fitness training

[Timothy]

My problem isnt the knowledge, program, or equipment.  I have an elliptical in the house, have the P90x DVDs which helped me lose a lot of fat and build some serious muscle at one time, and i have quite a bit of knowledge on the fitness topic.  

What I need form you guys is motivation and accountability.  You military guys remember how easy it is to stay in shape when you got some grizzled NCO up your ass about it all the time.  Thats what i need.  Not the smartass coworker who just comments on how tight your flight suit is gettin...

It always helps to have a partner to motivate you.  Having served in the Navy, our boot camp physical training wasn't what the Army and Marine Corp probably endured.  I don't know anyone who went through the Air Force or Coast Guard basic training so I can't speak for that.

Yes, having the Chief or other instructor on top of your every move was motivating as was the fact that you worked as a company.  You passed and failed as a company of men (or women) and having your shipmate on your case was just as motivating.

I work out with my wife, we push each other and motivate each other.  I may never be 200 lbs again, but that's not why I work out daily.  I do it to remain flexible and strong because of a lifetime of abuse of my body that's left me broken, arthritic, scarred and in pain most of the time.  If I DON'T do the work, I'll be in more pain and that motivates me as well.

[ratcatcher55]

My problem isnt the knowledge, program, or equipment.  I have an elliptical in the house, have the P90x DVDs which helped me lose a lot of fat and build some serious muscle at one time, and i have quite a bit of knowledge on the fitness topic. 

What I need form you guys is motivation and accountability.  You military guys remember how easy it is to stay in shape when you got some grizzled NCO up your ass about it all the time.  Thats what i need.  Not the smartass coworker who just comments on how tight your flight suit is gettin...

This guy is available but I don't think he works cheap. (NSFW)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNQPLewGR9k

[MikeO]

I'm 56, retired 12 yrs ago, and I can still max out the USMC PT test, and I was in the USAF. I'm not a fanatic about it either; walk the dogs every day, run/bike 3X week, some martial arts andcalisthenics 2X week.

Motivation and accountability is the key, and the best is internal, not external. Figure out how to push yourself instead of having somebody else do it for you. Easiest way to do that is find something(s) you like to do, then you really don't have to push whatever it is, it/they will pull you. I know that is easier said than done. Lucky for me, I like to do the simple stuff that's good for me. I don't "work out", I play. I smile when I sweat. I make time for things I am looking fwd to, don't look for/jump on excuses to skip something I am not.

Or ya could just say heck w it, eat, drink, and be merry until the pain in your arm and lights out. There's a good argument to be made that a shorter life that's more fun beats a longer life that isn't. I see too many people in the gym and on the road who do NOT look like they are having any fun at all! Whats the point if they are not? How much you smile and laugh might have more to do w how long you live than how much you grunt and groan anyway...