does size matter

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"don't matter. No matter how light you pack, it still sucks. No matter how you cushion the straps and waistbelt, it still sucks. Been doin' it for a decade now...it still sucks. You don't have to like it, you just have to do it. If it were easy, anybody could do this. It ain't, and they can't. Like the commercial said: Just do it."

thats the motivation i like hearing!...just do it and you make an awsome point if it were easy, anybody could do this!!!!

and TCBF same to you

"If you work and train as a team, and utilize each other's strenghths, size does'nt matter at all."

 

[TCBF]

To answer your other question a rucksack typically weighs in at 23 KGs. plus you have to carry a fully loaded C-7 @ 3.84 KGs for a grand total of 26.84 KGs of kit for the BFT.

 

[qor556]

To answer your other question a rucksack typically weighs in at 23 KGs. plus you have to carry a fully loaded C-7 @ 3.84 KGs for a grand total of 26.84 KGs of kit for the BFT.

Plus the weight of the TV too...

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Sorry, I can't resist. "Does size matter?" All the girls I've met say no,.......... but I think most of them lie.   ;D

Seriously though. I'm 5'8", kinda overweight, 51 years old, can't run for shit. However, I can ruck all day, without breaking a sweat, and no blisters. Depends on your physiology. Some are built for fight, some are built for flight. You don't have a choice in the genes you were dealt. Do the best with what you got and quit worrying about it or meeting someone else's standard. The standards set by the CF are attainable by everyone, no matter their build. All you gotta do is work at it. If you can't meet them, it's your problem. Not theirs.

 

[BDTyre]

I'm probably one of the smaller guys in my unit, although it looks like a fair number of the new guys aren't much bigger.  Even being new and small, no one seemed to notice.

 

[Tbird]

Well if I was around people that were short or skinny etc I really wouldn't notice either. But if one of them starts flapping their arms and clucking like a chicken....well I might notice them then  lol

 

[PARAMEDIC]

IF THE MIND FAILS, THE BODY WILL FOLLOW.

Im 5' nothing, a 100 and nothing, sharp as a thistle, clean as a whistle best in all of west minster..lol

 

[Island Ryhno]

5'10" 280lbs, for basic and QL3 I carried a guy and his rucksack (about 3 months, F**ker) when we did ruck marches. When we did morning pt he outran everybody. Physiology and mental stamina have a lot to do with, run 5k pfft, more like crawl and vomit the whole way for me. But I will not stop ever, in my head I say "I am the biggest and strongest, somebody else can be the fastest. I am the one who will be called upon to carry my buddy out of danger" I also have two favorite quotes on quitting. "When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath - or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God's help!" Friedrich von Schiller and "Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit." Napolean Hill.

 

[DogOfWar]

Your poll leaves out the very fast strong guys over 180. In my experience(IN MY EXPERIENCE) the more robust did better. However I can recall one or more tiny dudes who kept up out of sheer stubborness. Id much rather drink with them.

 

[quebecownage]

sorry cant answer the last one,not in yer,

But look, i'm 5"6' 130lbs and i can lift 150 % of my weight. and did the "qualif" 2.4k run in 11m.16

so i was asking myself ,only on the PHYSICAL side am i fit for BMQ?

 

[BDG.CalgHighrs]

Being obnoxiously competative and stubborn is helpful too, I find. It's easy to find that little extra bit of energy if it means beating buddy on the PT test, or not letting one of those "stronger" !@#!s leave you behind.

On course it's porbably a good idea to be quietly competaive, though.

 

[025]

  I'm not a big guy at all, i weigh about 150 and i could do more chin ups, push ups and sit ups then anyone in my platoon when i started BMQ last year, but the only time I saw my master corperal actualy impressed with me was when i ran to the point where i fell to my knees, puked my guts out then got up and finished the run at the front of the pack.. it doesnt matter if your mr america, they want to see you pushed to the point where you break down.. and if you can pick yourself back up and finish, then you will do well

 

[DEVES]

I am 5'9 and 150 pounds I run 4.3 km in 15-20 min everyday before I go to bed. Did I add I also run with a ruck with 50 pounds. It sucks when you start but For me its only been getting better. I don't have the pain of skin missing off my lower back from the pack going up and down over it. I think if you want to do it you can. Ive also noticed a good pair of runners will help to make your run more enjoyable.

And Ive noticed it doesn't hurt to run with some tunes once in awhile!!