Brian Stann: Epic Training “The Core of Sports”

Brian Stann: US Marine and SIlver Star recipient

I came across this video of Brian Stann today and I thought it was absolutely worth sharing. Whether you’re currently training for Marine Corps OCS, in the USMC right now, or just weighing your options, this short YouTube video from SBNation will give you motivation to do what you need to do. If you’re not [...]

Fitness Interview with Sgt Melgoza from 300pft.com

Sgt Melgoza

Hey Marine OCS Candidates! We’re here today with a special interview from fitness expert, Sgt Manny Melgoza from 300pft.com. This interview is designed to help you in your physical fitness preparation for Marine Corps Officer Candidates School, so read up thoroughly, especially for those struggling to attain a high PFT score. Without anything further, here [...]

Guest Post: Fartlek Workout

fartlek workout

The following is a guest post from the guys over at OfficerCandidatesSchool.com. It’s an awesome website for Marine Corps OCS preperation and I highly suggest you check it out after you read this article! Some of you have expressed an interest in example workouts. A Fartlek is a very simple workout to understand, and is [...]

Best Supplements for Marine OCS Training

What supplements to take? What to ditch?

Training for Marine Corps Officer Candidate School is a lot different than training as a bodybuilder or even for certain sports. You need a unique set of strengths at Marine OCS and training is vitally important for your success while at Quantico, Virginia. That’s exactly why we’ve listed a few important supplements to think about [...]

USMC Armstrong Pull Up Program

Armstrong Pull Up Program

The Armstrong Pull Up program is well known throughout military workout enthusiasts and Marine Officer Candidates as an excellent way to increase scores in the pull up portion of the Marine PFT. But what is the Armstrong pull up program, who created  it and how will it help you? First off, the Armstrong Pull Up [...]

How to Improve Your Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test (PFT) Score

Ace the Marine PFT

When applying for Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, your physical fitness test (PFT) score is one of the most important parts of getting accepted. We stressed it in our “4 Tips to Getting Accepted to OCS” and we’ll stress it again here, you must have an extremely high Marine Corps PFT score to get in [...]

Stew Smith’s “Marine OCS & TBS Workout”

OCC 208's Initial PFT: Will you be prepared?

One of the biggest aspects of preparing for United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School is physical training. I placed a major emphasis on physical training before I attended Marine OCS and I looked to multiple places for guidance and inspiration. I participated in a variety of CrossFit workouts, long distance runs, heavy weight training, [...]

An OCS Retrospective

An OCS Retrospective from a OCC-208 grad

The following is an awesome retrospective from a recent graduate of OCC-208 under the pen-name “tfo6″. This was originally posted in the MarineOCS.com forums, but I thought it certainly deserved to be shared. Thanks to tfo6 for this 2000+ word OCS retrospective masterpiece, as it is EXTREMELY helpful to anyone currently preparing for Marine OCS. [...]