Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Some additional things:
-Ripped from crossfit: it has been shown in studies that sprinters adapt better to long distance than the reverse.
Ergo, you should try to up the intensity and shorten your workout. Running at a speed barely faster than a walk for an hour and doubling the pace for half the time will burn the same amount of calories, but the latter will get you into much better shape and allow you to burn calories when you are resting.
-The biggest absence I noticed from your post is your diet. Diet is about 80% of your physique. The other 20% comes from working out. One of the easiest things to start with to cut calories: don't drink them. A glass of soda/juice/whatever has something like 150-200 calories. A beer has like 200, and has the lovely side effect of making you weak the next day. Now consider the fact that you probably have 5-6 non-alcoholic drinks/day, and you're already up to over 1,000 calories. That's 1.5 meals.
-I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but you will NEVER lose weight by doing situps. They simply burn too few calories. Now, does that mean that you shouldn't do them? Of course not. Situps are great for strengthening your abs, and you're going to need to do them for the PRT/OCS. However, if you find yourself doing more than 5-10 minutes of abs/day, you are wasting your time.
Something to consider: "rest with abs." Whenever you're doing your other workout stuff like lifting, running sprints, etc, do a set of 20-25 crunches/double crunches/reverse crunches/whatever inbetween. It's not difficult, it'll keep your blood flowing during the rest periods, and you'll get a decent ab workout during your normal workout without having to dedicate extra time to it. Another tidbit I picked up is "warm up with abs." If you're feeling lazy or whatever, just do a couple sets of crunches. It's an easy way to get your body geared up toward working out.
-Weights are great. If you want to get into weights, I can elaborate further.
-Asterisk to above: you need to practice the specific exercises that you'll be doing at OCS to get good at them. I actually just found this out the hard way: my recruiter called me today to say I gotta take the PRT within the next week (nothing like short notice). I tested myself upon hearing the news, and my pushup count went down from good high/excellent low to good medium despite the fact that I've been consistently lifting over the past few months and have seen progress in the maximum weight I can lift. Now I have till next Friday to get my pushup count back up over the 64 mark.
-If there is a sport you enjoy playing, try finding a recreational adult league. It'll give you some exercise as well as break up the monotony of hitting the track/treadmill.
-Pullups might be done at OCS (I'm not there yet), but you do not need to do pullups for the Navy PRT.
Some reading:
www.illpumpyouup.com
http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Smith_Index,00.html
-Ripped from crossfit: it has been shown in studies that sprinters adapt better to long distance than the reverse.
Ergo, you should try to up the intensity and shorten your workout. Running at a speed barely faster than a walk for an hour and doubling the pace for half the time will burn the same amount of calories, but the latter will get you into much better shape and allow you to burn calories when you are resting.
-The biggest absence I noticed from your post is your diet. Diet is about 80% of your physique. The other 20% comes from working out. One of the easiest things to start with to cut calories: don't drink them. A glass of soda/juice/whatever has something like 150-200 calories. A beer has like 200, and has the lovely side effect of making you weak the next day. Now consider the fact that you probably have 5-6 non-alcoholic drinks/day, and you're already up to over 1,000 calories. That's 1.5 meals.
-I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but you will NEVER lose weight by doing situps. They simply burn too few calories. Now, does that mean that you shouldn't do them? Of course not. Situps are great for strengthening your abs, and you're going to need to do them for the PRT/OCS. However, if you find yourself doing more than 5-10 minutes of abs/day, you are wasting your time.
Something to consider: "rest with abs." Whenever you're doing your other workout stuff like lifting, running sprints, etc, do a set of 20-25 crunches/double crunches/reverse crunches/whatever inbetween. It's not difficult, it'll keep your blood flowing during the rest periods, and you'll get a decent ab workout during your normal workout without having to dedicate extra time to it. Another tidbit I picked up is "warm up with abs." If you're feeling lazy or whatever, just do a couple sets of crunches. It's an easy way to get your body geared up toward working out.
-Weights are great. If you want to get into weights, I can elaborate further.
-Asterisk to above: you need to practice the specific exercises that you'll be doing at OCS to get good at them. I actually just found this out the hard way: my recruiter called me today to say I gotta take the PRT within the next week (nothing like short notice). I tested myself upon hearing the news, and my pushup count went down from good high/excellent low to good medium despite the fact that I've been consistently lifting over the past few months and have seen progress in the maximum weight I can lift. Now I have till next Friday to get my pushup count back up over the 64 mark.
-If there is a sport you enjoy playing, try finding a recreational adult league. It'll give you some exercise as well as break up the monotony of hitting the track/treadmill.
-Pullups might be done at OCS (I'm not there yet), but you do not need to do pullups for the Navy PRT.
Some reading:
www.illpumpyouup.com
http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Smith_Index,00.html
