tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post6845730795442391157..comments2024-03-28T13:23:25.055-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Exercise? Nah, I'm good.OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43130949741214609002015-08-19T12:25:21.085-07:002015-08-19T12:25:21.085-07:00I used to jog in my 30s-40s. Then had a girl frien...I used to jog in my 30s-40s. Then had a girl friend who didn't wnt to jog - so i stopped. Trying to start it again was for me not much fun - then I heard how hard it is on the knees pounding on pavement. <br /><br />So I just do my 2 mile walk every day.<br /><br />When I was in the Army I used to dread the PFT. <br /><br />But I always passed. <br /><br />I remember a Sgt telling us in basic training that we will be in the best shape of our lives - best shape we will ever be in. <br /><br />I think he was right. <br /><br />I can remember at Ft Bliss - advanced training - during a PFT doing a mile run - 2 miles? I forget what it was but in T shirt, fatigues and boots did something like a high 6 minute mile. <br /><br />That is all a memory today ;-) <br /><br />BTW tell you what I think was am amusing story on the Army vs Marines. <br /><br />At the time, the Marines were also using the Hawk missile and one of our instructors was a Marine Gunnery Sgt. <br /><br />One day we did PT together - the Gunny was leading us. <br /><br />We Army and the Marines looked about the same going though the monkey bars. <br /><br />Then that Gunny barked something to his Marines and he put the fear of God in them - or something. <br /><br />Those Marines were going across the bars like scalded cats. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64898084706894363032015-08-19T03:29:22.662-07:002015-08-19T03:29:22.662-07:00You do know that 5'7" is a VERY fashionab...You do know that 5'7" is a VERY fashionable height to be, don't you? SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58862503767581349092015-08-18T15:07:14.732-07:002015-08-18T15:07:14.732-07:00Thanks everyone. What I didn't say was that i...Thanks everyone. What I didn't say was that in addition to 15 pounds i put on up to that point, I've doubled that since. Something's got to change or I'll become one of the mens wearhouses top customers. Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1584468680554048162015-08-18T09:15:59.180-07:002015-08-18T09:15:59.180-07:00Concur with OldAFSarge, excellent post.
I would...Concur with OldAFSarge, excellent post. <br /><br />I would add that "That's her in the foreground, although she'd kill me if she knew I posted this." was just being a good older brother! :)<br />Ron Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217389199007968254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87553179064981124672015-08-18T09:13:10.117-07:002015-08-18T09:13:10.117-07:00That is funny.
That is funny.<br />Ron Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217389199007968254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56940708828260649482015-08-18T08:26:38.231-07:002015-08-18T08:26:38.231-07:00Oh, now THAT's funny!Oh, now THAT's funny!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3427272634061143002015-08-18T07:47:48.692-07:002015-08-18T07:47:48.692-07:00Ah Tuna, you're singing the song of my people....Ah Tuna, you're singing the song of my people.<br /><br />Excess weight has always been an issue with me. I yo-yoed up and down weight-wise while on active duty and made the fat boy program a couple of times.<br /><br />Air Force PT was an effing joke the entire 24 years. The only time I got into a groove with PT was at Offutt, I started jogging just about everyday at lunch.<br /><br />When I got to Germany I was a lean, mean jogging machine. The kids like watching this old video we were in shortly after we got to Germany. Each and every time they will sing out, "Hey look! It's skinny Dad!"<br /><br />(Hhmm, I do believe I have enough material here for a post, to be continued...)<br /><br />Excellent post Tuna.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12270128633770129682015-08-18T06:50:36.943-07:002015-08-18T06:50:36.943-07:00I never did understand why the Navy made us run. T...I never did understand why the Navy made us run. The longest ship in the Navy is just over 1000 feet, and I can cover that distance as fast as anyone when scared. After that it is a swimming event.Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62298590569257225192015-08-18T06:09:37.235-07:002015-08-18T06:09:37.235-07:00Great post. Our parents didn't have to work o...Great post. Our parents didn't have to work out, as you mention, they worked too hard to need to do anything extra. Running is the worst, knee killer! <br /><br />I'm a big fan of the "Total Gym" great piece of inexpensive equipment. 15 minute work out.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48923524836413809602015-08-18T05:54:25.765-07:002015-08-18T05:54:25.765-07:00Genetically I'm a Weeble so I was always fair ...Genetically I'm a Weeble so I was always fair game for the newest squadron fat boy officer. As a swimmer I had to be fit so I had a built in excuse to work out. The boots and steel decks eventually ruined my ankles though. I stayed fit but added a lot of Weeble over the last couple of decades. I bust the scale at about 240 today. That goes up by a stone or so during the winter and comes off during the season of easy living. I can't run anymore but I can hike my Weeble off. I clock about 25 miles/week above and beyond daily chores. I'd be Jaba the Hut without the physical requirements of my job.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9934301470662564592015-08-18T04:38:42.221-07:002015-08-18T04:38:42.221-07:00Great post, Tuna! I think a lot of us that read t...Great post, Tuna! I think a lot of us that read this blog could probably describe similar circumstances. I know I was ticking off your talking points on my personal checklist.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.com