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lostnumber08 t1_j3yla02 wrote

They have always had these... When I went to basic training in Ft. Leonard Wood, they had the "fat platoon." These people would be in holdover status and wouldn't get shipped off to their training company till they got their BMI down. It was, from what I could tell, very effective.

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superdullboy t1_j3ys47v wrote

Same at Ft Sill. If you couldn’t make weight or pass a very basic PT test at reception you got tossed in there before basic. They called it the FTB for Fitness Training Battery but all the Drill Sergeants called it Fat Tubby Bastards. Such sweethearts.

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25StarGeneralZap t1_j3z3e74 wrote

Yep! Had one at Fort Jackson too. I couldn’t pass the push-up portion of the PT test so had to attend that for 2 weeks… not fat, but 6’2” and about 150 pounds when I went in. Ran like a gazelle just had no upper body strength!😂😂

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RPBN t1_j40x72k wrote

6'2" 145 I could do sit ups all day, but pushups sucked for me. The run got better over time.

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25StarGeneralZap t1_j411xz6 wrote

Thankfully I was always in the 11-12 on the 2 mile run. Sit-ups we’re always 52 and stop, once I got there, push ups were 42 and stop!!😂😂🤣NEVER tell me the minimums cause that’s what I’m gonna shoot for!

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Jdog6984 t1_j45c94b wrote

I once passed a PT test with a 180. I've seen people fail with 220 and 240

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goosebattle t1_j3yoacb wrote

Why isn't there a Rodney Dangerfield movie about this? (Or perhaps there is one and I just don't know about it)

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Ontheout t1_j3zh4vf wrote

Being from Missouri, Ft. Lenardwood is a good place for this.

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Kaiisim t1_j416y74 wrote

I knew someone and the military paid for his liposuction lmao.

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lostnumber08 t1_j41hdcm wrote

Interesting. They might have had some other condition which would necessitate such a procedure. Drill Sergeants are very effective weight loss tools otherwise.

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RPBN t1_j40wzdf wrote

At Ft Jackson they shared a platoon with people who got injured and were waiting to class up again. Fitco was a really boring three months of my life I'll never get back.

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