Can anyone help me, would be greatly appreciated!!!!!?

Question

I am joining the Army and need to get my fitness up to scratch. Just need a few tips on how to devise a training programme. Basically i have to run a mile and a half in 12:30, do push ups, sit ups and pull ups. Should i train everyday, every other day or have two days a week off? how long should i train for? Should i run first or upper body work out first? is there a best time of the day to train ie: before or after work!? Please give me all the tips you can!?!

Ya Nazi:- Yes the army makes women do pull ups, push ups and run a mile and a half in 12:30.
This IS the age of equality and therfore we are expected to reach the same standards they would expect of a man!

I have done research, been to the careers office and asked thank you very much!!!

and how long ago was it you joined? before equal opportunities!!???

I have been told by many Army instructors that it is the same!!! The only thing women are not allowed to do is join the infantry (which has higher fitness) and as im joining the REME it doesnt matter.

Whoops, maybe i should have said, i'm British and joining the British Army!! We'll call it quits then!!! ;-) x x x

Answer 1

1 Get yourself a good set of trainers and a sports bra.

2 Find the minimum standard and increase it by 10%. Then set yourself targets. eg. I need to do 30 press ups minimum so i will set out to do 33. I will try to do it in 3 sets of 11. ( You follow?)

3 Train every day. Its easier to plan, and the army will expect it of you.

4 Set out to do 3 miles not 1.5. Try to get within 25 mins.

5 Once you are comfortable at the distance, try this technique.

Gentle run for 1/2 mile, then sprint for 30 secs (Yes the full 30!)
Jog for a min then sprint for 30secs again. Repeat this up to the last 1/2 mile of your run

It is tough but when you try the 1.5 mile timed run you will see the difference.

You could also try your local running club who i'm sure would be happy to help.

Answer 2

The Army makes women do pull ups and run a mile and a half in 12:30? I find that hard to believe. But anyways, ask your recruiter if they have any pamphlets or something.

Edit- Same standards? ROFLMAO! Seriously now, women are held to lower standards than men, thank feminists for crying until the standards were lowered to the point the average female could get in. What you described sounds like a SWCC screen test. Keep in mind, I served, you didn't, so do some research before any attempts to argue.

REME is brittish I believe, I was referring to american. Still that's quite extreme for a woman.

Answer 3

OK here it is...... i read the other answers and trust me that wont help and it wont help you get fit for the army. do this
before breakfast (if you can, afternoon is OK to, there is never really a bad time to do some PT) do push-up and sit-up exercises-the next day run two miles and time yourself- the next day push ups and sit-ups
6 days a week
once a day
push-ups-sit-ups-pull ups one day
run two miles the next
when you get to basic you will be getting up at 0500 or 0530 everyday to exercise and the sooner you start training for that
the less pain you will be in when you get there ,and the better you are at then PT the less the drill sergeants will mess with you
also to make sure your doing it right look up
FM 21-20
on the Internet this thing will tell you how to properly do the exercise and how you will be graded remember the test to get in to basic is not as hard as the army pt test
don't forget warm-up and cool down stretches
hope this will help

Answer 4

Start running from 2 miles everyday until you can run through 10 miles. Then do a lot of push-ups, pull-ups and other exercises. Be strong in order to survive the Army training.

Answer 5

Train 5 days a week.

Excercise in the morning, before breakfast. Stretch well before you work out. Do upper body and ab excercises. Finish off with a brisk run. Then stretch again and cool down. Time for shower and then breakfast.

This is the way the Army does things

Answer 6

Hey, simply when you wake up on a morning do as many press ups and sit ups as you can. Same again before you go to bed on a night.
That is a simple way to improve as its often people out of practise who cant do them.
The run in under 12:30 is very easy, i can run it in 7:30. Just by keeping active all day helps. Even better is actually going out and measuring a route out and running it.
I teach look at life students and Recruiting team students for this. I have taken them for an initial test and told everyone that the best practise for the test is actually doing it at home.

Mark out the distance from your house, 800M, then from there, mark out 2.4km or 1.5mile.
2mins best effort press ups
2mins best effort sit ups
800M in 5mins (warm up)
Then time yourself on the run

Answer 7

all the answers are helpful, train hard before you go but remember you won't have to do the fittness on the very first day maybe in the first week but it'll be to a lower standard (it was in my training) then do the proper test later on during basic.
so there will be lots of PT classes before then and they are geared towards getting you fitter to pass the fittness test.
so don't worry to much train as best you can be fore you go, get up the standard and let the army PT staff do the rest


Good Luck you'll be fine

Answer 8

Depends on how long its been since you worked out?
If none lately, take it easy at the beginning, twice a week work up some endurance first. If you run do it on soft surface.
You will need to work on the push ups and pull ups to build endurance. Work your max amount for a week if you feel good at that point try pushing for more the next week, etc.

Just work on endurance at the beginning and you should be alright.

Answer 9

It seems everyone has an opinion on your fitness regime. So all I can say is do what feels right for you.

Go to a council run gym, as they tend to be cheaper, and speak to one of the staff. They are usually quite good at working out a proper fitness programm and best of all, there advice is FREE!!!

Good luck and hope you enjoy life as a squadie!!!

Answer 10

you want to get fitter, then do twice as much in half the time. push yourself till it hurts, and when it really hurts go another half mile. i was told to bust a nut you gotta bust a gut first. i was trained to the maximum of what they thought was physical endurance. nothing to what i put my body through before i joined up. if its raining out of the heavens you go outside and sit in the garden for a whole day without eating. it will toughen your head up and your body will follow.