Feb 11
96 Days Till Boot Camp
Poolee PT
Ran 1.5 Miles Indian Run
4 Rounds of
Pullups 5
Ab Ball Leg Lifts 10
KB Swings 10
Ball Slams 10
with 5 pushups between exercises
blackngrey609
I just wanted to make sure that you know I meant no disrespect by cutting humps out of my schedule.
I enjoyed the hump and I know I could improve a lot on them before boot but I see mbarret’s point about saving it.
Another big reason is that my shitty work boots gave me some nice blisters which impeded some of my running which is not a good thing.
Just trying to clear that up.
Feb 12
95 Days Till Boot Camp
I don’t feel like I’m improving enough.
To take an honest assessment of my current status I would say I’m 65% ready.
Physically I’m ok but I need to be alot better.
I’m around 14-15 strict pullups which sucks.
I’m around 90 crunches which is ok but I should be maxing this out by now.
My 3 mile run time is around 25-26 min which is deplorable.
Knowledge wise I don’t know my General Orders well enough or my Leadership Traits.
This is starting to sound like a woe is me rant but its not. I’m just venting some disappointment.
I know where I need to go and what I need to do and I feel like I’m not putting enough in to get there.
I’ve made progress but so what. I joined the Corps to be the best and to give my best, and I know I have not being giving it.
This will change.
New Schedule
Morning PT
Sun- Rest
Mon- 3 Mile Run, Calisthenics
Tues-6 400m, Calisthenics
Wed- 3 Mile Run, Calisthenics
Thurs-6 800m, Calisthenics
Fri- 1 Mile Run, Calisthenics
Sat- 3 Mile + 1 Mile each week
Evening PT
Sun-Rest
Mon- Alternative Conditioning
Tues-Swim
Wed- Poolee PT
Thurs-Alternative Conditioning
Fri- Swim
Sat-Rest
Sleep Schedule
I was getting consistent sleep but I’ve gotten away from that so this is my new schedule.
9:30pm - 5:30am
Nutrition
I have been eating a lot of shit lately. So I’m going to strive to eat 6 small meals a day to fuel my PT and aid in recovery. I am also going to cut out eating all the fast food shit I’ve been eating.
Mental Health
I attend community college while I wait to ship. Honestly I put more effort into my log than I do homework. It has been hard for me to care about school since I DEP’d in.
I do know the importance of school though regardless of what you’re learning, so I’m going to stop being immature and take care of business. A Master Chief once told me “If you have to shovel shit, be the best shoveler.” so thats what I intend on doing. I also am going to devote an hour a day to Marine Corps knowledge/military reading. I have some good books I need to finish and read.
Dental Health
This might sound gross but I don’t floss regularly. I’m going to start flossing at least once a day. This will be a good habit to develop and good discipline practice.
That about sums it up.
I was pissed tonight and just messed around at the gym.
Here are two videos, one of some shitty pullups and one of ok dips.
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Don’t kill me on the reps. I know they suck. Next time I shoot for 20 I’m going to do it on a straight bar so a rep is clearly visible.
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I could go a little lower on these. My goal is to do 50 in a row.
Feb 13
94 Days Till Boot Camp
Pullups 13 9 8 7 7
Handstand Pushups 10 10
Pushups 30 25
Ran 3 Miles
Feb 16
91 Days Till Boot Camp
Morning PT
Pullups 14 9 8 8 7 -struggled with the last few on the last two sets
Pushups 25 20 15 10
Crunches/Back extensions 10 10 10 10 10
Dips 16 16 16 16 - very difficult
Ran 1.5 Miles
Evening PT
Tabata Back Squats - 95lbs - Brutal
Burpees 10
I appreciate the total body and mind improvement. Be sure to keep up with that every day. put it on here, i’ll welcome it. and i’ll comment on it as well. i see your burpees are comin’ up fast.
so give me a more specific detail of your split. it seems so sporadic. i’m sure there is a method to this madness, but i’m too simple minded to be able to put all of it together. like when are you doing handstand pushups and back squats and everything else, or are you just doing different stuff whenever.
There is some method to my madness but mostly its just madness.
The runs in the morning are geared to helping my 3 mile time and build general running endurance.
The Calisthenics I do are to help my overall BW endurance.
I have written down to do:
Pullups
Pushups
Crunches/Back Extensions
BW Squats
Dips
alternating with
Pullups
Pushups
Ab Wheel Rollouts
BW Lunges
Handstand Pushups
It probably seems like I don’t stick to this plan and sometimes I do veer from it. This is because a) I don’t wake up early enough to do it before school. b) My training takes place at my house, the YMCA, and school so the equipment changes. c)I don’t have a third excuse but those are bullshit reasons anyway. I need to just do it.
Really any deviation from my plan stems from me not waking up early enough. I have these things planned out but if I don’t do it by a certain time my other responsibilities get in the way which affects my workout when I do make it up. i.e. location, training partner
The evening PT sessions are supposed to up my conditioning. I swim twice a week because that is a specific exercise I need conditioning for, and I have written in two nights of whatever conditioning method I want to use.
It seems like alot but it really isn’t. My body holds up pretty well my only problem is just following my split to a T.
So for now on I’m going to chronicle my workout day when I update my log. I will state whether I did my workout out as prescribed or deviated from the plan.
