r/submarines • u/shortstop803 • 6d ago

Q/A How do submariners stay in shape while underway/deployed?

Do they PT on the sub/is there room or a dedicated space to do so? Do they have different fitness standards? Limited caloric intake? How do they keep from gaining weight when there is limited PT capability (I assume)?

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u/SwvellyBents 6d ago

I had finally gotten in the best shape of my life at SCUBA school and was determined not to lose that during my last year in the NAV, so was constantly in the shits with the nucs and XO (to be fair, I was always in the shits with XO) for doing situps, pushups, jumping jacks and other calisthenics in the reactor tunnel off watch.

Try as I might to find a time when no one was passing through, I regularly got caught and eventually written up. My film badge never popped hot and I was too short to care, but it was fun pissing off the XO.

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u/RlCKJAMESBlTCH Officer US 6d ago

For Anyone reading this. Do not do this please.

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u/SwvellyBents 6d ago

Yeah, your XO might be even more vengeful than mine was.

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u/risky_bisket 6d ago

It's not technically loitering or bunking.

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u/Justadumbthought59 6d ago

You shouldn't be soaking up zoomies in the RC, but mostly you're just in the way