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How come the DoD doesn't just give out roids and monitor people's blood levels. Be all that you can be. It's not like any of the branches is that concerned about long-term health in people anyways.
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being huge is a liability when people are shooting at you. so dont get shot at mustang
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All right so now it's Monday longish run, Tuesday chest/tris/shoulders, Wednesday is squats/legs, Thursday is deadlifts/shitton of rows, Friday is a bunch of curls/forearm stuff. Is there a better way to optimize or rearrange the days? Or do something different Friday? Just going to do intervals after work or something. It's really annoying working out with a group of guys with no inclination to lift weights. They always want to gravitate towards the cable machines and do easy poo poo. I have no idea how I get them to do deadlifts and squats in the first place. Or how I ended up as the guy that decides the workouts. Fortunately the other guy I work with that also likes lifting gets back from Pacific Pathways rotation in a couple weeks so we can go get swole and they can go do random poo poo if they want to.
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Jul 16, 2016 02:01
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Yeah, don't run on Mondays. No one in the history of running or the military has ever liked running on a Monday, and if they do then they hate themselves and the people they are in charge of.
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Jul 16, 2016 02:46
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That's the one day I can't touch, I think it's a BDE wide thing because it seems like literally everyone is out running on Mondays.
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Jul 16, 2016 03:36
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not caring here posted:Yeah, don't run on Mondays. No one in the history of running or the military has ever liked running on a Monday, and if they do then they hate themselves and the people they are in charge of. I feel that way no matter what day it is
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Jul 16, 2016 14:29
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make them run every day and then mondays won't seem quite so bad. apply to every other poo poo reg possible
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Jul 21, 2016 02:23
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Kawasaki Nun posted:make them run every day and then mondays won't seem quite so bad. apply to every other poo poo reg possible Just got back from SNCO Academy I see
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Jul 21, 2016 02:30
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I can't wait till I'm an officer in *insert branch here* and instill the warrior discipline in all my troops. 10 mile runs all day every day followed by CrossFit and then strict paleo diet.
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Jul 21, 2016 02:32
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Paleo would be an improvement over Sodexo's "three pounds of potatoes and half a chicken breast" diet
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Jul 21, 2016 02:35
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_DXjYYOoOQ Probably the most clean (ish) 605 I've pulled, came up pretty smooth but the last bit of hip extension looked and felt like a janky mess. Mustang posted:All right so now it's Monday longish run, Tuesday chest/tris/shoulders, Wednesday is squats/legs, Thursday is deadlifts/shitton of rows, Friday is a bunch of curls/forearm stuff. Is there a better way to optimize or rearrange the days? Or do something different Friday? Are you looking for like legit serious powerlifting style programming, or just something to throw at the circus to keep the monkeys dancing?
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Jul 21, 2016 03:37
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Some kind of legit weightlifting/powerlifting routine we can do Tuesday through Friday, bench press, squats and deadlifts being the primary lifts.
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Mustang posted:Some kind of legit weightlifting/powerlifting routine we can do Tuesday through Friday, bench press, squats and deadlifts being the primary lifts. Grab the Cube Method book off of Amazon (or, you know,  ) and give that a look. I would say 5/3/1 isn't terrible and can work for a while, but while it's easy to grasp and a solidly established programming scheme it starts getting really loving old after a while.Basic gist of Cube-style poo poo is you've got 3 rep/set/technique variations done in a staggered order so you're never doing more than one of each a week: Heavy, Explosive, and Reps. Heavy pulls, explosive bench, rep squats. Explosive pulls, rep bench, heavy squats. That sort of thing. Add in varying intensities, peaking every 10 weeks where you test your new 1RMs and continue on from there. Here's a quick little calculator where you can get a kind of big picture overview of how things work. You can see how the assistance exercises are pretty retard proof for sets/reps and use fairly straightforward linear progression; matching some things to keep what would otherwise be lagging (and thus problem) muscle groups up to speed while also doing work for the complementary antagonist pair to the agonist or "prime mover" work done during your primary compounds, or just simply adding further volume to the targeted muscle group slash plane of motion.
