How fit do you Have to make it in the Marines?

Question

I know that the requirements to pass the initial strength test are 3 pullups, 44 crunches in 2minutes, and a 13:30 mile and half, but I can do that already, and i have to believe the Marines are tougher than that. I can do 15-17 pullups, 60-70 crunches, and a 25 minute 3 miles. How much work do i need to do to be able to succeed in boot camp, and what excersizes should i concentrate on?

Answer 1

Do some arm circles..you will be doing plenty of those in the military..and I have seen the strongest guys give up after 10-15 minutes with their arms in the air..
Have you ever heard of muscle failure...well the military will worksome muscles that you did not even know you had.Hold some of the push ups in like up positions and down positions..Drill Instructors like to play games with you...they know that most have trained before comming out to Boot Camp..so they will count...and hold it..
And Oh yeah...running and exercise no matter if rain or shine..so aclimate yourself to the weather you will be enduring..
Run with a backpack filled with rocks..and get used to drinking alot of water.. Have fun.. I am pretty sure you will have a blast.. the military days are one of my fondest memories

Answer 2

are you sure about the requirements?? cause i'm a chick in the navy and my requirements are 16 pushups, mile and a half in 15 mintues, and 50 crunches.

anyways, sounds like you got the run down pretty good. but then again, in the marines you'd better be ready to run off into the sunset, so you can never be too prepared. might want to work on the cruches and don't forget the push ups. work on your endurance too. that's important. also, how old are you? there are different requirements for different age groups. the kids that are 18, 19, and 20 get the worst of it and then less and less is required of them in their pts as they get older. but yah. you'll be able to succeed right now. believe it or not, the DIs in bootcamp want you to succeed and will try every tactic they know to get you to be the best marine you can be. here's the thing though: no matter how good of a shape you are in, bootcamp won't be "easy". they won't let it be easy. if they see you standing out, they'll push you even more to see exactly how far you can go. and even then, you'll only be as good as your platoon. after all that physical training, the only other thing is the mental stuff. how you think. your mental endurance and how much b.s. you can take. then everything you got and everything you learned will be put to the test in the crucible. my boyfriend said that bootcamp was ok. he had to work hard but since he was already fit and prepared, it wasn't too bad. but the last crucible was HELL and enough to make a grown man cry (not really) lol.

but yah. endurance. that's key. run hills and cross country stuff. not just tredmils. a lot of what you go through bootcamp will be mental. so be mentally prepared as well.

Answer 3

Get that run time down. If you don't run often run every other day for two weeks then take 1 week off to prevent stress fractures. Then increase your miles every week. Push ups, Sit ups. Crunches, Dips, Unweight squats all endurace work outs. Boot camp isn't as physical as it is mental. If you play sports or work out every day you might be disappointed. I went to boot camp at 175 finished at 155 and after 4 years in the marines and heavy power lifting i was at a lean 205

Answer 4

Perfect PFT (Physical Fitness Test) scores are one hundred points each and are as follows:
3 mile run in under 18:00. (there is no mile and a half run)
100 situps in 2 minutes.
20 pullups. (Kip is allowed)

I never made a perfect PFT score, hated running. :P
Best score I think I did was 285.

I would concentrate on running and marching. A lot of your time will be spent running, close order drill, or humping the hills. Your feet will hate you.

Answer 5

as i responded to another recruit. when i enlisted in 1981, the requirements for the PFT were a 3 mile run in under some length of time, 20 pullups and 80 sit-ups in under 2 minutes. many recruits could max the pull-ups and sit-ups so the key was to win the three mile race. the winner was named high PFT for his series, got a little trophy and stood with the high shooter's and plt honormen on grad day and best of all a meritorious PFC. work with an experienced runner or coach to improve your time.
one helpful recomendation would be to google "marine corps daily dozen" and concentrate on "mountain climbers", "horizontal leg lifts" and "push-ups".
good luck recruit

Answer 6

The physical part you are good except you might get a backpack and fill it with about 50 lbs of weights and go hiking. Try getting only 3-4 hours of sleep a night to get your body used to the lack of sleep. Have someone you don't know yell at you and call you every name in the book. Oh, shave your head.

Answer 7

Wake up at 3am and do all the you stated. Do it in the rain, sleet, snow, mud, sand, water, burning heat, flat land, hills, rocks and much more. The Marines have their on agenda, they will train you their way. You think your tough now, when you finish boot camp, then you will be entitled to brag about it. Good Luck, and thanks for considering the US Marines.

Answer 8

You also Have to be Brain Dead, Illogical and you should have Sadistic Inclinations... You should love Sodomy.. and you should be able to kill children under 5 with your weapons.. believe every muslim is a terrorist.. and you should pass the Bush Loyalty test...
Push ups and Pull ups are just there to disqualify you if you are reasoning and intelligent

Answer 9

Babe...you are going to do just fine!

Don't sweat it....good luck in the Marines!

Thank you for your service!

Answer 10

Yes, hard work, but once you make it through it, you can drink beer and eat pizza every weekend and get chubby.