Military training is very different from Bodybuilding. Military focuses on endurance excercises, while Bodybuilding is around heavy lifting weight training with little to no cardio. These goals can conflict, which means young bodybuilders will have to train very differently to prepare themselves for boot camp. Even after bootcamp, you will have to prepare for the periodic military PT excercise tests. Once again, this will mean you will have to leave bodybuilding behind temporarily, in order to prepare for the test.

Boot Camp excercise preperation:

All branches of the military focus around these excercises: Pushups, situps, and running. Marines also do Pullups.

Every military branch, has slightly different requirements for how much you do of each one. Pushups will be done as one long 2 minute set, usually somewhere around 40 reps to pass boot camp. Situps will be similiar in time and rep requirements. Running will depend on the branch anywhere from 1.5 to 3 miles in a certain amount of time.

The best way to train for endurance excercises is to do them more than once a week. If you run only once a week you will never get your running time shortened significantly if it is poor to begin with. You should start doing sets of pushups once a week to get used to them. Once you stop getting sore from doing them, increase it to two times a week. Eventually you should be doing pushups, situps and running 3 times a week. You will need at least 6 months to prepare your body for boot camp.

Good luck and thanks for deciding to defend our country!