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PRMC 13th June
Posted: Mon 29 May, 2006 8:42 pm
by GB
Hey all, I've been reading these forums for a few months now and have only now got round to posting. Tons of useful info and some great banter by the looks of things. Anyway, I've got my PRMC in 2 weeks time as the title suggests. Just wondering if there's anyone kicking about who's going to be joining me.
GB
Posted: Mon 29 May, 2006 8:54 pm
by rc
Alright GB.
Good luck with the P.R.M.C. and welcome to the forum.
Rich.
Posted: Wed 31 May, 2006 3:46 pm
by GB
Cheers Rich,
Due to the lack of response, I'm guessing I'm the only MFAT bloke going down then. Not to worry, another weeks hard training and I reckon I'll be just about right for the holiday camp
GB
Posted: Wed 31 May, 2006 4:21 pm
by Daveb
All the best mate. Keep it in your head you will pass, the pain wont last forever and they cant make you pregnant!
Best of luck
Dave
Posted: Wed 31 May, 2006 4:47 pm
by pablo
Best of luck mate, and welcome to the forum. Take it with a smile and before you know it you'll on the train home with your new pair o' boots.
Posted: Wed 31 May, 2006 4:53 pm
by Nickosx
Aye good luck fella, was kind of fitness level are you at now? ie scores etc and hows the training going?
Posted: Wed 31 May, 2006 4:59 pm
by mancuniankid
Rich wrote:Best of luck mate, and welcome to the forum. Take it with a smile and before you know it you'll on the train home with your new pair o' boots.
Soooo true that, i carn't believe i've been home for 2 weeks already.
Anyway welcome to the forums and goodluck
Posted: Wed 31 May, 2006 5:50 pm
by GB
Cheers for all of the replies folks. I'm feeling fairly confident and the PMA is at an all time high. In terms of scores, my 3 miler is around 19:30 give or take 15 secs depending on how ruined I am from a day at work. Pressups: 75, situps: 85 and pullups: 17 (all maximums). Been working pretty hard on the sprint work but I'd still sadly class myself as a bit of a plodder.
At the end of the day, I've trained hard and I can't wait to get down there and have a bash.
GB
Posted: Thu 01 Jun, 2006 12:52 pm
by rgj-rifleman
Blimey, 17 chinups, are they marines chinups, if they are thats great. You dead hang though dont you, otherwise you will feel it on the PRMC. Good running time wish i was at that standard, still time to train, wish i was going with you mate, all the best and reply to us all and tell us how you got on. Im sure you will do fine.
Just remember, its a game of mind power, just keep doing one thing at a time, im sure you will be fine looking at your scores, really well done to get even this far!
Upmost respect, i havent even had my interview yet
But hey i cant wait, been trying since i was 15, then got a job, now im ready though.
REALLY GOOD LUCK
Posted: Thu 01 Jun, 2006 3:05 pm
by GB
Yeah, they're marine pullups and they're done from a deadhang. I do a fair bit of indoor climbing and they've improved a lot since I started that. Cheers for all the good luck wished fellas, I'll keep you posted on how everything goes.
GB
Posted: Thu 01 Jun, 2006 3:45 pm
by Felias
With those scores and some pure determination and grit, you will pass. No doubt, How did you get the pressup reps so high??
Posted: Thu 01 Jun, 2006 4:15 pm
by Nickosx
Practice felias, practice
Posted: Sat 03 Jun, 2006 6:30 pm
by GB
Not all that much practise actually, for some reason I've just alwasy been good at the pressups, situps are my weak point. I think that a lot of strength training when I was a bit younger has also helped. When you've done a ton of heavy bench pressing etc, it doesn't seem quite so bad pressing your own bodyweight up and down. As has probably already been said somewhere before on the forums, muscular strength training does help muscular endurance, just not the other way around.
Posted: Sun 04 Jun, 2006 7:38 pm
by rgj-rifleman
Brillent, all the best of luck to a determined Potential Royal Marines.
p.s lads i finally came first in my run at the ta! The training is definietly working, thanks for the support.