Fitness Milestones & Plans to share

[ThunderHorse]

How often and what time are you starting your rucks from when you wake up.
This was me for most PT and long rucks depending on when the ruck was
5:15-Wake up
5:30 Banana and Vitamins
6:30 PT time

If the ruck is 12 miles I'd grab an energy gel and take that at mile 6. During Triathlons I take a gel after the swim, one on the bike, and the last as I go through transition. It's gonna change going from Sprint to Olympic but that gives you an idea.

There's tons of options as far as gels are concerned, some are pure glucose and some have BCAAs, Caffeine and Electrolytes.

 

[SpongeBob*24]

Good luck bro...train like you don't have the chance to ingest calories....then if you do you will be a stud.....

 

[CDG]

Thanks, I've been eating before, but I haven't been eating during. I'll change that. Any insight as to intervals: like every 45 mins or so?

My personal rule of thumb is every 3 miles. I will use either a couple gels, or a PowerBar. You don't need food that often, but it's a nice luxury. Of course, that assumes you are allowed food, and you know distances. I do that now, but I didn't have those options during my pipeline. I don't know how SFAS runs their rucks, but at the TACP schoolhouse we were not allowed anything but water during rucks. Guys would just get up a little earlier to eat something beforehand. The one caveat to that was the 12 mile gate, because we didn't know when that was. The only distance we knew was halfway, because we would turn around at an instructor vehicle. I would assume SFAS is somewhat similar. We also were not allowed watches. I would recommend training both ways, just so you know how your body reacts.

All that being said, and this goes for anything related to rucking, rucking hurts. There's never anything easy, fun, or comfortable about it. So at the end of the day, don't fall into the trap of thinking you will find some magic combination of food and liquids that will let you crush a long ruck with ease. Know that it's always going to hurt, and just embrace it as part of the forging process.

 

[Marine0311]

Any specific goals for those of you who are 35 to 40? How do you eat and train?

 

[Devildoc]

Random observation -

Put the gym membership on hold and doing body weight excercises instead.

5x10 pull ups
5x15 dips
5x10 chin ups
5x20 push-ups

Just been a few weeks but REALLY impressed with the results so far.

Why am I paying that much for a gym membership again? LOL

I used to go to a gym, then I found F3:

F3

It's free, peer-led, bodyweight/boot camp-type workouts. On the site you can see the locations. The camaraderie is awesome, men are there with purpose. We have subgroups that do the Tough Mudder/Spartans, GoRuck events, ultra/endurance races, triathlons, one that did American Ninja Warrior. We do a lot of charity work (we are working closely with Special Ops Survivors), and we are doing the Fayetteville (NC) Spartan in September to raise money/awareness. Oh, and the workouts are soul crushing.

 

[Bakersa21]

@Devildoc speaking of spartan races,Did you catch the spartan team races that were on last night? Looked pretty fun I thought.

 

[Devildoc]

@Devildoc speaking of spartan races,Did you catch the spartan team races that were on last night? Looked pretty fun I thought.

I like Spartan. It's so laid back. Don't like something about an obstacle? Push out 20 burpees and be on your way. It's a hoot.

 

[Bakersa21]

I like Spartan. It's so laid back. Don't like something about an obstacle? Push out 20 burpees and be on your way. It's a hoot.

I know right? I love the laid back style of it. Iv'e been wanting to participate in one for a while just to finish one for myself to say "hey I did it", but can't seam to be able to catch one.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

I have permitted life to be an excuse to stop working out for a while. Last night I sat on my deck drinking beer and watched Casino Royale. Daniel Craig is a year older than me.

I'm off to PT this morning. :wall:

 

[Devildoc]

I have permitted life to be an excuse to stop working out for a while. Last night I sat on my deck drinking beer and watched Casino Royale. Daniel Craig is a year older than me.

I'm off to PT this morning. :wall:

My wife talks about actors and weight they lose (or gain, in muscle), gets frustrated when she doesn't get the same result. I remind her that they have nutritionists and trainers and can workout hours a day.

If we had time, money, and access we could have the same result.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

My wife talks about actors and weight they lose (or gain, in muscle), gets frustrated when she doesn't get the same result. I remind her that they have nutritionists and trainers and can workout hours a day.

Yeah, I agree with that to a point. God knows that dudes are often under the same pressure that women find themselves under...we're just better at not giving a fuck. That said, I find myself inspired when I see what is still possible to achieve as I get closer to 50 than I am 45. It won't happen by accident, and I was "there" for many years. Sending this from the free weight area between sets....

 

[ThunderHorse]

If we're all in that heavily controlled of an environment we'd probably be relatively close.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Great JRE Episode:

 

[RackMaster]

Speaking of Joe Rogan, I just listened to this one the other day and as a diabetic and someone with a TBI; the Ketogenic diet really intrigued me. Does anyone here have experience with it?

Welcome to KetoNutrition

 

[ThunderHorse]

I've never done Keto, but as seen in the ye old Paleo Thread, I had great responses to that. To be honest I've been on a higher carbohydrate diet but had great results with the higher fat of Paleo dieting.

Primal Docs has a lot of stuff on diabetes, I know some folks who've pulled themselves out of type 2 diabetes on a Paleo Diet.

 

[amlove21]

Speaking of Joe Rogan, I just listened to this one the other day and as a diabetic and someone with a TBI; the Ketogenic diet really intrigued me. Does anyone here have experience with it?

Welcome to KetoNutrition

So I did Keto for about a month- I try stupid shit (supplements, diets, etc) every now and again just to have some personal experience. Keto wasn't really that hard to maintain, but it's actually pretty close to how I normally eat anyway, so none of my results were super drastic.

I don't know how you would react to keto in a diabetic state; I want to say there are some studies out there that address it but I would have to do some digging.

 

[RackMaster]

So I did Keto for about a month- I try stupid shit (supplements, diets, etc) every now and again just to have some personal experience. Keto wasn't really that hard to maintain, but it's actually pretty close to how I normally eat anyway, so none of my results were super drastic.

I don't know how you would react to keto in a diabetic state; I want to say there are some studies out there that address it but I would have to do some digging.

From the reading I've done so far and from Joe Rogan's guest it may actually be the key to the type 2 epidemic. He also stated it takes a good 6 months before any real changes take effect. Apparently he does diet work for NASA and elite warfighters.

 

[Kakashi66223]

Been hitting the gym hard for a good 2 months, taking a breather for a few weeks (got shingles) and then finishing a 18week bodybuilding plan. Been enjoying the lift and the pain. The supplements and propper use of them have helped a lot.

Started 220, 44" waist. I'm now 192 36" waist. @69" I had Achilles tendon repair done 2 years ago and was pretty much sedentary before that.

I been saying to myself to keep me motivated --I'll be big like_(John Cena, etc.)_ , it won't happen now or tomorrow, but it will happen.

Goal is to un-retire and come back and make a difference to a few young warriors.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Hit a milestone today. Completed my first Olympic Triathlon today.

3:23:26 Kind of fucked up on the swim, but I'm good with what I brought today, I wanted to beat 3:30.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Where's everyone at going into the Winter?

My 'A' Race is in New York City since my girlfriend qualified for Championships in her Division. And I was able to get registered...price went up in like an hour after it went live. Then we're probably doing Tempe again, so I'll have two 'A' Races. If my rugby team isn't in the playoffs I'll be racing an Olympic distance one in April. Looks like 2018 will be the year of the Olympic Distance, and 2019 we'll work up for a 70.3.