PRT

[Arbyz]

So i have been training for some time to be able to pass with flying colors the PRT...i have looked at required times and number of curl ups and push ups.

My question is; How much time do i have to do the curl ups and push ups? 2 minutes? 5? 1000? are both done in quick succession?

[Laworlo]

2 Minutes!

[prop827]

You will have 2 minutes to complete the curl ups, then your partner gets 2 minutes to do theirs (they count yours and you count theirs) then you have 2 minutes to do your push ups and your partner counts then your partner has 2 minutes to do their push ups and you count. In sit ups, hands must remain on shoulders at all times and in push ups if you remove a hand from the deck or your knee touches the deck you are done, and anything after that won't count. they're really strict about those rules. After the push ups and sit ups you run the mile and a half. You cannot drink water at all from the time warm ups begin until the PFA is complete unless you have sickle cell in which case you get water between events.

[icemanclix]

Originally Posted by prop827

You will have 2 minutes to complete the curl ups, then your partner gets 2 minutes to do theirs (they count yours and you count theirs) then you have 2 minutes to do your push ups and your partner counts then your partner has 2 minutes to do their push ups and you count. In sit ups, hands must remain on shoulders at all times and in push ups if you remove a hand from the deck or your knee touches the deck you are done, and anything after that won't count. they're really strict about those rules. After the push ups and sit ups you run the mile and a half. You cannot drink water at all from the time warm ups begin until the PFA is complete unless you have sickle cell in which case you get water between events.

Why don't they let you drink water? And when you do the 1.5 mile run, who times that, your rdc, or one of your shipmates?

[Jnewman16]

i heard they give you a ankle monitor that records your time and laps.... and do not let your hands come off your shoulders during sit-ups.. they will call muscle failure

[Nuke Guy]

Yes, you will get an ankle strap that is hooked to a computer, so it counts your laps as you run them.

[Laworlo]

Sure beats a dude with a clipboard and stopwatch.

[sweetmtn]

LOL, not always does that ankle monitor work perfect! I know several guys that the monitor missed a lap and they had to run an extra lap in the same amount of time! They think it depends on if and where on the track if you pass someone...It worked out for my son as he was a track runner and did it majorly under the time required. Plus we live at high altitude and that is how he trained, so running at sea level with real air to breath made his run times so much better than he ran here at home.
It was always funny when other schools from the valley had to come to our school up in the mountains to compete..we kicked their A$$e$!