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07-30-06, 02:00 AM
Physical fitness is a key element and cornerstone of being a Marine. Your physical fitness scores make a big difference when it comes to promotions and the respect you recive from your fellow Marines. Your level of fitness may some day make the difference between life or death for you or your fellow Marines.
Long before you go to Basic you need to start running. Pull-ups, sit-ups and push-ups should be a part of your daily life along with weight training. The better shape you are in when you start Basic the better off you will be.
some of you will be in the best shape of your lifes when you graduate basic training however many of you will be going to infantry units and related schools and will quickly find out that the shape you are in wehn you graduate basic is not good enough. i spent a long time in the infantry MOSes and have seen many freshly graduated Marines collaps while trying to keep up wiht veteran infantry Marines.
Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate! get the idea? start drinking a gallon of water everyday one quart at a time. this will start to hydrate you and stretch your bladder. you will need your bladder to stretch out a lot before going to basic because your going to be forced to drink a lot of water and will not be given a lot of opertunities to use a bathroom. also practice drinking a canteen of water as fast as you can.
if you smoke STOP NOW! no smoke breaks in basic training, infact no smokeing at all. you do not want to deal with cravings durring an already very intense situation. also stop drinking caffeine and carbonated beverages . stick to water, juice, water, milk and water , , , oh and did i mention WATER?
no mater what kind of shape you are in now, trust me when i say its not good enough.
luck favors the prepared,
Semper Fi
Long before you go to Basic you need to start running. Pull-ups, sit-ups and push-ups should be a part of your daily life along with weight training. The better shape you are in when you start Basic the better off you will be.
some of you will be in the best shape of your lifes when you graduate basic training however many of you will be going to infantry units and related schools and will quickly find out that the shape you are in wehn you graduate basic is not good enough. i spent a long time in the infantry MOSes and have seen many freshly graduated Marines collaps while trying to keep up wiht veteran infantry Marines.
Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate! get the idea? start drinking a gallon of water everyday one quart at a time. this will start to hydrate you and stretch your bladder. you will need your bladder to stretch out a lot before going to basic because your going to be forced to drink a lot of water and will not be given a lot of opertunities to use a bathroom. also practice drinking a canteen of water as fast as you can.
if you smoke STOP NOW! no smoke breaks in basic training, infact no smokeing at all. you do not want to deal with cravings durring an already very intense situation. also stop drinking caffeine and carbonated beverages . stick to water, juice, water, milk and water , , , oh and did i mention WATER?
no mater what kind of shape you are in now, trust me when i say its not good enough.
luck favors the prepared,
Semper Fi