How often should I take a pft?

[platinumike]

Im on week 4 of both catrgory one workouts(I stopped for a lil while but now im up and running again) but I'd like to know how often i should test my PT scores, and when(day) should i test um, so I dont over-stress any muscles for the weekly PT.

[Hinthial]

mike,

It is totally up to you. I try and do one every friday, so that I know where I'm at and what my weakest event is. It gives me alot of motivation. You won't see improvement on everything, but something always gets better.

Hinthial

[platinumike]

Thanks for the reply, I thought this question would never get answered. I decided to do one every wednesday, before DEP pt, and DEP pt...sigh...isnt so streneous.

[Ready3]

Warning order workout is good and doing the pft once a week is ok but if you want something to get you ready for the pft get stew smith's book. I had it and got my scores to great numbers. You only do the pft 4 times over the course of 12 weeks. Doing it week to week won't show you a ton of improvement. Every three to four weeks does however. My scores were:

8:10 Swim
126 pushups
94 situps
29 pullups
9:04 run

Just some food for thought.

[coronadolacrosse22]

hey where did u get your Stew Smith Book. This website doesnt have it , and i orderd it from another web site but its on back order, i just ordered it from Amazon . com but i dont trust that website much. it said my order has a delay and should be here by tuesday but i wont trust that till i see it. i hope they have it, cuz i really want it. I've been using the US Navy SEAL workout DVD and Scott Helvenstons Video Set. I have also taken training from my friends dad who is a SEAL and used to be a SEAL Instructor. I run 4 days a week, swim 1000m - 1600m every day, and do my SEAL workouts 5 days a week mon-fri. I'm in pretty good shape right now. I started out not even being able to do 1 pullup and now i can do 8. I have NROTC Bootcamp for College in a week, I am going to destroy this lil BOOTCAMP for everything its worth. I am so well prepared because of my assperations and desire to become a US Navy SEAL. I would like to thank all of the SEALs on this website that have helped me along the way, I live in Coronado and went to Coronado High School. So i see the BUD/s trainees every day when i workout down at NAB. It is such a motivation to watch them PT at the same time while i PT. HOO YAH!!!

ROB

SN on AIM : Nadolax22

email: lacrossepro@earthlink.net

[Mizatt10]

Take the pft everyday. It never hurts.

[platinumike]

Coronadolacrose- check your library. My local library had the stew smith's guid to Navy SEAL fitness book.

[vtbiggs11]

If you have a lat least a year before you plan on going to BUD/S like I do you might want to check out Stew Smith 's book Maximum Fitness: The Complete Guide to Navy Seal Cross Training. It has a few PFT's built into it, but mostly it is a year long workout program. I'm only 5 weeks into it and my PFT numbers have dramatically improved. You can get it on this site if you want it.