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Cheapo PSA: Don't Get Into a Push-up Contest with a Navy SEAL

Week three of Navy SEAL training went pretty well. I got a break from running this week, but that's about to change. I know it'd be somewhat harder if I was able to swim every day. I kicked around the idea of trying to sweet talk the nearby 24 Hour Fitness into giving me a trial membership in order to get access to their pool, but that'd probably be more trouble than it's worth. Quitting gym memberships is often like trying to quit the mob.

Fortunately, I'm not having trouble with any of the workouts now except the push-ups. The sit-ups were pretty tough the first week, but my abs have adjusted pretty quickly. However, 5 sets of 25 push-ups is incredibly hard. I ended up having to break up the last 2-3 sets into smaller sets, but yesterday I was able to complete them all without splitting them up. I can't imagine trying to do this while 40 pounds heavier. It'd be humiliating.

I cleaned out my home gym, selling both the elliptical machine and my Bowflex clone thing but keeping the treadmill. I practically gave them away, but I just wanted them gone.

The military has it all figured out. Any exercise that you need special equipment for is probably not worth doing. I realize they have to consider that they'll be deployed places where they have little in the way of supplies let alone exercise equipment, but I do a fair bit of traveling too. I'll only be missing my pull-up bar, but pull-ups are my forte anyway.

I'm not sure if it's the workout routine or the psychological assurance that I don't have much more weight to lose, but I definitely feel myself craving more calories. So, I'm definitely glad I went cheapo before trying this. I'm still holding steady at 158, but I feel like I'm maybe still losing some body fat based on the vein popping barometer. But, that could just be my brain trying to justify my increased ice cream and chocolate intake.

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