>>2633
He also doesn't squat.

  Here are some easy meals he makes....

>>2636

Protein powder...protein powder...protein powder...enjoy your kidney problems.

>>2298>>2301

Canadian Army has universality of service, like the U.S. Marines. Everyone has to be capable of basic infantry shit. Even the girls. If you're not in shape, start pounding pavement and iron NAOW!

>>2562

CF reserve (lol) infantry here. Yeah, on a basic level everyone has to be able to do something, but past the initial courses a cook isn't doing fuck all.

>>2605

This is true. On the other hand, OP has yet to pass basic, so..

Plus, not all of us are cooks. Weapon techs do a pretty physical job much of the time, and being in shape has always helped me out.

Maybe, you may just be oversleeping or it could be something else try sleeping less and see how that treats you, you could also try a caffeine nap take a caffeine pill then immediately lay down and take a nap after about 30-45 minutes you should wake up quite refreshed, just don't get addicted.

You're WAY oversleeping. I was doing that for a few months. Couldn't sleep less than 10 hours most nights. Cut it back to 7 and MAKE yourself get up. Set multiple alarms, have people call you and make sure you're up.

You'll feel like crap for a bit, but not any worse than you do now. Then you'll feel great.

42 miles a week will make you small (or give you stress fxs)

Add some of these and some squats. good 2 go.

>>2625
I'm not to worried about getting small even when I was doing about 55 I was just pretty lean. And I've been running long enough to know how to avoid stress fractures.

Hmm, yeah.

I've been trying to drink more water and less Coke, but how about other beverages?

Juice from concentrate, single servings of milk (real or soy). Any suggestions? (Cheap and portable, ideally.)

I'm drinking a little bit under a gallon per day, more if I have a specific race/pt test/competition I'm gearing up for. I drink pretty much only water except for meals (I'll have a glass of orang juice and milk) and right after a work out where I'll have a bottle of gatorade.

One of the easiest ways to increase your intake is to just carry a bottle with you and make sure you drink a set amount every hour or so. Also drink water with your meals, I'll typicaly drink a quater of a gallon with every meal.

>>2618
It's a good starting block, it's what my cross country coach told us to shoot for as a baseline and I ended up adjusting to about a gallon a day.

>>2622

Milk isn't bad. The problem is that soda and juice has calories, while water doesn't. If you eat the same amount of food calories, you'll naturally compensate by eating less the next meal or running more. You don't do the same with liquid calories.

>>2593
An actual stress fracture won't be helped much by one week off. You're looking at months of rest.
Shin splints on the other hand are much more common, and have similar symptoms. They are muscle and tendon soreness which is best helped by good cooling down and moderate rest.

I'm sorry, but I think adding 100% volume after a week off is bad advice.

Other than that, good advice.

>>2612

What I meant is you want to take the time off before you risk getting a stress fracture - which as you said takes ages to heal properly.

You're right for most people - increasing in smaller increments (10% per week) is usually the safe norm. The nature of our training means we're increasing load at faster pace, which makes resting all the more important.

>>2617
Okay, I misunderstood your statement WRT the stress fractures, my apologies. We can probably agree to disagree.
Our two approaches have the same premise in mind though: cardio (running, not jogging) is an essential part of a workout program.

So OP can choose to go softly-softly with the jog-walk-jog to 3 mile run, or hardcore mode with 1 mile a day, week off, 2 miles a day and so on.
One thing I didn't emphasise with the gentle ramp-up is that it gives you time to wear in some good quality shoes -- probably not a problem for OP, but as general advice it is a critical consideration oft overlooked.

To reiterate: swimming is excellent advice, also push-ups, dips, squats... as many compound exercises as you can sub for isolation as possible IMHO.

>>2608

I have one, I weigh about 245. No visible damage anywhere. If you live in a relatively modern building it'll probably be fine, but a coworker said he couldn't use his, his house is pretty old and he was afraid he was damaging his doorway (heard wood creaking and so on).

The padding on those things is a little thin, and it can mark up or dent the doorway. I haven't experimented with extra padding yet.

It's an ok product for what you pay for, what are they, $30?

>>2609
>Arnolds encyclopedia of bodybuildng

My brother has this book. Holy fuck is it huge. Arnold has it down to a fucking science.

>>2608
you could find the points of contact and somehow make them much larger to reduce the pressure

maybe get a thin piece of balsa wood and put it over the points of contact, or even across the top of the doorway. you wouldnt have to attach or nail it, just let the pressure of the bar hold it there while you are usin it

Try "relax into stretching" by Pavel Tsatsouline.

Also "beyond stretching" by the same.

this, or go ahead and buy/torrent a yoga DVD. Preferably one with a nice looking chick for an "instructor". Go through the DVD a few times a week... they will have instructions for what to do if you aren't flexible enough to perform the full poses/movements.

I recommend Sara Ivanhoe.

I also have a confession, I'm pregnant with your babies.

Stop being a deadbeat father!

>>2503
Link please?
There's so fucking many different torrents and I don't know which one to choose.

>>2517
It's not bad, but I'd recommend the Insanity workout over it any day. P90X will get you in shape, but it's aimed more towards the people who are grossly out of shape with no ambition to work out.

The Insanity workout will kick your ass. It's 40 minutes of almost nonstop cardio and it gave me results that were leap years beyond P90x.

>>2599

I can testify to the craziness of insanity

>>2594
Been trying to convince my buddy to come along with me - he's extremely overconfident though, i'm a little concerned i'd end up carrying him after mile 3. we'll see how it goes.

>>2584
This seems awesome and it's less than 2 hours away from my house. I know I'll finish, but it may take me all day. I have less than 60 days to train for this and right now I can barely run a mile in 8 minutes. Obviously I would not be competing but it could defiantly help be a goal for me, and who knows the next time it will be so close to me.

Maybe if I can get some friends to join this could be a good experience.

>>2597
Just sign up! It's not going to be an all-out death sprint. It'll be very tough, yes, but you could easily get into the proper shape between now and then. Not only will it be a great personal achievement, but they will have FREE BEER at the end (and it's for a great cause). There are plenty of good guys on here who know of great training programs for endurance and strength. Just ask!
militaryathlete.com
crossfitendurance.com
as well as others. But those two are my fav.
>>2596
Do you know your start time? Mine is the first heat at 11 am. I'll be with a wrestling buddy and we'll be racing another group of friends. We don't have a team name set in stone, yet, but I'll eventually post it here so maybe we can meet up at the end and down a cold one (or five) and celebrate.