body type split

[Gazz2345]

hey all, reading through a book called "fighting fit" by adrian wheale to help with training for the marines (got my Psychometric test on the 10th) my hardest target I have to hit is pull ups (i currently do 5) as i am a heavy build.

in this book it states that paras are suited to having a heavier body set, is this true?

thanks in advance.

[FutureRifleman]

Hi there,

read that book some time ago. Some good stuff in there, don't remember it saying that about body types though.

I shouldn't imagine that is the case because paras initial run times are lower (9.18 - 9.40) than marines (10.30) which wouldn't favour a heavier build. Don't think there's much difference between the two.

End of the day mate, don't think it matters too much - at PRMC you only need to do 6 pullups so you're hardly miles off! (Though they do say you should be able to bang out 10 by the time you start RT).

Good luck on the psych

[Gazz2345]

thanks for clearing that up, Im sure when I loose the pounds they're come easier any way.

cheer

[waynepe]

pullups are easy to get up mate, do a max effort tonight see how many you can do and then half that amount, then at 3 times during the day do the half amount wait 2 mins then do another half amount. then wait another 2 mins and do another half amount so your doing 3 x 1/2 max with 2 mins break in between. I started doing that with being able to do just 8, so 4 at a time. I can now do 43 in a row and thats only around 6 months later.