What qualifies as a range commando???

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If you use it, you're just well kitted out. But if you buy stuff just to hoard, you're a ###XX whore (insert gun, clothing, car, etc. for the ###XX). Some people just enjoy the act of acquisition. I think we probably all buy a certain amount of stuff we think we need, and then never get around to using it. There's worse things you could be doing.

If you paid for it with cash then you get to decide if you "need" it or not. If you're running up debt or taking out a 2nd mortgage to buy stuff you don't need or probably won't use, then you got a problem. Otherwise don't worry about it.
 
i don't no. always work hard on your basic skills. fitness is first. use iron sights as much as possible, then when you do use optics it will be that much easier. learn map and compass. don't rely on a gps. keep it "light and freeze at night". if your mec unit it is differant then if you are light unit. on the other hand not my thing but who cares if buddy is decked out in the latest kit. his money. i wear a tigers ball cap, cbt shirt, jeans and converse. or detroit ball cap, t-shirt, cbt pants and converse. remember fella's train hard fight easy.
 
Miraclejoe said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGffv79hf9w&feature=player_embedded#t=78

http://www.militaryathlete.com/page.php?page_ID=15&gallery_type=videos&start=10

Love the above videos. I don't think its necessary to only do these types of workouts, but I do think they are an awesome idea.

Even for the simple stuff at home, I grab the beast of an AR10 I have (21" heavy barrel) and do my push up/pull up/sit ups/dips with it in hand or slung.
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AWESOME! Have never brought weight out to the range but I love to start fire & movement drills with a few sets of hill sprints in the Iraqi heat before hitting the line for each drill.

king66 said:
use iron sights as much as possible, then when you do use optics it will be that much easier.
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If you want to get good at shooting with optics...shoot with optics.
 
Just the fact that these guys own and shoot real guns, not airsoft or paintball, makes my mall ninja range commando hater attitude go away.
Those tacticool dudes playing with toys... I can't stand them.

I've been there, I've done that. Never again.

But yeah, I don't wear camo gear at the range, but I'm in far better shape than most of them. It's what matters for me.
 
Military.com has some good fitness stuff. P90X has gotten good reviews if you not creative enough, or want to do something different.

You wanna lose weight tho, cut down on the red meat and alcohol. Especially beer. I was drinking alot of beer over the past decade or so, during my youth it didn't bother me. Now that I've hit 30 I notice the weight. Comes from getting a desk job and a girlfriend/now wife who can cook. My Lord, can she cook!

Anyway, I just started cutting down on the fatty foods and exessive beer drinking, eating regularly (including BREAKFAST!) for the first time in 10 years and I can feel the difference. I've been procrastinating a workout regime. That'll change soon as a new 24hr gym just opened up near my place.
 
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Military.com has some good fitness stuff. P90X has gotten good reviews if you not creative enough, or want to do something different.

You wanna lose weight tho, cut down on the red meat and alcohol. Especially beer. I was drinking alot of beer over the past decade or so, during my youth it didn't bother me. Now that I've hit 30 I notice the weight. Comes from getting a desk job and a girlfriend/now wife who can cook. My Lord, can she cook!

Anyway, I just started cutting down on the fatty foods and exessive beer drinking, eating regularly (including BREAKFAST!) for the first time in 10 years and I can feel the difference. I've been procrastinating a workout regime. That'll change soon as a new 24hr gym just opened up near my place.
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Good for you.

If you train hard, you will see a difference. It will take a lot of time, it will not take 3 months, you can expect to gain max 10 lbs of muscle a year, 90% only gain ~5lbs. It is a lifestyle, if you do it right, and take your time to not hurt yourself while doing it, you will be proud of yourself.
Eat right, train right. I eat a lot of fish instead of red meat, it got all the protein you need and even more, without the bad things you'll find in meat.
To lose weight you have to eat right, and do some cardio. A "6-pack" will never, ever appear if you are fat, you need to drop your fat mass and you do it by cutting on sugar and fat (obviously) and with cardio.
 
Artiz said:
Good for you.

If you train hard, you will see a difference. It will take a lot of time, it will not take 3 months, you can expect to gain max 10 lbs of muscle a year, 90% only gain ~5lbs. It is a lifestyle, if you do it right, and take your time to not hurt yourself while doing it, you will be proud of yourself.
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I worked in the moving industry for 8 years before my recent change 3 years ago. Shoulder injury made me look elsewhere and was the beginning of alot of changes. I've just got to get back to where I was now that I don't get paid to life heavy objects for 12 hours a day.
 
You don't need to drop any $$ to be in shape.

The military always got it right.

Push-ups.
Sit-ups.
Chin-ups/pull-ups.
A basic set of dumbells, even only one dumbell, for the shoulders and lats. 7 to 8 2X4s to make a pull-up bar. That's all.

You don't need to be a gym loser.
 
I've looked at p90X, when I get back into gear (off work injured) I'll probably take it up...I like the flow and documentation of the program
 
Artiz said:
You don't need to drop any $$ to be in shape.

The military always got it right.

Push-ups.
Sit-ups.
Chin-ups/pull-ups.
A basic set of dumbells, even only one dumbell, for the shoulders and lats. 7 to 8 2X4s to make a pull-up bar. That's all.

You don't need to be a gym loser.
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That's fine for toning, but you'll never develop any mass without moving some weight around.
 
You don't know what you are talking about there my friend. ;)

For the first year or so, your own bodyweight plus some more weight is all that you need. Not a gym membership, ohhhhh no.

We're not talking about power-lifting here. That is after years of training.

We're talking about getting started in bodybuilding. For the first 7-8 months, even a year, you don't have to lift crazy weights, it's stupid, and dangerous.
 
There's a big difference between being in shape, and being a body builder.

To look like Arnold or Ronnie Coleman you need a gym (and steroids) To stay in shape, you can take a much simpler approach. Just use your own body weight, and when that gets easy do more of it or wear some weights while you do it.

You'd be surprised how much 10Lbs on each arm and leg effects you in a run ;)
 
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