| The drill instructors will eat you alive if you don't do | | | | -44 sit-ups in 2 minutes |
| enough marine boot camp preparation. The odds are | | | | Might not sound too hard, eh? But trust me, this is |
| against you... You are going to be physically, mentally, | | | | just the initial fitness test, which means that they will |
| and emotionally distressed. Are you prepared? | | | | be much harder after this. So physical marine boot |
| Yes, you can survive marine boot camp, as long as | | | | camp preparation is vital. My friend, who just |
| you carry out enough and correct marine boot camp | | | | graduated boot camp and is now an E-3, told me |
| preparation beforehand. You will need to prepare | | | | that before he went to USMC boot camp, everyday |
| physically, mentally, and emotionally for the huge | | | | he would do: |
| challenges coming your way. So tell me something, in | | | | -20 pull-ups |
| your current state, do you think that you could pass | | | | -50-100 push-ups |
| the Initial Strength Test (IST) that you have to | | | | -100 sit-ups |
| complete upon USMC boot camp arrival? It consists | | | | -2-3 miles at an intense pace |
| of: | | | | -swim whenever possible |
| For Males: | | | | And he said, because of that, he was definitely |
| -2 pull-ups | | | | physically prepared for US marine boot camp, while |
| -run 1.5 miles in 13:30 minutes or less | | | | those who didn't prepare suffered for it. Surviving |
| -44 sit-ups in 2 minutes | | | | Marine boot camp is all about the correct preparation. |
| For Females: | | | | Will you be able to say that you gave it all you got |
| -flexed-arm hang for 12 seconds | | | | before you arrive? |
| -run 1.5 miles in 15 minutes or less | | | | |