Fit to fight…or do other stuff

By Caleb

I mentioned earlier on my Facebook fan page that now that I’m back from training, I’m in the best shape of my adult life, including my teens. Or, as a comment on yesterday’s post put it, “reborn hard.” That’s true. To put it in perspective, when I left I was doing about 40 pushups in a minute, 30ish situps, and running a mile and a half in 12 and change. Now I’m doing 60+ of pushups and situps, and running my 1.5 in 10 flat.

There are other metrics, like weight loss and percent body fat, I’ve dropped about 35 pounds and I’m under 11% body fat. These are good things because they mean I’ll likely live longer and whatnot. However, what I want to talk about today is how they affect my ability to defend myself as a civilian. Because I’ve talked about fitness a lot in the past and how it’s important, but instead of just beating ya’ll up and saying “get in shape fatty mcfatterton” I want to talk about what being in good shape gives me.

It gives me options, and options are a good thing. Depending on the situation, I have the option available to …Read the Rest

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