Fitness 2009

**BISHOP** · 01-05-2009, 09:47 AM

WHAT? No one resolving to get in shape for 2009. Everyone got they shape tight or just cool where they at. LOL Just kidding. Should be a year round thing anyway. I'm trying to put on 10lbs or get back up to 225lbs.

**Jamal** · 01-05-2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BISHOP

WHAT? No one resolving to get in shape for 2009. Everyone got they shape tight or just cool where they at. LOL Just kidding. Should be a year round thing anyway. I'm trying to put on 10lbs or get back up to 225lbs.

I'm surprised you're trying to put on 10 lbs. when everyone else is trying to loose weight. I'm about 6' tall and presently I weigh about 200 lbs. I'm trying to get back down to my modeling weight

of 185 lbs. So far I've been on that new see food diet and it doesn't seem to be working, ya know the one where you can eat everything you see

.

How ya gone win when ya aint right within......Lauryn Hill

Peace (Salaam)
Jamal

**sista** · 01-05-2009, 08:40 PM

of course, but that 'resolution' gets old... plus i've got alot of crap on my plate to get thru before I can participate in the resolutin'....

**KHARMA** · 01-05-2009, 08:55 PM

I gots no stinkin' motivation!

Seriously...I have been in a rut...a new year isn't going to motivate me if I hadn't been the past 8 out of 12 months. I'm like sista...got too much on my plate right now...the one immediately in front of me has fettuccine alfredo on it! YUM!

**BISHOP** · 01-05-2009, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sista

of course, but that 'resolution' gets old... plus i've got alot of crap on my plate to get thru before I can participate in the resolutin'....

Your health should never be a side issue. You go to the gym or go for a long walk.....relieves the stress of all that other stuff you're talking about. After I pump that IRON and get all swoll...feels great.

**BISHOP** · 01-05-2009, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamal

I'm surprised you're trying to put on 10 lbs. when everyone else is trying to loose weight. I'm about 6' tall and presently I weigh about 200 lbs. I'm trying to get back down to my modeling weight

of 185 lbs. So far I've been on that new see food diet and it doesn't seem to be working, ya know the one where you can eat everything you see

.

How ya gone win when ya aint right within......Lauryn Hill

Peace (Salaam)
Jamal

If I was 185lb folks would say I was on crack.

**cc5k** · 01-05-2009, 11:17 PM

I'm probably around 215 lbs myself BISHOP. I'm cool with this weight, but I'd like to get a little leaner this year. Working out works for me, but I didn't play sports this year because of my ACL replacement surgery. If I curl forward far enough, the 8 pack looks more like a 6 pack. Wifey likes the abs, so I gotta keep em in check.

My plan for getting a little leaner is to get back into some sports... at least beach volleyball, on top of the usual weight lifting and running.

**angeladc** · 01-06-2009, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BISHOP

Your health should never be a side issue. You go to the gym or go for a long walk.....relieves the stress of all that other stuff you're talking about. After I pump that IRON and get all swoll...feels great.

it's too cold to go on these long walks you speak of.But i'm kinda with everybody got alot more other important things to take care before i can think of getting thicker and then toning.More props to you for taking care of business though, do your thang and when your satisfied show a pic and you might get put on the fine brothas thread<little motivation>

**BISHOP** · 01-06-2009, 01:49 PM

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it's too cold to go on these long walks you speak of.But i'm kinda with everybody got alot more other important things to take care before i can think of getting thicker and then toning.More props to you for taking care of business though, do your thang and when your satisfied show a pic and you might get put on the fine brothas thread<little motivation>

I guess I'm hearing that there are more important things than your HEALTH. Hmmmm OK. BTW, KHARMA tells me how cold it is down there....when the temp dips to a cold 50 degrees. LOL For JP, Sista and myself that's shorts and T-shirt weather. Also, my fine brothas pic is already posted. LOL No airbrushing either. Hey, it's a way of life. Never trying to impress anyone. The results may but, that's not what it's about. I guess I should start a thread HEALTH or WEALTH.

**angeladc** · 01-06-2009, 02:44 PM

shorts and t shirt? ahh hell nah.i got my pants , sleeved sweater and my jacket on.texan girl to heart.

**cc5k** · 01-06-2009, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BISHOP

I guess I should start a thread HEALTH or WEALTH.

That's not a bad idea.

**sista** · 01-06-2009, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BISHOP

Your health should never be a side issue. You go to the gym or go for a long walk.....relieves the stress of all that other stuff you're talking about. After I pump that IRON and get all swoll...feels great.

understood, but its hard to get motivated to do some serious working out when you don't have a suitable job....

i do walk, tho.... plus i've been using my sister's eliptical machine at least 3 times a week.... but i do plan on gettin back into the lifting again....have to, especially at MY age....

**Refreshing** · 01-07-2009, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by BISHOP

WHAT? No one resolving to get in shape for 2009.

Not really.

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Everyone got they shape tight or just cool where they at.

