Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Aguilera, a platoon sergeant with Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Battalion, works out with Ahlim, a linguist with Echo Company, using portable suspension training equipment during an overnight post in the Khan Neshin District, Afghanistan, on April 26. Aguilera and his fellow Marines have spent nearly their entire deployment on the road.
Photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez/Marine Corps
Military Muscle columnist Bob Thomas loves rowing machines:
From time-honored treadmills and bikes, to heavy-work step-mills, versa climbers and the newer Arc Trainers, I’ve used almost every piece of cardio equipment on the market in my training programs. But one piece stands out from the rest — the indoor rower.
The second day of events at the 2012 Warrior Games is coming to a close at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Retired Navy Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Jim Castaneda was named Tuesday’s Athlete of the Day for his performance in the cycling event.
Priority registration for the 28th Army 10-Miler will open just after midnight on Tuesday, May 1.
All service members are eligible for priority registration, as are any civilian runners with 7 prior AT10 finishes.
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It promises a five-hour boost “without the crash,” and with sales of 5-Hour Energy nearly doubling at commissaries the first four months of this year over 2011, it’s obvious you love this handy energy shot, too.
Tell us why you rely on 5-Hour Energy — what you like, when you take it, why you buy it.If you hate it or had a bad experience with it, we’d want to know that, too.
The deal site roster is quickly approaching a number so high that all those browser tabs won’t fit on your computer screen. So … here are two more, each with a slightly different spin on the deal site concept.
Retired Army Maj. Tim Hardy on the famous -- and horrible -- rocks of the Massanutten Mountain Trail 100. (Photo by Aaron Schwartzbard)
Retired Army Maj. Tim Hardy has run every day since Dec. 13, 2007; by the end of April, he will have extended his streak to 1,601 days of running.
Streak Runners International, Inc. and United States Running Streak Association, Inc. define a running streak as “to run at least one continuous mile (1.61 kilometers) within each calendar day under one’s own body power.”
But one mile isn’t enough for Tim Hardy. He told me that most days, he’ll run between 5 and 8 miles. And this July, over the course of two days, Tim Hardy will try to run 135.
Tim is one of a handful of military runners registered for July’s Badwater 135-mile ultramarathon in Death Valley, Calif. Another is Marine Capt. Mosi Smith, who we wrote about in March.
If you’re a fan of the show “Survivor,” then you know about the Buff. If you aren’t a fan — like me — then at first glance you’ll be really underwhelmed. “Yeah, OK, so it’s a headband — big deal.”
I was wrong.
Charter Fitness gyms are giving free passes to service members on short-term leave from active duty. Troops must present their military IDs and leave papers to receive the passes, which are good for the duration of the leave. The chain, which has more than 40 locations in the upper Midwest, New Mexico and Pennsylvania, is also waiving joining fees for spouses and children. www.charterfitness.com
Gels are a necessary evil in endurance sports. They’re usually just shy of inedible, but are a quick source of calories to keep you going.
I was curious to try LG Energy Gels because creator Louis Garneau makes these with real fruit juice instead of foul-tasting artificial flavors.
