I've heard stories from Marines about how hard their training was, but just recently I got a couple of specifics. I saw in a youtube video of a Marine that said that before he joined he was barely able to do 15 push-ups, but now he can do over 50. I saw a post from this website saying that if one can do about 40 sit-ups before training, then he should be able to start basic training. I saw another youtube video of a guy saying that he had to do 20 pull-ups in a row in basic training.

Now I work out about 3 hours a day every day of the week and consider myself in good physical condition, but I guessed from people telling me how hard their training was that basic training is going to be very physically demanding. Either I dont know what strong really is or I am just recieving false information, but I can pump out about 150 push-ups without even slowing down in under 2 minutes with perfect form/posture, and can do about 100 sit-ups without stopping in under two minutes. I never timed myself doing pull-ups, but I can do about 35 before I have to let go.

I have 2 questions.
1.) About how many push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, ect. can I expect to do every day (how many per set, how many sets in a row, and how many sets per day)?
2.) If, for example, we are doing push-ups as a group and when we get at about #60, if everyone around me is shaking and I'm still not struggling, are the DI's going to come up to me and make me do even more, or make them harder for me by putting his foot on my back and leaning his weight onto me for example, ect.

Thanks (sorry this was so long).

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Originally posted by 15188608:
...then he should be able to start basic training. I saw another youtube video of a guy saying that he had to do 20 pull-ups in a row in basic training.

Marine DI's would make you pay for refering Recruit Training (aka, Boot Camp) as basic training. Stand by to do an infinite number of exercises (which ever they decide to chose for you.

I have 2 questions.
1.) About how many push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, ect. can I expect to do every day (how many per set, how many sets in a row, and how many sets per day)?One-hundred-million-trillion! That's what I felt. There is no set number how many you will be doing, just prepare to start pumping them out until you either pass out from exhaustion, or until the DI's say "Stoooooooooooop!
2.) If, for example, we are doing push-ups as a group and when we get at about #60, if everyone around me is shaking and I'm still not struggling, are the DI's going to come up to me and make me do even more, or make them harder for me by putting his foot on my back and leaning his weight onto me for example, ect.You wont reach any number. They will make you change the exercise, again and again and again.

Alright thanks alot, this helped.

(If that sounded sarcastic it wasnt supposed to)

My son went through PI in 2006. He went from weighing 190 to around 145 due to physical activities and getting sick, back up to around 185 of lean muscle.

He played high school football and for months before he shipped out, he did PT with other poolees and his recruiters to better prepare himself for what was to come.

He made it through without being held up for any medical, etc.

Best of luck to you.

Don

I have no idea how many push ups I did at Recruit Training back in 1994. It felt like the world will never end, or my life is about to end.

Hi all,

I just finished basic training for the Australian Army and we had a yank who use to be in the Marine Corps. One day after doing a swim test, a couple of guys were complaining on trying to tread water in full gear. He told them that when he went through the Marine's equivalent to basic, they apparently flew him and some other recruits out off the coast in a Blackhawk, droped them in the ocean, and got them to tread water for fifteen minutes whilst the instructor remained on the helo with an M-16 to spot for sharks.

I have no idea how true this is, but they stopped complaining about swim tests

Cheers,

Scott.

i just graduated from MCRD San Diego on Jan 18.

by the way your talking about the shape your in, your already 100 years ahead of some of the kids that show up there. its sad really, seeing guys come to Marine Corps bootcamp and not being able to do 3 pull ups. more pathetic than sad. dont get me wrong. continue to train and get yourself in the best physical shape possible,it will only make bootcamp that much easier. im not sure if you said anything about your run times but make sure to work on that as well.

i went in with around 13 pull ups, 65 crunches and a 24 minute 3 mile. i left with 23 pull ups, 99 crunches and a 21:40 3 mile. i thought my numbers would improve a lot more but they really dont work you that incredibly hard.

its been said before but i'll say it again, bootcamp is waaay more mental that physical.

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Originally posted by Scott_M:
Hi all,

I just finished basic training for the Australian Army and we had a yank who use to be in the Marine Corps. One day after doing a swim test, a couple of guys were complaining on trying to tread water in full gear. He told them that when he went through the Marine's equivalent to basic, they apparently flew him and some other recruits out off the coast in a Blackhawk, droped them in the ocean, and got them to tread water for fifteen minutes whilst the instructor remained on the helo with an M-16 to spot for sharks.

I have no idea how true this is, but they stopped complaining about swim tests

Cheers,

Scott.

not too far off at all. when i went thru aircrew candidate school in pensacola they dropped us off out in the water somewhere and we just had to float there until the coast guard helo came and hoisted us up. i did my mile swim in a pool, but they used to take you a mile out and make you swim in. i dont know why they stopped that.
pete

Ahh, he is B.S.ing you.

We go through a standard swim qual broken up in 4 parts.

Not that hard.

RedRT,

He is refering to Marine Boot, not Aircrew Candidate School.

it's not so much the scheuled pt that get syou in shape with pushups , it's the constant thrashing.
You can't even begin to estimate the amount of pushups, flutterkicks, ankle slappers, smurfjacks, electric chairs, supermans, dive bombers, and let's not forget rifle pt, that you will go through on a daily basis.

When we had mess and maintenance week, some people were begging to get thrashed just because it felt so weird not to be pt'ing.

SSGT, don't forget Mnt climbers, bend and thrust, wolf packs, and the sand pit.

DI's look for speed and effort.It's not about "how many" you can do. It's about how fast you can do them and how much you sweat. I can sweat at the drop of a hat. So it looked like I was really busting my hump in a short time. We had two guys that really had to work had to sweat even a little. They where in the "class room" for ever.

Yes they do like to see the sweat.
Sometimes it takes a good while to count those hundred drops falling off the end of your nose.