What's your favorite "corrective action" exercise?

2019-02-13T09:25:07-05:00

front back go's, supine bicycle, pushups, what's the exercise that when you were in basic or OCS that made you smile on the inside?

Response by SPC Margaret Higgins made Feb 13 at 2019 9:35 AM

2019-02-13T09:35:51-05:00

Those silly sit-ups, Specialist Fleming. I told my Drill Sergeant that I couldn't do them anymore. She responded with: "Well, Frenchie can do them." So I ultimately received a first Go; on everything in Basic. I came out first around the PT track! SPC Private RallyPoint Member

Response by SSG Howard Fair made Feb 13 at 2019 9:36 AM

2019-02-13T09:36:04-05:00

Grass drills

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 9:41 AM

2019-02-13T09:41:40-05:00

At no time did I ever smile when getting "corrective action" in basic

Response by CPL Thomas Artiaga made Feb 13 at 2019 9:43 AM

2019-02-13T09:43:12-05:00

Is this a trick question or a joke? Can't recall ever smiling on the inside... But supine bicycle when it's hot and you're in Sandy terrain. Sit-ups or flutter kicks when the ground is wet all seem pretty miserable to me

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 10:00 AM

2019-02-13T10:00:24-05:00

The Y-squat!

Response by SGT Dave Tracy made Feb 13 at 2019 10:05 AM

2019-02-13T10:05:49-05:00

Overhead arm-claps...had to do it once for over an hour at OSUT. After that, a five or ten minute session meant nothing! LOL!!!

Response by CSM Michael Chavaree made Feb 13 at 2019 10:14 AM

2019-02-13T10:14:03-05:00

We had the CPL in RIP that would do the fludder kick and the dude would keep going for what seemed like over 250. It was not fun, but at the time it was funny to be miserable.

Response by LTC John Mohor made Feb 13 at 2019 11:16 AM

2019-02-13T11:16:49-05:00

Best your boots! At Airborne School it just felt right;-)

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 11:18 AM

2019-02-13T11:18:57-05:00

8 count push ups! I smile now, not so much then, because I do these on my HIIT days...LOL

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 11:28 AM

2019-02-13T11:28:39-05:00

there's something about when Cadre says "THE SUPINE BICYCLE!" In my head I'm like here we go! lol

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 11:47 AM

2019-02-13T11:47:31-05:00

I like the “beer drink”..... in cadence!!!!!!

Response by SPC Casey Ashfield made Feb 13 at 2019 12:27 PM

2019-02-13T12:27:07-05:00

What is the politically correct name for Monkey Fuckers? Those were funny in name and they serve very little muscle building purpose.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 4:41 PM

2019-02-13T16:41:24-05:00

In the Army it seemed that the pushup was the go to corrective action.

Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Feb 13 at 2019 5:21 PM

2019-02-13T17:21:28-05:00

My favorites were the supine bicycle and mountain climbers. For whatever reason they were so easy for me and I could do them forever. Of course I would pretend to look in pain and frustrated to play the game.

Another thing I'd do that'd make me "smile" is when we were getting burnt up and breathing heavily, I'd always have sweat dripping down my face and I'd time it so whenever the DS walked by, I'd blow the drops of sweat off the tip of my nose right onto them. They never caught on.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 6:23 PM

2019-02-13T18:23:04-05:00

Push ups.

Having said that, I I feel that some instant physical training might serve as a motivation for a Soldier (since corrective training is supported to relate to the issue at hand), I usually pick an exercise that targets a weak area in that Soldier's fitness

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 7:59 PM

2019-02-13T19:59:10-05:00

None of them

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 8:08 PM

2019-02-13T20:08:49-05:00

At air assault we did a lot of overhead arm claps and front arm claps.

It went from, “ha, overhead arm claps to, at some unknown number of reps to, ahhh, overhead arm claps...”

I smile every time I hear “Boulder shoulders.”

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 8:09 PM

2019-02-13T20:09:01-05:00

Corrective "Training" Physical Exercise:
360 Diamond Exchange (a push up exercise)
Runner ups: Iron Mikes and Knee Bender (command of execution: Beat Your Boots)

RELATED: Recently saw in FM 7-22 5-15 and was surprised that it suggests limiting CAPEs to no more than 5 reps, and that exercise selected be limited to only one of the following:
Rower.
Squat bender.
Windmill.
Prone row.
Push-up.
V-up.
Leg tuck and twist.
Supine bicycle.
Swimmer.
8-count push-up.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2019 8:27 PM

2019-02-13T20:27:42-05:00

My favorite as a soldier not getting in trouble. My favorite as an NCO squat bender. Just say one and leave them there.

Response by SGT Chris Stephens made Feb 13 at 2019 9:49 PM

2019-02-13T21:49:22-05:00

Barrel rolls. Just keep rolling along until you're so dizzy that you're going to throw up. As a track and cross country coach, I love making my athletes do these. I also loved the overhead arm clap, which is something else I make my athletes do just for the fun of it.

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Feb 14 at 2019 12:13 AM

2019-02-14T00:13:49-05:00

There was no corrective action at OCS that made me “smile on the inside”, SPC Private RallyPoint Member. Much of the stuff that happened to us then (graduated 16JUN73) would get drill sergeants and tactical officers court-martialed nowadays.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 14 at 2019 7:51 AM

2019-02-14T07:51:09-05:00

"the swimmer"

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 14 at 2019 8:08 AM

2019-02-14T08:08:45-05:00

I never really smiled while being corrected. I suppose the one that mad me the least amount of smiles though was simply getting up and getting back down in the front leaning rest over and over again. Let me do a push up at least!

Response by COL Dan Williams made Feb 20 at 2019 10:27 PM

2019-02-20T22:27:42-05:00

Not sure that still do this but in my OCS days of 1986 it was "sitting against tbbhe wall."

Response by CPL Steve Freeman made Mar 9 at 2019 2:33 PM

2019-03-09T14:33:09-05:00

Ah the indispensable front leaning rest position.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 1 at 2019 8:00 AM

2019-05-01T08:00:21-04:00

walking around on all fours screaming "IM HANK THE TANK" then kicking one leg out in front of us and going "BOOM" It was never a mass punishment because everyone else was allowed to laugh. so of course if you were hank the tank you went all out to make it as entertaining as possible.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 4 at 2019 9:34 PM

2019-05-04T21:34:17-04:00

Air Assault School had pretty brutal smoke sessions that consisted of cherry pickers, overhead clappers, body squats, leg lifts, and air assault (diamond) push-ups in rocks.

Response by SFC Robert Walton made May 12 at 2019 9:01 AM

2019-05-12T09:01:28-04:00

None of them i was to busy trying to figure out how to not get in this position again to find any inner humor about it.

Response by SGT Daniel Merriman made Jun 1 at 2022 4:19 PM

2022-06-01T16:19:48-04:00

At Bragg in the70s ball buster,dying cockroach and position of the MF !