' Wrote:Oh by the way, while looking in another thread, am I able to take personal belongings? I strongly doubt they'll let me take my PC but maybe my DS or a book or something.
Bring anything past a toothbrush and you'll never see it again.
You might hear rumors that the instructors got some cool new toy though:P
Zealot Wrote:Just go play the game and have fun dammit.
Treewyrm Wrote:all in all the conclusion is that disco doesn't need antagonist factions, it doesn't need phantoms, it doesn't need nomads, it doesn't need coalition and it doesn't need many other things, no AIs, the game is hijacked by morons to confuse the game with their dickwaving generic competition games mixed up with troll-of-the-day.
' Wrote:Well I've finally broken the news to my mates and my mother that I've left college today and am in the process of joining the army. What fun and noise ridden journey that was. Some of my mates in class are shocked though surprisingly supportive of me which is a big boost.
Now, I've got to get my body fit within two weeks at best which is going to be tough. I've got a pass, but for a Military Engineer or Army Air Corps Soldier I need around 1.5 miles in 9 minutes which is quite tough.
So I'm likely dropping all my plans here, but I still want to play in Dublin for a bit, the sheer insanity there is amazingly funny.
Oh and just in case, this my be last time you hear from me in case things REALLY get out of hand and I get kickout out of the house. Mother does not like army, not one bit.
All I got to say is that you should listen and sort things out with your mom more than you should listen to anyone here.
Though I do agree with the US Army officials, it is a far better test than just running and sit ups and pressups. It gets your body working and tests your muscle groups and agility. Don't see why its not adopted here.
Come to Canada. The training here,and test's have always been much more extreme then the USA. Try getting dropped in the middle of northern Ontario in winter out of a chopper with 100pounds of gear. And told you got 48 hours to get back to base. Thats the Canadian Military. Probly cause we got no vehicles,we have to know how to hump it in middle of no where.
I spent over 10 years in the Marine Corps. We run 3miles for our PFT. My best 3miles was 18m47sec. Later in my career i was running on average a 20-21min 3mile (age catches up with us all).
The best way to increase your time or performance is to run further then your target goal.
If you have to run 1.5miles for score. Run 2.5-3 miles for practice. If you have to run 3miles for score as we did, run 4-5 miles during practice.
The way that prepares you for when you actually run for score is this:
Since you are used to running further you will have more "wind" or endurance. Do not blow that right out of the gate, when you take off the line.. Just find your natural pace. Do this for HALF your distance.. Natural Pace
Once you are past your halfway mark, step it up slightly (you still have wind/energy to burn as you are now used to going much longer then you will need to).
When you reach the last 1/4 of the run, put EVERYTHING you have left into it until you reach the finish line. This is dang near a sprint and makes up a great deal of time for you.
As you become more fit and increase endurance you can push harder sooner, BUT never push hard first then back off, because your body will want to naturally back off more then you think you have, it will hurt your score in the end.
Some additional Notes***
Unless the test is going to be on a treadmill (even then I would not suggest training on it, because they are not going to give you a treadmill to operate from when you go into combat/war zone)or conditions are such outside that running outside is impossible, DO NOT TRAIN FOR PFT ON A TREADMILL.. Running on a mill is 2x easier than running normally. This will give you a false sense of time/distance.
Get GOOD running shoes and develop good running habits to ease the strain on your knees.
Mix it up, if possible swim 1.5-2 miles once a week rather then running. This will seriously build your endurance while also giving your joints a much needed rest. Swimming will also strength the "little" muscles you do not use much in not only your legs but the rest of you body, these muscles are generally used to stabilize joints and as such, help prevent injury.
It is amazing how much you will improve your score, because normally people put too much into the first half and fall behind on the second half. It does not work that way well; the way I explained above is how I used to get my Marines into better shape and better scores.
' Wrote:Come to Canada. The training here,and test's have always been much more extreme then the USA. Try getting dropped in the middle of northern Ontario in winter out of a chopper with 100pounds of gear. And told you got 48 hours to get back to base. Thats the Canadian Military. Probly cause we got no vehicles,we have to know how to hump it in middle of no where.
It's funny you say that.. because we come up to Canada and train with you guys all the time. To be honest, I have never really noticed a difference in ability between our two forces, although I will say, you guys tend to get more "toys" then we do, simply because you have less soldiers per capa and as such can spend more on each.
Do not think just because we have a PFT, that is basically only used for promotional scores, that we do not do similar training all the time.
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