RAF Application Update: Fitness Test Date, New Fitness Plan and Mind Frame.
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- Hi everyone. It's been a while since I've made a video like this and as always hope you find it informative. My fitness test has been set and I have a new fitness plan which I discuss in this video.
Hopefully you find this helpful and I'll see you in the next one! - Ігри
Good luck, doctors finally sent my forms off this week and been running like a lunatic for the last few weeks. I think the mental side of it is one of the biggest challenges with it, just as it’s not a normal situation to be in. And I might be wrong it might have changed but during my interview the recruiter said if you fail it first time you get another chance.
Yeah you get 3 chances I’ve done my PJFT already
@@l_trips_ did not know that, thanks for the info
Yeah you get 3 chances with 6 weeks break in between them. That's good to hear! Hopefully the ball gets rolling even faster now.
You’ve got this mate. Ive only just submitted my application so very early stages. Found your videos very helpful and I’m looking forward to seeing the next one with the good news
THat's great to hear best of luck to all the phases and do keep us updated.
and thank you :)
Started my application 7 months ago and I have my fitness test on the 5th feb, I’m nervous I failed my first pjft but this time I’m more confident. I’ve also passed it before but it will be tough.
Your actually quite inspiring and I also understand what you saying I’ve even also started going pure gym too.
You've got nothing to worry about, people (and I am definitely guilty of this) sometimes forget that failure is the first stepping stone to success and I'm almost 100% confident you will pass the next time around. What was the area of the fitness you failed on? If you don't mind me asking.
@@DonutTeaBagle Thank you I really appreciate the comment, I'm just glad you gained some advise/motivation to keep on going :) do keep us updated with how it goes :)
The running. I had never used a treadmill before and I thought it would be the same/easier than running on roads/fields because everyone said so. I did ok, but still not good enough. I've hit my running target 5 times in a row now its just rough and i wonder if i can do the whole test together. I'm just fed up of waiting its been a while now. Best of luck @@JakeGchannel .
Just passed my pjft last week finished it in 10 mins 3 seconds took a few tips from yourself on what to expect was turned away first time due to high blood pressure had to get a doctors note to certify I was okay but after that there was no issues turned up passed the run and smashed the press and sit ups, the adrenaline on the day will give you an extra boost in confidence and energy for the tasks at hand and you can smash it
Congrats! And wow 10 min 3 sec is pretty decent what speed was that on the treadmill?
Thank you, I ran at 14.3 for 6 mins straight and then ramped up for the last 0.8 km to around 16.5 for the final stretch and the distance just shot down and that confidence and adrenaline gives you a nice extra boost
@@TridentTacticalExtra Wow that's pretty great that you can push it up to 16.5 after going for 6 mins, was that all adrenaline or have you been training in those ranges?
So I did a mix of high intensity training and endurance training, interval running basically so 3 mins jog 2 min sprints and repeating in a circuit form but best thing to do to improve is just run on a treadmill
@@TridentTacticalExtra Yeah defo. have you got instructions on what to do now? I heard you have a specialist interview or something like that?
It was a year ago today my son went to Halton, and on the anniversary of him joining he got his first promotion. 😊
Hope all goes well for you, good luck…I’m sure you will smash it.
That's great to hear and thank you. Hope his career is going well :)
He is loving it. He said that the initial fitness test is pretty straight forward, but once you get on your training they are very big on cardio work (so a lot of running, beep tests, up and down hills etc) and you are quite sleep deprived too. So cardio is the one to practice as much as possible.
