Post by Ceorlmann on Aug 13, 2014 8:40:04 GMT -7
Those of us who have been in a fight before or have intensely trained for one know that keeping in fighting shape is as up there as maintaining your weapons.
I will say that between the idiot laws here and work schedule I've really slacked off compared to my best physique while on Active Duty (I really like ttraining with my toys which by laws alone limited what I could and can do for training). It's been bugging me enough especially with all the biss that's happening both domestically and abroad that I'm trying to get a training schedule going that I can stick to for longer than a few days. Since I'm also significantly overweight by USMC standards I'm going with short yet intense exercises and practical applications.
Today and yesterday I've been evaluating how quickly I can move through my house entirely and clear all of it using a home defense firearm. Between both shotty and pistol I can check the entire house, including various areas multiple times, ~ two and a half minutes, and that's including time to engage imaginary targets in all general locations (racking the shotty for every simulated shot made plenty of noise all around). Today I included engaging in physical strikes to a target for added realism in case firearm didn't fire, as well as for the added cardio.
Angelhelp graciously helped with the target part during the physical strikes; keeping it as real as we could think of save for the red striking pad she was holding to shield the actual strikes. Training ended after I accidentally struck her directly in the thigh with my knee. She will be ok. I didn't strike with full force; for that matter I thought every strike of mine was scarily weak, but angelhelp told me those strikes were still nothing to fool around with and would put serious hurt on someone who wasn't well protected.
Lessons have been learned in the past 48 hours, and I intend to keep it up. Accidentally hurting angelhelp was a reminder that there are risks to this training, but I hope that both long term and short term the benefits outweigh the risks.
I will say that between the idiot laws here and work schedule I've really slacked off compared to my best physique while on Active Duty (I really like ttraining with my toys which by laws alone limited what I could and can do for training). It's been bugging me enough especially with all the biss that's happening both domestically and abroad that I'm trying to get a training schedule going that I can stick to for longer than a few days. Since I'm also significantly overweight by USMC standards I'm going with short yet intense exercises and practical applications.
Today and yesterday I've been evaluating how quickly I can move through my house entirely and clear all of it using a home defense firearm. Between both shotty and pistol I can check the entire house, including various areas multiple times, ~ two and a half minutes, and that's including time to engage imaginary targets in all general locations (racking the shotty for every simulated shot made plenty of noise all around). Today I included engaging in physical strikes to a target for added realism in case firearm didn't fire, as well as for the added cardio.
Angelhelp graciously helped with the target part during the physical strikes; keeping it as real as we could think of save for the red striking pad she was holding to shield the actual strikes. Training ended after I accidentally struck her directly in the thigh with my knee. She will be ok. I didn't strike with full force; for that matter I thought every strike of mine was scarily weak, but angelhelp told me those strikes were still nothing to fool around with and would put serious hurt on someone who wasn't well protected.
Lessons have been learned in the past 48 hours, and I intend to keep it up. Accidentally hurting angelhelp was a reminder that there are risks to this training, but I hope that both long term and short term the benefits outweigh the risks.
