Archive for October, 2008


Fitness Platoon – Oct 17, 2008

1.5 mile run Razzle Dazzle 50 minutes of upper body and abdominal calisthenics (push-ups, pull-ups, cunches, flutter kicks, ins and outs, bicycles) Cory getting his reps in. We've got a lot of new people just starting the program so we eased back a little on the intensity. We did a workout we hadn't done in [...]

Fitness Platoon – Oct 15 , 2008

Razzle Dazzle About 35 minutes of lower body and abdominal calisthenics (boot beaters, star jumps, windmills, lunges, burpies, crunches, bicycles, flutter kicks and stretches) I forgot my camera, so this sketch will have to do. Razzle Dazzle is fun. It's just like frisbee football, except with a football. You think it would be just like [...]

2nd RadBn Unit Logo

2nd Radio Battalion was my first choice out of MOS school. Of course that means the Marine Corps sent me to Japan instead. I'm probably the only Marine ever to request Camp Lejeune and not get it. I met my wife in Japan so it all worked out. Later I did serve at 1st Radio [...]

Fitness Platoon – Oct 13, 2008

Frisbee Football It was a little chilly this morning when we started. The mist came with the chill but it burned off as the sun rose. It is gorgeous in the park with the changing of the leaves.

Failure and Long-Term Thinking

“Success is a lousy teacher.” -- Bill Gates We often see those who are successful and ascribe their success to a modern day equivalent of divine right. From the outside it seems that somehow these people lead charmed lives far removed from the daily struggles the rest of us must slog through. Nothing could be [...]

Fitness Platoon – Oct 10, 2008

3 mile run 1 hour and 10 minutes of mostly upper body calisthenics (wide push-ups, diamond push-ups, regular push-ups, underhand pull-ups, overhand pull-ups, flutter kicks, crunches, side straddle hops, and windmills) Travis just started working out with us this week. He is already freakishly fast. Justin, also freakishly fast, still has enough energy to smile [...]

Fitness Platoon – Oct 8, 2008

1 mile of hills 18 minutes of lower body and abdominal calisthenics (boot beaters, star jumps, windmills, lunges, crunches, flutter kicks and stretches) 1 mile of hills 18 minutes of lower body and abdominal calisthenics (boot beaters, star jumps, windmills, lunges, crunches, flutter kicks and stretches) 1 mile of hills JP Sarah It's been a [...]

Effort

Loved Seth Godin's post today: Link: Is effort a myth? I love people willing to put forth effort. It's why I'm enjoying the fitness group so much. Teachers, mentors, and leaders in general can work wonders when dealing with people willing to put forth the effort. Conversely, they can do practically nothing for someone not [...]

Fitness Platoon – Oct 6, 2008

Frisbee Football Abs by Gunny: (2 minutes of crunches, 1 minute of crunches, 30 seconds of crunches, 15 atomic sit-ups, 1 minute of ins and outs, 30 four count flutter kicks) We were going to do track work, but when you have enough people for six on six, you don't pass it up. Timed crunches. [...]