Gone to OCS!

Well, after all this time spent training and working hard it is finally time for the test, Officer Candidate School. I am gonna go at it with a positive mind set. I am gonna make mistakes. I am not gonna be the best "candidate" there. But I am gonna come out of there a better person, hopefully. I will write more on the subjcect perhaps on a weekend liberty (in 3 weeks). Or when I get home (in 6 weeks).

3 mile boots run (split in halves)

Running in Boots
1.5 mile run in boots completed in 11:10
rest 5 min
1.5 mile run (walked a couple times) in boots
Reflection
It was a hot one! But I wanted to get myself a little more used to the heat.
Quote of the Day
"Our Country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won't
be any AMERICA because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our
women and breed a hardier race!"
-Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC

Body-Weight

Tuesday
50 true push-ups (As Fast As Possible)
10x20 reps of true push-ups resting a min or so mixing up wide, narrow, and normal
2x50 4 count flutter kicks
Wednesday
95 deadhang pull-ups in sets of 10 reps mixing up grips (resting atleast 5 min between sets)
50 true burpees for time (Completed in 4:03)
"true" means push-up or burpee with chest to deck and no sagging hips
Quote of the Day
“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”
~Excerpted from The Heart and the Fist

Pullin and Ballin

Met-Con
4 rounds
10 dead hang pull-ups
25 wall balls (15 lbs) to 12 foot target
Completed in about 10:30 min
50 Push-Ups Test (Chest to deck and elbows locked) 1:10 min
Reflection
Wall balls are hard! I was even using a lighter ball (15 lbs) as opposed to the Men's Rxed ball of 20 lbs. I tried to aim higher on the wall to make up for the lighter weight. My shoulders always feel like they are gonna fall off after I do wall balls.
Quote of the Day
"An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot."
~Thomas Paine

HAPPY 4th of July!

25 Mile Bike Ride in the Poconos

Strongman and Trail Running in NB MT101

Strongman
4 rounds
4 wall ascents (6 foot 5 inch wall)
7 tire flips
7 sledgehammer swings on tire (per side)
Completed in less than 7 min
3x100m prowler sled pushes working up to 110 lbs plus weight of sled
Trail Running
20 min of long intervals around 4-5 min with minimal rest
Reflection
The strongman was a fun workout. I climbed the wall, flipped the tire, and did some sledgehammer swings (for the first time). I then did some prowler pushes which were a real butt and quad burner. Later on in the day I ran through Ridley Creek State Park on a narrow trail of rolling hills in my new New Balance MT101 trail running shoes. They should be good to run on asphalt as well. They are comfortable as HELL!
Quote of the Day
“We live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to be willing to fight. We all understand at the most basic level that caring requires strength as well as compassion.”
~Eric Greitens in his book The Heart and the Fist