Height and/or Weight Issues
I have another question for you all. I'm 5'8 and play alot of sport, my favorite being rugby. I play inside centre and for those of you in the know you have to be fit and strong as well as fast and agile. I played first team rugby for three years at University as well as a good standard of club rugby.
What am i getting at, i hear you say, well although i do play alot of sport and consider myself fit i do however weigh 15 stone. Now the problem is that i am heaverly bilt, i'm not fat, but i do have broad shoulders and legs like tree trunks. I run four times a week as well as swimming and of course playing rugby. I'm not a 'body-builder' or anything like that, although i do go in the gym and do weight work, but for fitness reasons rather than cosmetic ones.
I got my navy application through with the medical requirments and it said for my height i needed to be 11stone 10lbs and even with the 15% they allow that only brings it to 12stone 7lbs.
My question is how strict are they. I doubt very much whether i will make 12stone 7lbs. The lowest i can probably get to is 13stone, and thats pusing it. But if i'm really fit and have say a body fat percentage of about 10% will they still fail me on my medical.
I would be very grateful if someone could advise me on this as it is critical that i find this information out as i could stop my naval aviation career even before it has chance to begin.
Please help
Welsh Flyer