Entrance Questions

woobla1 · Post by **woobla1** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:47 pm

Hi guys

just wondering from ppl who have 'stepped forward' or more to the point ran 10.1 on the beep test forward some specifics.

1. When they give you a date for physical can it be put off, or postponed? if so how long ? (Say I have an ankle injury)

2. Do you know if flat feet are an inhibitor? If you have right shoes etc.

3. Where is the physical conducted ? e.g if its in a hot gym on a 40c day I can perhaps do some prep work for it?.

Thats about it for now.

Thankyou.

Post by **playworth** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:51 pm

just to laugh at that question. my bet is number 3

woobla1 · Post by **woobla1** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:51 am

playworth wrote:just to laugh at that question. my bet is number 3

mine too, but anyone who has done would appreciate your info

.

Schism_ · Post by **Schism_** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:05 pm

I don't see why It can't be postponed, they let people come back about a week after if they don't get it the first time. The one about flat feet I've no idea about, and they conduct the physical in a smallish gym at the Academy with lines specifically painted for the test, I made the mistake of wearing track pants on a freezing day, then going in and doing it, never again!

singkenten · Post by **singkenten** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:33 pm

you are able to defer your physical for as long as you require. I put mine back for three weeks due to injury without issue. Flat feet should be no reason not to reach 10.1. The beep test isn't a 'true' beep test either as there are safe lines marked so you are permitted to fall short, it just means you need to make the next beep. As said before the beep test is in a small gym. They also have two industrial fans going while you run. Also don't be too quick to gloss over the other elements of the physical. In the group I was in 18 started - 3 were out at the sit-up, 9 out on the beep test, 1 out on the blank fire, and 2 more out on the strength element, which left just 3 of us.

woobla1 · Post by **woobla1** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:41 pm

singkenten wrote:you are able to defer your physical for as long as you require. I put mine back for three weeks due to injury without issue. Flat feet should be no reason not to reach 10.1. The beep test isn't a 'true' beep test either as there are safe lines marked so you are permitted to fall short, it just means you need to make the next beep. As said before the beep test is in a small gym. They also have two industrial fans going while you run. Also don't be too quick to gloss over the other elements of the physical. In the group I was in 18 started - 3 were out at the sit-up, 9 out on the beep test, 1 out on the blank fire, and 2 more out on the strength element, which left just 3 of us.

Thank you. So do they then run physicals like every week? Sounds like a lot of people apply if they are weekly.

singkenten · Post by **singkenten** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:17 am

yeah physicals are held every Monday. Not so much a lot of applicants, more just a lot of very unfit applicants - there were only about 5 of us doing it for the first time!