i'm a skinny c**t (73kg at 6ft) wanting to join the army. how long will it take to train to get an 11.6 on the beep test?
i'm a skinny cunt (73kg at 6ft) wanting to join the army.
i'm a skinny c**t (73kg at 6ft) wanting to join the army. how long will it take to train to get an 11.6 on the beep test?
Joining a peacetime army is soul crushing, dont do it
better than lurking IST all day
Barely
Wartime army is both physically and mentally crushing, literally
If you're not able to bang out an 11.6 at 5 am still drunk from an all-nighter, you're not going to do well in the paras.
yeah, i'm a lazy c**t right now but i intend to get up to the level by the time i get invited to the assessment centre. just wondering what's an actual realistic timeframe. i can beat the 8.7 needed for other roles, but obviously you need an 11.6 for the paras
>actual realistic timeframe
I'll be brutally honest with you: that you're even asking this means you are almost certainly the wrong type of person for these roles. Everyone I know from the RM could bang the 3-milers out before they even considered training for their PRMC; nobody I know from the infantry considered the 1.5-mile run at all. I know it's slightly different now, but there used to be preselection that screened for this shit.
It's not a fitness thing; if you can't do the bleep test/best effort run off your willpower right now, you're going to hate training, and you will biff out. You're going to hate training because you're not already enjoying recreational running to the point where you can meet this very basic milestone now, and/or you're just not built for running.
You're basically asking "I'm shit at GCSE maths, how long will it take for me to write a thesis on topos theory?". Maybe you are Rainman, but in all likelihood, you are not thinking this through and you're wasting your time on something you absolutely will not enjoy.
This right here OP. If you wanted it badly enough you'd be out there doing it already
i mean back in high school i wasn't the fittest but i still lasted to the end just on determination. i have the right mindset i'm just admittedly not as fit as i used to be. i know it is going to be hard that's why i am joining
Running is literally 75% willpower. I went from not running since cross country at school and not being able to run a mile to doing an 8:31, 1.5 mile at my PRMC two years later. I also ran a 7:20 1.2 mile last year at age 29. A lot of lads have the capacity but just not the willpower and self belief to push through discomfort
I'm not a RM btw, I packed it in at week 6 of training because of an injury and now I'm a reservist in an infantry reg. But if you want any advice just ask.
when i want something, i push myself to get it so without sounding smug i know i will pass the test on the day. i don't know shit about fitness though honestly, so my question was more just how much can you physically improve in a couple of months
any advice on what to wear to the interview/briefing? they say dress casual but i'm not sure
You need to be running 3 days a week at least. Start now please and don't embarrass yourself on the day.
As for the interview wear a suit, no one is going to think less of you for dressing too smart, though the opposite is very much not the case.
how many rest days starting out? plan to run as much as possible really
cheers mate, recruiter said dress casual, but feel free to wear a suit. feel like that's some kind of psyop to see how much of a shit you give and if you'll turn up in a suit anyway
All I'd suggest is not running on consecutive days. Do your pressups/situps/pullups or whatever then. I'm guessing your a young guy so overtraining isn't going to be a huge problem unless you're pushing yourself ridiculously hard. In a week where you run three times I'd do two 3-5 mile hard runs and a longer easier run. Maybe spend a hundred quid a get a decent smart watch so you know how fast you're going. Did they not give your any kind of booklets with training tips in them? I remember in the run up to my PRMC I had a big A4 book full of exercise suggestions.
>feel like that's some kind of psyop to see how much of a shit you give and if you'll turn up in a suit anyway
That was my thinking at the time too
If you're talking about the U.S. you can join the army if you have a pulse. That's why all IST guys go for SOF type careers.
What is your current score? How long do you have to train? Is 11.6 the minimum you need? If so you should well and truly exceed that.
It's the army, they won't NOT accept you. Just do your best basically
Why would you join the military? Do you hate White people and love anal that much?
The captain is the only one who knows how to shape a beret lmao. What are the paras playing at?
Standard maroon machine flatcaps, only regiment that consistently gets away with it due to the massive cap badge.
Can i join the military at 30?
No, you have to wait till 40
what do you currently get on a beep test?
Pretty much impossible for anyone to say how long it will take if they don't know your starting point.