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...thank you for the memes. i love them. and if anyone is interested, there's a video of him reading some of the hey girl memes. i find him incredibly charming, and i really want him and emma stone to have beautiful, charming babies together.

thank you all for the feedback! here's some more info: it's been confirmed that the competition IS in august. i'm with the army, here in hawaii. so far i'm ... ehhh physical fitness wise (my run really could be better) but i'm working on it with interval and hill training. as far as asking fellow soldiers, i have done that. as far as i know, no one has done it. i even went to an army website and was like 'hey what should i expect' and someone just told me to google it, and that's it. so i'm pretty much in the dark here (and of course my squad leader was out today, so i couldn't ask him about it). but there is shotput and high/long jumping i believe! i just read so many different things when i googled it that i didn't know for sure. long jumping i can do, i did it in highschool. high jumping, i'm not the best at. and i don't even know where to begin with shotput. and to be honest, i have never tried lifting my body weight, so i have no idea. i'm the most worried about the swimming. i swam as a kid, but it really was just splashing around in a pool. nothing like this. i've shot a pistol maybe a handful of times, and never in the military. it's definitely something i was planning on looking into though already. for the ruckmarches, we don't do them that often. the last one we did was back in early april, and it was somewhere around... 5 miles in an hour and a half i believe? most of our group fell out because, well, we're MI and a lot of 'us' don't think we need to be real soldiers. but that's an entirely different rant... i know i'm pretty over my head here, and under prepared, but besides the shiny badge (which you know, who doesn't love shiny things?) i really am in it for the physical challenge of it. most of the requirements i've never really immersed myself in, and really pushed my limits. with this i really want to, but i don't want to either not do the right things and ultimately injure myself, or not be prepared. as i said, i don't want to set myself up for failure. i understand that there's an aspect of 'yeah you got something out of the competition just by trying' but really... just trying isn't good enough for me. if i'm going to enter myself into a physical competition i want some kind of score, reward, or at least have some remaining pride by the end of it.

heyyy everyone. so my unit has some slots open for a three day competition for the german armed forces proficiency badge. and, well, i want it. it's pretty cool looking, and i would earn the title of bad-ass. but, i have NO idea how to get ready for it (in the most efficient way possible). here is what i know about this three day ass-kicking: 200 meter swim in 7 minutes 100 meter sprint in 16 seconds 75 meter sprint in 12.4 seconds 1000 meter sprint in 5:30 minutes 100 meter swim in 2:10 minutes 3000 meter run in 18:30 minutes 1000 meter swim in 28 minutes 12k ruckmarch in 120 minutes with 35 lbs. aaand some kind of weight lifting equivalent to your body weight (so either bench pressing, squating, or dead-lifting 160lbs. i'm assuming bench pressing). plus pistol shooting (6 shots on target at 25meters). i know what to do for the last two, but the rest?! especially the swimming. i swam as a kid, but only splashing around. i CAN swim, just not very well. so, shoot! what do i do to prepare for this? also, i have NO idea when it is... let's just say it's in august.

i think my problem might be too many reps with not enough weight. will definitely try that, along with a slower tempo tonight at the gym. . as far as my diet goes... it honestly sucks right now. i eat three meals a day, and it isn't the best quality. i'm currently at a navy base and the food sucks pretty bad. but i'll be moving soon so i'll be able to cook my own meals again. i might change up my weekly routine so i have maybe two days off, and maybe a day of just yoga. my goals are to just become more fit and stronger. it's really that simple. and i'm not really an athlete, and i can't say that i love running (all the time). i'm in the army, so all those morning exercises are mandatory (monday-friday). in fact, i need to start running MORE because i'm trying to do better on my pt test. i just don't really know what to do that will incorporate all of what i'm looking for. i need to be able to complete 45 + pushups and 80+ sit ups in two minutes (which i'm just maintaining at this point in time, so that's all good) and i need to complete my 2 mile run under 16:00 minutes. aside from that, my personal goals are to become stronger and more fit.

hi everyone! i'm new here, although i've been reading some of these articles for the past two months. my problem is that i've gotten bored and unmotivated when it comes to my workouts. i work out 6 times a week, monday-friday twice a day, and once on saturday. i do an hour in the morning (monday, wednesday, friday are run days, tuesdays are climbing drills and thursdays are muscle failure) and then typically an hour and a half in the evening. i don't feel good after i work out anymore; i feel a bit frustrated. every time i do a work out i push myself to the point of shaking, but it just doesn't feel enough. i don't really know how to explain it. a typical week looks like this: monday morning, interval running (60-120s): 60 seconds of sprinting, 120 seconds of walking. usually 8-10 times. monday evening i go to the gym. usually i do ab work outs (planks for a minute thirty seconds, leg raises, flutter kicks, etc.) and squats with two 25 lb weights. i do 3 sets of 25. mix in a ton of stretching through out that, along with leg lifts (3 sets of 35) tuesday morning, climbing drills (straight arm hangs, heel hooks, assisted pull ups, leg tucks) 1 set with 7 reps, and then 2 minutes of dips. once that is done typically two minutes of push ups and 2 minutes of sit ups. tuesday evening at the gym, bent over rows with 45 lbs (5 sets of 10), 20 regular push ups, 20 one arm elevated push up (where one hand is on a medicine ball, about a foot higher than the other hand), 90 second plank, 30 second side planks. wednesday morning, 2 mile run. wednesday evening, leg lifts, flutter kicks, scissors, walking lunges with two 25 lb weights (3 sets of 10), squats with 25 lbs (3 sets of 20) and two more sets of the leg raises (20 scissors, 10 leg lifts, 20 flutter kicks). thursday morning, muscle failure. 4 minutes of push ups and sit ups, 15 eight count push ups, 20 squat jumps, 2 minutes of v- ups, 15 mountain climbers. thursday evening: same as tuesday evening. friday morning: 45 minutes of jogging + sprinting and 20 seconds of jogging backwards. friday evening: wednesday on repeat. saturday: a mix of tuesday evening and wednesday evening. sunday is my day off. mix in 45 minutes of racquetball after every evening work out. i take two supplements, a pre-work out and post-work out (pre work out is C4, post work out is a whey protein shake). i haven't been taking much C4 merely because i hate how insane i go when my face starts to itch. but my work out doesn't seem to be doing the right things. as i said, my body feels shaky and empty... but it doesn't seem enough. i don't feel satisfied and 100% spent when i leave the gym. i want to feel like there's no way i could possibly do one more thing. any suggestions? i would really appreciate it!