Snaketnk said:
You were not injured by being pushed too hard on WFT (New less offensive name for RFT, I guess their feelings were getting hurt...). Most of the fitness training that they do on WFT is at your own pace; using heart rate monitors so you can monitor and adjust your level of effort.
As to it being "hell" compared to BMQ: wrong again. Inspections are sporradic and easy at worst, you have little to no work to do at night, and the collective PT you do is at a very slow pace compared to what you'll see on course.
WFT is a great program if you're serious about being in the Military and are willing to put forth the drive and effort to succede. They'll give you all the help that you could ever need to get in shape. To any prospective candidates: I urge you to ignore this horror story.
Well, here I go again...
I was on RFT, when it was still RFT and I passed my PT test February 2008 so maybe things have changed...
1) PT at your own pace, I'll agree to that to the point that PT on platoon is at your own pace as well, people aren't going to be able to do any more than they are able to do and at what pace they can do. Let me tell you that the 2 rucksack marches and 1 time through the obstacle course each week on RFT was not at our pace, it was at the PO's pace. Phase 1 did webbing marches while later phases did the ruck marches.
2) Hell compared to BMQ...I found RFT harder than platoon. In the sense of the stress of if you are going to be broken on RFT (I ended up with stress fractures in my foot on RFT but blazed through the pain), if you would pass the PT test or get kicked out of the military. The PT was HARD on RFT but yes you had to also push yourself too. I would say PT was different on platoon in the sense that RFT did not do morning runs; however, the 2 hours of cardio in the afternoon normally took care of that. Inspections were on the same schedule as platoon's with the WO occasionally doing platoon commander inspections and I can tell you when I was there inspections on RFT were much harder than my platoon's ever were. Our instructors pushed to have us beyond ready for platoon and they did a great job. As for at night, just as much free time on platoon as on RFT, only I know I spent a whole lot more time in the laundry room on RFT as we went through 2-3 sets of pt clothes a day.
So, that is my wading into the topic. I do not know the workings of the new WFT program, I heard that PAT platoon and RFT have joined somehow? But all I can say is that the old RFT program worked well, except for people getting broken. Mind you that is not entirely the staff's fault, you get people on training who have not been training and there are sure to be some injuries. Knees, aches, backs, etc. Tigerbalm is a wonderful thing though and got me through many rough nights. Yes, I was one of the ones in RFT on the 12th floor having to run up and down the stairs 6-10 times a day.