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There's a 5/3/1 variation that has explosive and speed stuff for accessory work which I really like since it carries over to sports and not just lifting. Cube looks pretty legit too, but I love busting max rep sets once or twice a week so that's why I stick with 5/3/1. Either progam will get you strong as gently caress as long as you stay consistent with your training. ps sick deadlift
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Honestly the more my lifts go up, the more loving horrible and grind-y those max effort shits end up being. Like there's no bones about it, I'm going to loving kill myself wringing out every little bit of effort that I can to blow up that third working set with 5/3/1 because I can't help but do that. Being able to make serious progression while not feeling like I'm either going to loving die or that I left something on the table is magical. As far as the athleticism slash sports carry-over thing goes I'm going to be completely upfront and say that I don't give half a gently caress about that, I'm in it solely for retard strength and the side bonuses of looking halfway decent naked while being able to unintentionally physically intimidate 99% of the population. Because I'm a grossly immature manchild, and I think it's funny as gently caress. elite_garbage_man posted:ps sick deadlift D'aww. Trying for 700+ before the end of the year but we'll see how that goes, managed to clear a 1k push/pull total which is its own brand of special. Finally (hopefully) in the groove for programming, making serious conscious efforts to identify problem child muscle groups and correct for the downstream lagging portions of my lifts while also doing more work to (again hopefully) head foreseeable injuries off at the pass.
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Diarrhea Elemental posted:Grab the Cube Method book off of Amazon (or, you know, Thanks, going to look at this next week, have to go to Yakima for the weekend. My boss's replacement showed up today, too early to tell if I'll find myself doing IOTV PT every morning or not but from first impressions I don't think he's going to gently caress with our PT.
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Jul 22, 2016 03:48
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hey wheres a good place to get fitted for running shoes? ive got wicked high arches and a screw in my right foot so i want to get this right and not injure myself yet again.
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Jul 29, 2016 11:08
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Find a local running specialty store that has gait analysis. I have two local options both of which are fine. All the employees are runners and they use a treadmill with a slo-mo camera to capture your running gait at different speeds and then watch the footage with you and explain what's going on, and use that to recommend different types of shoes and fine tune it. After they identify a good pair for you, suck it up and drop the $150 or so to buy it from them, you can always get your second pair cheaper online or something once you know the model and size you like.
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Jul 29, 2016 12:17
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Just wanted to thank everyone here for the good posts, it's helped me push the envelope in training. I can ruck with about 100lb 30k no problem but things fall apart after that. If I wanted to train harder so I could jog or go further with more weight, what should I do? I really don't want to blow out my knees being a dumbass on my own time.
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I just want to say I loving hate trying to lose weight. It's a bitch, I hate tracking my calories and cutting out soda from my diet and the disappointment of weight staying on. I hate sticking to it, which is the hardest loving part, because quitting after a week due to complications or whatever is way too easy to do. Okay, E/N over.
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Tyro posted:Find a local running specialty store that has gait analysis. I have two local options both of which are fine. All the employees are runners and they use a treadmill with a slo-mo camera to capture your running gait at different speeds and then watch the footage with you and explain what's going on, and use that to recommend different types of shoes and fine tune it. After they identify a good pair for you, suck it up and drop the $150 or so to buy it from them, you can always get your second pair cheaper online or something once you know the model and size you like. This, seriously. I had no idea how bad my pronation was and my feet were always hurting. The guys got me into shoes I never heard of, ordered the extra wide poo poo I needed and I'm all good Then the store went under and now I have to order from Amazon -------------------- Anyone have recommendations for sandbags, or use them at all? I'm thinking of getting Go Ruck or Brute Force and haven't experienced either. Also post your Spotify workout motivation playlist
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Jul 29, 2016 20:04
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For sandbags I used some old green duffle bags filled with rubber mulch from home depot. I put the mulch in those heavy duty contractor trash bags and put those into the duffle bags, that way it doesn't get out. I was able to pack 65lbs worth of it into one duffle bag. The mulch is pretty cheap, and since it's rubber it won't rot or anything.
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sky shark posted:Also post your Spotify workout motivation playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2r3UgeyiuQ On repeat
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down 32 lbs from January. it'd be nice to get down to my pre-wedding weight in the next month or so (about another 15 lbs). gonna hopefully be love-handle free for the trip to jamaica in March. 8 years of marriage hath ravaged this body. honestly trying to get 8 hours of sleep a night is helping out the most. cutting out soda/red bulls/coffee and poo poo to make it though night shift is certainly doing it's part too. it took about a week to not want to sleep every 5 seconds but now i'm on the other end and it feels rad.
