Routine for a 500 Deadlift and 315 Bench

[ramnares]

Generally the people that showed up in my class were in fairly good shape, those who weren't in good shape quit within the first couple weeks or at the end of the semester. The scholarship kids and those who are seeking in-college ROTC scholarships definitely show up in shape so you want to be pretty fit.

The grading standards for the test really depended on who you got as a grader. The official PFTs were graded by the book so there was no BSing on your form but practice PFTs and Corps PFTs generally weren't as strict.

Either way, definitely agree with the poster about cross-fit training!

 

[ramnares]

Makes for an interesting, albeit depressing, read :

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/us/31soldier.html?pagewanted=1&hp

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

I was ok with the articles until I read this line

“We know kids today are less fit,” Mr. Palkoska said. “We have to adjust.”

This is bullshit. The majority of kids today are skinny/fat out of shape little fucktards.

Bootcamp shouldn't be about adjusting to suit out of shape kids.

I went to bootcamp and I was in good shape before going in. I honestly ran and did more calisthenics than before I went in as I actually gained 10lbs in boot camp from the food lol.

I'm all for mobility work and agility and more time spent on marksmanship than bayonet drills, but getting rid of situps is stupid.

I sure hope they aren't adding in crunches. There are alot of people that have back issues that can't do situps, but imho situps in and of themselves are not bad and are far more practical to field application than a crunch.

Nowhere did they mention crunches in the articles, but I'm just theorizing here.

They did mention less focus on distance running. I actually think this is a good thing. It would be far more specific if instead of doing lot's of distance running that they switched to 50/50 ruck marching and sprinting.

There were some promising points, but a few red flags popped out at me as well reading that article.

 

[ExtraMile]

crossfit is a good idea tblock i didnt think of that before. There is some olympic lifting/squat/bench days in there too. They dont benchpress though...

 

[coyotekid84]

you bench in crossfit, just not alot! You do alot off push ups and dips. I think its like every four weeks you actually do bench and most of the time its a max event, which works great for the hundreds of fucking push ups your doing. You do a ton of back work which is why i think the bench goes up the way it does.