fit to fight.

July 4th

"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Winston Churchill

WO du jour: borrowed from Jersey Kettlebell who are doing "gods work" with kettlebells. I thank them for a fine suffering session.

"Lucky seven"

for time AFAP with 20 Kg kettlebell 7 reps each hand and 7 rounds.

Kettlebell swings

burpies

Kettlebell snatch

kettlebell cleans

Kettlebell thrusters

Kettlebell renegade row

20# wall ball

34 mins 20 sec.

I saw a news clip on how the military is have difficulty acquiring new recruits to fill the ranks. It appears that it not that the military is not attracting people, and with the economy heading down the tubes it gets better. The problem they are having is there entry fitness. What a big surprise that is! Haft the kids today are walking around today as though they are going into sumo wrestling. Beyond that the general fitness level has declined steady for the last two decades so the military has to spend a lot more time just to bring the recruits up just so they can pass the entry fitness test. So if the new recruits don't shed the MTV attitude, they are not going to make it.

This year the Marine Corps, increasing the fitness testing based on the demands on our troops operating in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Marines will be adding more functional movements, speed, agility, and accuracy to the battery of fitness testing that has been lacking in the past. A more realistic assessment and something they should have been doing all along.

Have a great day suffering and remember the mission is sacred.