Pre-Training for the Marines..?

Question

Im enlisting in 2 years as 0351 (Assaultman) in the Marines..Im not a fat guy really outa shape but im not all muscle either..
When I had to, I could run a mile at 5:53 but only 7:30 when im just running, like just for excercise..I can do all the other requirments w/ no problem right now and if I keep working at that, Il be fine w/ everything but running..

Iv been told 5:53 is really good, but I cant run 2-3 miles straight..It kills me to run one mile at that..So over the next year or so how can I get my endurance raised decently?
(I heard you have to run multiple 3 mile runs in Basic and I couldnt do that now)

So any Diet/Work out plans anyone can offer me?..I just want to get in overall better shape..

Answer 1

mhhhm

Answer 2

Keep doing what your doing. Your already in better shape than most of your peers. Endurance rather than speed should be your focus. In the Navy if you could do a 1 1/2 mile in under 10:30 you were aok. Work on the push ups & sit ups. While you don't need to be a bodybuilder, you do need upper body strength fo obsticle courses & tests.
Diet? lay off the junk. I'd suggest you ask your high school coaches for some tips on workouts & diet. The same stuff they use, apply to basic training.

Answer 3

You will run over a hundred miles in bootcamp. You will run almost every where you go.

During the height of PT, we were running six and seven miles at a stretch, the motivation run before graduation was almost nine. I would just run, a lot. One thing that really helped me (after bootcamp) to improve my speed, as well as endurance, was wind sprints. I started doing it while deployed to japan, as there was a soccer/football field between the gym and the barracks. When my friend and I would run the Kadena seawall (about 1.5 miles long, goes around the end of the runway and back, so three miles), we would start at the barracks, to the sea wall then go back to the field. There we would do about a dozen or so 40yd sprints. Sprint time really isn't important, you just have to force yourself to pump hard when you are already tired. A couple of days later, we would trot to the field, then do our sprints, then run the sea wall. In a couple of months, I went from running a near fail every time (I allowed myself to get out bad out of shape after my previous PFT), around 27 minutes, to running a high 20 minute three mile.

Whatever you do, make sure you stretch well before running, and after running the distance, stretch again before the sprints.

It helped me get a good blend of speed and endurance, although I don't think I could have gotten faster without an intensive training program.

Answer 4

All I can say to get your indurance up, is to run run run! That is the only way that you are going to get better. When you go to bootcamp, you don't run the 3 miles at a fast pace. It is just a jog.
Here is what your PFT would look like:
Required minimum acceptable performance (male):

Pull-ups -3
(repetitions) Abdominal Crunches- 50
(repetitions) 3-Mile Run- 28 miniutes
Passing Score -135

Good luck to you! You have plenty of time to get your running endurance up. Always change the time that you run, and where you run, just to make it interesting, and you won't get bored with it. Allways change the pace of your run as well, so you aren't doing to same work out. Again, good luck! Oorah!

Answer 5

Getting in shape is a great idea, and it sounds like what you are already doing should be sufficient. Remember, they are in the business of getting out of shape people into shape. It's usually not as big of an issue as kids think. Good luck.

Answer 6

If you set your mind to it everything else will follow. Stop worrying about the physical. I have seen smaller guys do things the larger guys could not do. Keep running and exercising and you will make it.

Answer 7

RUN ,RUN , RUN !!
Learn to pace yourself over 3 miles and 18 -20 minutes .

Answer 8

here's a foolproof plan for running farther. Go outside. put one foot in front of the other. repeat as necessary.