Stage 4: Medical & Physical

RedmondHR · 07-06-2016 8:30am

Gnr_Iver wrote: »

Thanks for your reply RedmondHR, did you wear a suit to the station aswell? im just in two minds on what to do. As they say, you only have one chance to make a good first impression.

I just wore jeans and a t shirt. I asked the sergeant on the phone and she said that will be more than enough and there is no need to wear a suit. But she might not of cared and you might have one that does care. Be no harm in ringing up just to confirm.

Ashley7777 · 07-06-2016 1:32pm

RedmondHR wrote: »

Got my physical date, anyone else ?

Hey, how long were you waiting between doing your medical and getting your physical date?

RedmondHR · 07-06-2016 5:19pm

Ashley7777 wrote: »

Hey, how long were you waiting between doing your medical and getting your physical date?

16th days. However people who are doing the physical when I do it may of had there media al before me or after me. Good guess is two weeks I think. You do your medical yet ?

Ashley7777 · 07-06-2016 11:39pm

RedmondHR wrote: »

16th days. However people who are doing the physical when I do it may of had there media al before me or after me. Good guess is two weeks I think. You do your medical yet ?

No haven't it done yet have it mid June. Is ur physical on a Saturday? What date is it on? I have flights booked for a holiday I'm hoping it doesn't clash.

RedmondHR · 08-06-2016 8:13am

Ashley7777 wrote: »

No haven't it done yet have it mid June. Is ur physical on a Saturday? What date is it on? I have flights booked for a holiday I'm hoping it doesn't clash.

Yea physical is on the Saturday.
It might be no harm in emailing Garda HQ Telling them you are unavailable for the physical between whatever dates. They will have physicals on all through the summer they were saying. Say you have previous arrangements that can't be changed. Better to say it before they give you a date so they can build around it, if you get me. Might wanna give yourself an extra week or something, if your going on a holiday where your diet consists of booze and chipper might need a week to get back into shape.:p

1celticphoenix · 08-06-2016 9:03am

At the interview, do you call the Chief Super 'Sir' or use his title?

Gnr_Iver · 08-06-2016 4:51pm

Had my meeting with the Sergeant there yesterday. Wasn't to bad, just ran through my form B which was sent down from HQ. He asked more in depth questions about my aunts/uncles and cousins, what they were doing with themselves etc. Before you leave he/she will give you a date/time to call back in to meet with the Super. All the Super will do is ask roughly the same questions that the Sgt asked you.
Apparently, the Supers have to write up their own report on you as well as the Sgt report.

shakin · 08-06-2016 5:39pm

Gnr_Iver wrote: »

Had my meeting with the Sergeant there yesterday. Wasn't to bad, just ran through my form B which was sent down from HQ. He asked more in depth questions about my aunts/uncles and cousins, what they were doing with themselves etc. Before you leave he/she will give you a date/time to call back in to meet with the Super. All the Super will do is ask roughly the same questions that the Sgt asked you.
Apparently, the Supers have to write up their own report on you as well as the Sgt report.

Does the Sgt. contact you, or do you need to contact your local station first?

AnMuinteoirOg · 08-06-2016 5:42pm

shakin wrote: »

Does the Sgt. contact you, or do you need to contact your local station first?

They should contact you

Gnr_Iver · 08-06-2016 5:51pm

Yea they'll ring you and organise a meeting

RedmondHR · 08-06-2016 6:47pm

Gnr_Iver wrote: »

Had my meeting with the Sergeant there yesterday. Wasn't to bad, just ran through my form B which was sent down from HQ. He asked more in depth questions about my aunts/uncles and cousins, what they were doing with themselves etc. Before you leave he/she will give you a date/time to call back in to meet with the Super. All the Super will do is ask roughly the same questions that the Sgt asked you.
Apparently, the Supers have to write up their own report on you as well as the Sgt report.

Must depend on the station mine was pretty different.
Not much questions on my family and no date for the super. They said closer to the time the super will get in contact with me.

Gnr_Iver · 08-06-2016 7:10pm

RedmondHR wrote: »

Must depend on the station mine was pretty different.
Not much questions on my family and no date for the super. They said closer to the time the super will get in contact with me.

Yea id say so he definitely wanted to know more on my family and where exactly they were living, even though he had the addresses. Everything else was grand, but there was a few questions relating to my job as well.

Before I left he asked me when id be available to meet the Super, so hopefully it'll be this Monday just to get it over with.

How are you fixed for the medical/fitness test?

RedmondHR · 08-06-2016 10:40pm

Medical grand, have the physical in the next few weeks. Feeling pretty confident, practicing it out my back, cant practice it in doors so have to do it in the garden atm. Can do the sit ups and push ups right after it easily, im pretty sure my form is good, would be a nasty surprise if it wasnt :P
What about yourself how you doing for them?

