Is military physical training hard?

Dragoner

Sounds like your brother is fighting fit. No worries there then. He should concentrate instead on passing any written test he might be asked to do.

The armed services put a lot of emphasis on physical fitness and in particular individual prowess. Since your bother is a rugby player, this is where an individual can shine.

He'll go a long way with his sporting background.

Has your brother considered the Royal Air Force Regiment? Really tough, so I'm told anyway.

David H

If he joining the Raf he wont even break a sweat, their fitness requirements are a joke!
Join the army! Still relatively easy

Damien H

Easy for him, no matter what he chooses. Just make sure his feet can wear boots & suffer blisters, that's all

If he is that good he the Army would let him take them up seriously & give him time off to compete at all levels. Navy & RAF probably the same

Friendly_lad

The current military fitness standard is as follows:
44 Press-up
50 sit-ups
1.5 mile run in under 10mins 30secs

The RAF and the NAVY will be abit less.Tell him to aim for these and he will have the fitness standard as a soldier in the army.He will stand a better chance of getting in.

Jeff M

Yes military training is difficult. In fact studies show that the MORE difficult they make the training, the fewer soldiers your military will lose in the event of a conflict as opposed to your opponents. (many other things figure in here as well like quality discipline etc.)

If your borhter is a runner and an outdoorsman plus active in sports then he should be able to hndle it. It will be tough, but that is what builds character. he we be a better and stronger man for it.

tell him good luck.

hardcoredlw

It is; however, they scare you more usually than overwork you. My experience was alot of hurry up and wait. The first couple weeks of basic, you thought the instructer was going to kill you, but after that you got over it.

coxon the box

Both he and they should be mutually attractive to each other - let's face it, unless actually engaged in warfare, sport is number two in the list of activities ! ! !

kermit

well yer if hes fit ...but for most common american fatties ...no

johnmcginley1962

He should be basically fit for the four day assessment at Officer recruiting, the first four days are not about fitness but more about mental, personal and management skills.

If successful, the Officer basic training course is hard, but atainable.

He should be able to run 1.5 miles in 9 minutes, 30 pushes & 30 sit ups in each minute period, along with a number of other preset tests.

slipknot fan

yes image football training. multiply that by 10000000000000000000000000000000 and add scorching hot heat and evil coaches and thats half of what army training is

Mike T

God yes!! When I joined the navy I was anxious everyone would be really fit. I did tons of cross country and weight training. But when I got there it was all fairly easy. Guess any preparation is helpful, but it's not hard at all. Incredibly a lot of people I joined up with couldn't run a mile and a half without stopping or do more than 2 press ups. Your brother will be fine, probably one of the fitter ones. Tell him to join the x country team at BRNC (if he joins Navy) because you get out of lots of crappy duties by going to cross country runs!!

Wish him luck, BRNC was one of the best years of my life!

Just Me

Yes.

Yes.

You're welcome.

Wildflower

It depends enormously on your brother's confidence in himself, his determination and how physically fit he already is as an athlete. My husband, who was a talented high school athlete with plenty of drive and self-confidence, thrived in the training environment. No doubt it will at times be challenging- but "hard", well, that depends on your brother.

rngr223

If he is pretty active now, he shouldn't have much trouble adjusting to the physical side of military life. What he doesn't have when he goes in, recruit training will give him.

AmericanPatriot

i am in the us army and am currently deployed to iraq.... to answer your question i dont know much about the british armed forces but i am sure the physical training standards couldnt be far from ours.....your brother sounds like he is in top shape, the only people who dont meet the standard are the ones who dont try, at least from my experience. i hope this helps answer your question.

J.J.

The say it is !!! Sounds like he would do just fine.. He would probably just get mad at the laggers... Which I've heard there are plenty of them .. LOL
Good Luck to YOur Little Brother

john need account

Of course !!!
But 99.999999 % men get out from it alive!
they rest died of exhuation!

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