<p>well that all depends… some people get stuck on PEP and never get off.
there was a kid in my class plebe year that failed the PFA every time because he was a slow runner… he quit because he was so fed up with it.
it’s all important… mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, etc… you can’t neglect any part of it! they all work together. i’m going to copy paste something from a thread from a few months ago. </p>
<p>"here’s the truth of the matter: as a guy, if you’re only pulling those numbers, you’ve already marked yourself. don’t turn in those scores if you feel that you can do better in the next little bit. </p>
<p>i don’t like being the bearer of bad news, but it seems as though you’ve tried to segregate the mental, emotional, and physical aspects into separate realms… here’s the truth:
they’re all lumped into one. </p>
<p>i thought the same thing at first. it’s easy to think that until you’ve seen how it really is at KP.</p>
<p>you’re constantly exhausted from one thing or another, your girlfriend will break up with you and cause all sorts of emotional junk, and you’re slammed with twice as many classes as any of your civilian school buddies, all while being constantly slammed by the regiment. they all build on each other, if you’re weak in any of those areas, you will suffer in all of them. </p>
<p>true, only getting one pull-up won’t be the end of the world, but it shows a lack of understanding in the interconnected nature of these aspects. if you want to test your mental fortitude, go for a 10 mile run. not a jog, but a run. if you want to test your emotional fortitude, join a team sport and sink all your effort into a game, regatta, meet, etc…and see how emotionally wrecked you are if you lose or fall short. if you want to test your physical endurance, join EMS and run calls with an ambulance from 1800 to 0600. </p>
<p>so you see, these aspects are not separate, they all work together. the people at KP that review your folder know this. i think the biggest concern i see in your explainations is this… “i’m going to work my butt off…” attitude. why haven’t you been up to this point? don’t have that attitude, if you want KP, then you should be saying “i’ve been working my butt off, i’m not there yet, but i’m giving it my best every day.”</p>
<p>sure, every mid at KP struggles with maintaining this attitude, let’s face it–it’s not easy to stay that motivated. however, as we progressed through school: indoc into plebedom, from plebes to DIs, from DIs to 3/C, into Sea Year, etc… we have more behind us to motivate us. with my first Sea Year behind me it’s given me the hard-headedness to not let it drop now… i have too much invested in this place to let it get the best of me. </p>
<p>bottom line is, if you want it, go get it. </p>
<p>now."</p>
<p>it is not directly related, but it’s close enough… don’t let your PT drop while you’re here… it keeps you mentally sharp.
in the words of the beloved Master Sergeant Hauser, “Kill bodies”</p>