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How to Earn More Money in Basic Training by Michael Volkin, teacher at Basic Training University and author of The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook: Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Surviving Boot Camp, both available at www.UltimateBasicTraining.com

Due to the success of my book, I have spoken to thousands of recruits and countless drill sergeants about basic training. Many recruits aren’t aware that if they do a good job in basic training they can earn awards and get promoted faster. Of course, getting promoted means more money. Therefore, I bring you the top five tips you should know before you arrive at boot camp. These tips will earn you higher rank and more money in the military.

Top 5 tips you should know to earn a promotion faster:

5) Fitness
Nearly every recruit I talk to is not prepared for the physical aspect of basic training. In basic training, you are not going to spend an hour a day in the gym doing bench presses and leg squats. The exercises you do will most likely be exercises you have never heard of (i.e. donkey kicks, mountain climbers, ski jumpers, etc). Also, basic training runs usually consist of wind sprints and other exercises where the speed and direction of the run changes quickly and frequently. Therefore, your jog around the block at your house is doing little good for preparation purposes.

To prepare for basic training you need to prepare your muscles (and your mind) for basic training type exercises. Believe me, when you get to basic training, your muscles will thank you for the preparation. All the other recruits will be having calf cramps and muscle soreness and you will be sleeping like a baby. Check out the famous 8-week basic training fitness routine in The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook (www.UltimateBasicTraining.com).

4) Understanding Drill Sergeants
Drill sergeants will undoubtedly treat you like you have never been treated before. They clearly don’t want to be your friend, they don’t want to make you feel warm and fuzzy and they certainly don’t want you to feel like you’re at home. There are however, ways to deal with drill sergeants that won’t drive you crazy. Remember, drill sergeants don’t personally hate you. They have a very short time to turn you from civilian to soldier. The basic training process needs to jar you mentally. If your drill sergeant calls you dumb, ugly, and stupid, etc., don’t think twice about the comment. They are testing you to see if you are fit to be a soldier. Drill sergeants are always testing you, even when you think they are not. Remember basic training is a mental game. The recruits who fail overwhelmingly do so because they can’t handle the mental stress, not the physical stress.

3) Know Before You Go
When you arrive at basic training, you will receive what’s called a “smart book.” It will contain tons of detailed information including the phonetic alphabet, marching procedures, military traditions, and more. Often a recruit has trouble absorbing all this information in such a short time. Do you know your phonetic alphabet, your general orders, how to read military time, and the soldiers code? If not, memorize this information before even seeing a drill sergeant.

2) Prepare Yourself Mentally
This is the number one reason recruits fail basic training. Many people think the lack of physical preparation would be the number one reason. However, mentally preparing yourself for basic training is more important than the previous four reasons, combined. Why? If you’re prepared for basic training mentally everything else will fall into place. You won’t mind waking up at 5 a.m. to do road marches or buff the barracks floor. Your mind will be clear and focused on a single goal, for you to graduate. By preparing properly you can even achieve rank and higher pay faster. Three days before you leave for basic training, I suggest you set your alarm to wake you up for 4:30am in the time zone that you will be attending basic training at. Don’t just wake up and watch TV either, go for a brisk walk or light jog followed by some easy stretching. This gets your muscles and mind ready for early morning workouts.

1) Respond with confidence
When a drill sergeant asks you a question, be sure to respond with confidence. Responding with a hearty “yes drill sergeant” will show your drill sergeant you are paying attention and you are motivated. Exclaim your response loudly, with minimum words and with authority. Any other type of response will show weakness.

Following the above tips will certainly help you prepare for basic training, thus making it easier for you to get promoted and earn more money. Good luck!

As both a fitness guru for military soldiers and a workout fanatic, I was somewhat dissapointed in my long anticipated recent purchase of Wii Fit. Overall, I give the Wii Fit a 6 out of 10. Most of those 6 points comes from the creativity of the games designers. However, Wii Fit falls short of many of my anticipations. Here are a few:

1) When you first turn on the game, you are asked to create a profile of yourself. The Wii Fit balance board takes your weight and body mass index (BMI). Then, the "fitness instructor" asks you to select a goal for yourself. For example, you are asked how much weight you want to lose in a certain period of time. The only real benefit I have noticed of entering this information is for tracking and statistical purposes. Wii Fit should have added a section to the game called "diet". Fitness is only half (if not less) of the battle of weight loss. Eating properly is very important to weight loss. In fact, if you incorporate the strength training in the Wii Fit game you may actually gain muscle. Muscle weighs about 3 times more than fat, so I can imagine some dedicated Wii Fit users may not see their weight drop as expected and not understand why. Although the BMI would reflect your increased muscle mass, many people wouldnt understand that ratio change between weight loss and BMI. In conclusion, Wii Fit had a great opportunity to add a diet section to their game where they guide the user on what meals to eat. They could have even incorporated recipes!

2) I was dissapointed to learn there was no calorie counter in the Wii Fit game. In the game, you have the choice of doing various aerobics, strength training, balance games, etc, why leave out calorie count? The game knows what exercises you are doing and could easily incorporate how many calories you have burned during a certain segment.

3) There is no real "guidance" in the game". The user sets his/her goals and the fitness instructor guides you with each exercise, but with each "workout" the user is left in the dark as to where to go next to keep the workout going. The user is left asking himself/herself "Did I get enough of a workout? "Do I need to work out more?, "What should I do next". It would have been nice if Wii Fit programed the instructor to take the user through actual workouts (i.e. 1 hour workouts, 30 mintes, etc). Much like a cardio machine in the gym. Most cardio machines have programs based on the kind of workout you would like (i.e. aerobic, strength training, manual etc)

4) As a fitness instructor, I will tell you from experience the best workouts I have completed over the years were those in which competition was involved. With Wii Fit, you can only play 1 player at a time. I would imagine the level of exercise would increase dramatically if more than one player could compete with each other.

Let me recap, all in all I think the game is very entertaining and I will continue to use it on a daily bases (especially the yoga). However, I hope Nintendo comes out with a Wii Fit 2 and addresses its shortcomings.