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Posted by Mike T. on December 12, 2006, 2:21 pm
> @mid.individual.net:
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>>> Not really. Only a small percentage of soldiers are in combat
>>> positions. Most are in support, from payroll clerks to cooks, to
>>> drivers, etc. When I was a GI, the only exercise I got was climbing
>>> on the bus to go to my desk job.
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>> But isn't there a BFT once a year?
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> Twice a year for the US Navy...
>
Yeah, but you do better on it if you don't excercise regularly. When I was
in the service, I broke one ankle, multiple times. Probably 50% of the
time, I was under orders (profile) NOT to excercise. Every time I took a PT
test after recently being on profile, I darn near got a max score. I didn't
do NEARLY as well on the test if I'd been excercising in the months leading
up to the test. When you are doing military style PT (physical training,
excercising to civilians), you are constantly tearing down, and never
building up again. Consequently, when you take the test, you've got very
little to draw on but injured muscles that aren't functioning very
efficiently. Take some time off, let your body recover, then the test is
easy! (OK, so you're pretty sore the next couple of days, but . . .) -Dave
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