Great vid. Hopefully all who need to see this, will. Show up in a good state and the training team will take care of the rest, you will not be expected to ruck a 30 miler on day 1 week 1. Would also add that trainees should incorporate some weight training sessions throughout the week with a focus on lower body compounds (DLs, Squats etc).
The physical fitness needs to be good but not excellent the marines train you for those 9 months to get you to elite fitness what needs to be elite prior to it is your mindset you really need to be mentally prepared for it you’d rather an out of shape recruit who has the will and want to keep going rather than an very strong fit recruit who doesn’t have the mind for it but this doesn’t mean to neglect fitness.
It 100% comes down to mindset mate. I’ve seen mega fit lads leave and ones who weren’t as fit pass out. But if you turn up to Lympstone unfit you are making it much harder for yourself. The best thing you can do is turn up really fit but with no injuries or niggles.
These videos are perfect - this might be a video topic but what are your thoughts on the reserves, I was maybe thinking about doing it July this year (the one troop a year) it would take the 2 years I will be in sixth form and I can do both from home, time is the challenge but in the long term might save a year Would love to hear your thoughts
Would be really interested to hear your thoughts on juggling endurance with strength work - which I guess is actually bread and butter for marines? I've got marathon, fell race, hyrox all coming up and finding it difficult to balance strength work with 5 runs a week. Have been doing a mix of intervals, zone 2, speed and longer runs for endurance and then strength being 3 days a week covering upper and lower strength and explosive/athletic stuff. But it's a heavy training load and keep wondering if I'd be better off stripping back strength work to just a simple 5x5 style thing
Great vid. Hopefully all who need to see this, will. Show up in a good state and the training team will take care of the rest, you will not be expected to ruck a 30 miler on day 1 week 1. Would also add that trainees should incorporate some weight training sessions throughout the week with a focus on lower body compounds (DLs, Squats etc).
The physical fitness needs to be good but not excellent the marines train you for those 9 months to get you to elite fitness what needs to be elite prior to it is your mindset you really need to be mentally prepared for it you’d rather an out of shape recruit who has the will and want to keep going rather than an very strong fit recruit who doesn’t have the mind for it but this doesn’t mean to neglect fitness.
I know you aren’t saying this, but would someone with elite mindset not turn up mega fit mate?
@ most likely yeah I was just making a scenario
@ what’s your opinion on my statement because you know deep into it I have no clue if I’m right or wrong just saying what I think
It 100% comes down to mindset mate. I’ve seen mega fit lads leave and ones who weren’t as fit pass out. But if you turn up to Lympstone unfit you are making it much harder for yourself. The best thing you can do is turn up really fit but with no injuries or niggles.
Can you please do an up to date video about joining at 16 please , I wanna join after school and would like some advice,
Thanks
@@JamesCooke-jg8qk of course mate, will try get this actioned this week bro 💪🏽
These videos are perfect - this might be a video topic but what are your thoughts on the reserves, I was maybe thinking about doing it July this year (the one troop a year) it would take the 2 years I will be in sixth form and I can do both from home, time is the challenge but in the long term might save a year
Would love to hear your thoughts
@@eldraco4500 does reserve not start every march
said it before. USMC needs to adopt the UKRM boot camp TTP for officer and enlisted...
Would be really interested to hear your thoughts on juggling endurance with strength work - which I guess is actually bread and butter for marines? I've got marathon, fell race, hyrox all coming up and finding it difficult to balance strength work with 5 runs a week. Have been doing a mix of intervals, zone 2, speed and longer runs for endurance and then strength being 3 days a week covering upper and lower strength and explosive/athletic stuff. But it's a heavy training load and keep wondering if I'd be better off stripping back strength work to just a simple 5x5 style thing