just a couple of questions regarding the lifestyle, assuming that i was to pass prmc and then go on to pass basic, would i have eough free time to go and follow a serious weightlifting regime or is there simply not the time for it? the reason i ask is that i know that the training is very demanding but will you actually get bigger going through it or is it more suited to stamina type fitness? part of the reason i ask is that i ahve a friend in the infantry who in my opinion doesnt seem to have changed all that much since he joined and passed out.
any feedback appreciated
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armed_and_dangerous
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sticks and stones will break my bones........
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The average Bootneck (Royal Marine) on passing out from CTCRM is not built like a brick shithouse. He's more than likely going to be a "Racing Snake" So forget about weight lifting save for light reps. I joined at 17 and a half and weighed about 11 stone on joining. Come my pass out I weighed about 10 stone with no body fat to speak of. Mostly it's what they put into your head that makes you a Royal Marines Commando. Not being able to bench press a ruck of weight. Any fool can do that given the time.
Blokes built along the lines of a brick shithouse have real problems with things like climbing the 30 foot ropes, doing a full regain, doing the Tarzan Course, the assault course, speed marching carrying 35lb of fighting order and their personal weapon. Thats not to say that you stay a "Racing Snake" once out of training. I knew blokes who were built along the lines of a Sherman Tank because of their trade. HW's (heavy weapons) tend to bulk up due to the weight they have to carry. The same goes for other branches within the Corp.
The Corp encourages all forms of sport be it Fencing or Heaving a Throwing Hammer out to a 100 odd feet. One Bloke called Percy Sedge was built like Hagar the Horrible and heaved the Hammer for the Navy. A young officer saw him bimbling along one day dragging his throwing hammer behind him.
"Why are you dragging that hammer Marine? This Young officer demanded.
"I'm to fecking tired to push it Sir" was the reply.....................Percy was a "Corp Character" he was never interested in promotion and left as a Marine First Class. A Three Badger in other words. They were at one stage the "Mainstay" of the Corp but are now rather rare mores the pity. A Three Badger is a guy whos done 12 years or more in the Corp and is still a Marine before anyone asks.
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Blokes built along the lines of a brick shithouse have real problems with things like climbing the 30 foot ropes, doing a full regain, doing the Tarzan Course, the assault course, speed marching carrying 35lb of fighting order and their personal weapon. Thats not to say that you stay a "Racing Snake" once out of training. I knew blokes who were built along the lines of a Sherman Tank because of their trade. HW's (heavy weapons) tend to bulk up due to the weight they have to carry. The same goes for other branches within the Corp.
The Corp encourages all forms of sport be it Fencing or Heaving a Throwing Hammer out to a 100 odd feet. One Bloke called Percy Sedge was built like Hagar the Horrible and heaved the Hammer for the Navy. A young officer saw him bimbling along one day dragging his throwing hammer behind him.
"Why are you dragging that hammer Marine? This Young officer demanded.
"I'm to fecking tired to push it Sir" was the reply.....................Percy was a "Corp Character" he was never interested in promotion and left as a Marine First Class. A Three Badger in other words. They were at one stage the "Mainstay" of the Corp but are now rather rare mores the pity. A Three Badger is a guy whos done 12 years or more in the Corp and is still a Marine before anyone asks.
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Hey, long time since I've posted on here, the careers officer i speak to always tells me being built big would always hinder you in the marines because of the involvement of lots of endurance based exercise as it were. However i guess a good amount of core strength is needed ie. to carry around heavy weight etc. So I guess what im saying is being huuge isn't going to help you but if your uber skinny that isnt going to give you any more of an advantage either.
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When my bloke joined he was built like a brick shit house, (he used to be a personal trianer and body builder) but it made things more difficult for him. Like it has already been said most Marines are little.During training he lost loads of weight and although he still looks athletic he doesn't look how he used to. In saying that now that he is at FPG he has plenty of time, as most of you booties will know, to go to the gym and lift weights again.
I very much doubt the way that your body looks will be a priority during training, you will absolutely trash it. Like Artist says the mindset is the most important thing!
I very much doubt the way that your body looks will be a priority during training, you will absolutely trash it. Like Artist says the mindset is the most important thing!
When I joined at 17 1/2 I was 6ft1 and 10 stone. Skinny as hell. I managed all of the training ok, found the rope work a bit tough but I could run anything no probs.
After a couple of years in I was 11 1/2 stone and yomping around with a mortar tube on my back etc. no probs but blokes who were doing weights and looked like adonis were huffing and puffing.
I even smoked during this period and still found myself amongst the first five sprinting up Breakheart hill in Bickliegh (and having to do bloody pressups whilst waiting for the slow gits). I was pretty skinny all through my Marine career but could still handle the job and even exell at certain areas where muscle bosuns found it tough.
I was 10 1/2 stone after Jungle training and you could count the ribs on my chest but I was the fittest I have ever been, skinny, wiry and able to carry GPMG, 80lbs bergan and ammo through the ooloo in Brunei sweating like a (you can guess).
