So your goal is a 300 PFT, and OCS success on the way to becoming an officer. You know you should be doing a few hundred pullups a week, and get up to that 20 pullup set with confidence–but you’re not. Are you. Mhmm. Well, with an indoor pullup bar, you’ll have no excuse since [...]
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So your goal is a 300 PFT, and OCS success on the way to becoming an officer. You know you should be doing a few hundred pullups a week, and get up to that 20 pullup set with confidence–but you’re not. Are you. Mhmm. Well, with an indoor pullup bar, you’ll have no excuse since [...]
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This guest blog post by http://300pft.com. If you’re struggling with the PFT, get their 300 PFT guide. “No equipment, no fees, no excuses!” Anyone who has ever attempted to complete the Marine Corps PFT will tell you that it is no easy task. Completing the test is challenging enough by itself, let alone attempting to earn [...]
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The female candidates who read this blog will hopefully forgive me for my lack of knowledge concerning the female-specific aspects of OCS. What can I say? I’m a male. We didn’t even have a female platoon in our company. But one of the things I can straighten out is that all pull-ups in my PFT [...]
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I challenge all male candidates to achieve these benchmarks before getting to OCS, and using them as training goals. This will put you in good standing, but not the top of your class if these are your max sets. I’m not sure what good bent arm hangs or pushups and run times for the females [...]
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How do I get faster in my running for my Marine Corps PFT? I am an OCS Applicant. I did a PFT Saturday which did not go well. I did 20 Pull Ups, 99 Crunches (I can hit all 100 easily, but not sure what happened) and I ran a 23:39 3 Mile (cut off [...]
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Once you can do between 10 and 20 deadhangs, do this work out! An important piece of equipment that you might want to buy, if your gym doesn’t have one, is a dip belt. It looks like a weight-lifting belt with a long chain attached to it. Set #1 – Do 5 slow warm-up pull-ups! Take a [...]
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To do a correct Marine Corps crunch, lay on your back with your feet flat on the deck, and your butt close to your heels. Your arms should be crossed on your chest or your stomach. They cannot come off of your chest/stomach during the PFT. To do a correct crunch, raise your upper body off of [...]
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How are you doing in preparation for the PFT? This site has a great, simple calculator to give you a PFT score: USMC.PFTcalculator.com. I know it helped motivate me to work out to see how much one extra pullup or a few seconds off my run would help my score. Set some goals to help [...]
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This is a popular training program for the crunches part of the PFT. While it is a good program to help you get to and past 100 crunches, remember that it crunches are a one-dimensional component of fitness and are not a substitute for a full core workout. OCS is much more than just the PFT. Day 1 Do three [...]
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This blog is by a graduate of OCC-202, fall 2009 and current Marine Corps officer.
My goal is to help other young patriots to prepare for OCS, and commission as officers in the United States Marine Corps.
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