How often...

[DevilDogsSon269]

Do you other poolees do scheduled PTs with your recruiters? Just trying to see where I stand at preparedness. I know Brandon, Fl sucks at PTing.

[alphasquirrel]

Every Thursday.

[VanderFool]

we have pt once a week every wednesday

[Gary098]

We have pool functions where we PT every thursday but for the past few months there have also been some optional PT sessions on tuesdays where the focus is more on personal fitness rather than getting yelled at and teamwork and a little bit of drill and other stuff like that. Also one saturday a month there is some hike or something along those lines that we go do.

[Nate2004]

Every Thursday, and once a month on Saturday... hopefully we start can start doing more then that when summer starts >.<

[athy]

i would go 3 times a week, mon,wed,fri but out of those 3 dates we pt

[sbombard15]

Once a month.

[ajacobsen19]

we do every friday and once a month saturday. Now that summer is coming we will start to do it on wednesdays and fridays. our pool does a lot of stuff together though and we normally all meet up and pt another time during the week and hang out.

[Enlisted]

Once a month.

Same here. We have the option of going every Saturday, but since I live 100 miles away from my RSS I typically don't go. I might when I get closer to my ship date.

[athy]

I live about 10mins away by car, half an hour walk :thumbup:

[revis90]

We used to have it every tuesday and one saturday a month. now we have it every tuesday and saturday.

[Mulls]

like once a month on saturday...i got put in the patchogue RSS even though i'm about 40 miles away in glen cove so the drive's a little ridiculous anyway. it's all good though, if you can't motivate yourself without pool functions this is the wrong place for you anyway.

[DevilDogsSon269]

WTF I feel like our RSS is trying to make us into mega-Marines compared to how often they make you work. We do PT 4 days a week mandatory, fridays optional, every other saturday is a 10 mile hump, and the first saturday of every month is a pool function. Once a year we have a Pool event where the 13 RSS and the sub stations below the RSS go and PT with PI Drill Instructors and we have some healthy competition. I dont mind it though gets us more prepared for whats to come. Gunny makes PT fun.

[EastofWest18]

I do PT with my RSS once a month. I live about 30 minutes from my station and need a recruiter to pick me up to get out to them (I have the feeling that I am the only one who lives this far away)... But don't worry, I push myself anyway.

[Meagan92]

we have it every Wed, but i PT everyday by myself

[Yonkers]

We have it every 2nd saturday of every month.. wish we had it at least every 2 weeks but whatev :|

I'm number 1 in my function and I work out everyday so it's all good :D

[asherdasher114]

WTF I feel like our RSS is trying to make us into mega-Marines compared to how often they make you work. We do PT 4 days a week mandatory, fridays optional, every other saturday is a 10 mile hump, and the first saturday of every month is a pool function. Once a year we have a Pool event where the 13 RSS and the sub stations below the RSS go and PT with PI Drill Instructors and we have some healthy competition. I dont mind it though gets us more prepared for whats to come. Gunny makes PT fun.

Holy sh*t! Either your recruiters have no family life, or the poolies of the past have sucked! That's insane to make PT 4 days a week mandatory. Maybe it's because I'm 23 and live an hour and a half from my RSS, but I was never once told that anything is mandatory. PT is offered once a week and there is a pool function one Saturday a month. I usually go to one PT and the pool function, and I work out on my own 6 days a week. The yearly pool event with the PI Drill Instructors sounds pretty sweet though. I hope Chicago has something like that before I leave.

[HerinkTD]

We have optional PT on Thursdays but that's usually just running and upper body workouts. There are mandatory functions every 2nd Saturday of each month and we do anything from field days to paintball. I'm doing CrossFit when we're not doing PT. It's addicting.

[sparkie]

Whenever my wife lets me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[athy]

:confused:...

[Le4k]

We ( RSS Ft. Lauderdale) PT Mondays (optional) Wednesdays and Fridays... Pool Function i think is once a month. PT isnt "suppose" to be mandatory and doing it 4 days in a row should be fun but over kill. Shin splints anyone?

[athy]

oh man i got my first ever shin splints a month ago from going running with the other poolees on freaking hills(pavement). rested and applied ice for a week. i dont pt everyday... your body needs breaks in between so that your muscles can develop

[Gary098]

About those yearly pool functions we had ours here at Ft. Lewis on May 1st that was pretty awesome seeing all the other poolees and the Drill Instructors i was surprised to see that other RSS' have way more people than the Covington RSS that i go to we had 15 people when the others had around 30-40. But i heard that this year the Drill Instructors had to lighten up a little bit cause apparently last year their yelling made a few poolees drop out before boot camp (?) but i saw one girl get yelled at for not sounding off that was something.

[BrianW]

RSS Jonesboro has them Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. PT is optional if you're exceeding on your ISTs thought

[DevilDogsSon269]

PT is mandatory for us. We dont do the same muscle groups everyday. Some PT are field days (indoors cleaning). Wednesdays are drill days/study days so we take an easy core PT. The recruiter that runs most of our PTs is single and its his job to get us fit. He gets done at 7:30 and we go home. Not a late night. Trust me PT does well some of you should try to get your recruiters to make more time for PT sessions. Outside of PT I would have never pushed myself without them backing me. PT does the body good pushes pain and breeds strength. My IST scores are great...
Pull ups:14
Sit ups: 135
Run: 11.05

[asherdasher114]

I don't think anyone on here is of the opinion that PT isn't good, we just have enough self motivation to do it on our own! The one thing I do wish we did is drill; I did some basic drill movements with the M16 once for a pool function and I loved it! I do think I'd go to PT more if I lived closer, though.

[DevilDogsSon269]

i didnt say I wasnt motivated to pt on my own, however no one but a Marine on this site can say that they would PT that hard without being pushed in PT I can say its the hardest workout Ive ever done and I would never work out that rigorous if I wasnt required to. Idk what all other poolees do at their PT but I know our CO makes the recruiters bust ass on PT.

[USMC Sokol]

Every other Saturday. I know there's a few Poolees who go to the RSS to get more training, but I'm not sure how often

[Robbie123]

Our RS is every Thursday, and the second Saturday of every month.

So I workout Mon-Tues-Weds & Fri on my own with Saturday and Sundays [With the exception of the 2nd Saturday of the month] as rest days.

Even if your RS does PT often, I would PT outside the RS, some people at my RS got dropped for not putting an effort and relying on the Thursdays and second Saturday to get in shape.

[Pooleeward]

PT 4 times a week maditory monday thru thursday and saturdays once a month.

[JP702]

We have a mandatory PT on Mondays and Thursdays every week. We're getting a new SNCO for our office soon, and our new one is supposed to be a lot meaner. :evilgrin:

[emayer]

Our RSS has PT 3 times a week... Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday but due to work obligations I am only ablt to attend on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I work out on my own the other days of the week.

[DevilDogsSon269]

PT 4 times a week maditory monday thru thursday and saturdays once a month.

Thata Marine Poolee, thats the kinda work ethic and motivation this Corps needs!

[Andrew09]

We PT at our RSS 3 times a week. Then we have a pool function the first Saturday of every month, then every third pool function is ISTs/IST competitions.

[DevilDogsSon269]

good man

[SemperEsurio]

Our scheduled PT is every Wednesday afternoon starting at 1500, but we have poolees working out at the office almost every week day with the recruiters. Now that school is getting out, we will probably go even more often.