January 25, 2006
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I almost killed an MP today:
Him: Hey, LT. When do you go to the gym?
Me: 7 at night. Why do you ask?
Him: Mind if I work out with you.
Me: No problem, I’ll see you there.
Such an innocent conversation. At 7, I walk into the gym, and to my surprise, he is already there, stretching out. Not bad. I never stretch, but at least he was ambitious. It was cute. Cute, like the chickens that we killed in Ranger School.
First off, Here’s the workout:
(Done as a circuit)
Dumbbell Incline Press
Incline Situps
Vertical pulldowns
Leg Press
Bench Press 21’s
Crunches
Shoulder Press
Romanian dead lifts
It’s a week one workout, which means circuits. You do one set of each exercise (8 reps), one right after the other, and then you get to rest. Repeat until you have done 3 sets of each. Some exercises you may not recognize. Bench press 21′s are where you get on the bench press and bring the weight down to your chest. You then bring it halfway up 7 times. The you go through a full range bench press 7 times. Then you go from all the way up,to halfway down 7 times. That’s one set. Romanian dead lifts are where you stand with your feet shoulder width apart and bend over and grab a weight that is down by your feet, without bending your knees. You then stand up, until you are erect, and then lower the weight back down to the ground, all without bending your knees, while keeping the weight near your legs the whole time.
At the end of the workout, he actually said, “We’re not doing this again tomorrow, are we?”
No, my friend. Tomorrow is a different type of torture. Just wait until he feels a week 2 workout.
Other news. Well, I will be staying out here until March 1st. Woo Hoo!$$! Now, all I need to do is have my unit forget about me until June. See, if you are deployed for over 12 months, for each month over, you get an additional $1000. April + May + June = $3000 I’m a greedy bastard.
For those of you that REALLY know me, I’ve probably already broadcast that tomorrow is day 300 for me. Not just for the deployment, mind you. Something else, too.
Black 6, out.
Comments (9)
300 days – damn Pat, you need a vacation. It’s good to see you’re inspiring other guys to workout though. Have no mercy on him (not like you would anyway – I know you).
thanks for the plan with the money, think that is some of the best advice i have gotten so far and as of right now, it is the plan i will go with
Lemme guess… 300 days without sex?
wow, there’s more to
working out than I thought.
hmm..im curious to know the 300 day mark
Hhahaha rackin’ up the bucks.
Nobody would miss an MP.
I don’t know why London Bridge has expensive gear. Paraclete is even worse. A MOLLE FLC they have goes for some $400 bucks!! Just like the MOLLE 2 FLC LBV’s you see, the standard type, albeit better than issue.
I’ve already got a plate carrier. The setup on there is for maritime operations, around jungles and wet shit with plants, hence the lack of plates or armor. Carry more ammo that way.
LMAO.. that poor guy.. you really shouldnt do that… you might need him to do you a favor sometime. Then again maybe he will respect you a little more.. You should start a club and be president, see how many followers you can get.. or that will last … whichever comes first.. lol..
Sheesh, if you get that much more, I’m making you buy my plane ticket!!
and thank GOD I never told you to go to the gym with me!
Arrange all those words into an acronym… You seriously dont have enough to do over there do you? I had to use the thesarus just to get half those words.. LOL.. And your right I cant feel them all at the same time.. but thats one fast roller coaster and I hate them all a time or two along the way…. Been a rough week for me, and i know i know, it could be worse, im not getting shot at or dealing with psycho desk jockeys that deserve to sent to the stockade.. But for me.. its bad…. But I know I’ll live, I always find a way too.. And if anything, I pissed her off even more today, but atleast this time I know why, how, and it was on my terms not hers… It makes a difference when you know what you did… instead of trying ot figure it out.. And with women.. Who ever knows…
As for going somewhere, kinda thinking might just save the money, was goin to use the tax return but if I save it I might be able to work on moving out eventually… That almost sounds better than a brief vacation..
SEX!!