At BCT will I be able to workout outside of the general PT ?

PV2 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 06:01:27 -0500

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2020 6:10 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 06:10:52 -0500

It all depends on your definition of “workout.” There is no gym available to you during BCT. You may have a few extra minutes here or there to do some additional PT on your own but you will be doing PT everyday with the BCT Company.

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Jan 2 at 2020 6:11 AM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 06:11:28 -0500

Depends on if they give you time off on the weekends, and there's a gym on post that is nearby.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2020 6:53 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 06:53:20 -0500

That is dependent on your company/platoon. When I was there most platoons had some degree of improvised weights in the bay. You can also do body-weight training in the bay. At some point during my cycle the Drill Sergeants on CQ began opening up the track during CQ.

Response by MAJ Bryan Zeski made Jan 2 at 2020 8:31 AM

MAJ Bryan Zeski — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 08:31:15 -0500

If you're looking for additional physical exercise outside of PT hours, just be sure to let your DS's know, with passion and assertiveness, that you want to PT more. If you're lucky, they may be inclined to rally your fellow BCT attendees to participate with you. It's a win-win for everyone!

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2020 8:34 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 08:34:52 -0500

You will most likely not be allowed to do what you can do with what's available to you in your training area and baby.
When I was there, that meant we had pull up bars, and could do only body weight excersizes.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2020 9:17 AM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:17:15 -0500

I was there in the 1990s, but after week 3 and BRM was complete, most days were done at 1700. I had time every evening to go back out on the track.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2020 9:39 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:39:39 -0500

Well....there's the walking everywhere you will be doing while humping all your gear on your back. Then there is the "free time" you'll have back at the barracks at the end of the day. You can easily do more PT in the barracks. But chances are, you may be so worn out and tired from the training day, all you will want to do is laundry then sleep.

Response by 1LT Kevin Chapman made Jan 2 at 2020 2:08 PM

1LT Kevin Chapman — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 14:08:58 -0500

You’ll get all the free pt you need.

Response by SPC Stewart Smith made Jan 2 at 2020 2:38 PM

SPC Stewart Smith — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 14:38:52 -0500

Oh boy oh boy
I don't know what basic is like today, but in 2004 you did not have time to think about extra pt. Days went like this:
0530: wakeup
0531 - 0532: drill sergeants yelling and throwing trash cans and making sure everyone was up and moving to formation
0515: pt, smoking that one private, pt, smoking everyone because of that one private
0700 - 0702: eat breakfast at mach 20
0715 - 0830: shower and clean everything...oh that's not clean? everyone gets another 40 minutes of smoking
0830 - 1230: smoking here and smoking there
1230: eat lunch at mach 10
1230 - 1700: more smoking cause why not?
1700 - 1720: more time to eat dinner... yayyyy
1720 - 2000: MORRRREEEE pt
smoking = lots of pt while getting yelled and and told things like your mother should have swallowed you
Basically, basic training is all day exercise. All day e'ery day, private.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2020 4:28 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 16:28:10 -0500

Man honestly your gonna be so tired and stuff you probably will just want to sleep at the end of the day, I know when I went through not to long ago we got smoked literally all the time. But yeah in my platoon bay during basic they had a dumbbell rack so you’ll have a little time at the end of the day unless in the field or a range etc..