What sports are good before joining a military branch?

paper_pandas: What sports are good before joining a military branch?
So you probably know from my questions, I want to be in the Marines. I use to play sports, football for 2 years. Then I quit. Should I sign up for football again? I wanna get in shape. Another sport I wanna try out is Karate. I never tried it but it looks really fun. But i dont know if its a sport. And wrestling, I hate it. Never liked it. So which do you think is bettar, Football or Karate?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Kkie Xlw
climbing？

Answer by James Gingerich
Both would be good in physical conditioning. I would say the ideal would be karate with maybe cross-country or track with a good regiment of weight lifting. I imagine this would put you in perfect cardiovascular and strength condition, and karate would offer mental discipline and attentiveness.

Answer by Al Bundy Jr.
wanna? bettar?
Don’t call yourself SGT Rezzano, YOU haven’t earned the title, yet!
also, Marines have shorter hair than your avatar!

Use your Fleshlight to work out with!!!

Answer by daSVgrouch
running builds stamina – do it while carrying something around 40 lbs in weight – then a lot of calisthenics like push ups, crunches, sit ups, pull ups, some weights – spend at least two hours a day mixing it up – p90x is a good training regimen, but double the daily dose

Answer by George I
karate is good but id take football cuz you have to run with a weight on and that will help in boot camp

Answer by Tom
Football and Karate are totally different. Football is a vigorous competitive team sport. Karate is an individual sport. Football season is over. Basketball season is just getting underway. The Spring sport of Lacrosse is the ultimate team sport. Rugby and Crew are other Spring sports.
West Point offers some guidance. See “Physical Preparation” at this link:

Good Luck!