Watkins Shepard 30-Day Training

hi lynch, THANKS ya my last days at the school I was working on my "floating the gears " shifting I did ALOT of city and freeway driving and only using the clutch to leave the stop lights so I got a pretty good handle on the shifting.
BY "routines" I had mentioned---- when u were doing your 30 day u had posted alot of detailed info - I was just wonering if u were doing the same on the road.
ya the volvos dont have as big of a bunk as the freightshakers, and no matter what job you ever have there are times when u dont think u ar making enough money.. lol take care

 

ya I was told w/s is low on trucks -(so to speak) and that when I finish my 10 day in Jan that I might get a rental truck for starters

 

Thanks Lynch...appreciate that. I SOOOO can't wait until school starts. I've been having dreams of shifting and floating gears, so I must be ready to get out there....only a few weeks to go for me to get going on training, then before I know it it will be over I'm sure and I'll be headed for Missoula.

About that Volvo Lynch....you promised pictures some time ago. Get on it buddy!!

 

So I had to go to do my HPE (Human Performance Evaluation) /agility test yesterday at a physical rehab center here In Los Angeles- all this time I was thinking it was some cheesy "box lifting " class that I would blow through and be out in a few minutes - WOW was I wrong, and dont get me wrong I am in pretty decent shape, not overweight, healthy, and very active - But I walked out of there with jelly legs after the 50 MINUTE series of tests......SOooooo becasue I have read posts of posters (including me) wondering what was done at the test so I thought I would tell you what I had to do:
1- another pee test
2- move head side to side and up and down
3- hand squeeze test on this machine that would measure squeeze pressure
4- hold arms out to side , then make "goal posts" up and down
5- stand on each leg for 15 seconds
6- twisting back and forth - to test range of motion
7- take double steps (huge steps)up a platform and back down in one motion 5 times - (up and down are 1)
8- lift a milk crate with 70 pounds squatting postion to waste level 5 times
9- lift a milk crate with 40 pounds squatting postion to chest level 5 times
10- lift a milk crate with 40 pounds from squatting to a comfortable positon and hold
10A- hold a 10 pound weight at chest level and do 15 squats
10B - lift 70 pounds in a milk crate to comfortable postion and walk 25' out and back
11- crawl on hands and knees- 15' out and back 15'
12- walk on treadmill for 5 minutes at 2.5 mph
13- bend over touch your toes repeatadly for 3 minutes
14- raise your arms (like liftin a box) and back down repaeatedly for 3 minutes
15 - SQUATS for 3 minutes- thats a lot of repetetive squats lol especially after doing the 40 and 70 and 10 pound lifting squats--- this is the crouching part of the test- I thought it would be crouching and staying there - wrong i was !!
16- bend to side to side and to the back each side continuosly for 3 minutes....

I know I am missing a couple things but you get the point---LEG STRENGTH is what the test was testing for -- LOL - I think in total I did about 125 squats!! sounds easy ---right---go ahead and try it ---even wiithout the 40-70 and 10 pound weights it is a WORK OUT....lol
IF YOU are going to take the test make sure and practice your SQUATS - granted I am in pretty good shape but I dont have "muscle legs" lol - needless to say I did finish but my legs were a wobblin...

I know there are a couple things that I forgot but thats what I had to do for MY LAST Watkins & Shepard-- prehire tests--- I finished it all and passed with flying colors!! yaa whoo..... Montana here I come...I can taste the snow already ....AND YES my legs are sore today
good luck to any drivers coming into the company --- I know you can do it!!! if you believe - you can achieve !!

 

Ya know, SBD, you've given me a good idea. It's one thing for me to know what might be expected of me (of course, I don't know where I'll be going yet) but it's quite another thing to be able to do what I know. Your post has given me incentive to get off my duff and work toward doing more than read about it and get moving and do it. Thanks for the info!

 

Geesh! thats a lot of squats!! Nobody even said that you had to do it up and down for 3 minutes...I thought it was a static 3 minutes, assume the position and hold it. At least now I know what I have to practice on....I've been getting to the gym, but now I guess I know to hit the squat box a LOT!

Congrats on getting thru it. Hopefully in a month or so, I'll be doing the same thing.

 

Holy cow SBD! I wonder if they gave you the right test? The types of test I have taken test hearing, sight, knees, shoulders, and back. But it doesn't take much to see if someone has a bad knee or back. Thanks for the update and sounds like you can climb Mt. Everest now.

 

Not even your wife? (C'mon Warp, that was too easy - you gotta stop leading with your chin!)

 

oldnewbie---ya get up and get movin' lol - i think the crouch was suppose to be that "stay down" but he had a preprinted sheet that he was going off of that had explanations of each exercise... prepare for the Marine boot camp and maybe u will get a boy scout boot camp lol... being over prepared is never a bad thing.!