I am about to join the Marine Corps and i want to know a hard workout that i should do daily to prepare. It must work around my school from 7am to 3pm and some days i have after school things to. So u Marines out there plz tell me what i should do.
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Is it possible to be promoted to Lance Corporal by the end of boot camp?
Do you do them at your own pace, or do you have to do them with a CD or something, like high school?
Thanks
MCBCS RESPONSE:
There are NO CD’s in boot camp.
How fast you do pushups in Marine Corps boot camp is really not a relevant issue, but do not think I am making fun of your question. That is about as far from the truth as one could get. My point is that I fear you are afraid that you will not be able to move fast enough to keep your Drill Instructors happy. What you need to understand that the speed is not what is important to the Drill Instructor because if you are experiencing IPT the speed is not important because you will just keep doing it until you are spent. The goal of the Drill Instructor is not to see how fast you can go, but to just make you do them until you are wiped out.
Everyone gets wiped out, no matter how fast you go. The only thing speed really will impact is the emotions, or the desire to become a Marine that will be demonstrated to your Drill Instructor. The more important thing to speed, or quantity is the desire to keep going no matter how much your arms are shaking…or quivering. Whether you are a 175 pound bean pole or a 225 pound wall of muscle…the Drill Instructor will simply run your ass into the dirt until you can’t move anymore. That is when the body gives out and the heart takes over.
The real question is how strong your heart (desire) is to keep moving and become a Marine.
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what can i do now to be ready physically to join the marines boot camp?
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Do they issue you tennis shoes, socks, clothes, toothbrushes, floss, and stuff like that?
I am just wondering what I need to carry to Recruit Training.
Also, what are some things that would be really helpful to bring….what should I pack, and what shouldn’t I pack?
MCBCS RESPONSE:
You will need to bring nothing but your body and an acceptable form of identification. In fact the less you bring, the better you will be. The best answer can be found in the paragraph below, which is an excerpt from a book on Amazon.com EBook;
How you arrive on the base is very important to the first events you will experience when you get off the bus. Your goal is to be un-noticed and that means in all you do, wear and say. You should not wear anything that would attract attention to yourself. Plan on wearing plain jeans, with a belt, a solid colored tee shirt, without any logo or words displayed. Wear white socks with tennis shoes and leave all jewelry at home, other than religious or a wedding ring. If you bring a wallet, keep as little cash as possible and only have an official form of I.D. (ie: drivers license) while leaving all credit cards at home, other than the one you have set up for direct deposit.. Do not bring love letters or books or anything else. Bring nothing means just that…BRING NOTHING!!! All will be simply discovered during the initial search and discarded as trash.
It is during receiving that you will get your uniforms and surrender your civilian clothing, which occurs the very first day upon your arrival ion base. It is during this time that male recruits will receive the notorious first haircut. It does not matter how long, or short, your hair is when you arrive. All male recruits will get their heads shaved. Female recruits do not get their heads shaved, but they will attend a class and adhere to the female Marine standards.
You can check out the entire book on Amazon.com: Marine Corps Boot Camp Survival Guide
I have made the decision to join the United States Marine Corps, however, I do have some questions that I would like to ask people who may have been in these situations before.
First, I would like to know if it seems as though I am in a state of physical fitness that will prove to be a good building block for what boot camp will provide. (AKA, do I seem ready for boot camp). I am 20 years old, 6’1", and around 160 pounds. I can run about 2.5 to 3 miles before hitting the deck from exhaustion. In the morning, the first thing I do is hit the deck for a maximum effort pushup spree. I can only do about 20 at a time before getting ready, then I can normally do 30 at max because I have loosened up my muscles after my morning shower. After this, I go for a 2 mile run that takes me about 12 to 15 minutes to complete. After the run, I will then do around 50 sit-ups within at least a minute or so, but after 50-55 sit-ups, I’m pretty much dead. I can, however, keep going if I yell Oohrah! a few times and keep telling myself what I’m working towards, but regardless of what I am working for, (becoming a Marine), the human body can only take so much. I have never been the strongest or the fastest, but I have always been in good shape because I have always been athletic. I play soccer as a kid, then baseball, then (don’t laugh) bowling. When I entered high school, I was in (no kidding) one of the toughest drum lines in the state. We ran everyday during class, and then started warmups. We would only have a certain amount of time to learn the music and drill, and after that, for every mistake we made, we’d have to do something similar to boot camp’s quarterdecking. If you’re wondering why, it’s because our percussion instructor was a member of "The President’s Own" Marine Corps marching band, so you can bet he was strict. But, back to the topic at hand, I was hoping someone could tell me if it seems like I’m ready physically for boot camp.
My final concern is not what you may think it would be. I am not wanting to know whether it will be hard or not, because it must be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone could be one of the few, and that paradox just can’t exist. I am wanting to know if there is anyway to fail boot camp other than failing on the marksmanship test, or failing the physical fitness test at the end. I am going in with an understanding of how hard it will be. I understand why the Drill Instructors are going to be as harsh as they will be, and with this understanding, I feel that I can excel, and beat their mind games. The purpose is to cause chaos so they can teach the recruits how to focus regardless of all the distractions of the yelling (or in combat, the bullets, mortars, etc.). Lastly, I even understand that UNDERSTANDING and EXPERIENCING the real thing are different, so I am even psyching myself up for that part. My only fear is that regardless of how hard I try, how straight I shoot, how fast I respond to the Drill Instructors, or how well I do, that somehow, someway, I will fail. That is my only fear going into boot camp. I know it will be hard, and I intend to push and to strive until either I graduate….or die trying. I want only one thing, to become a Marine, and as I have already stated, my only fear is that I will fail. Is it possible that I could fail regardless of how hard I try?
I thank you for putting up with endless rambling to get to my primary questions, and I appreciate all answers. Also, any miscellaneous tips and advice on preparing for boot camp, or surviving boot camp, would be greatly appreciated as well.
(Oh how I wish I could say Semper Fi here, but I have not yet earned that honor).
What should I bring?
What should I know about the marines?
any advice would be helpful from a female who experienced boot camp? Do females get there periods in boot camp?
I’ve heard about 15% drop out from Recruit Training. Is this true? What are the criteria for being failed by a Drill Instructor (ex: poor atheltic ability, etc.)? As long as I don’t give up and try to do my best, shouldn’t I be able to pass with no problem?
MCBCS RESPONSE:
I could write an entire, all ecompassing answer, but all of it has already been published in an awesome EBook, that is can be available for FREE for Amazon.com Prime members. I could try to answer your question but that answer is really 125 pages long and is too long for a simple reply. Check out the link below to see the book for yourself.
Take the doubt out and just prepare for Marine Corps boot camp!
Parris Island Marh 6 2009 Graduation
