Body Size and the Infantry??

[sg1987]

Originally Posted by Agoge2

Maybe I was too stupid to know that I was too small to be a grunt!

Well....you are a Marine.....(just kidding.....don't hurt an old dude.)

[Sohei]

Originally Posted by sg1987

Well....you are a Marine.....(just kidding.....don't hurt an old dude.)

Hahaha...no worries! I was actually watching the clock to see how long it would take for that statement to be made.

You win!

[x SF med]

When I was in I was 5' 8.5" and weighed somewhere in the 170-180 range when I ETS'd... dependent on what was going on... I went to basic at 145# I have lost about a half inch in height and am sitting right at 190ish lbs as of this morning... at my heaviest after getting out I was at 225... I still lift and carry more than the young kids at work.


Body size is not the biggest issue in SF, heart is... I've seen big guys wimp out where little guys just keep trucking. There is a physiology issue with women in the Combat arms... muscle density and mass ... plonk a 125# ruck on and haul ass for 20-30km in the mountains... I used to carry my own bodyweight and more ...

[Old Dog New Trick]

When I joined at 17 I weighed 168lbs at 70.5" after OSUT Infantry I probably arrived at my first assignment just over 170lbs soaking wet. By the time I was 20 I weighed 180lbs could bench upwards of 280 and pretty much stayed that way for the next eight years. Then I went SF at 26 was an inch or so taller at 71.8" and a solid 185lbs. Weight fluctuated between 190-200 over those 13-years depending on lots of things. Always noticed that I could run faster at the light end and ruck better at the higher end.

IIRC I remember my Robin Sage ruck with M5 bag and LBV coming in at 168lbs combined. (As much as I weighed when I joined the Army.) Only two or three other times we had to leave stuff or bundle it to make jump weight. Can't ever recall having a ruck that weighed less than 80lbs and my LBV always hit the scales at 45-50lbs.

Schools are easy! EIB road march was more of casual half-marathon with lunch and cookies.

Now I'm just a FOG (Fat Old Guy) at 71.4" and 215ish. With chronic LBP and hip dysplasia