Sea Year Gyms

There may be equipment on some ships but it likely will vary from ship to ship. There is also a guide to sea year physical fitness at Sea Year Health.
 
Most ships have a gym. Some good some not so good. You can always take a run on deck and do pushups and situps in your room.
 
Varies a lot by ship. Keep in mind that you will be working a full time job with few or no days off plus having a ton of sea year projects to work on. It is tough to find time for a regular workout routine.
 
The Gyms on Tankers are pretty nice but you work 12 hour days 7 days a week. $$$. In fact accomodations on tankers are pretty awesome. As a cadet I had a stateroom with a full dayroom couch, desk area wardrobe closet and drawer and private bath. It was way better than my room as a LT in the Navy aboard a destroyer which I shared with 1 or 2 other officers, 3 bunks high with 3 foldout desks and 1 sink.
 
You can always try and get on a Prepo ship at Diego Garcia. That is where a lot of football players tend to go in order to maximize their gym time.
 
TheFoxHound07 said:
I was wondering what kind of equipment do midshipmen have access to during sea year. Thanks!
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As everyone else was saying, equipment is carried depending on the ships. MSC ships tend to have good gyms, as many captains were former military. My MSC ship - for first sailing - had a loaded gym. I got lucky with my second sailing ship having a very nice gym as well, before being banished to a makeshift squat rack at Aft Mooring for my third ship. It all depends. There is time to work out fairly consistently while underway; most cadets use it as a break from projects. Maneuvering is where it gets tricky, but it is possible.
 
Hopefully you will be working enough to where you don't have to work out. I know that as an engine cadet (and later as a licensed engineer) I did get plenty of exercise. I don't recall having any gyms on the ships that I sailed on during Sea Year, but that was over 40 years ago. I have seen some gyms on ships where I had to ride to carry out surveys, but they were hit and miss. On an ATB that I sailed on for several years, we did purchase a rowing machine and placed it in an available space, but it didn't really get much use.
 
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