Current Events > Is it possible to graduate military bootcamp

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and still be overweight

Yes

There was a big guy in my platoon in basic training. He lost a ton of weight compared to when he started. But he was still a semi-chunky guy.

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IIRC they relatively recently had to decrease some of the physical test requirements because too many people were failing out, so yes I'm sure it's possible.

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Not unless they managed for waiver it for the current situation, but that seems unlikely to me.

You're obliged to pass a PRT, which involves meeting a minimum weight requirement for your height and being able to perform a minimum number of push up and situps and run a 1.5 mile run within a maximum time limit. The requirements being base on your age.

When I was in (2000), at the end of basic training, before you go into AIT, you have to pass your push ups, sit ups, and 2 mile run within the required parameters. Those who did not do so, went on to a program called FTB (fitness training battalion) for extensive PT until they could pass, and then move on to AIT. Generally, it is some of the heavier ones. I saw enlistees lose as much as 50-60 lbs in those 9 weeks, and they started off fat.

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