small concern

prop827 · 10-24-2012, 06:25 PM

You'll be fine. The PT will rarely cause any injury, especially if you have been active your whole life. RDCs have been trained to be able to PT you and in RDC C School, they get beat down and PT'd harder than any recruit on that base so they know EXACTLY what beating your body up feels like and they recognize the symptoms of pushing too hard before you get hurt. There is a lot of training that goes into getting that red rope and they will not hurt you during PT. Just remember, whatever your RDC has you doing, they got it worse. They know the limits your body can endure, they'll push you but you will not get hurt. Its as much mental as physical really.

As for the inshape out of shape joke, I think its true. I went into boot in great shape (I was doing P90X before the navy) and when I left boot, I was not in as good shape overall (though I think I had more muscle mass in my arms after, but my abs weren't as good as they were before....). That's only because they are working you out while monitoring the WEAKEST link, so if you are strong in PT you'll stop well before exhaustion.

jhampton002 · 10-31-2012, 09:47 PM

The PT isn't really that intense. It's the IT sessions that sucks cause you are doing them in your NWUs and boots haha.

tcmartin1994 · 11-04-2012, 06:49 PM

A few weeks ago in DEP we got to talk to someone who just got out of A-school who was stopping by the local NRS. He said they only did PT 3 times a week and ran a mile and a half only once a week. Could be different with RDCs and how well the division does on it's first PFA. Cause from my understanding, the point of the first PFA is to see what the division needs to work on physically.

10-24-2012, 06:25 PM	#1
prop827 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 633 Rep Power: 0	You'll be fine. The PT will rarely cause any injury, especially if you have been active your whole life. RDCs have been trained to be able to PT you and in RDC C School, they get beat down and PT'd harder than any recruit on that base so they know EXACTLY what beating your body up feels like and they recognize the symptoms of pushing too hard before you get hurt. There is a lot of training that goes into getting that red rope and they will not hurt you during PT. Just remember, whatever your RDC has you doing, they got it worse. They know the limits your body can endure, they'll push you but you will not get hurt. Its as much mental as physical really. As for the inshape out of shape joke, I think its true. I went into boot in great shape (I was doing P90X before the navy) and when I left boot, I was not in as good shape overall (though I think I had more muscle mass in my arms after, but my abs weren't as good as they were before....). That's only because they are working you out while monitoring the WEAKEST link, so if you are strong in PT you'll stop well before exhaustion.

10-31-2012, 09:47 PM	#2
jhampton002 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Indiana Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	The PT isn't really that intense. It's the IT sessions that sucks cause you are doing them in your NWUs and boots haha.

11-04-2012, 06:49 PM	#3
tcmartin1994 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	A few weeks ago in DEP we got to talk to someone who just got out of A-school who was stopping by the local NRS. He said they only did PT 3 times a week and ran a mile and a half only once a week. Could be different with RDCs and how well the division does on it's first PFA. Cause from my understanding, the point of the first PFA is to see what the division needs to work on physically.