Gnr_Iver · 08-06-2016 11:17pm

Ah not to bad so, my medical is on the 21st of this month, so im keeping an eye on my bmi because id be into my weight training so im hoping I don't fail on that. fitness wise, I've no problem with the circuit, push/pull, sit-ups and pushups its just the beep test for myself. wouldn't have a great background in running but im running 5K 4-5 times a week so im trying my best.

After getting this far it would be awful to fail now so its all go. What was the story with the medical? what's involved from start to finish?:)

Fagan1234 · 09-06-2016 2:24am

Medical is a urine test weight height and bmi followed by a hearing and eye test and just a chat with the doctor nothing to worry about. Few tips for the physical for anyone doing it, most males are failing on push up form i.e not going down low enough and females on the bleep test. So for anyone training for the physical I'd highly recommended focusing on the two ! I failed my 1st physical on the bleep test and had to wait 3 months for a repeat so don't make the same mistake I did. Luckily I passed my repeat but it was 3 months wasted.

Gnr_Iver · 09-06-2016 2:44am

Fagan1234 wrote: »

Medical is a urine test weight height and bmi followed by a hearing and eye test and just a chat with the doctor nothing to worry about. Few tips for the physical for anyone doing it, most males are failing on push up form i.e not going down low enough and females on the bleep test. So for anyone training for the physical I'd highly recommended focusing on the two ! I failed my 1st physical on the bleep test and had to wait 3 months for a repeat so don't make the same mistake I did. Luckily I passed my repeat but it was 3 months wasted.

sound for the info mate, how did you go about training for your beep test? just going for runs or something else?:)

RedmondHR · 09-06-2016 8:08am

I have Downloaded the app for the beep test and just practice that, not going to practice runs though.
Beep test is 20 shuttle runs over 10+ mins, so a lot of it is about sprint speed and acceleration rather than stamina and endurance. If that makes sense ?
Say you will be grand for the bmi, if your bmi is over but you look like the Mountain from GOT they will understand

Ashley7777 · 09-06-2016 11:54am

Hey!! Has anybodys else's medical date been brought forward? I just got notice that mine is and just wondering if anybody else's has?

AnMuinteoirOg · 09-06-2016 11:55am

Ashley7777 wrote: »

Hey!! Has anybodys else's medical date been brought forward? I just got notice that mine is and just wondering if anybody else's has?

Ya mine is. Got a phone call yesterday

Ashley7777 · 09-06-2016 12:30pm

AnMuinteoirOg wrote: »

Ya mine is. Got a phone call yesterday

Did they give you any indication when your medical will be? Wonder will it be soon considering our medical got brought forward?

AnMuinteoirOg · 09-06-2016 12:51pm

Ashley7777 wrote: »

Did they give you any indication when your medical will be? Wonder will it be soon considering our medical got brought forward?

It was brought forward to next Tuesday. Supposed to be Thursday

Ashley7777 · 09-06-2016 1:00pm

AnMuinteoirOg wrote: »

It was brought forward to next Tuesday. Supposed to be Thursday

Sorry I ment did they give you any indication when your physical will be?

AnMuinteoirOg · 09-06-2016 1:02pm

Ashley7777 wrote: »

Sorry I ment did they give you any indication when your physical will be?

No she said nothing about physical

ganthy · 09-06-2016 1:31pm

How strict are they with eyesight? I have 6/12 with both eyes but I had a lazy eye and double vision in my right eye. Do they test for that or are they just concerned with you being able to see the letters on the chart?

Gnr_Iver · 09-06-2016 4:14pm

RedmondHR wrote: »

I have Downloaded the app for the beep test and just practice that, not going to practice runs though.
Beep test is 20 shuttle runs over 10+ mins, so a lot of it is about sprint speed and acceleration rather than stamina and endurance. If that makes sense ?
Say you will be grand for the bmi, if your bmi is over but you look like the Mountain from GOT they will understand

Haha jaysus im nothing like that big lump

I wish I was. I just got lazy with the cardio while trying to build muscle so its my own fault but hopefully ill be grand. yea I get ya, it would probably be better just to do the test over and over again and build up my score that way. dedicating the whole weekend to training anyway ha....full steam ahead

RedmondHR · 09-06-2016 5:09pm

Gnr_Iver wrote: »

Haha jaysus im nothing like that big lump I wish I was. I just got lazy with the cardio while trying to build muscle so its my own fault but hopefully ill be grand. yea I get ya, it would probably be better just to do the test over and over again and build up my score that way. dedicating the whole weekend to training anyway ha....full steam ahead

Like honestly it's not that hard, if anything kinda boring and too slow up until level 8. Give it a go and you will be grand!

Gnr_Iver · 09-06-2016 5:21pm

yea ill deffo do the test more than going for runs. once its out of the way it'll be back to lifting things up and putting them down again:)

beaker4133 · 10-06-2016 5:50pm

Many down for the physical tomorrow?

