re: Any Army BCT advice?

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Start doing pushups and running right away (if you haven't already started). I would at least try to have the endurance to knock out 50 pushups without much thought and run 3 miles in around 20 to 21 minutes (23 would be the absolute minimum) before arriving - if you can do that, you'll be ahead of the game the whole time.

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It's been 46 years since I went through Army basic training in Ft Bragg. I was in shape when I got there...or so I thought. I wasn't prepared for the forty yard low crawl on slick grass for the initial timing. Don't know if they still do that, but it's a damn good floor exercise that will do wonders for muscles sets in your shoulders and back that you never knew you had.

Pull ups,just as Ace recommended with running, start doing pull ups right now to be prepared for them. The Army knows what they are doing and schedules pull ups at the end of PT so you would already have tired muscles. I was 6'1" @ 225 on my first day of basic and pretty much in shape for all they had to offer. It was fun if you have the right attitude to go with it.

Remember, the Army is always right, no matter how wrong you think they might be, they will always win that battle. So just do what they tell you to do, quickly, and you will be alright.