Could you get into the Marines?

MrJoey · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:35 pm

2 and maybe 3. I have very little arm strength though, so probably not 1.

Mr.Ganji · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:40 pm

You forgot to mention other requirements. You can't just ace the PFT and expect to join...you need to have some educational as well as moral merit as well.

Reise · **Joined:** May 2006 **Posts:** 6650 **Location:**

If I got off my ass and worked out a bit again I could.

That said, basic would get me into the Marines.

takolin · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 4238 **Location:** Life

Nope, nope and nope.

I'll use my brain in stead of fighting people in distant countries.

Pan_Raider(`_´) · **Joined:** Jul 2006 **Posts:** 4737 **Location:**

doesnt seem very difficult

the first 2 are medium difficulty,
but the 3rd one is simple

Snoopy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:42 am

izmeister wrote:

[SD]Twysta wrote:

Nice "posthereifurfatbutwannahavesomepplbelieveurinshape"- topic

Just because you may not be in shape, or you may be fat doesn't mean everyone around you is. Not everyone who plays computer games are nerds either, and not all don't have lives.

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

Snoopy wrote:

izmeister wrote:

[SD]Twysta wrote:

Nice "posthereifurfatbutwannahavesomepplbelieveurinshape"- topic

Just because you may not be in shape, or you may be fat doesn't mean everyone around you is. Not everyone who plays computer games are nerds either, and not all don't have lives.

snoopy found your care cup ?

Snoopy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:49 am

Love wrote:

Snoopy wrote:

izmeister wrote:

Just because you may not be in shape, or you may be fat doesn't mean everyone around you is. Not everyone who plays computer games are nerds either, and not all don't have lives.

snoopy found your care cup ?

yuh-huh.

SidiousX · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:22 am

Don't think im able to do the crunches lol. they're hard

but, i don even wanna be in marine so thats a gd part

_Scarlett_ · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 1567 **Location:**

20 pull ups; yup

100 crunches; easy

3 mile run in 18mins; only in my dreams. Think my shin splints and bad knees would stop me around half the first mile lol.

Tig3ress · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 1800 **Location:** Zion

Can i use grass walk for no. 3?

BloodyBlade · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:33 pm

Ooooh you mean those pulls ups

I was thinking about 'pulls ups', but with your arms in a different position ^^

Toasty · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 2568 **Location:**

Tasdik wrote:

This is what I want to be able to do :shock:

I was like determined to be able to do 1 arm pull ups for ages.. and i was getting close to it. And then the pull up bar at local gym suddenly disapeared. They got a new one 2 weeks ago, so i'm gonna try again.

Crunches? Is that with your feet pinned down or not? If so, yes.. if not, no.

Running.. no. I'm gonna start running again in the summer, i HATE treadmills!!!

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

Toasty wrote:

Crunches? Is that with your feet pinned down or not? If so, yes.. if not, no.

Mmm, I don't know if they pin your feet down, but for the crunches I'm familiar with you wouldn't need them pinned down. A crunch is simply flexing your abs and raising your shoulders and the upper portion of your back off the ground. You're lower back stays on the ground. It's not a full-blown sit-up.

I've been running and working out regularly for about a year now (after being out of HS and HS sports for 2yrs and getting terribly out of shape

) and still have difficulty with the 20 pull ups.. Difficulty as in, most days I can't do it. The running I could do, but it'd be difficult. Crunches are easy.

.curve · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:02 pm

EvGa wrote:

Toasty wrote:

Crunches? Is that with your feet pinned down or not? If so, yes.. if not, no.

Mmm, I don't know if they pin your feet down, but for the crunches I'm familiar with you wouldn't need them pinned down. A crunch is simply flexing your abs and raising your shoulders and the upper portion of your back off the ground. You're lower back stays on the ground. It's not a full-blown sit-up.

I've been running and working out regularly for about a year now (after being out of HS and HS sports for 2yrs and getting terribly out of shape

) and still have difficulty with the 20 pull ups.. Difficulty as in, most days I can't do it. The running I could do, but it'd be difficult. Crunches are easy.

That's what the Air Force does. Your elbows and biceps need to be parallel to your chest, I believe, for it to count as a sit up.

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

1) Marine recruiters come to my school often, and sometimes they bring the pull up bar for those manly enough to try the 20-pullup-challenge. I've only succeeded twice(Tried about 5 times), and got a nifty water bottle for it.

2) Done before.

3) I've ran it in ~20. =/ I usually don't run more than 2 miles. I feel like dying after 2.5 miles. xD

Marines are built. One of the ones that usually visits my school has the neck of a tree trunk. >_>

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

InviSniper wrote:

Edit: Is there a time limit on the crunches?

2-minutes

Grimjaw · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:12 pm

Yes.

Krevidy · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:46 pm

I served in the Dutch Marine Corps.
The training is rather different than that of the USMC.
We got 6 months of training, in different climates.

But, I Could do #1 easily.
#2 Easy
#3 On the edge

chesticles · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 1978 **Location:**

Crunches - yes

Running - maybe

pullups - no

wouldnt want to be a marine anyway

[SD]Twysta · **Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 5:14 pm

Snoopy wrote:

izmeister wrote:

[SD]Twysta wrote:

Nice "posthereifurfatbutwannahavesomepplbelieveurinshape"- topic

Just because you may not be in shape, or you may be fat doesn't mean everyone around you is. Not everyone who plays computer games are nerds either, and not all don't have lives.

This is pretty much exactly what I mean....................

Oh and IM IN SHAPE TOOOO!!!!!!!!

anomaly310 · **Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 5:30 pm

Easily, but is there a time limit on the crunches?
I run 4 miles a day and lift every other day... get an ab workout in when I'm not lazy, typically I let running handle that =D

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

anomaly310 wrote:

Easily, but is there a time limit on the crunches?
I run 4 miles a day and lift every other day... get an ab workout in when I'm not lazy, typically I let running handle that =D

Two minutes for the crunches. So a crunch every .8 seconds.

Nixie · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 1108 **Location:**

I can do about 10 chin ups. So I'd fail at the first.

But anyway, I think I could do the rest.

Blindfire · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 3844 **Location:** ...

Can I take PCP before doing the pull-ups?

Vinyl · **Joined:** Jan 2009 **Posts:** 515 **Location:**

DistortedMind wrote:

Tasdik wrote:

This is what I want to be able to do :shock:

Lol then get your Ass of the PC and get to the gym O.o

What makes you assume he's sitting on
the PC?

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

Vinyl wrote:

DistortedMind wrote:

Tasdik wrote:

This is what I want to be able to do :shock:

Lol then get your Ass of the PC and get to the gym O.o

What makes you assume he's sitting on
the PC?

wow i would hope he is not standing up !

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

Love wrote:

wow i would hope he is not standing up !

It's great for the buns and thighs.

broken_down · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 122 **Location:**

BTW, you're criteria is slightly off.

I got a 99 on the ASVAB and went Naval Information Operations. But I also train with marines, and their pushups and situps are times to 2 minutes, like ours are, not just a simple "I can do this many" it's "I can do this many in 2 minutes" And the number for them depends on age, as well as the time on the run. The pullups vary slightly as well. There is no set number thatspans the age groups.

DonBebek · **Joined:** Oct 2008 **Posts:** 433 **Location:**

Oh man too many people who can do 20 pull ups:D I could only do those crunches, not a big runner and those pull ups, no way. Well at least I'm honest:D

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