I’m sure you will do great, you Have a great attitude and seem very positive 😊
@@mkjones7603 Thank you and I will defo take his advise on board! Do keep us updated on how he is doing :)
Hey mate nice videos, i passed my fitness test in 2015 and then had a date for my weekend assessment, i then had problems with my calf muscles so had to pull out and also quit football... they just said i need insoles for my shoes (through NHS it took until 2022 to get them after many appointments, chases etc) now i know a lot more been stretching, eating better and training better and able to play 90 minutes football again so thinking of giving RAF another go
Yeah defo especially if it was something you were interested in before as that opportunity might not present itself again. Do let us know if you decide to apply and how your stages go and hope everything is alright with your leg(s)
@@JakeGchannel I imagine I will apply again granted everything is still going well, only been back at gym and running for almost a month now, I'll let you know what transpires
I’m a 17 year old and I just passed my PJFT on the 27th of January and now I’m just waiting for the next steps, I believe it’s a specialist interview then phase 1 training. But I’ll be honest if you find a reason or some sort of motivation to pass the running you’ll be good, I was chanting prayers the entire time and ignored my running limits 😂
Also I’ll be honest I didn’t even go to the gym, I just worked out at home and ran routes near my house that were close enough to 2.4 km and I’d do flexibility training too
Ah I never thought of prayer while running I can see how that would help, I usually pray/meditate before running as my warm up only because physically I'm fine but mentally I ain't XD It's great to hear you are going in! Let us know when your date is set for the actual basic training.
@@l_trips_ Yeah like I said the gym is great for fine tuning but if you can easily hit like 2km in 9 mins or whatever you'll smash it on a treadmill as its much easier.
@@JakeGchannelhell yeah man I’ll let you know maybe we’ll see eachother🫡
@@JakeGchannelupdate: I have to do a questionnaire for National security clearance to ensure I can be trusted with sensitive and restricted information, after I finish the questionnaire I may be called for face to face interview
you’ll smash it mate. I remember my training in Halton earlier last year, a stereotype of military personnel is big huge built up people with giant muscles. You don’t need any of that, you just give it your everything and that’s all you can do. Nobodies going to tear your head off for fluctuating fitness levels down to whatever reasons, you just need that effort. hit them press ups and sit ups on a full stomach, when I was doing my training, we had woken up at 5am, breakfast at 6am, and lunch (it’s like a buffet with something different everyday. it’s an external company that goes into Halton, so don’t expect the best food and certainly from my experience not the happiest people on the planet. I then had my lunch at 1200hrs, before doing my full mstf, followed by my press ups, into my situps (make sure you work on that posture, the pts make it absolute hell by continuing to say “no rep” so be prepared to do more than expected. (bloody hell, I don’t miss them women fitness instructors, their voices were the most wired little squeaks in the world, especially in a hall 😅)
Ahahah sounds like a real challenge which makes it even more exciting and yeah I've been going crazy last week and will be fine tuning this week and then pray that it was all good enough to pass if not back to the drawing board but if I look at it from reality I do have a real shot passing first time around but if I don't for whatever reason then second time defo will pass. Yeah I've been to a few RAF bases where the caterers are not the happiest bunch so I'll be somewhat used to it.
Yeah I've heard they are strict on form, do the measure press ups with their fist and your chest has to touch it?
@@JakeGchannel They don’t do that anymore, what it is, they get all of the groups lined up in single files lines, and they have 1 pt to a line. Then they do the front person then the second etc. But they squat down to the right side of you, and look at your arm posture and height, they used to do the fist, but they look for more structure now. Also, with the sit-ups, your elbows touch the very middle of your kneecaps and a recruit stand on your toes facing outward. The pt stands to your right, and looks from there. You all get coloured bibs with numbers, and they reference to your number instead of name. And you are always either jogging or running in the gym, there’s no walking and they are very strict on that (someone did the bleep test and tried walking after, he got his head absolutely shouted at after not running and them telling them, they sent him out). If you ever want any information on the Army either, I know it’s a different scheme but similarities are there, my friend is a warrant officer and I can put you in touch with him!
@@sotjuan558 That's really interesting I never knew that. Are you talking about the fitness in basic training or do they conduct their fitness like that in the PJFT as well?
