Resources to prep for the academy?

[Tacit Blue]

Get insanity dvd's. do push-ups and burpees 3-4 times a week until the academy. Start running. Everything else will come into place with time in the academy

1+ on Insanity. I've lost 2-3 " off my waist the program is amazing. It's identical to most of the PT in the academy, if not it exceeds it. Most of the PT is crossfit and plyometrics or cardio. Instead of suffering during PT if you complete the Insanity program, you'll end up enjoying it. Insanity helps with your core. Eventually you can do both Insanity and p90x known as a " hybrid program" what I'm doing now.

I remember during our PT test a recruit in the Army reserves was cranking out unbelievable amount of sit ups like 70+. He mentioned " Insanity helped me do this", the TO's were impressed by his fitness level.

[ssteve]

Steve, I'm prepping for an academy in January. I'm getting some info together from a friend who just went through. I'll send you a pm with the info when I get it.

That would be awesome and very much appreciated. Thanks in advance as well.

[ssteve]

I'm not super concerned with the pt, and know how to train. I'm ramping up my constant stuff like squats and push-ups by setting a clock for the hour and alternating each hour. Then as I progress ill be going to half hour intervals while I'm at work. I live just over a mile from my gym so my day starts by running there and then a hi rep/low weight routine and a run home where I sprint then job in intervals. My day off work is a five mile loop with four hill sprints, or a spin class for an hour.

[Lugiahua]

1+ on Insanity. I've lost 2-3 " off my waist the program is amazing. It's identical to most of the PT in the academy, if not it exceeds it. Most of the PT is crossfit and plyometrics or cardio. Instead of suffering during PT if you complete the Insanity program, you'll end up enjoying it. Insanity helps with your core. Eventually you can do both Insanity and p90x known as a " hybrid program" what I'm doing now.

I remember during our PT test a recruit in the Army reserves was cranking out unbelievable amount of sit ups like 70+. He mentioned " Insanity helped me do this", the TO's were impressed by his fitness level.

Are we talking about this series? My friends and I are thinking about CrossFit


I can run a mile under 8 mins, do 54 pushup in two minutes, over 75 situp in two minutes. Should I be worry about PTs?

[Tacit Blue]

Yup thats it. Imagine him being your TO lol. 8 mile/min is excellent pace. Most of the fat bodies did like 10 to 12 mile/min.

Your more than good if what you say is true about your numbers. Get the regular version if insanity, not " fast n furious".

Most people fail to realize what nutrition needs their bodies require, most academies with the PT burn like 2000+ calories. Each session is usually like 500-600 (based off insanity). I remember one guy told me he had a " sugar cookie this morning" then from 7:00 to 8:00+ we were doing pt getting smoked. He didn't fare to well. Pack your own meals everyday. And look at the " Harris benedict equation" which will tell you how much calorie intake you need for energy per day.

At our academy we were attached to a community college. The recruits and myself were guilty of eating that horrible garbage at the schools caffeteria. I remember they had mexican food one day, and I thought to myself " this is going to suck" we had PT after lunch my stomach was jacked up.

Best advice I can give you is don't cheat your bodies nutrition needs or you will pay for it..

[Lugiahua]

Yup thats it. Imagine him being your TO lol. 8 mile/min is excellent pace. Most of the fat bodies did like 10 to 12 mile/min.

Your more than good if what you say is true about your numbers. Get the regular version if insanity, not " fast n furious".

I was an Army ROTC cadet earlier in college (had to drop due to school conflict)
and they think those number were" not good enough"
(8min a mile was actually a barely passing for my age group.)

How often and how long did you usually run in academy? did you run on flat tracks, around campus or cross-country?

I was struggling with nutrition too, until I made a few friends in Kinesiology.

[Tacit Blue]

The Army fitness standards are tougher than POST. But in our academy those times were from our first run around the track, most of us had pt prior to the run. The TO's put the runs usually at the end of the day, which contributed to the poor times. We were barley hanging on. The furthest run in ours is 8-9 miles around a lake which is required to complete in order to graduate. But it's a gradual incline in fitness, they wouldn't slam you with the lake run before assessing the classes fitness levels first.

I mean I remember the girls had it the worst on the "grinder" or "quad" which is a assembly area. Half of them couldn't do a push up without resting on their knees. The TO would come up and give them a ear full. Hell, half the guys had the same issue also. Group punishment is another fun game they'll play. One person screws up on I.E. facing movements, they'd bring you up front and have everybody yell "thanks recruit x" and you'd run up the stairs till your knees felt like their going to explode.

[Armed24-7]

I have until april to prep on my own for the academy, and after reading as much as I can, I am convinced I need to work on report writing, as well as several other things academically. So I would like to see if anyone here could pass on some resources for me to get started?

Which department will you be joining?

The most important thing you can do to prepare for the academy is physical training, mainly upper body strength and endurance. Get in a lot of cardio!

Report writing is something that will be very difficult to prepare for ahead of the academy. Every department's report forms and styles of writing are quite different. If you are good with spelling and clean printing, you are ahead of the game. Report writing is something that you will learn in the academy and through additional training after the academy.

What I learned after going through the academy, then working the jails, then going to patrol is; Every training officer you have will want you to write his way. My style of writing reports has become a hybrid of my style, a few old supervisors, and two training officers. Just make sure you are good with spelling, punctuation, and basic high school english. Report writing is not rocket science

Go on some ride alongs and ask a lot of questions.

[ssteve]

Putting myself through, but would ideally like to end up at one of the sheriffs dept in the Bay Area. If I was to go to a pd I would prefer SF. With that said I know I would enjoy starting my career anywhere that would give me the opportunity.

[NorCalXJ]

Went on ride along the other day and officer said SRJC academy is more academic oriented, but you should also be in good shape.