step" was easy enough, basically a glorified camping ...

el prez, no i didn't let it slip, i got an injury so i had to take a fair bit of time off training, which is annoying. luckily it only put a stop to my running, i still managed to keep up my muscular work though.

if i can make it to the computers next week i'll let you know how my first week has ...

really nervous, got my basic training starting this monday (24th) and i'm not as fit as i was on my prmc, but i'm more detirmined then ever. is anyone else going down on monday?

do you think it'll be ok that i'm not quite as fit as i was on my prmc?

-later

alright simon, its mark abbott. well done on passing your POC, sounds a hell of a lot harder than the prmc, which was f*****g difficult.

when your on your AIB, on 24th, just think i'll be starting my basic training!

good luck on you AIB, i'm sure you'll be fine, just be confident throughout the ...

level 10 on the bleep test??? goodluck if thats all you can do. i got 11.10 on the bleep test (and i've done bleep tests before reaching level 15, this one is harder), and i was told my cardio was poor. also the level you need on the bleep test is related to your mechanical comprehension part of ...

when i was down there the 3 miler was done like this:

a bit of sprint work to begin with but nothing special, and a bit of stretching (although i strongly advise you stretch thoroughly in your room before hand, and all the time generally). we then started the pace at a relatively easy pace, got the ...

i passed my prmc on 9th december, and am going in for basic training on 24th march. i delayed when i was going for basic training cos i had to wait for my back to get better, as i damaged it 2 weeks before my prmc.

the advice thats been given is good advise. if you dont train HARD you WILL fail. if ...