women in the military here?

[Guest guest]

I believe we have a few women on the board who were or are in the military. If

you had to

go back through the first few months of your physical training, how would have

prepared

yourself besides running, push-ups and sit-ups? Do you think your time would

have been

best spent lifting or do you think ciruits would have been better?

[Guest guest]

I think that running, pushups and situps are the best way to prepare

yourself for basic training.

I would add stretching to that list and keep the basics in weight

traininig in the routine but it really depends what you're going into.

The Air Force is the least physical and of course the Marines is

grueling.

I actually gained weight in basic training because I was working out

LESS than I did before and the food is all so FATTENING and carb heavy

with access to soda machines and deserts at every meal - grrr! Tech

school was the worst with a 6 pack of pepsi every day just to stay

awake (I'm not a coffee drinker).

Jenelle

> I believe we have a few women on the board who were or are in the

military. If you had to

> go back through the first few months of your physical training, how

would have prepared

> yourself besides running, push-ups and sit-ups? Do you think your

time would have been

> best spent lifting or do you think ciruits would have been better?

[Guest guest]

> I think that running, pushups and situps are the best way to prepare

> yourself for basic training.

>

> I would add stretching to that list and keep the basics in weight

> traininig in the routine but it really depends what you're going into.

> The Air Force is the least physical and of course the Marines is

> grueling.

>

> I actually gained weight in basic training because I was working out

> LESS than I did before and the food is all so FATTENING and carb heavy

> with access to soda machines and deserts at every meal - grrr! Tech

> school was the worst with a 6 pack of pepsi every day just to stay

> awake (I'm not a coffee drinker).

>

> Jenelle

Well I said military because its the closest thing I can thing of. I may

actually be going into

the police academy here. I've been trying to get an idea of what is done once

in. Knuckle

push-ups seem to be king, so are sit-ups. Some circuit training drills (from

the sounds of

it anyway), carrying a heavy bag, doing use of force stuff, hitting a bag,

push-ups

intermixed etc. I'm trying to find out where my time is best spent until then.

A friend of

mine runs clinics for folks who are trying ot get in or are in law enforcement.

The clinics

include various running drills as well as wind sprints etc - every now and then

she has

drills where we run a specific course and do push-ups/sit-ups, burpees, dips

etc. I'm

fairly strong already so I'm not quite sure how much weight training to do if

any at all. I

practice Judo Jujitsu which really, can be even more grueling than a session

with weights

and, Judo Jujitsu is a lot more functional. We break out in August for a month

so I plan on

substituting with weights for that time period right now but thats about it.

[Guest guest]

Well the police ac ademy - that's a whole differnet ballgame in my

opinion - much more physical than the Air Force.

It sounds as if you're doing all the right things. Functionally -

Martial Arts is probably best. I don't know if they teach that in the

POST schools but they make you run your butt off, carry heavy objects

and jump so many freaking fences (chain link, block and wood) as well

as run through various obstacle courses. Pull ups and push ups are

big too.

I used to train with my friend who was going through POST and we were

both in fab shape. We wouold run 2-5 miles a day, do obstacle

courses, jump fences, practice dragging each other and we're both

pretty big girls (5'9 " , about 150 pounds). We would do as many pull

ups as possible and push ups too. We never worked out in a gym or

lifted weights during that time.

Jenelle

> > I think that running, pushups and situps are the best way to prepare

> > yourself for basic training.

> >

> > I would add stretching to that list and keep the basics in weight

> > traininig in the routine but it really depends what you're going into.

> > The Air Force is the least physical and of course the Marines is

> > grueling.

> >

> > I actually gained weight in basic training because I was working out

> > LESS than I did before and the food is all so FATTENING and carb heavy

> > with access to soda machines and deserts at every meal - grrr! Tech

> > school was the worst with a 6 pack of pepsi every day just to stay

> > awake (I'm not a coffee drinker).

> >

> > Jenelle

>

> Well I said military because its the closest thing I can thing of.

I may actually be going into

> the police academy here. I've been trying to get an idea of what is

done once in. Knuckle

> push-ups seem to be king, so are sit-ups. Some circuit training

drills (from the sounds of

> it anyway), carrying a heavy bag, doing use of force stuff, hitting

a bag, push-ups

> intermixed etc. I'm trying to find out where my time is best spent

until then. A friend of

> mine runs clinics for folks who are trying ot get in or are in law

enforcement. The clinics

> include various running drills as well as wind sprints etc - every

now and then she has

> drills where we run a specific course and do push-ups/sit-ups,

burpees, dips etc. I'm

> fairly strong already so I'm not quite sure how much weight training

to do if any at all. I

> practice Judo Jujitsu which really, can be even more grueling than a

session with weights

> and, Judo Jujitsu is a lot more functional. We break out in August

for a month so I plan on

> substituting with weights for that time period right now but thats

about it.