Fran1985 · 10-06-2016 8:47pm

Im just doing the beep test daily (Hope its the right one). Its handy enough after a while. I do a 5km 2/3 times a week too. Also doing the sit ups and press ups 3/4 times a day. Took a rest day today tho. Feeling a bit sore so will get up and back to it tomorrow. Havent been called for physical yet but dont want to be only starting the training when i do get the call. Chicken and brocolli none stop to ensure the bmi is low for the medical next week but im fairly thin anyway so thats the least of my worries

Gnr_Iver · 10-06-2016 9:01pm

My BMI is 30.5 at the moment on one test and 29.8 on another. Surely they won't fail me on the difference of .5?

Fran1985 · 10-06-2016 9:57pm

Gnr_Iver wrote: »

My BMI is 30.5 at the moment on one test and 29.8 on another. Surely they won't fail me on the difference of .5?

If the instructor at the open day is to be believed (and i do believe her) you'll fail even if you're half way through you last sit-up and time runs out so id imagine the medical is along similiar lines unfortunately

Fagan1234 · 11-06-2016 12:05am

Bmi is only a recommended height to weight ratio they can be lenient if the extra weight you are is muscle but they also check body fat percentage so if both are high you can fail. The difference between a few decimal points could be down to the times you are weighing yourself at you will be lower in the morning when you haven't eaten.

RedmondHR · 11-06-2016 12:28am

Best if luck to everyone down tomorrow ! Sure yous won't need it!

df14 · 11-06-2016 4:03pm

How did people get on today? Did they say anything new?

beaker4133 · 11-06-2016 4:25pm

df14 wrote: »

How did people get on today? Did they say anything new?

Nothing new as far as I'm aware. There were people down from the 2013 campaign doing their physicals, only a small few though. Passed thank feck!

Gnr_Iver · 11-06-2016 4:30pm

Fagan1234 wrote: »

Bmi is only a recommended height to weight ratio they can be lenient if the extra weight you are is muscle but they also check body fat percentage so if both are high you can fail. The difference between a few decimal points could be down to the times you are weighing yourself at you will be lower in the morning when you haven't eaten.

Yea that's true. Had my fat percentage tested , it's at 17% at the moment and I'm flat out training as if I was going for the fitness. Medical on the 21 of this month so I'm hoping everything goes well . Hopefully they won't mind the .5 extra on the BMI on the day

df14 · 11-06-2016 4:58pm

beaker4133 wrote: »

Nothing new as far as I'm aware. There were people down from the 2013 campaign doing their physicals, only a small few though. Passed thank feck!

Happy days! I'm getting there with the push ups other than that I hope to be ok

RedmondHR · 11-06-2016 5:34pm

beaker4133 wrote: »

Nothing new as far as I'm aware. There were people down from the 2013 campaign doing their physicals, only a small few though. Passed thank feck!

Congratulations! Does that mean the September batch could be half and half with 2014 campaign and 2016 campaign

beaker4133 · 12-06-2016 3:04pm

RedmondHR wrote: »

Congratulations! Does that mean the September batch could be half and half with 2014 campaign and 2016 campaign

Not entirely sure. Judging by the amount of people that were there yesterday, I'd say the September intake would be mostly the 2016 campaign. There were rumours going around that they only have 75 for the June intake and they want 150, but again, just rumours!

Gnr_Iver · 12-06-2016 8:10pm

What's the form for the sit-ups ? I know it's elbows past the knees but is it just down until your shoulder blades hit the ground ? Or the entire way down ?

beaker4133 · 12-06-2016 9:11pm

Yea your shoulder blades have to hit the mat, that's about it

Ashley7777 · 13-06-2016 5:07pm

Do you get your physical date on the day ypu do your medical?

tictac__x · 13-06-2016 5:19pm

Hi guys, does anyone know how long is left in the ongoing medicals. I am still waiting for a med date and wondering roughly how long I will be waiting!

Gnr_Iver · 13-06-2016 8:16pm

Ashley7777 wrote: »

Do you get your physical date on the day ypu do your medical?

Yea I think that's what happens, if you pass you'll get your date before you leave HQ on the day

AnMuinteoirOg · 13-06-2016 8:34pm

Do we need to bring anything specific to the medical

beaker4133 · 14-06-2016 11:25am

Ashley7777 wrote: »

Do you get your physical date on the day ypu do your medical?

It depends. I got mine the day after, some people got it the same day, but you shouldn't be waiting too long for the email.

RedmondHR · 14-06-2016 7:23pm

How's everyone feeling for the physical on Saturday ?

df14 · 14-06-2016 8:56pm

RedmondHR wrote: »

How's everyone feeling for the physical on Saturday ?

I'm struggling with the push ups after the beep and sit ups only getting about 15 hopefully I can push through on the day

Gnr_Iver · 14-06-2016 9:04pm

Do they use callipers to test your fat % if your BMI is 30 or over ? Or is it an automatic fail ?

ganthy · 15-06-2016 9:47am

Gnr_Iver wrote: »

Do they use callipers to test your fat % if your BMI is 30 or over ? Or is it an automatic fail ?

Everyone is talking about being over the BMI....But what if your BMI is under? Is there a minimum BMI?

Stage 4: Medical & Physical

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