Would you say that you are pretty fit?

[QUOTE="chansaet"]The average american is pretty bad. I think army standard is good enough.Palantas

The high Army standard is...

• 80 pushups in two minutes
• 80 situps in two minutes
• Two-mile run in 13 minutes

Which is way better than the typical person, but isn't impressive to a real athlete.

That's the standard... TBH, I thought it would be a lot tougher than that. I figured that would be the entrance 'exam' (just to get in)rawsavon

By and large, people in the Army are not in that great of shape. Combat Arms soldiers tend to be in a little better shape, and infantry in a little better shape still. However, you don't start finding exclusively athletic people until you get into elite units.

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[QUOTE="rawsavon"]I wonder how these threads would change if pics were required... I know Xoas would at least join me here.rawsavon

Unless we have some other buff guys here.

eh I'm generally fit

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[QUOTE="chansaet"]The average american is pretty bad. I think army standard is good enough.Laser_Hunter

The high Army standard is...

• 80 pushups in two minutes
• 80 situps in two minutes
• Two-mile run in 13 minutes

Which is way better than the typical person, but isn't impressive to a real athlete.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]That's the standard... TBH, I thought it would be a lot tougher than that. I figured that would be the entrance 'exam' (just to get in)Palantas

By and large, people in the Army are not in that great of shape. Combat Arms soldiers tend to be in a little better shape, and infantry in a little better shape still. However, you don't start finding exclusively athletic people until you get into elite units.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Teenaged"]Promises....

Teenaged

Unless we have some other buff guys here.

I would say so. By BMI standards, I'm overweight with a BMI of 26, while my actual body fat percentage is around 6 or 7%. I do large amounts of both cardio and weight training. aaaaarrrrggggg

I never trust those things anyway. When I was 5'5'' 160lbs, I was considered overweight for my size too :lol:. It's because of my height to weight ratio.

Yes, I would say I am fit. I played football all through high school and I lifted a lot. I slowed down my lifting a bit after football ended, but I stayed with my cardio, and I am picking back up on (serious?) lifting again.

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[QUOTE="rawsavon"] Xoas and I would watch the fun...you are welcome to join us in the 'viewing' roomrawsavon

Unless we have some other buff guys here.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Teenaged"]What the hell am I supposed to view if you dont post pics?

Unless we have some other buff guys here.

Teenaged

sorry

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[QUOTE="rawsavon"] There are plenty of more built guys than me. Besides I would never post anything like that...lack of confidence Though Xaos may have some inappropriate pics of me you can viewrawsavon

sorry

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[QUOTE="Teenaged"]Oh... so do I PM xaos to show them to me or ask them directly from you? :o

Teenaged

sorry

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By and large, people in the Army are not in that great of shape. Combat Arms soldiers tend to be in a little better shape, and infantry in a little better shape still. However, you don't start finding exclusively athletic people until you get into elite units.

rawsavon

hmmm...don't know quite how I feel about that

I don't much care for it either. I think the military basic payscale should be tripled. Then the Army can be much more selective about recruits, and demand a much higher standard from people in the service. :)

On a more realistic note, yeah...the military's fitness is overrated. Think about it: Your job in the Army is to drive trucks, and load and unload them with stuff. How good of shape do you have to be in to do that? If you're a simple infantryman (grunt), you have to be in better shape, mostly involving moving long distances with heavy weight.

In elite units, you start running into a problem of time management. If you want to be the best shape humanely possible, you have to work out five or six hours a day. That's not feasible when you have 50 other skillsets you have to work on (weapons, tactics, equipment, foreign languages, how fast you can say the Ranger Creed). Deployments seriously screw up your fitness routine. You go from being able to run and lift every day, and having fine control of your diet, to being able to do none of these things.

The best soldiers are in great shape, but they're not comparable to professional atheletes like some people seem to think they are.

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[QUOTE="I"]

By and large, people in the Army are not in that great of shape. Combat Arms soldiers tend to be in a little better shape, and infantry in a little better shape still. However, you don't start finding exclusively athletic people until you get into elite units.

