Muscle LOSS at Boot...?
 

So I ship out in late February, I am a weightlifter and in great shape 5'11 180 pounds around 10% BF. I know that there will be no weightlifting at boot camp, and many people have been telling me that I will lose muscle at boot camp, While my recruiter says I'll be able to keep it if I eat eat eat...
I am confident that I can keep my muscle gains and build even build on them if there is time at boot camp to do self workouts, or is this out of the question? I can do basic prison workouts to maintain myself. If not i'm probably screwed.

thanks for your input!

I think maybe only on Sundays would you be able to do that...but not 100% sure though

Just be aware that you most likely will loose alot of your muscle mass while at boot...my son did. Eating wont help you to keep it, but turn it to plain fat. Watch your diet and you may want to start now cutting back on the mass and start over once you get out of boot and on to your A school.

You can work out after taps, you just have to be careful. By RTC rules you are not allowed to work out unless it's with your RDC's. They don't want you hurting yourself.....I worked out almost every night. There are poles in the laundry room that held out biggest guy (over 200lbs) without a problem.

Yeah bro, weight lifting is my life. I feel the exact same way you do about losing mass at boot. But as far as my plan, at boot I'm going to work on cardio like crazy. I'm looking at it as almost a cutting season. I have all my protein, and other supps set aside ready to be shipped to me as soon as I enter a-school. When you look at training as a whole, it wont really take that long to make up for the lost gains over 2 months.

Are you trying out for SEALs? I ask because of the way your name is posted.

You most likely will lose muscle mass. While in P-days, you are not cleared Fit for Full Duty, so you are not allowed to exercise. I was in P-days for 2 weeks because I was on P-Hold for a week. It killed my stamina on just about everything. And don't forget at night there are roving RDC's and if they catch up or hear you from a next door compartment, stand by to stand by. You will have some nice personal IT sessions, hours long. And your RDC's get in trouble for that as well. Then you will get beat again that morning.

Words of advice: EVERYTHING the roving RDC's do/see in your compartment at night gets emailed to your RDC's. I have accidently seen those emails.

While I have considered SWCC, I would like to do VBSS depending on if the ship I get put on has the program. As for Seal... No. I just enjoy being in shape, but who knows maybe someday?

Yeah right now i'm in a winter bulk, I can do cardio, but keep it to a minimum. As you are, I am also looking at boot camp as an early summer cut, but I just don't wanna lose too much of my gains, since I bulk clean, and gain slowly. I'm getting my supp's shipped ASAP after boot that's for sure! cause I hate GNC!!! hah

i know alot people hate gnc but i have personally saved soo much money with when they have buy on supplement get the other half off and they are best i have used

@McHolySOul: I've contacted a few supplement companies that ship to military bases and if GNC is too pricey, you can order from TigerFitness! They've got some pretty decent products at a lower price. I have heard BB.com charges an a**load of money to ship to military.
But yeah, you will lose gains. RTC=cutting phase for a lot of future sailors that I know lift.

As stated, after Taps (lights out) a lot of recruits use that time to exercise. My division held push up, sit up, and sprint sessions for those recruits that weren't doing well on their PFAs. Also, I've seen plenty of recruits use the bars in the laundry room.
Granted, as previously said there are roving RDCs and you aren't supposed to be out of your rack. So, the risk is up to you. If you get caught, your whole division is likely to be ITed for a few hours. Not the best impression to leave on your fellow shipmates.
Also, Sunday mornings (I believe until 1300-1400) you have some "free time" in which you can write letters home, study, socialize, clean, etc. Just don't sleep. I'm not sure how impressed your RDCs will be if they see you exercising. I know they aren't allowed to IT you at all during your Sunday liberty, but I'm not sure about the rules for self PT. Again, to state that during P-Days you can't be PTed because you aren't "Fit for Full Duty", so I can understand the rule about no PTing without RDC supervision.
My best advice would be to make the PT sessions as difficult for yourself as possible. I know it won't be much, but just go as low as possible for push ups and hold it for a bit. Same as squats. When you do sit ups, always make your chest touch your legs (except for the PFAs).
I HIGHLY suggest you try being on the division staff. RPOC and AROC get beat for just about every mistake anyone in the division makes. As a Yeoman, I was beat every time someone failed to properly fill out the form that stated when recruits left the compartment (forgot what it is called), which happens all the time. Also, I was beat everytime someone entered the RDCs office incorrectly.

Ah yes, good old barracks check out sheets.... If I had a nickel for every time a correction had to be made on one of those when I was in boot.....

Time for the cutting cycle!!!

yea it will be a cutting phase for me i am not used to that i was lift heavy so this will be something new

I feel like you can get cut from all of these type of workouts we will be doing though