Posted: Thu 20 Feb, 2003 10:17 pm
You reckon he's holding himself back for something Steve?
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Posted: Thu 20 Feb, 2003 10:48 pm
I've heard from tons of people who've finished their PRMCs that the 3-miler is done at a fairly standard pace and does get quicker towards the end with lots of speed-ups and slow-downs to keep you on your toes. The BFT is for Pongo wannabes and therefore should be held at bay with a long, gnarled, dirty tree branch. I believe the BFT is what you have to do for the paras. And 8 mins for 1.5 mile?? That is outstanding. To be selected for the paras you have to to do your BFT (1.5 mile sprint after 1.5 easy pace) in under 10.30 mins. I'm a pretty decent long distance runner and find 9 mins for the 1.5 miler tough going. Oh and good luck LM on your PRMC, hope your knee gets sorted!
Posted: Sun 16 Mar, 2003 12:46 pm
I have just returned from my PRMC and here is some more helpful information..
DO NOT's:
- Place hands in pockets
- Scratch or wipe sweat off your face
- Lean on walls
- Chit chat
- Talk and congratulate/encourage each other on the 3-mile run
- Look tired or yawn - they are really touchy about this!
- Take more than ONE Mars Bar in the canteen as they have employed this person to shout 'ONE' at you even if you intend in sharing them with your PRMC buddies.
- Fart-ass around in the shower. Make sure that you jump under the shower for 5 seconds to get wet, step aside and soap up then jump back under to rinse off. Efficiency is the key here.
- Take things to heart, when the Corporals\PTI’s call you names such as 'Gay Boy; 'Thieving Scowscer B'stard'; 'ex-Pongo B'stard'; 'F'cking fairy' etc. Just let it go in one ear and out the other and give it 110%.
- Leave smelly food (fast food packaging) in the bins
- Turn-up with a stupid/wild haircut or hair gel
- Walk\run under a gym beam
DO's:
- Give everything 110% effort all of the time. Do not try to consume energy on the so-called 'warm-ups', just go flat out as the Corporals and PTI's are always watching you
- Drink plenty of water
- Stay alert and look awake
- Listen to the words of command and detail (instructions)
- When you are instructed to run, sprint!
- Empty all the rubbish bins, including the 'head' (toilets)
- Get your head down early and get plenty of sleep
- Shave properly
- Set your watch 5 minutes early but do not wear it on any of the tests.
- Always keep your elbows in tight and your knees high when 'marking time' i.e. jogging on the spot (there is no standing around on your tests)
- Perform all exercises properly and think quality. I.e. elbows-in, back straight when performing push-ups; knees together, hands at side of face, elbows touching floor and tops of knees when performing sit-ups; chin clearing beam when performing pull-ups
- Always land on two feet from a jump
It will feel very daunting when you arrive, this is perfectly normal but by the end of the assault course, you will start to feel much better. You will be extremely sore on the last day and you will be extremely looking forward to getting home.
The one thing that came to a surprise was that they completely exhaust you out big time before performing the assault course and gym test 2. The so-called warm-ups are huge and really intensive - they will have you sprinting everywhere. The idea is to see how you perform when completely tired-out. The toughest part for me was the ‘warm-up’ on the bottom field for the assault course. When we were told to sprint, I sprinted as fast as I could and just left the other guys behind, I was forever hearing ‘well done Davies’ from the Corporals but at a cost of a poor timed assault course of 4 min 14 sec. However my effort was definitely noted and worked in my favour.
In my opinion the bleep test was not conducted properly as there was 58 of us, too many and too crammed on the gym court. You should at least have a metre gap. Our shoulders were touching and you ended up dodging people which zapped precious energy. I was extremely disappointed as I only got to 11.3 and I am well capable of reaching level 13 as I have the same bleep test on CD.
I hit all the maximum gym tests (push-ups; sit-ups and pull-ups) as I have always done them correctly and performed them after a bleep test/3 mile run. This is the key here, always perform them when completely tired out and you will have no problems on the day.
