Marine Corps

[SurfinDaily]

Im in the Marine Corps DEP and i leave Sept 2nd, i was wondering what i should do to keep my muscle gains during the 3 months that i am there for basic training? Should i just eat alot of fat so it has that to burn off first? Cause im goin to be doin alot of cardio, and im worried im gonna lose all my gains..Thanks.........

 

[DBCooper]

Well my basic/ait in the Army was not fun and the people I knew that were in the Marines did not have it any easier. You will have no time to pay attention as to what you eat, you will become a running-marching-shooting-roadmarching machine. I went from a not to fat 210 to 180 after dinner in no time flat, and that was eating as much as possible.

 

[SurfinDaily]

Im thinkin about gettin out and goin airforce and then after im done my 4 years there, and do some college, i will sign back up to be a marine reservist, and then apply for being a Delaware State Trooper..

 

[bignate73]

eat all you can. thats all you will want to do anyways. you'll lose some muscle, but once you are in the fleet, you can work out like a madman, eat big and get plenty of rest too.

 

[Mike_Rojas]

You'll eat what they tell you to eat when they tell you to eat. Your lifts will go down, but you'll gain tons of endurance and a new tolerance to pain. You'll have a new outlook on what you're capable of doing. Once basic training is over you can hit the weights again and get stronger than before.

I speak from experience - I was in the marines from 87 to 91.

Make sure you do situps, pullups, and RUN. Trust me, your life will be much better if you can get a high PFT.

 

[kingc_79]

You'll eat what they tell you to eat when they tell you to eat. Your lifts will go down, but you'll gain tons of endurance and a new tolerance to pain. You'll have a new outlook on what you're capable of doing. Once basic training is over you can hit the weights again and get stronger than before.

I speak from experience - I was in the marines from 87 to 91.

Make sure you do situps, pullups, and RUN. Trust me, your life will be much better if you can get a high PFT.

couldnt' have said it better myself. they will make you push your body past a point that you ever thought imaginable. It's a great feeling. B/c it will change your whold outlook on workin out(intensity).

 

[Rex]

Marine Active and Reserve both go through the 13 month hazing process called hell. I lost 25 pounds of bootcamp that I didn't need to lose. Some lost more. One kid, he got put on light duty the whole way through, got fatter through out. He's a shitbird. They fixed his ass.

Work on the pull ups, crunches, and run time. To get a 300 pft you'll need to do 20 pull ups, 100 crunches in 2 min, and run 3 miles in 18 min. you'll Pt 3 times a week, and make many trips to the Pit

Don't plan on gaining or maintaining weight. You'll be put on a diet that won't have much fat, and many nights you will go to bed feeling hungry. You'll learn to eat whole meals in less than 5 minutes b/c you don't know if the drill instructor will say "Get Out". Thats it chow time is over.

If you're going to go Marine go for it. Once you do bootcamp you will never have to go through another basic training again. Everyone who wants to be a Marine must go through bootcamp, or OCS for those punk ass mother fuckers who become officers without spending any time in the enlisted man's boots. The level of respect they receive from enlisted is strictly due to the fact that we are disciplined enough to respect the rank structure which means a Marine can be in 20 years as enlisted, and has to call some 2nd Lt who just got out of OCS "sir". Joke told in the Corps is what's the difference between a PFC and a 2nd LT...The PFC has been promoted once.

PM me if you want any more info on USMC bootcamp.

 

[ffknight84]

nice info rex

my cousin went away for boot camp a few weeks ago. Ive heard hes not having the best time he was a heavy smoker/drinker. He was having job problems, he barely passed HS so he wasnt going to college. So he decided to enlist.

 

[kingc_79]

Marine Active and Reserve both go through the 13 month hazing process called hell. I lost 25 pounds of bootcamp that I didn't need to lose. Some lost more. One kid, he got put on light duty the whole way through, got fatter through out. He's a shitbird. They fixed his ass.

Work on the pull ups, crunches, and run time. To get a 300 pft you'll need to do 20 pull ups, 100 crunches in 2 min, and run 3 miles in 18 min. you'll Pt 3 times a week, and make many trips to the Pit

Don't plan on gaining or maintaining weight. You'll be put on a diet that won't have much fat, and many nights you will go to bed feeling hungry. You'll learn to eat whole meals in less than 5 minutes b/c you don't know if the drill instructor will say "Get Out". Thats it chow time is over.

If you're going to go Marine go for it. Once you do bootcamp you will never have to go through another basic training again. Everyone who wants to be a Marine must go through bootcamp, or OCS for those punk ass mother fuckers who become officers without spending any time in the enlisted man's boots. The level of respect they receive from enlisted is strictly due to the fact that we are disciplined enough to respect the rank structure which means a Marine can be in 20 years as enlisted, and has to call some 2nd Lt who just got out of OCS "sir". Joke told in the Corps is what's the difference between a PFC and a 2nd LT...The PFC has been promoted once.

