Cycle for USMC training

[perryscoon]

+1 zbo. if your gonna be a grunt taking gear is a total waste of time. i know i did 13 years as an 03. your gonna be in the field alot. training. And then traing some more. so you may get to the gym mabey 6 times a months. Then you'll get to goto the sandbox and kick in doors and run convoys for days at a time. So unless you switch to a POG then ur really not gonna get alot of time hitting the iron.

In case you don't know, a POG is a desk job. hehe

He is so right. I was a 2531 (field radio operator) and I was always out in the field setting up comm or driving some brass around in a hummer.

The biggest guys in my battalion seemed to be the cooks and the supply guys. They hardly ever PT'd and could hit the weights more. Amphibious Reconnaissance was right across the street so I saw those guys every day. Oddly enough they aren't bug muscle heads. They look like more like Olympic swimmers. No body fat and huge pecs with small but ripped arms.

 

[hehateme000]

damn alright so maybe just this one low dose test cycle before bootcamp so i can be fully recovered (i cant go back in for another year because i might get a felony--so ill have to get it expunged). I have plenty of time to train naturally and i could also squeeze in a low dose test cycle for my pullups and pushups. Im gonna be runnin my ass off too so ill be in shape. i appreciate all the replies, and if i do decide to do this cycle ill be plenty recovered by the time i enter the Corps again, which would be in a year at the least. I am mainly just wanting as much strength goin into bootcamp knowing ill lose a lot when im in there, but also gettin in better shape.

 

[hehateme000]

In case you don't know, a POG is a desk job. hehe

He is so right. I was a 2531 (field radio operator) and I was always out in the field setting up comm or driving some brass around in a hummer.

The biggest guys in my battalion seemed to be the cooks and the supply guys. They hardly ever PT'd and could hit the weights more. Amphibious Reconnaissance was right across the street so I saw those guys every day. Oddly enough they aren't bug muscle heads. They look like more like Olympic swimmers. No body fat and huge pecs with small but ripped arms.

POG? Haha, fuck that.

Im not tryin to be a big muscle head though, i just want to get as strong as i can before i go to bootcamp, then from there train as a marine by getting cut up and in great shape. Im not lookin to be huge in the marines, since runing is so important. My goal is to be able to sprint for miles, not bench press the world, however i know im going to lose a lot of strength in bootcamp so i wanted to get as strong as i could before i went there. I hope that makes sense

 

[perryscoon]

POG? Haha, fuck that.

Im not tryin to be a big muscle head though, i just want to get as strong as i can before i go to bootcamp, then from there train as a marine by getting cut up and in great shape. Im not lookin to be huge in the marines, since runing is so important. My goal is to be able to sprint for miles, not bench press the world, however i know im going to lose a lot of strength in bootcamp so i wanted to get as strong as i could before i went there. I hope that makes sense

Yep, thats makes sense. Don't get the wrong idea though. There are tons of huge gear heads in the Marines, especially if you get stationed out west where you can drive to Mexico in 45 min. I've seen entire companies on gear(not kidding).

 

[hehateme000]

Yep, thats makes sense. Don't get the wrong idea though. There are tons of huge gear heads in the Marines, especially if you get stationed out west where you can drive to Mexico in 45 min. I've seen entire companies on gear(not kidding).

I was justdown in MCRD, San Diego. A whole fuckin company? Damn thats fuckin 300 people straight shootin up haha. I was in Golf Company, horrible company in my opinion. Im tryin to get Mike or Alpha company...a lot more physical which is what i want

 

[zbo35]

I sill come back to the point that even leaving boot camp out of this, you shouldn't cycle anything at your age. This is not being condescending. It's just that your own natural hormones are going to be high anyway until around 25 when they start declining. You should fully be able to reach your goals naturally at this point. Why run the risk of knocking your own natural test levels down if you don't recover to their previous point, which they may not. You will be better off in the future when you do cycle anything.

 

[cobracock1979]

+1 --you cannot say you will not cycle again--life is funny--it has a plan and has not consulted you so you never know where you will be is a year much less 20 (your recent events prove this). dont make a decision at 20 b/v you know what will haoppen when you are 40----better lucl with the lottery than predicting the future

+1 - See "Buttefly Effect"

 

[housemusik83]

why do you need a cycle to go back to boot camp? i see no sence in that, i just got out Marines 4 years in infantry 3 combat tours.... You will loose 90% of your gains, your wasting your money and sweat, boot camp you are lucky if you eat 3 FULL meals, 10 secs to eat i dont consider that a full meal, you run way too much to retain any muscle mass, you will come back lean trust me thats the way they want you thats the way you will be... just save the gear for after boot camp bro than you do what you want....

 

[levi8599]

damn alright so maybe just this one low dose test cycle before bootcamp so i can be fully recovered (i cant go back in for another year because i might get a felony--so ill have to get it expunged). I have plenty of time to train naturally and i could also squeeze in a low dose test cycle for my pullups and pushups. Im gonna be runnin my ass off too so ill be in shape. i appreciate all the replies, and if i do decide to do this cycle ill be plenty recovered by the time i enter the Corps again, which would be in a year at the least. I am mainly just wanting as much strength goin into bootcamp knowing ill lose a lot when im in there, but also gettin in better shape.

why are you so worried about pushups? you dont even have to do them for a pft.

 

[searay]

ex-marine and there are numerous reasons you stay off gear.
1) your to young and that should be it period.
2) bootcamp is about endurance not strenth gear will only slow you down especially test. how you gonna like those back pumps when your a mile into the run and you have to stop to lay down and get your back to relax ???
3) what if your pct doesn't go as planned which happens more often than not which is why people always go back on. you could be in bootcamp with suppresed test levels, no energy, no motivation and be lucky to make it through.
running a cycle before bootcamp is just asking for trouble and theres a real high percentage that is exactly what will happen. so you say you now have a year. guess what, youll run a cycle with plenty of time to recover and then find yourself back on thinking well ive still got plenty of time and then its been a year of being mostly on and your fucked. having longer before bootcamp is actually worse. AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS RUNNING 2 CYCLES YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. that is the most retarded thing i have ever heard. sorry to be such a dick but it is what it is. bottom line is you should wait until you have 4-5 yrs of continuous training which you won't have the time for being a grunt. and no younger than 25. it doesnt matter how many different ways you ask if you should do it the majority of thes board will continue to say NO. the minority are the ones who started to early and want some company to feel ok with what theve done evn though they wished they would have waited. just my 2 ccs...............