Bulk up now or hold off?

[Fly Navy]

If you have any hair on your sack (or whatever) you'll ask them to let you do the 8G rapid onset after your fourth profile. It's a 30 second gut check that you won't (probably) get to do anywhere else. I was the only one to even try it out of 12 guys. Tapped out at 19 seconds but it was worth it. Remember, the key to happiness is grabbing life by the balls.

No thanks.

By the way, I met Feddoc at the fuge. Real nice guy...Doc, if you're around, what's your status these days?

I've gone shooting with Feddoc. He's a great guy. His daughter is cute, of course a bit young. Raptor10 knows what I'm talking about.

 

[Fmr1833]

Raptor10 knows what I'm talking about.

Yeah, I heard about that...ha ha ha!

 

[taproot2779]

mango was at the gym tonight... I can vouch for that Hes well on his way to a good PRT score.

hehe, we'll see what's up after this weekend. how many calories are there in a serving of turkey?

 

[Road Program]

First of all, bring your car. Can't stress this enough. It sucks to spend the first hours of your first liberty after a month at OCS trying to find a cab so you can go rent a car.

As far as bulking up, that's a personal choice. I'm not to keen on being big in the plane. They tend to be rather cramped places, and when you put on all your gear, they get even more cramped (my being a few pounds overweight doesn't help matters, but I much prefered it when I was smaller and doing more aerobic activity). Having a strong heart would help with the whole GLOC thing, I think...but what would I know? Sitting in the tube pulling 2.5Gs is all kinds of excitement.

 

[MasterBates]

2.5 G???

WOW! 1.4 is the max I have done in 4 years!

(yeah, the -45 is gonna be a hoot!)

On this subject, what would the experts (as in doc, guys in the pipline, and winged types) reccomend for a workout for a helo bubba who has not pulled G in 5 years, to be more prepared for the T-45?

 

[Brett327]

2.5 G???

WOW! 1.4 is the max I have done in 4 years!

(yeah, the -45 is gonna be a hoot!)

On this subject, what would the experts (as in doc, guys in the pipline, and winged types) reccomend for a workout for a helo bubba who has not pulled G in 5 years, to be more prepared for the T-45?

Do what 99% of the rest of us do - nothing. You'll be just fine.

Brett

 

[MasterBates]

That's what I thought, I was just in a little better shape in flight school.

 

[nittany03]

In my Goshawk experience, anything in Phase I will be fine. The only physical trouble I had was in defensive ACM; my first flight was hell trying to move around the cockpit (I'm a rail). But my body figured it out by the next go. IIRC the E2/C2 syllabus is pretty much our Phase I plus CQ, so I imagine 4.5G in aerobatics is as close as you'll come.

Just remember to be the ball . . .