Run, as much as your body can handle. Build up slowly. I like running on trails in the woods if you get the option, it keeps your mind focused on something other than the burning in your legs and lungs, and builds the sides and insides of your legs from having to dodge things. Its like playing basketball without the breaks. You will realize you go a LOT farther, and kill yourself a lot better without even knowing it if you distract yourself. Music is okay, but the consequences of tripping over a rock or root because you arent bringing your knees up high is unparalleled. STRETCH A LOT. A trick I like when I get to run on my own (very seldom) is to warm up by running about 5 minutes, gradually speeding up my pace until I hate about a 6 minute mile. Stop, stretch out your legs for about 2 minutes. Run 10 minutes, stop, do pushups, pullups, take some deep breaths and hold them. Run 20 minutes and call it quits. Stretch out, drink water, and go for a short walk to keep yourself from tightening up. If something hurts, keep excersizing that area but find a way that doesnt hurt. I dont have that option, so I take 2 excedrine if I get shin splints, or 4 motrin if my knees hurt, about an hour before I run. DRINK LOTS OF WATER, your body will like you, staying at a healthy temp, letting you run a LOT longer, and keeping your muscles from getting as sore. If you want to hit the gym. Do lots of 10-15 rep sets for a week to start out if you havent been in awhile, then go heavy weight for 2-3 sets of 5-10 reps for a week. then alternate your workouts and your muscles to keep your body guessing. If you lift a muscle really hard and dont feel sore at ALL the next day, find a different way to excersize it the next time. Your body will build tolerances and plateau very quickly if all you do is bench, or do a fixed bicep curl. Try freeweights for awhile to burn up stabilizer muscles. Take a multi-vitamin when you're working out, and if you want, take a glutamine supplement to keep yourself from getting too sore if you slack off for a week and start back up. Obviously the Marine Corps works out differently than I like to. Thats something that I cant avoid. Boots and 'utes' runs in camis and combat boots are unavoidable and really take a toll on you. Doing firemans carries, dragging line charges, log obstacles, rop climbs, mountain climbers, etc. are not ways I like to work out, but they are very effective, and practical. Theres a huge difference between a healthy, functional body, and a body builder/marathon runner body, which just...doesnt fit or aid a person COMPLETELY in their daily routine.
I just stated Gold's Gym last week. Being at the gym gives me motivation. Look around you see girls in shape and you see fit guys. Since then I've lost 4lbs! WooYeah!!!
Yeah, young punk and the military....damn you:biggrin: I used to run 12:54 two miles runs when i was a young kid in the military. Not great, but good. good overall advise though, thanks!!!
id say if you can get a membership at a club with a pool to swim until your entire body wants to give. swimming uses almost every athletic muscle in your body. and it gets you in the best shape. but the tough part is the fact that you would need a pool....but i guess with 10thousand lakes finding something to swim in shouldnt be too hard. but realisticly not everyone can do the swimming thing.
Little bit of lifting and a bunch of biking and walking the dog. Now, if I could get my bike off of the trainer and go outside and use it....... Russ
just watch the whole, I dont know... drowning factor. And yeah steve, it helps, but Im probably the only 20 year old I know (outside of the military, I know plenty here) who has had shin splints at 5 different times in the past 2 months, and have been to about 20 physical therapy sessions to fix the damage to my knees, which I FINALLY have gotten past, hopefully for the last time. My last PFT I got a 268 out of 300. Definately not my best, but its one of the highest in my class. Thats 20/20 pullups, 100/100 full situps, and my ****ay 3 mile time of 22:40ish. Keep in mind though that it was the second run I had done after a month of being on crutches. I plan on breaking 21:00 AT LEAST on my next pft, and of course, I'm shooting for sub 20.
My 3 mi. is pretty crap at ~25 min I guess. My co-worker does 8 mi. in ~40 min and he's almost 40. Bastard kenyans
No, a proper Donkey Punch renders the recipient night-night time. C'mon now. MNSubaru mountain bike outing at Lebanon Hills tomorrow at 330pm.
if your doing donkey punches you need to alter arms and maybe women if they start getting headaches. iw ish I can run or something I cant do none of that stuff yet till my knee heals...so im just doing upper body right now. I work out just down the street from fs at ballys.
