Ranger school - NG

[Dimethylamine]

Not sure, but the RPFT was always chin ups

 

[Devildoc]

After that drag and KB farmers carry, yeah, I can see how your legs would be tired.

I am soooooooo glad everyone is starting to ditch sit-ups.

 

[Dimethylamine]

Me too. Sit ups are borderline dogmatic in the fitness world that span generations. There are way better and equitable exercises to measure core strength.

I see a lot of old people at the gym that do sit ups that end up just nearly herniating their necks, but they're set in their ways so I don't bother correcting it.

 

[Devildoc]

Me too. Sit ups are borderline dogmatic in the fitness world that span generations. There are way better and equitable exercises to measure core strength.

I see a lot of old people at the gym that do sit ups that end up just nearly herniating their necks, but they're set in their ways so I don't bother correcting it.

Paraphrasing a fitness guy I know (by 'fitness guy' I mean he has all of the appropriate degrees and initials behind his name), the assumption that sit-ups work the abdominals is largely false; they damage the low back and neck if you are pulling your neck...many better metrics with which to measure core strength. He was a consultant with the Marines when they changed their thing to include planks.

Edited to add, I have always been awful with sit-ups/crunches, but can hold a correct plank for 90 seconds.

 

[Marauder06]

The situp was pretty much the only exercise I was moderately good at when I was in the Army (102 in 2 minutes). They are, therefore, the best and most useful exercise ever created.

 

[Box]

When I was in, we had to do our sit-ups in the rain - uphill - both ways - with a rucksack - with nobody holding our feet - and no WiFi...
...NO.FUCKING.WIFI

Meanwhile, this current generation just wants to use words like "core" and "musculoskeletal injuries" and "neck pain" and even meaningless terms like "dogmatic"

We sure as hell didn't have dogmatic when I was in uniform.
We only had dogmanual - and we were damn glad to have it.
Pull your skirt down Army of 2023, I can see your vagina.

Today's military is going to hell in a hand-basket my friends.
Hell in a hand-basket.

 

[Devildoc]

....he says after the VA denies that his back and knee injuries were military-related lol....

 

[Marauder06]

When I was in, we had to do our sit-ups in the rain - uphill - both ways - with a rucksack - with nobody holding our feet - and no WiFi...
...NO.FUCKING.WIFI

Word.

I don't know how I Army'd before Nickleback.

 

[AWP]

I don't know how I Army'd before Nickleback.

Now we know who headed up DEI initiatives in their (neutral pronoun) respective units.

 

[DA SWO]

Paraphrasing a fitness guy I know (by 'fitness guy' I mean he has all of the appropriate degrees and initials behind his name), the assumption that sit-ups work the abdominals is largely false; they damage the low back and neck if you are pulling your neck...many better metrics with which to measure core strength. He was a consultant with the Marines when they changed their thing to include planks.

Edited to add, I have always been awful with sit-ups/crunches, but can hold a correct plank for 90 seconds.

I put my hands on top of my head to avoid the temptation to pull on my neck.

 

[Marauder06]

Even when I was doing oodles of sit-ups, I never really felt it in my abs. It was always my hip flexors.

 

[Dimethylamine]

When I was in, we had to do our sit-ups in the rain - uphill - both ways - with a rucksack - with nobody holding our feet - and no WiFi...
...NO.FUCKING.WIFI

Meanwhile, this current generation just wants to use words like "core" and "musculoskeletal injuries" and "neck pain" and even meaningless terms like "dogmatic"

We sure as hell didn't have dogmatic when I was in uniform.
We only had dogmanual - and we were damn glad to have it.
Pull your skirt down Army of 2023, I can see your vagina.

Today's military is going to hell in a hand-basket my friends.
Hell in a hand-basket.

Well back in MY day, back in Valley Forge, we had no shoes! Kids these days get MREs, we had fire cakes, so just flour and water. Yuck! Don't get me started on leadership; Von Steuben was a hard ass but we sure learned a lot.

 

[RustyShackleford]

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