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Recruit Fitness Advice
Posted: Tue 16 Nov, 2004 1:21 pm
by theparamancan
Hi All,
I have just qualified as a PTI so if anyone has any fitness querys please ask and i'll do my best to get you the best answer. Any fitness queries no matter how trivial.
Re: Recruit Fitness Advice
Posted: Tue 16 Nov, 2004 1:35 pm
by lew
theparamancan wrote:Hi All,
I have just qualified as a PTI so if anyone has any fitness querys please ask and i'll do my best to get you the best answer. Any fitness queries no matter how trivial.
What’s the best way to tie your shoelaces? What socks would you recommend for running in? What’s best lucozade or water? Is it bad to run in traffic? How long should I stretch for?
Sorry I couldn’t resist
Congratulations on becoming a PTI.
lew
Re: Recruit Fitness Advice
Posted: Tue 16 Nov, 2004 2:10 pm
by Guest
Sticky Blue wrote:Marine Vs Para press ups
Whats the difference between them again
Again, congrats on becoming a PTI, and remember if you ever get to train recruits in the next year, and you see someone called James in Rhine Platoon; be nice
James
Posted: Tue 16 Nov, 2004 4:19 pm
by CheesePossessed
Is a STAB going to be training a regular recruit? Oh, and James was that you hanging out of your ass on Abbey Fields, Colchester last Saturday morning? You must try harder on the warm up!
Posted: Tue 16 Nov, 2004 4:38 pm
by Guest
CheesePossessed wrote:Oh, and James was that you hanging out of your ass on Abbey Fields, Colchester last Saturday morning? You must try harder on the warm up!
Yes it was. That was the BFT on Sat morning right? How do you know that?
I think i know who you are, looking through a number of your other posts...there was only one Staff on the Recruiting team who had been in for 17 years and who was in Aldershot. i could be wrong though.
James
Posted: Tue 16 Nov, 2004 4:50 pm
by Chappy
Posted: Tue 16 Nov, 2004 5:00 pm
by Guest
Is that old geezer supposed to be an image of me? (or am i the slacker at the back!?)
James
p.s. just bear in mind i got 8.31 on the BFT, and i came 3rd...there were wasters still coming in at about 13 minutes! So you cant really say i was hanging out too bad.
Posted: Wed 17 Nov, 2004 11:16 am
by theparamancan
Leave yourself open there oppo! Anyone asks you about Marine Vs Para press ups please feel to beat them around the head with BOTH clubs
Oh god, hadn't thought of that!
Posted: Wed 17 Nov, 2004 11:19 am
by Daveb
Hi paramancan, congrats on getting PTI!
I have a question for you..
For press ups, what is the best way to improve the amount of them that I can do? Is it just keep at them or is there other ways ontop of doing them that will help?
Posted: Wed 17 Nov, 2004 1:04 pm
by theparamancan
My trick was ever you get a spare moment just push them out. Best example, when your watching TV and the adverts come on hit the deck and start pushing them out until the program comes on again. Works a treat, same with waiting for the kettle to boil.
If you have trouble meeting the standard of 45 try this in the 2 mins
push out
9 then rest
8 then rest
7 then rest
6 then rest
5 then rest
4 then rest
3 then rest
2 then rest
1 and your done.
You will have quite comfortably have got to 45 in the time allowed.
Posted: Thu 18 Nov, 2004 9:44 am
by Guest
I was told that 50 is minimum, but that you should be aiming for more like 70 when you go into training.
Posted: Thu 18 Nov, 2004 11:49 am
by theparamancan
Its not set it stone mate. I would expect over 50 at least but all that the army requires is 45 i believe. There was a bloke on the all arms p coy a couple of courses ago that got champion recruit but couldnt do 45!
Posted: Thu 18 Nov, 2004 2:00 pm
by Guest
Standards must be dropping
