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Posted: 3/27/2024 5:18:25 PM EDT
[#1]
Basic was actually not bad. Getting to your unit sucks. Enjoy it while you can. I have a few regrets but joining was not one of them. Benning is a cool post. I did mine at Knox in the winter of 07. Like others have said post your address for all the goodies =)
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Posted: 3/27/2024 5:20:48 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By TallLankey: What personal hygiene products can I take and use the duration of my stay? Also what type of hygiene products can I buy at the exchange when I first get there? I know these seem like silly girly concerns but I get super bad acne and use a specific non rx face wash daily. First Assessment UNAB You will be issued everything you or given the chance to go to the shoppette. Take nothing except the folder your recruiter gives you, maybe a change of underwear, and a toothbrush. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 5:21:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WildBoar: OK I didnt Google it. Where is Fort Moore? FT Benning? All the new base names confuse me. I was in the navy but had a pretty good handle on army bases. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 5:24:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TallLankey: Last thing I want is the drill sergeant to start asking why my face is all red, and get sent to medical. So? You aren’t unique or special. Your Drills will treat each and everyone of you like the piece of shit maggots you are. Your medical issue won’t even faze them. You are just one more pimply faced fuck nugget that they are going to try and train to not stab themselves in the face with a spork the first time they have to do it to a standard. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 5:29:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By black1970: Ft. Polk 1967 Basic Combat Training Mech INF 8 Inch Gun Maintance Co. Signal Avation Engineers 40 years 3 months 16 days. Retired 11/06 Thanks to Drill Sgt. Lopez 
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Posted: 3/27/2024 5:37:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By black1970: Ft. Polk 1967 Basic Combat Training Mech INF 8 Inch Gun Maintance Co. Signal Avation Engineers 40 years 3 months 16 days. Retired 11/06 Thanks to Drill Sgt. Lopez Off topic but.... What's with your username? I'm intrigued, as it's potentially Relevant to my interests. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 3/27/2024 6:54:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: A little too much Cav Scout in that dialog.  Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: Originally Posted By moximouse: This is what awaits you The best and most fucked up brotherhood around. A little too much Cav Scout in that dialog.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 6:59:07 PM EDT
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Good luck to you, OP. Whether you do 20 minutes or 20 years, you've chosen to do what a whole lot of people are not nowadays (including kids of those who have served).
I've served with LOTS of good people. Guys who started as privates and ended up as generals. Some not-so-good (indeed, in real military incarceration, or who I wouldn't piss on if their guts were on fire). Lost Soldiers in my arms. Had to hand over a folded flag and say, "I'm sorry I lost your husband." 85% of a career doing routine and sometimes dull, stupid, and boring. 15% doing what people could never dream of or believe, sometimes in sheer terror or giggling and laughing at the opportunity (and being paid to do it). I'll leave you this for a little inspiration (not a recruiter, but supported all 43 brigades).  Symbol of Strength More than a Uniform  I Became A Soldier • United States Army Recruiting Video |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:22:19 PM EDT
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I went through Infantry OSUT thirty five years ago. Damn I'm old.
Benning will always be Benning. 30th AG will suck balls. Red phase of BCT will suck balls. Stay motivated. Be a number and not a name. You will do some cool stuff. Not like when you get to your permanent unit but fun stuff none the less. If you give us your unit address and graduation date, maybe we can scrap up some of us former 11Bs for a road trip to see you graduate. I would be honored to pin my blue cord on your shoulder. That's usually reserved for family members passing down from fathers to sons or uncles to nephews. I do not have anyone in my family going Infantry so it's yours if you want it. I guess this is now a BTDT thread. E 1/50 Sand Hilton Summer, 1989 A different time....  “Follow Me” - U.S. Army Infantry Basic Training (OSUT) Fort Benning, GA, circa 1988 |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:39:20 PM EDT
[#10]
Ft Benning B-9-2 Harmony Church summer of 81. Our reception station was at Ft Jackson then we caught a bus to Benning. OSUT was only like 12 weeks back then. Hard to believe it’s almost 43 years since I met my drill Sargent Gosa and Hendricks
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:51:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 11boomboom]
[#11]
E 2/58 Sand Hill 2007
The Infantryman's Creed I am the Infantry. I am my country's strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight wherever, whenever. I carry America's faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country's trust. Always I fight on through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME! |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:58:12 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WildBoar: Just hope you don't get 11C. They pick LOL. When he said he wanted 6 years, I immediately thought it would suck to hump a baseplate that long. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:59:06 PM EDT
[#13]
Charlie 4/36th IN at Sand Hill, June 1990. It was just the start of my adventure!
OP - It’s going to be OK. Nobody at basic (including the drill sergeants) will care if you have zits or are red faced. Do your best and don’t quit on anything! The rest of it will all work out. Keep us posted and good luck! |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:59:34 PM EDT
[#14]
Why is the sky blue?
