#Military Training Exercise

[military1st]

Mastering the Jungle.

U.S. Marine during jungle warfare training at Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan.

The U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Osmar Gutierrez (2024).

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[mockva]

ready

[cid5]

PLA Military Exercises, Warfare, 1960s, 1970s Chinese Army

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Operation REASSURANCE by Combat Camera / Caméra de combat Via Flickr: NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia members conduct EXERCISE TITAN STRIKE during Operation REASSURANCE at Camp Adazi, Latvia, on 09 August 2023. Photo: Corporal Bastien Beaucage, Canadian Armed Forces Photo

[babieken]

Hey Niki!! Not to glorify the military or wtv but genuinely I have never seen a male idol come out of there NOT looking finer and healthier and WIDE but then go back to the old habits when they enter the kpop world again. I do wonder how they feel about it because a lot seem to enjoy it too but then are pressured to adhere to a certain look 😞😞

hi anonie!!!! oh YEAH the military glow up is 100% a real thing! and yeah... most of the times they just go back to their hold habits and it's so sad to see that healty glow fade away....

a lot of idols have talked about how their military service felt like a vacation despite the tough training and stuff because they get to have a normal schedule and weekends after many years of working with almost no days off and insane hours as an idol, not to mention not being on a fitness diet!

i will never forget (or forgive) those ppl (i refuse to call them mbb bc they don't deserve that title) who sent shownu hate and called him fat when a photo of him came out around the end of his service. the pressure clearly isn't just from the companies and it's just so sad to see so-called "fans" behave this way towards idols the claim to support.

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[seisobarasub]

Weight loss updates

SW: 145.3kg/320lbs (~35% BF) June '22

CW: 119.8kg/264lbs (~25% BF) June '23

Lifts

Squat: 115kg x 5

Deadlift: 110kg x 5

Bench: 75kg x 5

T-Bar row: 60kg (on the bar) x 5

OHP: 60kg x 3

Leg press: 247kg x 12 (included because big numbers are fun)

Weight built up after 2 years of no gym due to lockdown and moving to a new city, back at it for a year and lost my pandemic weight and then some. Tentative aim is to get around or below 110kg by this time next year.

I regret not taking many "before" pictures for comparison, the only stuff I have is passport/work ID but the changes in my face are pretty noticable, that and just wearing old clothes from last year feels pretty good in terms of seeing the progress.

Lifts are progressing pretty well, squats and deadlifts aren't close to my all time PR (think both were 135kg x 5) but the rest are PRs.

I think my deadlifts are suffering from being done after I do squats and leg press so going to change my program from next week and that should progress a little better.

Goals for my lifts for now are to build to 3 plate squats and deadlifts, and 2 plate bench (to go with my 1 plate OHP), also I want to be able to do a pullup (currently at -56kg on the assisted pullup machine).

Not used to journalling like this so might post more updates etc if this feels good to get out there

[military1st]

Locked, loaded, and ready for action!

This U.S. Marine is pushing through the wilderness during the intense 4th Marine Division Super Squad 2019 competition at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Days of pure grit, endurance, and teamwork – proving that when the going gets tough, the Marines just keep going.

The United States Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña (2019).

[supercantaloupe]

it'd probably be a terrible idea but i kind of wish i was healthy enough to audition for one of the military bands. tee bee aych.

[xh1dos]

NATO exercises military trainings on Leopard 2, Challenger 2 and Leclerc tanks

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“An unusual picture made just as a Soviet airman leaped from his aeroplane during the recent gigantic manoeuvres of the Red Army on the eve of the fifteenth anniversary of the revolution. As yet he has failed to pull his rip cord and should he forget to do that little thing, you may rest assured that you are going upon his last jump. However, in cases such as this, airmen are not in the habit of becoming absent-minded.”

- from the Kingston Whig-Standard. February 21, 1933. Page 11.