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Originally Posted by Tom Yum
Chris, do you have a good weight training routine that you found helped with your PT scores?
My numbers are pretty good so far - but I'd like to put them through the roof. I just started lifting weights again after a long layoff, but not more than 2 x per week.
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Actually when I was an active duty Marine, the weights were used primarily to help me strengthen my body for a lot of humping with a heavy pack.
Best thing to do is to practice what your physical fitness test events are, in the Navy I don't know what that is.. but when I was on active duty, months before the actual pft I was banging out as many pull ups as I could, and also running as fast as I could but double and triple the distances, so when it came test time, I would smoke it..
The weight training was just a supplement to all the other stuff I was doing, and kept me from breaking like a pencil marching under heavy loads.
It's like that old saying goes, wanna be able to bang out more push-ups? Then do more push ups, same with pull ups or getting faster on your runs, exhaustion is key followed by proper rest and nutrition of course.