Because God loves the Infantry. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:08:41 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: E 2/58 Sand Hill 2007 The Infantryman's Creed I am the Infantry. I am my country's strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight wherever, whenever. I carry America's faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country's trust. Always I fight on through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME! Actually brings up a good point. Memorize this and the rank structure before going. One less thing to fuck up. There was some other creed too, but I don’t remember. And the army song. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:12:53 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SturmgeschutzIII: Actually brings up a good point. Memorize this and the rank structure before going. One less thing to fuck up. There was some other creed too, but I don’t remember. And the army song. And your general orders would be good to know. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:16:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Strike6: And your general orders would be good to know. Yup that’s another one. All the things I didn’t know existed before being given a blue book. I reckon that’s available online somewhere. Ranger handbook is. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:33:17 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SturmgeschutzIII: Yup that’s another one. All the things I didn’t know existed before being given a blue book. I reckon that’s available online somewhere. Ranger handbook is. We had to do the Soldier's Creed and Infantry Song, too. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:37:35 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TallLankey: Trust me I know I’ll regret joining, but I have to find out for myself. It’s my childhood dream. So fuck it! Most people who regret, regret not doing something. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 3/27/2024 9:55:57 PM EDT
[Last Edit: airgun1]
[#20]
I guess I should have said when I was a Drill Sgt at Benning. I was at Harmony Church. I was there in the early 1980's when we didn't have a reception station. We would go to Ft Jackson, SC and get troops. I never did, but some guys would go a day early and take a look at the livestock, er trainees. They would tell the obese ones that they better be on sick call in the morning. I never did that. I never went to Ft Jackson to pick up new troops period. I remember two things from my days on the trail, which I was drafted into as were 90% of the Drill Sgts, and that is we gave the troops a questionaire to fill out the first night. There was a question: Why did you join the Army? 99.5% answered because they wanted to be all they could be! The other thing is most gained about 25 pounds. We trained them troops. I always told them I was just like them and that we would meet again and serve together. Like I said in my other post, the training is tough but not anything you can't handle. We need strong, well trained troops to defend our nation and our way of liife.
That is a true statement above my post. I never regretted anything I have done. I only regret what I held back from trying. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 10:02:30 PM EDT
[#21]
OP, don't drink the kool aid, It's Fort Benning!
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Posted: 3/27/2024 10:05:35 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: Why is the sky blue? Because God loves the Infantry. True - but what makes the grass grow? |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 10:12:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gearjammer351: True - but what makes the grass grow? Blood, of course. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 10:13:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gearjammer351: True - but what makes the grass grow? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gearjammer351: Originally Posted By 11boomboom: Why is the sky blue? Because God loves the Infantry. True - but what makes the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood! |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 10:13:15 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gearjammer351: True - but what makes the grass grow? BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 10:18:12 PM EDT
[#26]
It will always be Ft Benning. Don't forget to hit the Traffic Light Lounge!
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Posted: 3/27/2024 10:51:38 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: We had to do the Soldier's Creed and Infantry Song, too. Soldiers creed is what I was trying to think of. Never heard of an infantry song. That’s too much lol |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 10:52:42 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cornhskr: It will always be Ft Benning. Don't forget to hit the Traffic Light Lounge! It's no longer in business. It's a kinder, gentler Victory Dr. now from what a friend that is there tells me. I remember the good old days of the traffic light, the sportsman's club, rambo's and the off limits red neck bars in Cusseta. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 10:56:50 PM EDT
[#29]
What MOS?
