the marines have been stalking me for somedays

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-08-08 10:27am

met my first sergeant at the beginning of the day. he saw my buddy's asfab of 85, said holy shit. saw mine of 99 (perfect) and said, holy shit!
hehe. I could get used to this.

marched with my squad last night.

did the excercises. somewhat relaxing. Im getting better. did 8 pullups. more then ever. go me.

watched a marine blackbelt teach interesting ways to kill people. I want to be him when I grow up. I never knew hand to hand was so easy, or so fascinating.

was told we were going to do a 1.5 mile run. Ive done 1 mile np, so I figured 1.5 I could handle. we do 1.5, I start to lag. our guide says we're not going fast enough, so we do it again. then we do fireman's carry uphill. we normally go with someone our weight, but I couldnt find one, so I took someone 40lbs heavier. 180lb up hill at a jog. ow.

at the top, we sprinted down. and up. and that a few more times.

we werent going fast enough, so they took us the long ride home. nother 3 miles. I like cadence a lot. it lets me go zen.

cuz we slowed down in front of civiies, we had to 3 100 meter sprints, then stand in place jogs/pushups. if we knew our general orders, we got to stop. Ive memorized mine, so I got out early. w00t.

I then went home and ate the entire food pyramid in one setting. hardest day Ive ever had, and I did farther then I thought I could. happiness.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-08-08 12:38pm

Another good saying for ya;

What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger.

Sounds like you're getting the swing of things. The intent, besides making you strong and increasing your endurance, is to wear down your resistence and natual adversion to authority. Granted, things get worse in MCRD but.....

Oh, here's another one for ya;

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

OR;

Pains temporary, so enjoy it while it lasts. (personal favorite of mine)

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-08-08 02:27pm

oh, the pain one is our mantra.

and, I like the parris one. havent heard it before.

its hard, a lot of it, but knowing I am capable of stuff like this is really cool.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-08-09 07:10am

3 sets of 15 lat pulldowns, 110 lbs. biking for 15 min.
3 of 10 bicep flex, 45 lbs
3 sets of 5 negative bicep flex, 45lbs
100 crunches, with a ten kilo on my chest.

go me.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-08-10 11:56pm

yesterday, 1.5 mile run, 10 min, 21 sec. yay.

then did some crunches and pullups and pushups and things. then some basketball games.

very relaxing.

today was my day off, and I sptend 5 hrs cleaning someone's basement. made 45$. w00t.