Do people lose or gain weight in basic military training?

Question

so do people lose weight cuz of all the running or gain weight cuz their muscles grow cuz of them pushups?

Answer 1

that will depend on your body type.

You will lose fat, and gain muscle. So depending on how much your body fat was to begin with, it will change.

Answer 2

Lose the fat and gain the muscles.

While a person may look smaller and better toned after losing the fat, the weight of the muscles gained might be more than the weight of the fats lost, since fats weigh less than muscles.

Depending on whether more muscles are gained than the weight of fat loss, a person can gain or lose weight.

Answer 3

It depends. If you are overweight when you go in, you're going to lose weight. If you are underweight, or at a normal weight, you're going to gain weight in the form of muscle mass.

When I was in basic, I gained 15 pounds and the guy two bunks over lost 35, and we were both doing the same things.

Answer 4

It depends on what a person weighed before he/she entered basic training.
In the Marines, if you are incapable of passing a basic physical training test, you are placed in a Physical Conditioning Platoon, or "Pork Chop Platoon" to gain strength and get down (or up) to your proper weight. You're put on a special diet to help you gain or lose weight and lots and LOTS of exercise.

Most recruits lose weight in basic, then replace some of it with lean muscle.

Answer 5

Nearly everyone will lose weight. Guys who gain weight were probably malnourished, or have to be eating enormous amounts of chow from the mess hall. Almost all the exercises you do are aerobic and calisthenic, which builds lean muscle mass, not the bulky stuff.

Answer 6

CUZ ??? Sweet Lord help us from the illiterate...

I gained about 25 pounds in the 4 months of Navy Recruit Training, Naval Aircrew Canidate School, and Rescue Swimmer School...

I'd been a thin runner of 175 lbs, and finished RSS at 203 lbs... my body fat was also only 4%

Now, 20 yrs later, I'm 210... body fat of about 8%... ooops and DAMN you Budweiser !!

Answer 7

That's dependent on the individual and body type. Muscle weights more that fat, but at the same time, if you go in heavy, you will lose weight.

Myself, I went in at 178 lbs, but after BT/AIT, I weighed 198. I lost a little fat, but gained in muscle mass.

A young man that I recruited lost 50+ lbs in BT/AIT. He lost fat (a lot of it), but gained in muscle.

Answer 8

I was an extremely lean type to begin with (avid hiker and runner). I ended up gaining 15lbs coming out of Fort Benning Infantry OSUT in muscle mass.

Like some of the sensible respondents before me said, it depends on your body type and metabolism. They'll feed you and take the junk food out of your system. I was the exception in weight gain; most of those around me came in overweight and burned fat away (one guy lost 5" off his waistline).

If you're going in, good luck.

Answer 9

if you are already thin with no extra weight you should gain muscle mass. if you have some weight to lose, you should lose that weight and start to gain muscle. its a slower process but it works.

Answer 10

My first thought is that you lose bady fat and gain body muscle. They have a very rigorous routine when it comes to losing fat. What you do after basic training is up to you, but of you look good after training, keep it up!

Answer 11

Depends on the person. Some gain some lose and some maintain there weight...........