NS Physical Training Phase PTP

Ponders SG

Bloody hell, what is SAF trying to do now. The new PT training syllabus makes one super shagged even before the actual training starts.

basically.. the new PT syllabus includes, Weights drill, Combat PT, Modified Warm-up, modified 5BX. climbing drill, 275m Shuttle run, etc

Just finished my new PT training package.... sprained my back in the process. haha.

anyway.. it is "scientifically proven" to be more effective form of PT than the past circuit training/gym combo.

THey used 3SIR for studies and results were encouraging.

December intake recruits onwards will be on this new syllabus.

deathscythe99 SG

Hmmm..

Any more insight into who actually did this?

Could be useful to me... Twisted Evil

Gordonator SG

i heard that now instructors cannot tekan/punish the recruits with no more then 10 push ups... Neutral Confused Rolling Eyes

is this true? Question

Patrik SG

So is this good news or bad news???
Confused

deathscythe99 SG

Thought 20??

LoVeMeLoVeMenOt SG

Hahaha..If this is true...sighhh

I have no idea what to said... Neutral

LazerLordz SG

Interesting...Care to shed more light on this new PT stuff?

Push-Ups limited to 10 now?Anyway, they've always been very creative at playing around that rule for a long time.

Gordonator SG

Rolling Eyes

in any case 10 or 20 is nothing compare to the old time many of us lao jiao went through.

deathscythe99 SG

Laughing Yea sure.

duotiga83 SG

are we gettingmore pampered? Rolling Eyes even those excuse can do ard 10-20 push ups/pull-up Confused

deathscythe99 SG

Of course... Neutral

Gordonator SG

scare parents complain so dare not tekan them? Question

Moxie SG

Welfare, dah.

I lost 30 lb. in Tekong as part of the obese platoon in '86. That's before they introduced the Modified BMT thing; what we did was basically ran & ran from 6:30-7:30 every morning when other recruits were eating breakfast/clearing bowels/doing area-cleaning.

At my unit, I was also part of a group that kena run SOC every morning for 4 months too.

fudgester SG

WTF...... 10 to 20 push ups only?!?!?!

We're training soldiers, for goodness sake, not a bunch of wimps.

I can't believe I'm saying this.... but in my time, doing 50 or 60 was the norm, not the exception. 100++ push ups were mercifully rare, but not unheard of.....

Drats... I'm only 21.... I'm not THAT far removed from the present batch of NSFs, am I?

Come on, SAF, surely you can't reduce your standards that low?!?! I know that with all these tragedies in the SAF safety is of paramount importance, but surely not to the point where training standards are so badly compromised?!?!

At this rate, how are we going to train good soldiers?

Just before I ORD-ed, I came across some new soldiers just out of BMT posted to my unit. They still had the civillian midset.... Whine openly when asked to do chores, whine at 'not enough welfare' (when they got more welfare than I ever got at their stage), whine at being stuck in the Army while their girlfriends went to uni (come on, I had to go through that as well!) and so on....

Considering the level of training they had during BMT, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Poopie-Head SG

hahaha. 20 push-ups... LOL... ez life huh? sap sap water. Cool

last time pushup counts always drop back to zero count again, push-up/sit-up position change, blah blah, do until the whole area FLOODED WITH OUR SWEAT and I'm NOT JOKING. I can see POOLS of SWEAT after our tekan session, underwear wet wet (song to go along wif it Laughing ). i see those pools of 'water' I must say that I'm really amazed

oh well, times are changing Cool juz hope less people get injured, or better yet, no one gets hurt during their NS. Wink

LazerLordz SG

Well, I'm 21 too.I was from an obese Coy and I must say that yes, 20 push-ups were the limit.But if different people come along and give their own limit, that makes quite a lot.We did approximately 100 per day.IF we couldn't do it, we still tried our very best.Physical training with proper guidance is not harmful but instead beneficial.I lost 15 kg when I OOCed.Tough training is unpleasant, but if we as humans only care for comfort,we are no more than silly putty in a tub.Grey, pasty and soft.Wobbles at the slightest pressure and Darwin's theory would make us pretty extinct soon.Come on, push yourself.I'm all for realistic physical training as long as the intsructors are professional about it.

deathscythe99 SG

Well....who told SAF to reduce to 2 years only?

And look @ the questions ard here raging regarding NS life even before they step in ... Neutral

Gordonator SG

recruit life is getter better and better that's for sure. Neutral Confused Rolling Eyes

fudgester SG

Recruit's life is getting better all right... Higher pay (I was the last batch to get paid $240), more welfare, shortened NSF liability (they cut my ORD by two months when I was clearing leave anyway.... $1400 down the drain Sad ).

But at what cost? I seriously think that the fitness, discipline, and potential lethality of our soldiers is going to be compromised thanks to all these fantastic ideas by whoever-is-in-charge at SAF....

When the sh*t hits the fan.... can we expect the current generation of soldiers to maim and kill other young men when we can't even expect them to do more than twenty push ups?

My two cents.... Feel free to flame me if you want.....

cornyfish2000 SG

haha... i belonged to the $240/mth generation too... erm... and with the full 21/2 yrs...

Unfortunately that's life... army life is getting better and better no doubt, and BMTC is becoming more and more the seaside resort it is already known to be..

But i must say this 10 pushups thing is ridiculous lah, if its true then it'll only be a matter of time before they abolish confinements and extra duties.. Confused