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Posted: 3/27/2024 11:10:08 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Clarinath: What MOS? 11X is what he's getting and he's hoping for an airborne slot. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 11:13:04 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SturmgeschutzIII: Soldiers creed is what I was trying to think of. Never heard of an infantry song. That’s too much lol It's a little corny, but what Army song isn't, except maybe The Ballad of the Green Berets.   Infantry Song // Follow Me (COMPLETE) |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 11:28:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 40_and_invisible]
[#32]
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TX, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 1:24:16 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SturmgeschutzIII: Actually brings up a good point. Memorize this and the rank structure before going. One less thing to fuck up. There was some other creed too, but I don’t remember. And the army song. Will do, seems like a good idea. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 1:27:18 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GUNSAP: OP, don't drink the kool aid, It's Fort Benning! Yes I’ve corrected myself already, Ft Benning. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 5:48:03 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Glock4140: Yeah you will be fine, I’d just start doing daily pushups, sit-ups, pull ups, flutter kicks and running if your not already doing it. Also might wanna try to walk in boots with some sort of backpack on. Not sure if your an early riser but might be a good idea to start waking up at 0430, lots of new soldiers had an issue with that. It’s honestly pretty easy if your not a fat body osut is a good program and it’s setup to turn a lazy civilian into an 11bravo I wouldn't do too many push ups because if you develop muscle memory doing them half-assed you're probably going to keep doing that and will probably fail your ACFT. As long as you are not a morbidly fat slob the physical portion isn't too bad. We took fat kids in who left skinnier, some still fat but skinnier. MFT and prior DS |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 5:52:46 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DesignatedMarksman: The non specific communicable diseases at 30th ag were awesome. Random fevers, everybody coughing all night, great times. Called it the private grud. Got it every cycle minus one, ended up getting pneumonia instead. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 6:48:21 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TallLankey: Yes I’ve corrected myself already, Ft Benning. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TallLankey: Originally Posted By GUNSAP: OP, don't drink the kool aid, It's Fort Benning! Yes I’ve corrected myself already, Ft Benning. You should call it whatever your drill sergeant calls it. If he calls it Fort suck his dick, then you are stationed at Fort suck his dick. And if he changes his mind 2 minutes later, you change yours. That is the secret of your future success. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:14:25 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: It's a little corny, but what Army song isn't, except maybe The Ballad of the Green Berets.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwGlWF1xqoYAbsolute banger. Yeah ballad of GB is good |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:16:39 AM EDT
[#39]
I did Infantry OSUT at Benning in 2003. I remember the recruiter gave me a pretty good idea of what to bring and what not to bring.
Don’t have anything you are not allowed to have. Don’t stick out. Do remember it’s all a game. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:21:15 AM EDT
[Last Edit: WildBoar]
[#40]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 11boomboom: 11X is what he's getting and he's hoping for an airborne slot. I think we all go in as 11X at Benning. I don't know anyone that had Charlie or Bravo assigned when they got there. Hell when I went we had 6 infantry MOS. Went in as 11X and after Basic phase of OSUT one ended up in training for 11B, 11C, 11BC2, 11M, 11H, or 11HE9. I was praying for 11B and thankfully got it |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:26:54 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WildBoar: I think we all go in as 11X at Benning. I don't know anyone that had Charlie or Bravo assigned when they got there. Hell when I went we had 6 infantry MOS. Went in as 11X and after Basic phase of OSUT one ended up in training for 11B, 11C, 11BC2, 11M, 11H, or 11HE9. I was praying for 11B and thankfully got it The 11H and 11HE9 were gone when I joined. My PSG at my first unit was a reclassed 11M to 11B, so it was recent that they had gotten rid of 11M. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:34:46 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KILLERB6: Hygiene products?!?  Tooth brush toothpaste, Razor and shaving cream, stick of deodorant. Bar of soap and a plastic case for soap, and shower shoes. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:36:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jon101st: Tooth brush toothpaste, Razor and shaving cream, stick of deodorant. Bar of soap and a plastic case for soap, and shower shoes. And spare shower shoes for when they break. 
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:45:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gearjammer351: Don't just hope - pray. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gearjammer351: Originally Posted By WildBoar: Just hope you don't get 11C. Don't just hope - pray. 11C are the Men amongst Infantrymen
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:45:33 AM EDT
[#45]
Spoke to my recruiter again today. I’ll be joining as an E3, whatever that means.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:47:28 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By scuba_steve: You should call it whatever your drill sergeant calls it. If he calls it Fort suck his dick, then you are stationed at Fort suck his dick. And if he changes his mind 2 minutes later, you change yours. That is the secret of your future success. Noted. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:49:07 AM EDT
[#47]
Observations while family went through.
Red phase is weeks 1-22. Buy decent boots when you’re afforded the opportunity as issue boots are crap. Try Kim’s Boot and Shoe, they have a decent selection. Don’t be a trash human, listen, obey, don’t be an idiot, don’t go to sick call (unless you die), don’t go on profile. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:50:39 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TallLankey: Spoke to my recruiter again today. I’ll be joining as an E3, whatever that means. Private First Class. You get paid a little more. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:50:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BrentMG: I wouldn't do too many push ups because if you develop muscle memory doing them half-assed you're probably going to keep doing that and will probably fail your ACFT. As long as you are not a morbidly fat slob the physical portion isn't too bad. We took fat kids in who left skinnier, some still fat but skinnier. MFT and prior DS I do proper pushups, I think. I “kiss the baby” with my chest, go all the way down. I can do pull ups and chin ups too. I used to work out in 2020, 1 hour a day. I kept that up for a year, looked good for 6 months but then leg it all go. I still have the remnants of that, barely. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 11:52:15 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stevelish: Observations while family went through. Red phase is weeks 1-22. Buy decent boots when you’re afforded the opportunity as issue boots are crap. Try Kim’s Boot and Shoe, they have a decent selection. Don’t be a trash human, listen, obey, don’t be an idiot, don’t go to sick call (unless you die), don’t go on profile. What’s profile? |
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