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Originally Posted by TimeToJoinUp

Originally Posted by Rodge-Nufc

my mate whos just done his basic said he completed the 8 week fitness booklet and they didnt even ask for it

You should do the fitness program whether or not you intend to complete the form and take it with you. With that in mind, now consider how long it would take you to fill it in...

Probably about 2 minutes, spread out over 8 weeks. It's a bit of a no brainer isn't it.

Two options:

1) Take Completed Form

2) Don't take competed Form


Four Outcomes:

1)
A) They take the form, job's a goodun.
B) They don't take the form, you've wasted 2 minutes of your life.

2)
A) They don't take the form, 2 minutes saved (oh yes!)
B) They ask for the form, and you don't have it. Spend the next 9 weeks getting special treatment in the form of beastings.


I won't say exactly which is the best choice, but I really hope you have the brains to work it out for yourself.

Also, you won't be awarded your green beret, flashes, bosuns call and swimmer canoeist branch badge if you fail to bring the dreaded endurance athlete booklet with you.

You forgot the underwater knife-fighting gallantry medal.

Hi guys - mainly ninja - too fill in the fitness programme booklet do you just put in your times in the ACHIEVED box!? And if you do what do you do for the press ups etc!?

I know I probably sound very thick and its probably obvious but just wondered as need too fill it out!

NavyWolf

I took mine but hadnt filled it in so filled it in hungover on the train. They didnt ask for it anyway.

I hope I get sent a new one at some point as the one I got on my first visit to the AFCO is mainly just ticked in the achieved box, or I put "ran for 8 mins then cycled for 15" as I am having some bother with my shins when i run. I only just got a date for RT, but I started the pre joining fitness programme 3 weeks ago as I have a "long way to go" on my fitness I think, especially the running and swimming. With such long waiting times I am hoping I will be well beyond the basic levels of fitness of the first weeks of this booklet by the time I am ready to go to Raleigh in which case I could just put times in for the days marked as TEST and add whatever was on the other days to my workout for that day and then just sign and date it? Having looked through the booklet itself I don't find any instructions on filling in the training section. Are these given out at a later date? Like after you pass your pre-joining fitness test?

Ok new questions about the fitness booklet.

If one is trying to follow the programme but for whatever reason one misses a day, should you A) just keep going and ignore that you missed that day, B) repeat the whole week, C) do both the missed day and the current day together ie run and do press ups etc or D) wait till you should have a rest day and do the missed workout on that day.

What should you do if you have some other sport or activity planned for a day, is it ok to swap an hour of archery for a session of sit ups and dorsal raises?

Currently I am considering redoing week 3 as I have stuffed it up by missing training on Wednesday and doing archery on Thursday instead of swimming, and on Tuesday I had to do the running and the previous week's trunk curl strength training day that I didn't get done, all inside of 30 mins so I did a sprint for as long as I could with my shin pains then did HIIT on the cross trainer, then did the press ups, curls and planks as a massive superset. Then I felt a bit sick. Wasn't sure if doing strength training on Tue meant I should not do it on the Wednesday again because maybe doing press ups and all two days running would rob me of strength gains rather than improve my strength. Should I just wait till Sunday and start again from day1 week 3?

Originally Posted by grippy_gecko

Ok new questions about the fitness booklet.

If one is trying to follow the programme but for whatever reason one misses a day, should you A) just keep going and ignore that you missed that day, B) repeat the whole week, C) do both the missed day and the current day together ie run and do press ups etc or D) wait till you should have a rest day and do the missed workout on that day.

What should you do if you have some other sport or activity planned for a day, is it ok to swap an hour of archery for a session of sit ups and dorsal raises?

Currently I am considering redoing week 3 as I have stuffed it up by missing training on Wednesday and doing archery on Thursday instead of swimming, and on Tuesday I had to do the running and the previous week's trunk curl strength training day that I didn't get done, all inside of 30 mins so I did a sprint for as long as I could with my shin pains then did HIIT on the cross trainer, then did the press ups, curls and planks as a massive superset. Then I felt a bit sick. Wasn't sure if doing strength training on Tue meant I should not do it on the Wednesday again because maybe doing press ups and all two days running would rob me of strength gains rather than improve my strength. Should I just wait till Sunday and start again from day1 week 3?

Rollback to your date of birth, start again there. Not much else could go wrong the second time round?

I Remember doing and following the booklet. I completed and signed the 8 weeks but never got ased for it. Doesn't mean you shouldn't do it, if you're really that motivated, then do it! it shows commitment and patience. I'f you can't be arsed, then you can just F*** off to Civvy street.