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konnery

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Hello,
I recently accepted my appointment to NAPS, and I had some questions about the weigh in. I have a lot of trouble loosing weight, but I am making a strong effort with cardio, nutrition, amd fasting. I'm F 5'6'' and need to make 163 lbs maximum. I was wondering what happens if you don't fit the weight standards on induction day??
 
My guess is nothing. You will lose weight during Indoc. If your family has the means, I would highly suggest you find a nutritionist. They can help you work on what foods work best for you. Also when it’s best to eat and what to eat, when. Also to help as you move on to NAPS, make the best choices for you when options are limited. Maybe even conference in with them when you get out of Indoc and review menus together. Weight control is not something you want to deal with throughout your Midshipmen time. It makes infinitely harder and more stressful. USNA does have a nutritionist on staff to help Mids and definitely a place you want to start with when you get there. Not sure if NAPS has one or not. Good luck!
 
The NAPS staff spends most of its time trying to make sure those that show up day 1 will graduate and move on. They bend over backwards trying to keep you there and on track,

I have never heard of anyone showing up at naps on day 1 and being sent home for weight issues.
 
You know if they did start sending all those home who were above normal weight standards I would bet naps would hear quickly from the O and D line coaches at the USNA :)
 
It’s 1200 dollars, but Navy wrestling has seal elite wrestling camp scheduled this summer. It’s intense and I guarantee ya will lose considerable weight there. My DS
Dropped 20 pounds between summer seminar and seal elite camp…over
A 2 week span. I believe it’s safe to say that seal elite was responsible for most of it,
I can’t say enough about, if you won’t quit, how life changing wrestling practices
Are in regards to but not limited to weight management. It’s common to lose 8-10 pounds of water weight in a 2
Hour session.
 
Thank you all so much. I'm going to USNA in part for boxing so hopefully that helps as well as my training progresses. I was just very concerned because in the letter to mids it said that if we did not make weight on induction day we could be at risk of being sent home.
 
konnery said:
Thank you all so much. I'm going to USNA in part for boxing so hopefully that helps as well as my training progresses. I was just very concerned because in the letter to mids it said that if we did not make weight on induction day we could be at risk of being sent home.
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My oldest (Mid) was a wrestler and football player. He actually had an AMI for a neck taping. Solid muscle, but weighed heavy. I would think this could be similar, as a boxer?? Idk.

If you had your DODMERB exam, and weigh what you currently weigh, and they were concerned with your weight, I would think it would have been addressed already?

Or are you saying that NAPS has told you, that you must get down to to 163? How much are you trying to cut? If you are in boxing shape, you may fall into a similar situation as my son.

I guess if i were you, I would want to be clear in the expectation before cutting weight. If you are a boxer (similar to wrestlers, football players, etc), and bulky from being ‘in season’, there may be differing standards (ie a taping measure) to define lean muscle weight, from ‘fat’.
 
Here at NAPS, people will work with you if you don't make the weight standards. If you're over the weight on the scale, you will be taped and if when you're taped, you're still not in standards, you'll be put into remedials. Remedials are just a scheduled workout during sports period during the ac year. The rough part about this is that if you pass the PRT, but fail the weight standard, its written down as a fail. NAPS also has a nutritionist available during the school year you can work with.
 
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