@@JakeGchannel Pjft is quite different, they won’t expect you to do the bleep test (as you already know), but more when you do your 2.4k on the treadmill, you cannot touch the sides or stop, or if you do you get a maximum of 2 times before failure. When you do your pjft it will just be you in a civilian gym with a civilian gym personal trainer to do your test who is trained for it, on the pjft they aren’t to strict on posture but it’s more if you can do it, on the actual fitness test during phase 1 (on day 2), is how I said. So what I said it for the fitness test at the beginning of your phase 1 training.
Eats heaps of carbs ,salt and water the day before you do it. It will increase youre endurance substantially
THat's my plan in a nut shell whether I'll eat tons of carbs is a maybe but defo increase fat and protein.
@@JakeGchannel don't eat fat and protein the day before. Carbs the day before and the day off. And salt . No fat and protein dude
@@SevenCostanza Why's that?
Is it worth getting a PT just to run a mock test with you before?
You’ll be suprised how well you can do when the adrenaline kicks in!
Yeah I have a friend that I've known from going to the gym who's a PT and he's the one who sort of fine tuned my circuit training more and that has defo helped!
@@JakeGchannel you’ll smash it, doing way more prep then I did for my one 🤣 see you on the other side
@@itsrichard1315 Sounds good!
Hey Jake, I’m still TMU due to the toe they want me to do a procedure on it rather than risk it getting worse due to the demanding training and stuff within the RAF, do you know how long you get to be in TMU, she told me a year before u gotta redo everything and that’s the last thing I want that would be a nightmare or was u told anything different whilst you was in TMU? About the length you can be in that
Do you have an ingrown nail? I have them naturally but had the surgery when I was 18/19 and haven't had problems since. I'm not sure if they would pull your applications did she say you'll have to wait a year before applying? I might be reading it wrong. When I was TMU they said 3/4 months unless there is legit progress (I.e medical documents have been sent and waiting for approval would count as legit). Hope this helps.
P.S If it is the ingrown nail I've recommend everyone to get it anyway luckily I have a great private chiropodists near me which sorted my toe out in a month (meaning from surgery to fully healed).
@@JakeGchannel Not as such but it’s showing signs of getting there and need the surgery otherwise it will get 10x worse kinda swelling around it etc, sorry I worded that wrong, she said I have until January so basically a year to clear the medical otherwise I’ll have to start the process again but I’m not sure how accurate that is as in my portal I got an attachment saying they assess it after 3 months and if it’s not clear could be pulled off, yeah I’m gonna get it done I’m seeing my GP to get a second opinion then he can refer me to a specialist podiatrist or something they said, they recommended 3 months recovery too after the surgery but I’m almost certain it doesn’t always take that long
Best of luck for the 20th too mate I’m sure you’ll smash it 👊
@@epicmafia2046 Yeah that sounds about right and similar to my application but hopefully it all works out good for you. Do keep us updated on how your application progresses and thank you :)
@@JakeGchannel Will do mate, should be alright just abit disappointed about the setback but oh well that’s life ay
@@epicmafia2046 That's the way but what comes good never comes easy :)
Mate, coming from someone in the RAF already. Stop the full body workouts, u need to run way more
is that because of the PJFT? or does the BRTC involve quite a lot of running?
@@jstgtbttr both mate, the strength side to everything is definitely the easier part. Run as much as you can and a week before the PJFT rest. Circuits are great and everything but I advise to mainly concentrate on running
@@mufadzi3660 I have been running quite a bit more and have noticed a difference but the whole body is more conditioning than strengthening even though those two seem to entwine they don't. For example, when I do the sled pulls my heart is racing out of my chest when I combine weighted walking lunges. It's all to get my heart rate up under stress while focusing on maintaining my breathing so I can improve as breathing is my weakest point. The muscle gained from that is more a plus than a goal. I didn't really state this in the video when I should of done.
But yes getting those shoes on and focus on running is defo the way to go for the majority of everyone. I hope your career is going well :)
The pft is literally basic fitness. Fat guys can pass it
That's great to know I guess?