My workout routine for the army - am I missing anything?

Question

I have a pretty solid idea of what I want and need for the military, but, am I blindly forgetting about a very important muscle group that I'm not even touching on? I know I can be more specific on my workouts, but I'm bringing it down to a wide set of workouts that will cover generally all the muscles I need for my goal as a soldier. My workouts are resistance and free-weight workouts, so I can get used to those before I join.

I get my leg muscles from run/bike.

Here is my routine: With a very proper carb-protein vitamin high diet,

I do this on MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

Forearms Dowell Curl (hold stick with string and weight. curl up, curl down. repeat)

Situps
pushups(lots)
Chinups, palm pointing inwards, normal grip.

Back with freeweights (one knee on the bench, leaning over, one hand on the bench, one hand hanging off. Steadily bringing the dumbell up and into my armpit area, and back down)

-ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND ONE WEEKEND DAY

running,
biking

Answer 1

Honestly, you are going to have to plan on doing alot of running during Basic Training, so, your best bet is to run EVERY morning now , to prepare your body for what's to come.

Answer 2

The free weights are o.k. but you'll never be pushing any iron in basic training. So, there isn't much carryover if you can push 225 for 8 reps compared to being 'smoked' for 10 minutes doing just flutter kicks, push-ups and mountain climbers.

I would find some book that just covers body weight workouts and start getting creative with them if you want to be in-shape for basic.

Maybe pick a certain amount of time like 15:00 and rotate between 4-5 body weight exercises. Based upon your current fitness level I would choose enough reps that you start to fatigue then move to the next exercise until your 15:00 minutes are up.

Every week I would change a variable to continue to increase your intensity. But, I would make sure that I am doing both running and body weight training at least 5 days a week because that's what you'll get.

Just like the Army trains the way it plans to fight, you should also train just the way it will be in basic.

Good Luck, you'll love it!

Answer 3

Thats a good start. But in basic, the only time you won't be running is if your road marching, sleeping, eating, or pulling guard duty. And i'm only exagerrating a little. No matter how "In shape" you are before basic training, it's still gonna kick your butt. My advice, add another day or two of running, whatever you can handle, and make sure you take some time and enjoy your freedom while you have, it may be a while before you get it back

Answer 4

You're going to need a bunch more endurance than running and biking only 3 days a week will give you.

Answer 5

You can schedule just a consultation with a fitness trainer and tell him what you're trying to do. He'll give you the proper info!!

Answer 6

Your routine sounds good but i would reccomend working on the cardiovascular aspect more than the building muscle aspect.