[quote]dhuge67 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
dhuge67 wrote:
CaliforniaLaw wrote:
rsg wrote:
Going back to something said earliler, I don’t understand how some can’t grasp the concept:
If you eat 6 meals a day, thats 42 a week. If you eat “clean” on all those meals, and have say 2 which are pizza and fast food, thats only 2 meals out of 42 in a week.
It’s not going to hurt you at all. I think that’s part of the point which some have a hard time understanding…
The guys who can’t understand are all very small. The irony is they are the ones who need “junk” food most of all. I personally enjoy laughing at them.
Yeah, we “need it.” Some have different goals. Some need to be at low levels of body fat and weight. Some can’t afford to bulk due to their lifestyle. Junk food is off limits to certain people. It’s definitely off limits to me and I only weigh 170.
Why? I can’t afford to carry much fat, otherwise I won’t be able to run well. Not only that, but if I am to carry more weight, it will mean eating more food to maintain that weight. What good will any of this weight be for me, after 10 weeks of boot camp? Even after OCS, i’ll lift and gain back some weight, sure; but if I get deployed eventually and see real combat, I’ll be muscle-wasting (among other things that I’ll be wasting) for a living.
What? If you are being serious, I am military and the extra mass I had only helped me in the long run while going through training. It gave me enough muscle mass so that the overall loss was less significant.
I was also able to gain it back once my eating was back in order. Having more muscle mass than what you are carrying is not a hinderance in bootcamp.
You have a LOOOONG way to go before you would ever be carrying so much mass that this would be a concern. You aren’t exactly on the verge of being “huge”. The simple fact that you equated the occasional fast food meal with “carrying more body fat” says a lot.
You’re basically a guy who used to be fat who will now (possibly forever) hold back his own progress because you fear getting fat again…not realizing you were fat because you weren’t even training or eating right in majority in the first place.
Many of the guys who get deployed come back larger. That is because they focus on lifting and eating in their free time. There are “bodybuilders” in the military if you weren’t aware of it. Some of them are even in the magazines regularly.
How many of them are Recon Marines (my goal)?
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Dude, as a former infantry Marine who tried to bulk for 4 years while I was in, I feel I need to offer you some advice.
Yes, being a good long distance runner is important. Swimming is VERY important (if you want to go Recon). But lifting hard and eating like a horse will NOT hurt you. I ate fried chowhall food for 4 years and a buttload of other crap I bought at the store and I still couldn’t gain any size/strength (obviously I made mistakes and ran too fucking much). But it’s not gonna hurt you or your goals.
A “combat load” constists of body armor, at LEAST 7 full magazines, water, a weapons system, helmet, optics, and whatever other crap your CO wants you to take with you. In my case, I had a full breach kit, demolitions, and sometimes even a shotgun. That’s over 100# of shit on your tiny body.
Now, “combat” and patrols these days consist of running through the streets, up and down stairs, kicking in doors, and climbing over walls. I would have LOVED to have had a little extra muscle to help me out. Don’t fear the mass. You should be training hard enough that you won’t put on much fat anyway.
Good luck with your goals, but realize that a lot of officers are some big fucking dudes. My platoon commander played college rugby, was jakt (200+#), and could still run. There was a running joke that our XO’s med kit was stocked with roids.
So, moral of the story: don’t be a pussy, just eat, lift, get bigger, keep running and SWIMMING, and you’ll get aclimated to your newfound size and your enlisted Marines won’t think you’re a pussy.
Ex-DD