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Originally Posted by Willravel
That sounds like 3 days of fucking awesome. What's the harm in splitting people into groups based on physical performance and training each group to maximum efficiency? Is that too expensive or difficult or something? If I can sprint 8 laps and the guy that sat on the bus next to me can't do 1, how are either of us being made all we can be if we're being trained side by side?
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3 days of fucking awesome or what your asshole recruiter promised you Basic Training would be like.
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They already divide up recruits as necessary. Those that need remedial PT go to Fat Camp. Those that are deemed able to begin Army PT go to a Basic Training Company. Once there, everyone receives a diagnostic physical fitness test. When the results are tallied, the recruits are divided up in to ability groups A-D. Group A is the fast kids; the guys who ran their 2 miles in 13:30 or less. Group B is the guys who ran 13:31-14:30. Group C is 14:31-15:30. Group D is everyone else.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday are the long run days. On those days, everyone stretches out together and then breaks up in to their ability groups. The ability groups then take off at a pace/distance that is deemed reasonable for the group, plus 10% faster and farther.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday are push-ups, sit-ups, sprints, grass drills, etc. Everyone does those together (because there is no danger of of one person slowing down everyone else).
Sundays are for cleaning, re-cleaning, re-re-cleaning the barracks and surrounding areas, finding a hidey-hole to sleep and perfecting your masturbation techniques.