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Keep failing IPPT during reservist, will I really kena RT the whole time?

Working adult, no time to train, failed IPPT again at ICT. Dread the Remedial Training. Any tips from those who cleared it, and is the RT really that bad?
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Contractor Uncle Boon Beginner First-hand experience Run small construction outfit, dealing with WSH, foreign worker levy and clients who bargain like siao.
Cleared IPPT after years of failing, so I feel your pain. Real talk: the RT (RT/FCC) is honestly not as scary as the dread. It is a fixed number of sessions of structured training, and if you attend and put in effort you will pass out of it, they are not trying to torture you, they want you to hit the standard. The efficient move is to just book and clear the RT sessions in a block rather than dragging it out, get it over with. But better, train smart before IPPT. The three stations: for push-ups and sit-ups just do daily sets at home, cheap and effective, consistency beats intensity. The 2.4km run is where most working adults die, so do interval running twice a week for 6-8 weeks and your timing drops fast. Even a couple of months of prep turns a fail into a pass for most people. I stopped treating IPPT as a once-a-year panic and just kept a light routine, now I even hit incentive tiers some years. The dread is worse than the doing.
Anonymous contributor Beginner First-hand experience
Just book your RT sessions and clear them, don't avoid. The longer you dodge the more it hangs over you and you risk defaulter issues. RT is basically supervised workout, some guys even find they get fitter from it. Attend, follow the PTI, pass out. The instructors have seen every level of unfit uncle, they won't judge you.
Preschool Teacher Ling Beginner First-hand experience Preschool teacher and mum of one, can guide you on childcare subsidy, MOE kindergarten ballot and school readiness.
For the 2.4 run specifically, practise pacing. A lot of us fail not from fitness but from sprinting the first round and dying. Run even splits, negative split if you can. Also the SAFRA and public tracks let you rehearse the exact distance. Knowing your pace by feel makes a huge difference on the actual test day.
Anonymous contributor Beginner First-hand experience
If you have a genuine medical issue affecting the run, see the MO and get it documented, you might qualify for adjustments or the alternative test formats. Don't suffer in silence if your knee or back is really bad. But if it is just being unfit, then no shortcut lah, must train a bit. Even 20 minutes three times a week helps.

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