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mfat_man wrote:

Spooky wrote:

Tugg wrote: Yeah fair one a lot of talk but sometimes no action obviously i agree i pick up on it all the time

Erm....exsqueeze me....baking powder?? explain

You know, that Navy thing Ive heard where the noobies get told to look for the golden rivet and while they are bending over the seniors do what is done in best Naval tradition... Its allowed now too...

Spooky

If it's that you are after it's better to have an Eton education first and then head of to Sandhurst Funnily enough McGrabb referrs to this short of thing in Immediate Action I think!

Not my thing mate

hmm i think my thread has been hijacked!!

craigshuts wrote:hmm i think my thread has been hijacked!!

Thats what you get for having the cheeseyest cheesey signature line in the history of MFAT.

craigshuts wrote:Good post Jcclimber, at least its keeping relevant to this thread. Congratulations on passing P-Coy. Just a few questions, Have you got any tips on equipment I will need which aint on the kit list? How much swimming do you do during training? Finally isit really as hard its made out to be?? Regards.

Try and get hold of some Zinc oxide tape,It works wonders when taping up blisters on your feet. As blisters will be a common thing for the first couple of weeks. Maybe get hold of some scotch brite and some cloth's, a good Rifle cleaning kit that u get 2getha will save time when cleaning ur rifle which you will do many times.
Most of the swimming is done in the first six weeks, however its not much maybe once a week. I would just thrash yourself with running over the next few weeks, get a good standard of fitness before going in. While your there just act the grey man and try not to get noticed and dont worry about all the gobby cnuts who always get the platoon thrashed they soon go after a few weeks. Try and block out all the bullshit in the first few weeks it does get easier.

It is hard but at the same time enjoyable, its when you'l have the best laughs with your mates, i still look back on my training and some things i just think were funny as fcuk. My intake started with 50 and 11 of us jo's past out.

Good luck and enjoy Jo

Thanks for the post, extremely helpful!

No problem, If you got any other questions i'l try my best.

Paratrooper, Isit worth spending £50 plus on an iron?

No dont bother, you can get good enough ones for about £20. Dont be worried about silly things like that, just get the stuff on the kit list and the few extras that i mentioned and you'l be fine. Be more concerned with working on your fitness prior to joining. Try and get a few 1.5 mile best efforts done and try and do the bleep test ( download of the net) because thats what your going to be doing in screening week (1st week).

Paratrooper wrote:No dont bother, you can get good enough ones for about £20. Dont be worried about silly things like that, just get the stuff on the kit list and the few extras that i mentioned and you'l be fine. Be more concerned with working on your fitness prior to joining. Try and get a few 1.5 mile best efforts done and try and do the bleep test ( download of the net) because thats what your going to be doing in screening week (1st week).

Okay cheers for the information. One more thing, whats the First week of tests like? Will i be doing best effort press ups and sit ups in 2 minutes?

Yes the first week include those tests. I think its on the monday in the afternoon you do your 1.5 mile warm up then best effort, and also the most situps/pushups in 2 mins. you will also do a swimming test and a introduction to the tranasium.

Plus you'll do the steeple chase too as well as some very painful circuit training

Sounds lovely I cant wait now!!

Paratrooper wrote:Yes the first week include those tests. I think its on the monday in the afternoon you do your 1.5 mile warm up then best effort, and also the most situps/pushups in 2 mins. you will also do a swimming test and a introduction to the tranasium.

Regarding the swimming, Isit essential I take swimming trunks rather than shorts?

You will be using your army issue shorts for swimming, stop worrying about the little bits and worry about the big bits like fitness.

Ok, I would like to think my fitness is above average as on Tuesday I done 1.5 mile best effort on grass in 8:37. (The distance is exact because I was using my brothers GPS forefunner).