All the bulldogs I draw seem to be really angry and intense. Although I’ve studied all the facial muscles, acting, and characterization, no one ever asks for something as nuanced as a bulldog mulling over a dinner selection. Oh well. Better to be over-trained than under-trained.
2 800 meter sprints
2 400 meter sprints
2 200 meter sprints
1 100 meter sprint
5 dry heaves (optional)
36 minutes of lower body and abdominal calisthenics (boot beaters, star jumps, windmills, lunges, crunches, flutter kicks and stretches)
100 meter stampede
Gunny providing motivation.
Good workout today. Everyone continues to improve. We walked 1 lap between the 800s, 1 lap between the 1st and 2nd 400 and walked half a lap after the second. We walked half a lap after the 1st 200 and 3/4 of a lap after the second. Taylor did a personal best of 17 pull-ups in the office for kicks after the entire workout.
Frisbee Football
If the players weren’t all going to boot camp we’d have a shot at going pro.
Today was the end of an easy week of PT. Monday we’re back at the hard stuff.
1. 5 mile run
Max set of pull-ups (male) Flexed arm hang for time (female)
Max crunches in 2 minutes
This is week 14 of physical training for our fitness platoon. Everyone is improving at a good rate. Tom has had the most improvement and has lost 30 lbs so far. Those shipping to boot camp in the next month are physically ready for the challenge.
Most in our group are Marines, have served in the Marines, or are going to serve in the Marines. That said, anyone can show up who wants to get in shape. It’s free and you have the opportunity to meet some of the young men and women in the Shenandoah Valley who are answering the call to serve. We meet at the Marine recruiting office in Harrisonburg, Virginia Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0700.
For those in the Quantico area, there is a group of Marines running a Cross Fit group. Their website, by the way, is the inspiration for the format of this post and future ones like it. I fully admit I’m following their lead.
Here are some pictures from the mud run in Roanoke Virginia. I ran it with my buddy Justin who is getting in running shape for boot camp.
It took about three showers to get completely clean, but it was a great time.
Here are some pictures:
Me on the left and Justin on the right.
We wore our fitness platoon shirts. I thought it would make a better picture, but as you can see the design barely shows through the mud.
We hung around to watch the teams run later that day. Here are some teams low crawling through the mud pit.
Some teams wore costumes. Here is a picture of the “Wizard of Oz” team.
It was a very well run event. For anyone who wants to run it next year, here is a link to the site:
Link: Mud run
If you’re on the west coast, there is a mud run next weekend:
Link: Mather Mud Run Click on Mather Mud Run on the left.
Colors and text by Kris Estep.
I can’t believe I hadn’t seen this yet, but I just found it:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml
Courtesy of the Daily Show.
Colors and text by Kyle Tobin.
I’m taking a 3D modeling class at James Madison University. We’re using Maya software. Here is one of the class projects:
I’m quite the novice, but the program is a lot of fun.
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