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Pushup form in OCS
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Are you sick or something??? You have to have your fingers grounded while doing push-ups. Push-ups at OCS is a technique....it takes some time to learn how to do them the OCS way. Forget the knuckle technique. Go to the OCS website for more information about the proper technique.
Thanks for the replies. I figured I would probably have to start doing pushups on my palms. Thisguy I really wasn't trying to sound macho about it. As tarheel said, I really do find it more comfortable doing pushups on my knuckles; believe it or not this is how I was taught to do pushups when I was younger.
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RickyDT34
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I've never been to OCS but if it's anything like bootcamp you will not get away with it. You will be singled out if you don't do them correctly.
goldwingdreams
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Shivyman there is the right way to do something, the wrong way to do something and the Navy Way of doing something. I'll let you figure out which way you should do your pushups....
I don't think they'll let you get away with knuckle pushups. Like several others have said, don't be different (unless you want to be an individual, and you don't want to be), be a lemming, follow the leader. If your section leader jumped off a bridge, would you join him (the answer is yes, sir)? i too like to do pushups on my knuckles, i find it easier and better for my wrists.
aiustudent
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Hey PropStop,
My fiance is wanting to go navy officer. We realize physical conditioning is very important. I hear lots of comments about the run,pushup,situps etc... I dont hear much chatter about the swim tests. From your experience what are the swim tests like? I would appreciate any advice you have to offer.
Thanks,
Dave
My fiance is wanting to go navy officer. We realize physical conditioning is very important. I hear lots of comments about the run,pushup,situps etc... I dont hear much chatter about the swim tests. From your experience what are the swim tests like? I would appreciate any advice you have to offer.
Thanks,
Dave
Dave,
If you can sorta swim, you'll do fine at the swim test. I don't remember the exact swim requirements, but they were not hard. If you cannot pass the swim, you will be pulled from your OCS class and put into remedial swim, which sucks, but they WILL teach you how to swim and you will graduate. I've never heard of anyone not finishing because of their inability to swim. If they can teach this one dude in my class who had 0% body fat and musta weighed 230# (all muscle) to swim, they can teach anyone. He couldn't float to save his life, but man was he strong, he beat the water into submission.
hope this helps. you might find someone on here who is a more recent graduate to give you further details on the swim test. You might be able to find it online too, OCS requires a class III swim test.
If you can sorta swim, you'll do fine at the swim test. I don't remember the exact swim requirements, but they were not hard. If you cannot pass the swim, you will be pulled from your OCS class and put into remedial swim, which sucks, but they WILL teach you how to swim and you will graduate. I've never heard of anyone not finishing because of their inability to swim. If they can teach this one dude in my class who had 0% body fat and musta weighed 230# (all muscle) to swim, they can teach anyone. He couldn't float to save his life, but man was he strong, he beat the water into submission.
hope this helps. you might find someone on here who is a more recent graduate to give you further details on the swim test. You might be able to find it online too, OCS requires a class III swim test.
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