Hey I'm 18 years old and a Junior in high school. I'm interested in joining the military and am more interested in special forces. I'm looking into Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, or Marine Force Recon. I know you have to be in the Marines for something like 3-5 years to go Force Recon, so I'd probably start out Infantry or MP.
I still have a year to go before I could even go to boot camp, so I've been working on exercising. At the start of my workout routine, I can do 35 push ups, 60 sit ups, 9 pull ups, and I can run endlessly. I've been eating a lot of meats, fruits, protein cereals, protein bars, protein drinks, and drinking lots of water and milk in my diet. I have an extremely fast metabolism so it's hard for me to gain weight obviously, so I was told to eat more calories than I burn, which is what I've been doing. My workout routine is supposedly going to have me at 100 push ups in a year so I'm motivated for that one. I have access to a community swimming pool but I've never really used it, and I can only hold my breath for 1 minute. So I suppose I could go there maybe once a week.
I'm most interested in the Navy SEALs and Marine Force Recon. Keeping this routine going, I know "I'll never be ready for what they're going to do to me at BUD/S etc etc." I've heard that too much. But seriously, will I be in good enough shape? How long should I have my breath holding down for BUD/S?
Lets say in a year I'm able to do 90 push ups, 100 sit ups, 20 pull ups, and breath holding for 1:30... Will that be good? If not, how many push ups, sit ups, and pull ups should I have?
Thanks.
I still have a year to go before I could even go to boot camp, so I've been working on exercising. At the start of my workout routine, I can do 35 push ups, 60 sit ups, 9 pull ups, and I can run endlessly. I've been eating a lot of meats, fruits, protein cereals, protein bars, protein drinks, and drinking lots of water and milk in my diet. I have an extremely fast metabolism so it's hard for me to gain weight obviously, so I was told to eat more calories than I burn, which is what I've been doing. My workout routine is supposedly going to have me at 100 push ups in a year so I'm motivated for that one. I have access to a community swimming pool but I've never really used it, and I can only hold my breath for 1 minute. So I suppose I could go there maybe once a week.
I'm most interested in the Navy SEALs and Marine Force Recon. Keeping this routine going, I know "I'll never be ready for what they're going to do to me at BUD/S etc etc." I've heard that too much. But seriously, will I be in good enough shape? How long should I have my breath holding down for BUD/S?
Lets say in a year I'm able to do 90 push ups, 100 sit ups, 20 pull ups, and breath holding for 1:30... Will that be good? If not, how many push ups, sit ups, and pull ups should I have?
Thanks.