Actually, yes. I see my health traveling in an upward spiral based on my diet, thoughts, and lifestyle. If I were to try to instate a regular routine, it'd probably be no more strenuous than yoga a few times a week. My other 'resolutions' are taking precedence over my 'shape' (which is pretty damn nice

*toot toot*) right now. For example, I'll probably see some type of benefit in all the ho'ing I plan to do...

...in the tilling and preparation for my produce garden--goal numero uno for the oh nine.

**KHARMA** · 01-07-2009, 01:33 PM

^^^ Thanks for clearing that up, Refreshing! LOL

**BISHOP** · 01-12-2009, 12:12 PM

FORT JACKSON, S.C. – The Army has been dismissing so many overweight applicants that its top recruiter, trying to keep troop numbers up in wartime, is considering starting a fat farm to transform chubby trainees into svelte soldiers.

Maj. Gen. Thomas Bostick, head of the Army Recruiting Command, said he wants to see a formal diet and fitness regimen running alongside a new school at Fort Jackson that helps aspiring troops earn their GEDs.

Bostick told The Associated Press that obesity looms as "a bigger challenge for us in the years ahead" than any other problem that keeps young people from entering the military, including lack of a GED or high school diploma, misconduct or criminal behavior and other health issues such as eye or ear problems.

According to Defense Department figures provided to the AP, over the past four years 47,447 potential recruits flunked induction physicals at the nation's 35 Military Entrance Processing Stations because they were overweight.

That is a fraction of the 205,902 such exams given in 2005 and 250,764 in 2008, but still amounts to a hefty number and comes at a time when the military is more interested than ever in recruits. The Army and Marine Corps together paid more than $600 million over the past year in bonuses and other financial incentives to attract volunteers.

While the services have reported exceeding their recruiting goals in the past year, the Pentagon remains under pressure to find a constant flow of recruits. The Defense Department has announced plans to boost the active duty Army by 65,000 to a total of 547,000 soldiers by next year, and grow the Marines from 175,000 to 202,000 by 2011.

Obesity afflicts recruits for other physically demanding jobs, including firefighters. Deputy Chief Ed Nied, chair of the safety, health and survival section of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, said fire departments are also making a "major push" to encourage better fitness among young people who want to join.

"We draw from the same exact population that they (the military) draw from," Nied said from his Tucson, Ariz., headquarters. "This comes from a lack of physical education in the high schools."

In an interview during a visit to the Army's largest training installation, Bostick said a slim-down camp could be part of the new Army Prep School at Fort Jackson, S.C. The school opened in August, and gives recruits who didn't graduate from high school the chance to earn a GED before starting their nine weeks of basic training.

"We are looking at the Army Prep School as a place where we might send some (recruits) that have weight issues," the two-star general said.

The prep school is housed in several one- and two-story buildings on a small part of this sprawling training installation. The classrooms and living quarters are Spartan. GED candidates wear Army uniforms, exercise before breakfast and study under the guidance of enlisted officers. They do not mix or conduct weapons training with soldiers participating in the nine weeks of basic training maneuvers elsewhere on the fort.

Bostick argues that many of the young people who want to join the Army have a hard time understanding a healthy diet and the importance of daily exercise, but could get within the military limits with guidance.

"It took them 18 years to get to where they are at, so it's very difficult for them to lose the kind of weight that they need to on their own," said Bostick, who did not provide any timing for when his idea might reach fruition, nor any projection of its potential cost.

Lawrence J. Korb, a former Pentagon chief of personnel during the Reagan administration, said the Army has to fight even harder than the other service branches to get the recruits they need.

"The Army has a tough time recruiting as compared to the other services," said Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington. He said the burden for fighting an unpopular war in Iraq has fallen primarily on the military's largest service.

"They are doing this because they are desperate," Korb said.

Recruiters echo Bostick's worries about weight issues among potential candidates for the military.

"I'd say that out of every 10 applicants that come in, probably three we couldn't take — they are obese," said Sgt. Darryl Bogan, a recruiter in Columbia. An additional 20 percent to 30 percent of recruits are slightly overweight, but some can get the weight off, Bogan said.

"We are getting heavier as a nation as far as our young people are concerned," Bogan said.

Besides basic weight and height guidelines, Bogan said the Army uses body fat percentages and an aerobics test to determine whether recruits can withstand the rigors of basic training. Recruits must step up and down on a riser at a certain rate per minute, then perform some push-ups and sit-ups and have their heart rates measured.

One of Bogan's recruits, 18-year-old Idalia Halley, was shocked when she found she was a few pounds too heavy to enter boot camp.

"My mom was like, 'You better come run with me,'" Halley recalled, saying it took several weeks of healthy eating and runs with her Army-veteran mom to finally get into the service.

On her second try, Halley said she weighed in at 162 pounds and logged a 30 percent rate of body fat to meet the Army's standard.

Toting her M-16 during weapons exercises in basic training, Halley said she'd slimmed down even more in the first weeks of training.

"I know I've lost some weight because I have to pull my pants up tighter," the Army private said. "And besides, I don't think the food's all that great — except breakfast."

Use to be they would take them in and wouldn't allow the FAT ones to eat or only let them eat 1/2. I saw guys sit down only to be told "get up you're done.