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Don't forget your subscription to Men's Health and muscle mag so you can get the pictures for pin ups in the PTI office

Originally Posted by brettarider

Don't forget your subscription to Men's Health and muscle mag so you can get the pictures for pin ups in the PTI office

I typed Mens Health into Google at work yesterday as I've just signed up for PTI cse and it came up blocked due to nudity!!!!!

Originally Posted by Mongoose

Originally Posted by Pork_Pie

What are regarded as 'acceptable' standards in the fitness tests on the course? Is it enough to pass them, or do you need to, e.g., do the 1 1/2 mile run in 30 secs less than the minimum time, to avoid getting binned at any excuse?

I was informed by our unit PTI to aim for 9.30 on the run, this was due to the fact that its run on a running track (this was for the pre-pti course) and that confuses people so they generally get slower times..

So 9 1/2 mins is ok? What about the sit ups & press ups, what is regarded as acceptable for them? Thanks.

I was meant to be on this course in November, but unfortunately the bid put forward by my SPSI didnt go through so I shall likely have to wait untill january.

I have tried to get as much info on this course as I can, and most of what I've seen says the initial TA PTI basic course is 12 days at Fox lines in Aldershot, the course I was meant to be on next month was over 3 weekends and was down on my Ji's as PTI basic modules, aren't those three weekends meant to be done after the 12 days in Aldershot? I mean to bring this up with my SPSI but dont want to look like a mong so any knowledge shared on the matter would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by Lincs10

I was meant to be on this course in November, but unfortunately the bid put forward by my SPSI didnt go through so I shall likely have to wait untill january.

I have tried to get as much info on this course as I can, and most of what I've seen says the initial TA PTI basic course is 12 days at Fox lines in Aldershot, the course I was meant to be on next month was over 3 weekends and was down on my Ji's as PTI basic modules, aren't those three weekends meant to be done after the 12 days in Aldershot? I mean to bring this up with my SPSI but dont want to look like a mong so any knowledge shared on the matter would be appreciated.

As of Oct this year i believe the course "goes on the road" for 12 months? Still administered from Fox lines though.

The official cse title is TA PTI (Basic), so modules could be the add ons?

We have a guy on it at the moment and I'm waiting to here how he got on.... (must have done ok as he's not been RTU'd)

There are a couple of people on here that know me, but I bet that they are

not aware that I too, was a PTI in 1958.

I was sent from Iserlohn to, I think, Sennelager, and did a 3 month

course which I passed easily.

Running, ropework, pressups, situps and swimming were taken as a given

in those far off days, otherwise you weren't accepted for the course.

If I remember correctly, a lot of what we learnt was gymnastics,

vaulting horses etc. I only did it for a few months before I got

posted and had pretty much put it right to the back of my mind.....

but I recently found the course photo.

Not really relevant to the thread, but I thought that I would throw a

bob's worth in.

Got back from my course today.
I found that half the people on the course are really up for it and keen, and half are only on the course because their units pushed them into it.
All you have to remember is to eat loads while there.
Times on my course ranged from about 8 and a half to 10 and a half minutes. Aslong as you aren't fat jebend and you're confident and switched on, you'll have no problems. It is hard to keep going day after day, but if you can get through the first week with no injuries, the second week flys by. When I was actually there doing the course, I felt as though it was the worst course I've done, but now I'm at home, looking back, it was awesome. The main thing is not to worry, I think the course's bark is worse than it's bite (as so to speak). It would be well worth nerding up on anatomy and physiology, how the cardio vascular and respiratory systems work and going to circuit sessions, in preperation for it, but apart from that all you can do now is run, run and run until the course, and you should breeze it. Good luck buddy.

Originally Posted by StabTiffy2B

Originally Posted by Mongoose

I was informed by our unit PTI to aim for 9.30 on the run, this was due to the fact that its run on a running track (this was for the pre-pti course) and that confuses people so they generally get slower times..

Surely that would make it easier because you know where the end is?

The hardest runs to judge are when you get a "head that way and you'll find some PTIs to point you in the right direction".

I dunno, I'd find running round in a circle quite strange (especially not having done it since school)