I'm 18 years old, and plan on leaving for boot camp in a year from now for the Marines. I'm not graduated from high school yet, so thats why I have to wait. but until then, I'm training every day in my free time preparing for boot camp. What is the average for most recruits PFT final score?

I'm not gonna lie, I'm kind of small. 5'9" 140 pounds, I know i'm going to have a hard time.

Right now I can do 4 pull ups
3 miles in 24:50 minutes
60 crunches in 2 minutes

Now I JUST started working out a few weeks ago. before that, I hardly did anything outside of work. I meet the standards to pass boot camp, but barely, and i have a long way to go i know. right now i added up my score and im somewhere under 200 PFT score.

I just want to know where i'm at, and what the average score most marines get in boot camp? I still have a year to prepare and am joining "dep" i think its called so i will be getting boot camp prep

When I was an 18 year old, 69 inches tall recruit, my final PFT consisted of 20 pull-ups, 80 sit-ups in under 2 minutes, and 3 miles in 18 minute and 10 second. That was about the average. My resent PFT was 19 pull-ups, 100 crunches in under 2 minutes, and 3 miles in 17 minutes and 50 seconds.

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Originally posted by HollywoodMarine:
When I was an 18 year old, 69 inches tall recruit, my final PFT consisted of 20 pull-ups, 80 sit-ups in under 2 minutes, and 3 miles in 18 minute and 10 second. That was about the average. My resent PFT was 19 pull-ups, 100 crunches in under 2 minutes, and 3 miles in 17 minutes and 50 seconds.

Wow thats basically a perfect score. and thats the average?

More or less. I strived for a perfect 300 PFT score, but still ended up with a first class PFT. We have a competitive mind-set as recruits, which continues when we become Marines. More the reason why we hard-fighting, hard-charging, motivated warriors.

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Originally posted by HollywoodMarine:
We have a competitive mind-set as recruits, which continues when we become Marines.

+1

Remember it's not about trying to be better than someone else (there will always be someone out there that's better than you). It's about trying to maximize your effort.

There's a difference in attitude between those who are shooting for the minimum and those who are striving to see how far they can go. The DI's can sense either attitude in you.

Even if you got a 1st Class PFT, if you didn't show any type of effort there (whether you thought it was too easy or you were concerned with getting the minimum score for a 1st class PFT), then you will still invite unwanted attention. You will be a physically fit "curiousity" more than anything else!

So, yes, 1st Class PFTs will always be prefferable, hands down. But on the road to get there, always MAXIMIZE YOUR EFFORT.

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Thanks guys. because of my size i'm worried about boot camp. I'm doing everything i can to change everyday and am slowly getting better.

I have a question about the pull up.. is it ok to have your wrists facing away or torward you? Like a chin up. I read somewhere that either way works, but am not sure.

Trust us on this, but there are others shorter then us. As for pull-ups, you can place your hands in either way.

Iam the same 5'9" and like 143 pounds though I'm 21. chances are hardgaingers like us will gain some weight in boot camp good luck iam also starting my workout schedule

I was 5'8", 130 lbs and 23 years old when I left for bootcamp. My final PFT was 20 pull-ups, 80 sit-ups and 3 miles run in 21 minutes.

Over my times in the Marines, I always ran a first class PFT. My average time for the three events was 18 pull-ups, 100 crunches, and 24 minutes 3-mile run. Yeah, I am a slow runner.