PM me if you want any more info on USMC bootcamp.

that last paragraph was just the shit. you hit the nail on the head with that one. It was real hard to respect someone younger than me w/less experience telling me what to do. takes alot of pride swallowing and discipline.

 

[the_jarhead]

Im thinkin about gettin out and goin airforce and then after im done my 4 years there, and do some college, i will sign back up to be a marine reservist, and then apply for being a Delaware State Trooper..

Just remember you will still have to go through Marine Boot. We had guy in boot camp with us who had 16 years time in service in the Army. Poor guy got fucked with non-stop for 13 weeks.

You will loose muscle but after boot and MCT you will be able to start lift ing again and eat normally. it doesn't take long to regain what you had.

Boot isn't that hard. after you figure out it's a mind game it's cake. physically it's bitch but what doesn't kill you will only make you stronger.

PM me if you want any other info.

 

[Rex]

that last paragraph was just the shit. you hit the nail on the head with that one. It was real hard to respect someone younger than me w/less experience telling me what to do. takes alot of pride swallowing and discipline.

Thank you. Though I must say I admire officers who were enlisted prior to their commissioning, Mustangs. They have a better understanding of us, and act accordingly. The first day my new 1st Lt took over camp gaurd, he was a Sgt as enlisted, he lifted the no drinking rule.

Once my tour as enlisted is up I'm going to go back to the civ div, and finish up getting a degree on top whatever college I get while I'm in. If I don't like life in the civ div, then I'll go to OCS and come back to the Corps. No way in hell I'd ever subject a family I'll have to an enlisted man's pay.

 

[kingc_79]

Thank you. Though I must say I admire officers who were enlisted prior to their commissioning, Mustangs. They have a better understanding of us, and act accordingly. The first day my new 1st Lt took over camp gaurd, he was a Sgt as enlisted, he lifted the no drinking rule.

Once my tour as enlisted is up I'm going to go back to the civ div, and finish up getting a degree on top whatever college I get while I'm in. If I don't like life in the civ div, then I'll go to OCS and come back to the Corps. No way in hell I'd ever subject a family I'll have to an enlisted man's pay.

yea, mustangs do get mad respect from me. and i too am getting a degree at the momen.(i got out in june last year on school cut) but dont think ill ever go back in. i guess i just like bein able to make my own decisions sometimes even tho you are gonna have to put up with bull everywhere no matter civ or military.

 

[Parabellum]

30, 29, 28, 23, 16, 12,9,5,2,1 Your DONE! 30 Marine Crops Seconds.

Run a lot now, condition yourself now.

I went in at 213 and graduated Paris Island at 167/162 can't remember which.

 

[ArizonaFeeds]

TRUST ME!!!

Being huge and staying huge is near impossible in the Corps. And IS impossible in the beginning. BUt trust me as an 11 year GRUNT. Being a Marine will be more important to you than being big. USMC you signed the muther F*** contract. It is time to worry more about your run time, crunches and pullups. You are wbout to undergo something you have no idea of yet. And it is the best thing in the world. Cardio and strength is what you need, mental endurance.

Semper FI

 

[kingc_79]

Re: TRUST ME!!!

Being huge and staying huge is near impossible in the Corps. And IS impossible in the beginning. BUt trust me as an 11 year GRUNT. Being a Marine will be more important to you than being big. USMC you signed the muther F*** contract. It is time to worry more about your run time, crunches and pullups. You are wbout to undergo something you have no idea of yet. And it is the best thing in the world. Cardio and strength is what you need, mental endurance.

Semper FI

but if your m.o.s isnt infantry you can pack on the pounds after you get into the fleet. youll still have to do regular pt 3 times a wk or somethin, but nothin bad, like 9-15mi wk

 

[SurfinDaily]

Yeah im not in the infantry so im good, i have started runnin alot and doin crunches, and as for my pullups i can do 10 right now, so im good enough for the IST which only requires 3, but i want to pull off a 300 pft at the end of bootcamp, so i have been runnin like every day these past 3 weeks, and i was runnnin alot at the beginning of this year and i have been doin crunches every other day, but im gonna back down to 2 times a week.

 

[Will417]

I am currently in DEP also for the Army. I'm leaving in January and I've been wondering if i should lay off the weights and try to improve on pushups, situps and running???

 

[Rex]

I am currently in DEP also for the Army. I'm leaving in January and I've been wondering if i should lay off the weights and try to improve on pushups, situps and running???

Don't cut weights out all together. Just incorporate push ups, and other body resistance exercises into it.

A buddy of mine just graduated from highschool is going into the Army. I asked him why he isn't going into the Corps. Told me "Someone forgets to click the off switch for Marines when they get out".