Sunday Schedules

[AyeeYoAP]

Originally Posted by gregmosu

How often did you get 'Beat' per day and per week? Not just on Sundays, but during any regular week?

You can get beat ANYtime.

My division... we only got divisional IT (beat) ONCE. My RDCs usually dropped us individually or just dropped our division leaders.

Sometimes we got dropped in groups. Mostly during WTI lol

But me as a person, I was dropped once individually for talking while I was on watch about dolphins... IDK lol

Compared to other divisions, my division and brother div's NEVER got beat... which is kinda true. Especially compared to other people's experiences. In the 2 months I spent at bootcamp, I can count on 2 hands how many times I got beat and the beatings were usually less than 5 minutes -_-

[gregmosu]

Originally Posted by AyeeYoAP

You can get beat ANYtime.

My division... we only got divisional IT (beat) ONCE. My RDCs usually dropped us individually or just dropped our division leaders.

Sometimes we got dropped in groups. Mostly during WTI lol

But me as a person, I was dropped once individually for talking while I was on watch about dolphins... IDK lol

Compared to other divisions, my division and brother div's NEVER got beat... which is kinda true. Especially compared to other people's experiences. In the 2 months I spent at bootcamp, I can count on 2 hands how many times I got beat and the beatings were usually less than 5 minutes -_-

Really!?!? I was under the impression(from things I've read on the internet) that you could expect to get beat 2 or 3 times a day and it might be as long as 45 minutes. My whole concern w/joining the Navy was how much IT we did in addition to PT. I was just worried that if I joined, how I was going to make it if I had to do mountain climbers, 8-count bodybuilders & jumping jacks for an additional 2 or 3 hours a day.

[AyeeYoAP]

Originally Posted by gregmosu

Really!?!? I was under the impression(from things I've read on the internet) that you could expect to get beat 2 or 3 times a day and it might be as long as 45 minutes. My whole concern w/joining the Navy was how much IT we did in addition to PT. I was just worried that if I joined, how I was going to make it if I had to do mountain climbers, 8-count bodybuilders & jumping jacks for an additional 2 or 3 hours a day.

How much you get beat depends on the RDCs. It all up to them. This is just based on my bootcamp experience. Most people I talk to, their division got beat way more than mine did.

You shouldn't worry anyway though. If you're already in some type of shape, regular PT is a walk in the park to be honest with you.

Bootcamp isn't as intense as you think it is. Besides your live fire, firefighting, etc., all it is is... A lot of folding. A lot of cleaning. Some academic classes. Drill practice. 1 hour of organized PT. Chow. Sleep. And the occasional IT session (again depending on your RDCs).

Super easy.

And they stopped doing 8-counts a little before I got to bootcamp. When I went they were doing 10-counts.

[gregmosu]

Originally Posted by AyeeYoAP

How much you get beat depends on the RDCs. It all up to them. This is just based on my bootcamp experience. Most people I talk to, their division got beat way more than mine did.

You shouldn't worry anyway though. If you're already in some type of shape, regular PT is a walk in the park to be honest with you.

Bootcamp isn't as intense as you think it is. Besides your live fire, firefighting, etc., all it is is... A lot of folding. A lot of cleaning. Some academic classes. Drill practice. 1 hour of organized PT. Chow. Sleep. And the occasional IT session (again depending on your RDCs).

Super easy.

And they stopped doing 8-counts a little before I got to bootcamp. When I went they were doing 10-counts.

Well, I have occasional knee pain from an old injury and a little tightness and swelling.. but it really hasn't stopped me from doing any of the exercises they might have you do at boot camp. Based on what you're saying, I'm pushing myself WAY harder to get in shape then I probably need to... although I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I'm sure the better the shape you're in when you go the better off you'll be.

By the way, the 10 counts just add an extra push up, right? How many of them do they have you do?

[AyeeYoAP]

Originally Posted by gregmosu

Well, I have occasional knee pain from an old injury and a little tightness and swelling.. but it really hasn't stopped me from doing any of the exercises they might have you do at boot camp. Based on what you're saying, I'm pushing myself WAY harder to get in shape then I probably need to... although I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I'm sure the better the shape you're in when you go the better off you'll be.

By the way, the 10 counts just add an extra push up, right? How many of them do they have you do?

I understand exactly what you mean. I tore my ACL when I was 15 and it still hurts sometimes. Nothing to serious, but it doesn't bend all the way, so that kinda sucks! I was worried about it when I went to bootcamp, but when you get there you'll see its not a big deal at all. You'll be just fine

PT in bootcamp... if you can work yourself up to a 20 minute sustained run, you'll be okay!