Palantas

hmmm...don't know quite how I feel about that

I don't much care for it either. I think the military basic payscale should be tripled. Then the Army can be much more selective about recruits, and demand a much higher standard from people in the service. :)

On a more realistic note, yeah...the military's fitness is overrated. Think about it: Your job in the Army is to drive trucks, and load and unload them with stuff. How good of shape do you have to be in to do that? If you're a simple infantryman (grunt), you have to be in better shape, mostly involving moving long distances with heavy weight.

In elite units, you start running into a problem of time management. If you want to be the best shape humanely possible, you have to work out five or six hours a day. That's not feasible when you have 50 other skillsets you have to work on (weapons, tactics, equipment, foreign languages, how fast you can say the Ranger Creed). Deployments seriously screw up your fitness routine. You go from being able to run and lift every day, and having fine control of your diet, to being able to do none of these things.

The best soldiers are in great shape, but they're not comparable to professional atheletes like some people seem to think they are.

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sorry

rawsavon

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Teenaged"]As always... :(

Teenaged

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[QUOTE="rawsavon"] Well played. I am even to nervous to post picks of me at a pool or beach on here ...too worried about becoming a memerawsavon

:P

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Teenaged"]A hot meme.

Teenaged

:P

I am above average but not fit. I can run pretty fast and can jump pretty far, but I still have room for so much improvement. I am 148 lbs I think, 5'11", not super skinny, but thin.

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[QUOTE="rawsavon"] But a meme none-the-less I don't know...it is weird. I have always been bashful when it comes to stuff like that. But only around other people. I walk around nude (at my place) all the timerawsavon

:P

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My sweet talking though is always thruthful. :oops:

My sweet talking though is always thruthful. :oops:

Teenaged

I wonder what it is about your culture that causes you guys to have silver tongues (does that saying translate?)

-if not, it means a sly/sweet talking little devil...in a good way

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My sweet talking though is always thruthful. :oops:

rawsavon

I wonder what it is about your culture that causes you guys to have silver tongues (does that saying translate?)

-if not, it means a sly/sweet talking little devil...in a good way

I thought other people here were like that much more than me. :P

I guess we get excited easily. Probably that. If it makes sense.

Although I never imagined myself as a swett talker, throign compliments and what not. IRL I dont do that. I rarely express my opinion on others.

I guess we get excited easily.

Teenaged

I'm fit in the sense that my muscles are more than adequate enough to carry my body around quite easily. Once you take into account that I'm 5'7" and 118 pounds, though, it becomes quite obvious that I'm not actually very muscular.

14, probably 5'6-5'7 and 120. I'm average not ripped but not out of shape. I dont work out much but i do go on runs (2 mile) once a week at night and play sports with friends. im not the strong but have pretty good endurance but i am lazy

No, I've been trying to work on that, but I don't have the dedication. I think I might try Yoga or Pilates one of these days.

i could probably run about 10 miles before i'd have to walk or stop so i guess i'm in really good shape, although i do play varsity basketball so i'm kind of forced to be by constant running in practice.

I am ripped, but I am working on a six pack.

Nope.

I sit on my fat @$$ all day playing WoW, Eating big macs, and talking on OT.

Over the summer I get out a lot, and so especially right now, I'd be surprised if I was considered unfit.

Dear lord no. :lol:

I'm not fat or terribly skinny or unathletic, but fit, I am not. :P

Not fat, not skinny, not fit, not unfit. :P

Nowhere near fit.

well, i'm pretty thin but i'm not fit at all

if anything, i'm feeble

Lol, no. I never exercise.....ever. Though I've always been a decent sprinter.

I'm pretty fit. I'm doing a special kind of weight training known as Bulgarian training. You lift 13 times a week. All compound exercises, max out everyday, squat everyday. I love it but I have practically no life because of it lol.

Okay so I was just wondering how much people here actually think they are pretty fit. Like I think I'm pretty fit. I workout 4 days a week. My endarance is pretty good. My arms are pretty cut and my stomach is flat, though I don't have a six pack (working on it), my shoulders are pretty muscular as well.

chansaet