You don't need to be big, you don't need to be tall, you don't need to be skinny or small, it's all about what is inside your skull and what is inside your chest. They are the only things that will get you through training.
If you can run 4 miles in sub 28 minutes, carry 50-60lbs for 8-10 miles without corpsing, do 40-50 proper pressups etc then your fit enough to join the Royal Marines, the PTI's will do the rest as will the PW's. What will fail you is if your a prick, you don't have the determination or heart or if your unlucky enough to pick up a bad injury.
Strangly enough when I was in I was skinny and wiry with hair as long as I could get past the RSM. When I left the corps and stopped doing constant phys, I filled out and bulked up on my shoulders, arms and chest. I also started having grade one hair cuts (3 on top).
I now look like your archetypical Bootneck, not like the geeky computer jerk I am now.
After a couple of years in I was 11 1/2 stone and yomping around with a mortar tube on my back etc. no probs but blokes who were doing weights and looked like adonis were huffing and puffing.
I even smoked during this period and still found myself amongst the first five sprinting up Breakheart hill in Bickliegh (and having to do bloody pressups whilst waiting for the slow gits). I was pretty skinny all through my Marine career but could still handle the job and even exell at certain areas where muscle bosuns found it tough.
I was 10 1/2 stone after Jungle training and you could count the ribs on my chest but I was the fittest I have ever been, skinny, wiry and able to carry GPMG, 80lbs bergan and ammo through the ooloo in Brunei sweating like a (you can guess).
You don't need to be big, you don't need to be tall, you don't need to be skinny or small, it's all about what is inside your skull and what is inside your chest. They are the only things that will get you through training.
If you can run 4 miles in sub 28 minutes, carry 50-60lbs for 8-10 miles without corpsing, do 40-50 proper pressups etc then your fit enough to join the Royal Marines, the PTI's will do the rest as will the PW's. What will fail you is if your a prick, you don't have the determination or heart or if your unlucky enough to pick up a bad injury.
Strangly enough when I was in I was skinny and wiry with hair as long as I could get past the RSM. When I left the corps and stopped doing constant phys, I filled out and bulked up on my shoulders, arms and chest. I also started having grade one hair cuts (3 on top).
I now look like your archetypical Bootneck, not like the geeky computer jerk I am now.
You can run.....but you'll die tired.
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Ahoy there!
There has been some sound advice delivered so I won't repeat it.
I have just checked the official website:
Nevertheless, if you have or can demonstrate these qualities you have more or less cracked it. Throw in some Loyalty, Honour and Integrity and hey presto instant Bootneck!
There has been some sound advice delivered so I won't repeat it.
I have just checked the official website:
When I was a Nod, LEADERSHIP was also inscribed on the medal.The Commando Medal is awarded to any officer or man who shows throughout training that he possesses the following qualities to an outstanding degree:
COURAGE
UNSELFISHNESS
CHEERFULNESS UNDER ADVERSITY
DETERMINATION
These Qualities define the Commando Spirit. If merited, this medal is awarded to one Recruit in each troop or to one member of each successful Commando Course. In exceptional circumstances a second medal may be awarded, but this is rare.
Nevertheless, if you have or can demonstrate these qualities you have more or less cracked it. Throw in some Loyalty, Honour and Integrity and hey presto instant Bootneck!
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Yes but if you feed your cat the wrong sort of food it will be to fat to carry the baseplate or the tube.
Of course if your cat is underfed on cheap cat food his job in a rifle company will be that much easier,and what with a full pace of 30 inches he will be able to keep up with all the homos who will watch him shitting in his litter tray.
Not sure how many squat thrusts a cat has to do on the bleep test but I'm sure someone on here will know.
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It might seem jibberish but makes about as much sense as some of the posts since the glitch in the matrix occured !!.
Of course if your cat is underfed on cheap cat food his job in a rifle company will be that much easier,and what with a full pace of 30 inches he will be able to keep up with all the homos who will watch him shitting in his litter tray.
Not sure how many squat thrusts a cat has to do on the bleep test but I'm sure someone on here will know.
SH
It might seem jibberish but makes about as much sense as some of the posts since the glitch in the matrix occured !!.
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Ahoy there Shoulders!
Yeah and another thing, they don't seem that fussy when they are yaffling up their own vomit or chomping on the remains of some filthy vermin they've found! They are disgusting creatures that walk on every surface of any house they are allowed to survive in with their dirty feet, whilst distributing an even coating of hair, dead skin and anything else that drops off their bodies to contaminate anything edible. They are also selfish beyond belief.
Hey, but enough about women! Lets talk about those horrible cat things again.
Yeah and another thing, they don't seem that fussy when they are yaffling up their own vomit or chomping on the remains of some filthy vermin they've found! They are disgusting creatures that walk on every surface of any house they are allowed to survive in with their dirty feet, whilst distributing an even coating of hair, dead skin and anything else that drops off their bodies to contaminate anything edible. They are also selfish beyond belief.
Hey, but enough about women! Lets talk about those horrible cat things again.