10 counts (start standing up):
1. Get down on your hands.
2. Jump back into the push up position.
3. Jump to the left.
4. Center (pushup position)
5. Jump to the right.
6. Center
7 & 8. Push up. Down is 7. Up is 8.
9. Jump back in.
10. Stand up.

We usually did like 20 of these. If you've done Insanity, think Ski Abs mixed with a regular Burpee.

[gregmosu]

Originally Posted by AyeeYoAP

I understand exactly what you mean. I tore my ACL when I was 15 and it still hurts sometimes. Nothing to serious, but it doesn't bend all the way, so that kinda sucks! I was worried about it when I went to bootcamp, but when you get there you'll see its not a big deal at all. You'll be just fine

PT in bootcamp... if you can work yourself up to a 20 minute sustained run, you'll be okay!

10 counts (start standing up):
1. Get down on your hands.
2. Jump back into the push up position.
3. Jump to the left.
4. Center (pushup position)
5. Jump to the right.
6. Center
7 & 8. Push up. Down is 7. Up is 8.
9. Jump back in.
10. Stand up.

We usually did like 20 of these. If you've done Insanity, think Ski Abs mixed with a regular Burpee.

Thanks! That helps to know it won't be as bad as I'm making it out to be. I tore my PCL, ACL and MCL some odd years back and it still swells a little when I work it really hard. But it's never to the point where I can't run and still do these exercises... I just need to warm it up a bit first some times. To stress test my self I've been ITing myself twice a day for about an hour. Doing enough to get a REALLY good sweat going.

Right now I'm jogging a two mile track around the neighborhood. I don't think it takes me 20 min to do it thought. I may need to increase the distance.. but I am doing it every day.

This may be a dumb question, but what happens if they tell you do 40 push ups and you can only do 30.. or they tell you to hold something for a minute and you can't do it... you fatigue out. Do they really get on you hard for stuff like that? I just don't wanna go there and be the guy that can't do everything they tell you when everyone else can.

[LT Guppy]

They're really good at knowing when you have legitimately maxed out and when you are giving up on yourself.

[AyeeYoAP]

Originally Posted by gregmosu

Thanks! That helps to know it won't be as bad as I'm making it out to be. I tore my PCL, ACL and MCL some odd years back and it still swells a little when I work it really hard. But it's never to the point where I can't run and still do these exercises... I just need to warm it up a bit first some times. To stress test my self I've been ITing myself twice a day for about an hour. Doing enough to get a REALLY good sweat going.

Right now I'm jogging a two mile track around the neighborhood. I don't think it takes me 20 min to do it thought. I may need to increase the distance.. but I am doing it every day.

This may be a dumb question, but what happens if they tell you do 40 push ups and you can only do 30.. or they tell you to hold something for a minute and you can't do it... you fatigue out. Do they really get on you hard for stuff like that? I just don't wanna go there and be the guy that can't do everything they tell you when everyone else can.

Oh yeah... like air chairs (which I LOVE) which is basically like a sustained squat. Our RDCs would make us hold it for 90 seconds. A lot of people fatigue out, but they always made us start over. One time we got in trouble and our RDCs made us hold our arms out with our trainee guides for a couple minutes. Sometimes they would just drop us in the pushup position and just leave us there.

No, not really. They know people get tired. Bootcamp is a mind game. You **** up sometimes. Whats the worst that can happen? Getting dropped or getting yelled at. If you get tired while they drop you, once again, whats the worst that can happen? Get dropped and yelled at some more?

Believe it or not, your RDCs wanna see you succeed. They won't let you fall behind unless they see you're not really trying. I promise you, you won't be in a situation where everyone can succeed physically while you can't. Even the strongest people have a breaking point. Trust me, all you will hurt together lol

The people that don't succeed physically are the ones that quit during the sustained runs, or cheat during in-house PT when your RDC has their back turned.

Don't overthink it. I did a butt ton of research on bootcamp before I went. I got there and was like ... "oh... so... THIS is it?!" Super easy!

[LT Guppy]

At ocs (not sure if it's the same at ROTC), they're limited to 10 minutes per hour. That 10 minutes can be in addition to regular PT, and can be broken up into shorter sessions. With my class, the rarely did the full 10 minutes, more often it was short and intense.

[gregmosu]

Originally Posted by Guppy2010

At ocs (not sure if it's the same at ROTC), they're limited to 19 minutes per hour. That 10 minutes can be in addition to regular PT, and can be broken up into shorter sessions. With my class, the rarely did the full 10 minutes, more often it was short and intense.

You are referring to getting IT'd, right? It didn't last for more than 19 minutes in a given hour? Is this something they have to do?