I cannot give you the definitive answer, but if this is a normal weight for you and for your frame, I wouldn’t worry too much.I am an incoming plebe sitting at 93/94 pounds, but the minimum weight listed on my chart is 97 for my height. How big of an issue would this be?
You are an “aspiring naval aviator (who happens to be a woman).”As an aspiring female aviator, I have definitely read a lot about the WASPs and have a lot of respect for them
Message for the Plebe to be:Go to the sporting goods store and get 4 pounds of lead sinkers from the fishing department and put them in your pockets before you step on that scale.
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... maybe just eat a Subway Steak Sandwich with a large coke + 2 chocolate chip cookies.Or stuff yourself with a bunch of old filets ......
.Message for the Plebe to be:
Do not enter a fishing competition and stuff your fish with lead sinkers because if caught you could end up in jail. It will look weird in your SF 86 and the federal investigator will have a field day.
^ This .... Keep in mind, USNA is not looking for reasons to turn people away on I Day -- you made it through DODMERB and were determined physically qualified. Don't think twice about it..you will have plenty of other things to be nervous about next week,I cannot give you the definitive answer, but if this is a normal weight for you and for your frame, I wouldn’t worry too much.
My son went in like a thin runner. Graduated like a safety being on endurance team.During Basic I gained about 20 pounds. I had a runners build going in, came out looking like a linebacker.
Took me a year to get back down to endurance athlete weight!
I had the opposite outcome. Somebody didn't happen to tell me that early summer may not be the best time to show up at Parris Island. I wasn't heavy by any means, but I left P.I. 5'11/139 lbs. I looked like I had just escaped a POW camp at graduation.During Basic I gained about 20 pounds. I had a runners build going in, came out looking like a linebacker.
Took me a year to get back down to endurance athlete weight!
Eating more would certainly make you weigh more; specifically, more protein would add muscle. And, more muscle increases the weight you can lift, and to a point, the reps you can do with your bodyweight...I am an incoming plebe sitting at 93/94 pounds, but the minimum weight listed on my chart is 97 for my height. How big of an issue would this be?
Congrats! I’m so excited for the incoming class and their families. It is an experience to be sure and one in a class of its own.I am an incoming plebe sitting at 93/94 pounds, but the minimum weight listed on my chart is 97 for my height. How big of an issue would this be?