Whats the deal with the bin bags?

Your feet must have been sweating buckets!

he obviously didnt have waterproof shoes.
walking with wet feet causes all sorts of problems, and while your feet would sweat, the problems would be nowhere near as bad as having soaking feet for 6 hours. also, shoes ...

these are perfect. almost no impact on the knees or ankles, plenty of grip, will really improve times.

Thanks for the quick responses gents. Now to alter my work out schedule...

to add to what spence said, working the traps will also probably be beneficial.
dumbell shrugs are the best exercise for doing this, and upright rows will also work them.

runs with a weighted pack can help train the lower ...

I'm kinda dissapointed to be honest.. was waitin for the news that they were rescued with guns blazing, but oh well beggers can't be choosers...


and by beggers, i do mean that as that is what we have essentially been reduced to.

interesting.

would you volunteer to walk into the capital of ...

Also ever considered joining a boxing gym to do some circuit training?
You can build up great core fitness and strength, and you can just do the circuit training if you don't fancy the ringwork, sparing ect.

Just a thought why not look into it? You might love it.

Cheers, Bird

That is ...

im not saying dont run. however, most experienced trainers, runners etc will tell you a critical factor in speed is strength and power.
the further you travel per natural stride, the longer you will be able to run, and the faster.

high weight low reps is the faster way to increase brute strength ...

jock, if i were you, i would cut out some of those press ups and sit ups.

you say your poor at them, and increasing the load on those muscles so quickly will probably end up with an injury.

i pulled my pec, and its a bastard if you pull it quite badly, i tell you. there are few exercises save ...

i thought RMAD was compulsary? if not go on it its free and will give you a good heads up

from what iv been told, some AFCO's dont have a RMR base that is able to do RMAD's, so dont send you on them.
im sure if you asked they could put you on one, but it would be quite far away probably.

really ...

Thank you for bringing up one thing I'd forgot to mention - thermos flasks are good for a hot drink!!!
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Just don't use the ones that have glass on the inner layer because if you drop them and the glass inside smashes you won't know until you go to drink it.

Matt

just wanted to say that i ...

What do you need to do 1 handed press ups for ?

I'd just concentrate on doing normal press ups and diomands in regards to prmc.

Maybe they look good to the lads but quite pointless if your looking for a killer workout.

pointless?
as has been said yes they shouldnt be regularily done by most ...

creatine does little for you, it mainly increase water retention, which will help when running etc.
it creates dependance, and when you quit using it you will feel crap, and be nowhere as fit as you thought.
There are so many misconceptions surrounding creatine. Creatine is found natrually and can ...

with regards to circuits,
a good plan would be to follow something likes this

(i got this from some fitness book my mum had, by some form commando air guy)
one set consists of (no breaks, completely back to back):
1 min squat thrusts
1 min of skipping (proper skipping, at a decent pace)
1 min ...

Heyy! I take 100% whey protein shake, its works well after about 2 months it tones muscle well and helps muscle mass but doesnt build bulk (after 5 months of it ot much bulk :( )
Also Creatine is like a super supplement you see changes in just a few months but too much use and it can damage your ...

Cheers will hav a look at this,although when i went to an inside week at Lympstone they said they only learn a very simple form of judo, no offense just locks and blocks,so this should be a good read

somehow i think thats wrong.
a soldier like a RMC needs to be able to effective in multiple roles ...

Is it not just CQC which if you search around you can find it.

close quarter combat training is probably quite hard to get as a civvie.

As far as i am aware CQC in the military is a combination of unarmed combat to deal with armed and unarmed opponents, as well as combat with weapons soldiers ...