If you really want to surpass others and be the shit in basic... youd want to work on run-times, pull-ups, push-ups, and crunches.

Marine Corps PFT (Physical Fitness Test) is the following:

3 Mile Run in under 18 minutes
20 Pull-Ups
100 COMPLETE crunches in 2 minutes


Now you dont have to do that many pull-ups, crunches, or run that fast, those scores are for a perfect PFT, which in the Marine Corps is beneficial in many ways.. such as praise and it puts you on the fast track to a meritorious promotion over the shitbags who suck at physical fitness.

The average teen thinks they should do pullups with palms facing in... not saying you are the average teen, but the best way to go at pull-ups i palms facing out.. at first you may get less than the other way... but once your back gets used to it you will be able to pound them out. Just compare the muscle sizes... your back is HUGE compared to your biceps... also while doing the pullups part of the PFT you can switch grips... best way to go at it is as many as possible with palms facing away from you (using back) and then switch to palms facing you (Biceps). Also when doing the pull-ups, when you come down your arms must straighten completely or they will not count it.

With the crunches... same thing.. the average person does them incorrectly according to Marine Corps standards. While doing a crunch it must be a complete crunch... some DI's make you put your hands on the inner side of your elbows.. some have you put them on your shoulders. Start with back on the ground, raise until your elbows it your knees, lower back down... if your shoulder blades do not hit the ground they will not count it. One of the tricks to making it easier is to bring your knees as close to your ass as possible... less distance for your elbows to travel.

With the run time... I dont have to much advice here... Perfect your breathing pattern, weather its 2 in through the nose, 1 out through the mouth... or opposite... whatever it may be.. just get into a pattern that you feel helps you, breathe with your steps... whatever. Run as hard as you can till you want to puke, and when you want to puke... PUKE... but you better not stop running.

Thats all i got for now, like i said... its alot of endurance exercises.

0311 do you have anything to add?