Physical Endurance Course
PVT Erickson Says:
Also known as the Conditioning Course in some posts.
The Physical Endurance Course was called tbe PECs Course. It was kind of like an obstacle course, where we had to go through it within a certain amount of time. It consisted of a lot of running, climbing, swinging, jumping, crawling, scaling, etc, etc. It sounds like a lot of fun, and by the time you do it, your endurance has been built up so much from the constant smoke sessions of the drill sergeants that you can almost handle it.
Note that I said it sounds like fun. The trick to the PECs course (which is called different things by different basic training forts, it was called PECs by Ft Leonard Wood) is if you want to do it, don't go to Basic in the dead of winter, like I did.
The company was scheduled to go to the PECs course 3 times while I was at Basic Training. The first time was toward the beginning of Basic, like in the second week or so. We pretty much did a walk through of the course, the Drill Sergeants explaining to us what was required and so on and so forth. It was kind of cold on the day we went, and this was just a walk through. Anyway, it looked like fun and I was excited.
Well, the company went again, but I was stuck on KP which I absolutely hate. Read the page on that if you want. I speak nothing but ill words of KP. Anyway, the people who were fortunate enough to go didn't really like it that much, because it was really cold and wet when they had to go through it.
Alright then, the next time then.
Of course, the next day we were scheduled to go on the PECs it snowed, (missouri &%$# weather!) I never got to go on the PECs course *sigh*.
That was one of the things I was really looking forward to as well.
DS Erickson Says:
Like the Confidence Course, the Conditioning Course is all about team work and motivation. It doesn't take as long to do, weather permitting. It's a smoker, designed to leave the privates gasping for air at the end. It's a series of obstacles that are fairly easy to do on their own (though if you're short like me, sometimes they are difficult). When you are racing up a hill and through the woods and over the various obstacles, you find yourself breathing hard in the end.
This kind of training can be scratched if need be, but in my opinion, it is important for the motivation of the privates and their basic training experience.
Also known as the Conditioning Course in some posts.
The Physical Endurance Course was called tbe PECs Course. It was kind of like an obstacle course, where we had to go through it within a certain amount of time. It consisted of a lot of running, climbing, swinging, jumping, crawling, scaling, etc, etc. It sounds like a lot of fun, and by the time you do it, your endurance has been built up so much from the constant smoke sessions of the drill sergeants that you can almost handle it.
Note that I said it sounds like fun. The trick to the PECs course (which is called different things by different basic training forts, it was called PECs by Ft Leonard Wood) is if you want to do it, don't go to Basic in the dead of winter, like I did.
The company was scheduled to go to the PECs course 3 times while I was at Basic Training. The first time was toward the beginning of Basic, like in the second week or so. We pretty much did a walk through of the course, the Drill Sergeants explaining to us what was required and so on and so forth. It was kind of cold on the day we went, and this was just a walk through. Anyway, it looked like fun and I was excited.
Well, the company went again, but I was stuck on KP which I absolutely hate. Read the page on that if you want. I speak nothing but ill words of KP. Anyway, the people who were fortunate enough to go didn't really like it that much, because it was really cold and wet when they had to go through it.
Alright then, the next time then.
Of course, the next day we were scheduled to go on the PECs it snowed, (missouri &%$# weather!) I never got to go on the PECs course *sigh*.
That was one of the things I was really looking forward to as well.
DS Erickson Says:
Like the Confidence Course, the Conditioning Course is all about team work and motivation. It doesn't take as long to do, weather permitting. It's a smoker, designed to leave the privates gasping for air at the end. It's a series of obstacles that are fairly easy to do on their own (though if you're short like me, sometimes they are difficult). When you are racing up a hill and through the woods and over the various obstacles, you find yourself breathing hard in the end.
This kind of training can be scratched if need be, but in my opinion, it is important for the motivation of the privates and their basic training experience.
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