One of my favorite quotes is:
The two greatest pains in life are discipline and regret. You’ll either have a lot of one or a lot of the other.
This rings so true its ridiculous.
I hope that more and more my pain comes from self discipline and less and less will come from regret.
There’s not many things I regret in my life but my biggest regret is that I never worked hard enough. Not just in some things but in a lot of things.
I’ve made that mistake and I’m going to learn from it.
I refuse to make that mistake about the Marine Corps and about my service.
I will honor the Marine Corps and America by giving my best. And I know that to truly give my best I have to have the discipline to get there.
Right now I am struggling to kill the Old Mark. The Mark from my childhood. The one who messed around and blew a lot of opportunities and disappointed a lot of people.
Childhood is over. It’s time to grow up.
I am 18 and I have enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
I am trying to become the Man I know I can be. I am trying to become the Marine I know I can be.
I will become that person.
I want to live a life of
Honor, Courage, and Commitment.
I will.
Feb 17
90 Days Till Boot Camp
Morning PT
Pullups 14 9 8 8 7 - felt tough today
Then I did a fitness test in Wellness
1 mile walk - 12:06
Pushups 38 in 1 min - pathetic I know
Crunches 91 in one minute
Then I continued my workout
Dips 16 16
Lunges BWx10 40X5 50X5
Ran 2 Miles
I hate working out at school.
Evening PT
Swam 8 laps Breaststroke
You are an amazing 18 year old, and I’m sure you’ll make an amazing man and marine. There aren’t a lot of 18 year olds that have the lines between achieving what you are capable of and total disappointment/failure so close.
3 things
My favorite quote: “Who best can suffer, best can do” (John Milton).
2 books:
Keep with it Mark… The Hairy Nevus makes you look scary by the way.
mrodock
I appreciate the kind words.
To me anything less than my best is absolute failure.
Because of this in my mind I fail a ton, but every time I fail my desire to succeed grows stronger.
Thank you for posting those books. As soon as I finish my currents reads I’ll tackle those. The book “Suffer in Silence” looks especially good.
MDAutry
Well I’m glad to see you finally joined the Nation. I hope you have read all of my log and will continue to keep track until I leave. Maybe Hairy Nevuses are the mark of a true warrior, I sure hope so.
Keep up the good work man, i’m still reading your log as frequently as possible.
Thanks alot jahall.
I read yours as well and you are making some great progress.
Feb 18
89 Days Till Boot Camp
Morning PT
Ran 3 Miles
Evening PT
Poolee PT
Ran 3 Miles Formation
Crunches 2 x 30 sec
5 rounds of:
Pullups 5
Ball Slams 10
KB Swings 10
Squat Thrusters 10
Burpees 10
with 5 pushups between exercises
I rolled my ankle real bad tonight coming off a curb so the run went kinda crappy.
[quote]Devil Dog Autry wrote:
One of my favorite quotes is:
The two greatest pains in life are discipline and regret. You’ll either have a lot of one or a lot of the other.
This rings so true its ridiculous.
I hope that more and more my pain comes from self discipline and less and less will come from regret.
There’s not many things I regret in my life but my biggest regret is that I never worked hard enough. Not just in some things but in a lot of things.
I’ve made that mistake and I’m going to learn from it.
I refuse to make that mistake about the Marine Corps and about my service.
I will honor the Marine Corps and America by giving my best. And I know that to truly give my best I have to have the discipline to get there.
Right now I am struggling to kill the Old Mark. The Mark from my childhood. The one who messed around and blew a lot of opportunities and disappointed a lot of people.
Childhood is over. It’s time to grow up.
I am 18 and I have enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
I am trying to become the Man I know I can be. I am trying to become the Marine I know I can be.
I will become that person.
I want to live a life of
Honor, Courage, and Commitment.
I will.
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Once we accomplish the things that are set for us, these words and all others like them will be looked back upon as the words of a prodigy.
I believe it’s in the book of Mark:
“Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own house is a prophet without honour.”
Those who have seen us grow, who have seen us in our stages of weakness throughout our lives will not be able to fathom what we will become.
Draper
The verse is Mark 6:4.
Once I start my life in the Corps and really once I start my adulthood I will not look back.
Most of the people I know don’t understand, they disapprove, and they don’t believe what I’m doing.
I have had people tell me I’m wasting my life, that I’m throwing my life away, and that I am a moron for giving up college for military service.
They don’t understand and that’s fine with me because they never will.
When I talk about service to my country and doing something that is greater than myself it falls on deaf ears and blank stares.
When I first joined I wanted people’s approval and I got some but really nothing more than a “Good Luck!”.
Now the only thing I want is to become the Man and Marine I know I can be. That will be my victory. That will be my validation of success.
Anyway in a very roundabout way I am thanking you for that quote and I wholeheartedly agree.
You only get one shot so do what you are passionate about and forget what others want or expect of you.
Feb 19
88 Days Till Boot Camp
Once again I didn’t get up early enough to go to the track and run before school. My lack of discipline in this area is really starting to piss me off and it will change.
Pullups 14 9 8 8 7
Pushups 25 20 15 10
Situps/Back Extensions 20 20 20
Handstand Pushups 8 8 8
Tabata Squats 135lbs - Brutal
Ran 2 Miles
Mental Training
Started “Lone Survivor”, I am only a few chapters in and I love this book.
Reviewed General Orders 1-4 and The Rifle Man’s Creed.