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Did you cut out caffeine entirely? Or just for the long shifts? Because I couldn't function without a cup or two when I wake up, but yeah I am with you on avoiding it on the long night shifts. I think getting enough sleep is my biggest problem when it comes to keeping fit.
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out completely. only drinking water (sometimes with Mio, mostly without) also i got the arianna huffington book about sleep and it's really an eye-opener.
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Good for you man. I'm not gonna give it up, I enjoy coffee too much. But caffeine withdrawal does suck.
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i was sick with the republican butt disease for a week so thats when i quit. i felt like poo poo anyways and needed to hydrate so i did it then ive had sips of soda since then and jesus christ how did i drink that much sugar
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Aug 4, 2016 02:34
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you're still beautiful to me no matter what weight you are.
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I was genuinely surprised how many calories were coming from pop and coffee drinks. Goddamn.
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:being huge is a liability when people are shooting at you. so dont get shot at mustang I work with a guy who is a army NG dude who's kinda big(muscle under fat but tall too) He changed mos from MP to Infantry (light fighter too I think) so I'm looking forward to him complaining about ruining his knees I've switched over pretty much entirely to BW workouts with occasional weights to supp. My joints feel better and I still can lift as much I'm using Paul Wades "Convict Conditioning" book as a guide and working up to the harder stuff
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Frosted Flake posted:I was genuinely surprised how many calories were coming from pop and coffee drinks. Goddamn. yeah. i usually drank diet or zero calorie stuff too. i drank a pepsi clear because i saw em them at the grocery store, but besides one poo poo night where the Mio i was using was caffinated (i had no idea why I didn't sleep at all following it) that's been it. im down about 45 lbs now.
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:yeah. i usually drank diet or zero calorie stuff too. i drank a pepsi clear because i saw em them at the grocery store, but besides one poo poo night where the Mio i was using was caffinated (i had no idea why I didn't sleep at all following it) that's been it. That's pretty loving awesome. Congrats.
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Dingleberry posted:I work with a guy who is a army NG dude who's kinda big(muscle under fat but tall too) I downloaded an excerpt after I read your post. The intro chapter is definitely a bit self-aggrandizing and the author goes off on some poo poo that I hate, i.e., bodybuilding strength isn't functional strength which is utter bs. However if the routines work I'm down to try it as weightlifting is getting a little stale for me. Any additional thoughts?
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vulturesrow posted:I downloaded an excerpt after I read your post. The intro chapter is definitely a bit self-aggrandizing and the author goes off on some poo poo that I hate, i.e., bodybuilding strength isn't functional strength which is utter bs. However if the routines work I'm down to try it as weightlifting is getting a little stale for me. Any additional thoughts? I half read the fluff in between actual workout stuff The routines seem pretty solid Joint pain and tendonitis issues seem to be alleviated with the BW workouts It's nice needing nothing other than a pull-up bar and a basketball too to get a good workout
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Dingleberry posted:I half read the fluff in between actual workout stuff I haven't read the actual workout program yet. My understanding after reading some reviews is that each exercise progression starts with some really basic stuff, like wall push-ups. Did you just jump to the level you felt like you could manage our did you start at the beginning of each progression?
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vulturesrow posted:I haven't read the actual workout program yet. My understanding after reading some reviews is that each exercise progression starts with some really basic stuff, like wall push-ups. Did you just jump to the level you felt like you could manage our did you start at the beginning of each progression? Jumped to the level I felt comfortable with; and supplement the workout by doing sets of the next lower level as a drop set in effect.
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Lingering over someone while they're in the squat rack asking "how many more" after every set is an established justification for murder right?
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only if you plan on doing curls because nobody wants to lose their bicep pump
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Idk if this belongs here but I finally got the VA Choice program to cover my physical therapy for my shoulder. Holy gently caress i feel overwhelmed right now by how much I'll have to retrain my shoulder. That and I'm super pissed at the army again for how lovely my original treatment was. Having a real physical therapist with one on one therapy is far superior to what I went through in Italy and Bragg.
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