Here is my plan. Before I join the infantry and show up for five or whatever weeks of fun in Wainright I should be fit enough for a jump course or Recce Patrolman or whatever, and before I ask for a jump course I should be looking at the minimum JTF standard. Before I test for JTF selection... never mind I'm too old and lazy for that. Problem is I have only a vague notion of a meaningful standard. When I was in only a couple years ago, Everybody you asked had a different standard: Express test level whatever, LFCAPFSDS or whatever it is ruck march and fireman carry, or worse yet, No Standard At All.
What I want is some boasting from people who did the courses last year. How fast can you do 5K, or 10K? How many pushups, sit-ups, chinups can you do? And was the course fun for you or was every morning a horrible puke run.
For example, is 50 pushups still the currency with which battle school students pay for every minor mistake? I remember being assigned 100 pushups for getting caught adjusting my kit during an inspection, and then, because I drew attention to myself, I got a hundred more because the MCpl noticed my boots were dusty. A bit of a challenge for me.