I found the 3-mile run the easiest as you only had a little ‘normal’ warm-up. I do not know the exact time that we did it in but I would have guessed around 21 minutes. It is done on a country lane in 3 files and you must not fall behind the Coporals and must always keep the gap closed. Just run around a person if the gap extends. There is a slight incline on the run back. In your training you should be aiming for 6 minute miles cross country. As there was a few idiots that were encouraging each other and talking during the run we were punished at then end by performing 10 push-ups, then 9, 8, 7, through to 2 then back up again to 3, 4, 5, through to 10. I found this not that demanding due to my upper body strength but it wasted the rest of them. So the moral here is to keep your mouths shut. My shins were in complete agony here.
Gym Test 2 is very tough. Once again they totally wear you out and get you sprinting and touching all the walls and different line colours and then the games begin. Each game lasts 3 minutes and you must mark time when you are resting – your legs will absolutely be burned-out. One game involves getting 3 very heavy mats over a gym horse without touching the floor or horse. This is a team effort and is where you get a rest. Another test involves jumping over 3 gym horses (left to right or right to left) onto thick mats, touching the wall, sprinting back and marking time. The other test involves throwing a medicine ball over a bench in the sit-up position, jumping over a bench, picking it up, sprinting back and giving it to your partner to do the same thing. Another test involves you and your partner pulling a heavy upside down horse with weight to transport a medicine ball from one end to the other. The final test is to run across a bench, hand-over hand movement across a gym beam, jump up onto a high gym horse, land on two feet onto a thick mat and repeat. You then put all the equipment away and then do about 5 – 10 minutes of sprinting to and from different distances.
50% of us passed the course and around 8 people failed the 3-mile run, and lots of people went after gym test 2 by not putting in 110%.
It was the toughest thing I have ever done but it has left me feeling very proud of myself. My estimated joining date will be 3rd June. If you have any questions then just ask.
DO NOT's:
- Place hands in pockets
- Scratch or wipe sweat off your face
- Lean on walls
- Chit chat
- Talk and congratulate/encourage each other on the 3-mile run
- Look tired or yawn - they are really touchy about this!
- Take more than ONE Mars Bar in the canteen as they have employed this person to shout 'ONE' at you even if you intend in sharing them with your PRMC buddies.
- Fart-ass around in the shower. Make sure that you jump under the shower for 5 seconds to get wet, step aside and soap up then jump back under to rinse off. Efficiency is the key here.
- Take things to heart, when the Corporals\PTI’s call you names such as 'Gay Boy; 'Thieving Scowscer B'stard'; 'ex-Pongo B'stard'; 'F'cking fairy' etc. Just let it go in one ear and out the other and give it 110%.
- Leave smelly food (fast food packaging) in the bins
- Turn-up with a stupid/wild haircut or hair gel
- Walk\run under a gym beam
DO's:
- Give everything 110% effort all of the time. Do not try to consume energy on the so-called 'warm-ups', just go flat out as the Corporals and PTI's are always watching you
- Drink plenty of water
- Stay alert and look awake
- Listen to the words of command and detail (instructions)
- When you are instructed to run, sprint!
- Empty all the rubbish bins, including the 'head' (toilets)
- Get your head down early and get plenty of sleep
- Shave properly
- Set your watch 5 minutes early but do not wear it on any of the tests.
- Always keep your elbows in tight and your knees high when 'marking time' i.e. jogging on the spot (there is no standing around on your tests)
- Perform all exercises properly and think quality. I.e. elbows-in, back straight when performing push-ups; knees together, hands at side of face, elbows touching floor and tops of knees when performing sit-ups; chin clearing beam when performing pull-ups
- Always land on two feet from a jump
It will feel very daunting when you arrive, this is perfectly normal but by the end of the assault course, you will start to feel much better. You will be extremely sore on the last day and you will be extremely looking forward to getting home.
