The full selection process involves an entry medical; fitness test; online psychometric test; recruitment interview and attestation
Katie Mellett and Conor Capplis of The Irish Times take the Defence Forces induction fitness test under the guidance of Sgt Ross Hayden at the Curragh Camp, Co Kildare. Photograph: Bryan O’Brienthat each applicant needs to complete. . Here is how they got on:
Olympian David Gillick: ‘I coach children. It can be hard dealing with parents ... some get so caught up on results’Ross walks us through some warm-up exercises and demonstrates the correct form for the induction fitness test: 20 press-ups in a minute; 20 sit-ups in a minute; and a 2.4km run. I’ve been practising my press-ups, but like the Garda test before I buckle at the last hurdle: 17 press-ups. Usually a recruit would stop there, but as we’ve come all this way, we give the other bits a go.
As I take part in the induction fitness test, The Curragh sees the good, the bad and the ugly. The good was when I completed 30 press-ups, 13 more than Conor, might I add – even if they were modified ones. The bad was most definitely when I failed to do a single sit-up correctly, not my proudest moment. And the ugly was the 2.4km run with hills, wind and sun all at once.
After that we head to the starting point of the 2.4km run. Conor had casually mentioned that he ran the Dublin Marathon last year. I knew I would have my work cut out for me.
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