The one thing that came to a surprise was that they completely exhaust you out big time before performing the assault course and gym test 2. The so-called warm-ups are huge and really intensive - they will have you sprinting everywhere. The idea is to see how you perform when completely tired-out. The toughest part for me was the ‘warm-up’ on the bottom field for the assault course. When we were told to sprint, I sprinted as fast as I could and just left the other guys behind, I was forever hearing ‘well done Davies’ from the Corporals but at a cost of a poor timed assault course of 4 min 14 sec. However my effort was definitely noted and worked in my favour.
In my opinion the bleep test was not conducted properly as there was 58 of us, too many and too crammed on the gym court. You should at least have a metre gap. Our shoulders were touching and you ended up dodging people which zapped precious energy. I was extremely disappointed as I only got to 11.3 and I am well capable of reaching level 13 as I have the same bleep test on CD.
I hit all the maximum gym tests (push-ups; sit-ups and pull-ups) as I have always done them correctly and performed them after a bleep test/3 mile run. This is the key here, always perform them when completely tired out and you will have no problems on the day.
I found the 3-mile run the easiest as you only had a little ‘normal’ warm-up. I do not know the exact time that we did it in but I would have guessed around 21 minutes. It is done on a country lane in 3 files and you must not fall behind the Coporals and must always keep the gap closed. Just run around a person if the gap extends. There is a slight incline on the run back. In your training you should be aiming for 6 minute miles cross country. As there was a few idiots that were encouraging each other and talking during the run we were punished at then end by performing 10 push-ups, then 9, 8, 7, through to 2 then back up again to 3, 4, 5, through to 10. I found this not that demanding due to my upper body strength but it wasted the rest of them. So the moral here is to keep your mouths shut. My shins were in complete agony here.
Gym Test 2 is very tough. Once again they totally wear you out and get you sprinting and touching all the walls and different line colours and then the games begin. Each game lasts 3 minutes and you must mark time when you are resting – your legs will absolutely be burned-out. One game involves getting 3 very heavy mats over a gym horse without touching the floor or horse. This is a team effort and is where you get a rest. Another test involves jumping over 3 gym horses (left to right or right to left) onto thick mats, touching the wall, sprinting back and marking time. The other test involves throwing a medicine ball over a bench in the sit-up position, jumping over a bench, picking it up, sprinting back and giving it to your partner to do the same thing. Another test involves you and your partner pulling a heavy upside down horse with weight to transport a medicine ball from one end to the other. The final test is to run across a bench, hand-over hand movement across a gym beam, jump up onto a high gym horse, land on two feet onto a thick mat and repeat. You then put all the equipment away and then do about 5 – 10 minutes of sprinting to and from different distances.
50% of us passed the course and around 8 people failed the 3-mile run, and lots of people went after gym test 2 by not putting in 110%.
It was the toughest thing I have ever done but it has left me feeling very proud of myself. My estimated joining date will be 3rd June. If you have any questions then just ask.
Posted: Sun 16 Mar, 2003 1:14 pm
LMDAVIES,Well done welcome to the family.Aye JR Posted: Sun 16 Mar, 2003 6:34 pm
Well done L, good piece of writing, pity you didn't tell them how tough it really is! 
I'm sure your civvy mates have no idea what you went through, or why, good luck in the future.
I'm sure your civvy mates have no idea what you went through, or why, good luck in the future.
Posted: Sun 16 Mar, 2003 11:05 pm
Well done mate,ive been goign through vases of how tough the PRMC is. One day i think its easy and id ace it then another i worry about how hard it is. Thanks for encrouaging me how hard it is and how hard i should train. Once again well done mate,i might see you on my PRMC as you join 2 weeks before i do mine and you might be one we meet. Well done again
Posted: Mon 17 Mar, 2003 1:18 am
Congratulations mate!
Aye,
wilson
Aye,
wilson