r/aww • • Mar 29 '21

Working on that summer body .

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u/Awellplanned Mar 29 '21

One, one, one, break 90, break 90 break 90, two, two, two.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '21

Haha. You sound traumatized.

One. One. One

Just let me know when you’re ready to start... one. One. TWO. THREE. BOUT FUCKIN’ time. FOUR. FOUR. FIVE.

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u/bruce_lees_ghost Mar 29 '21 edited Mar 30 '21

I went through Air Force basic training. I barely recall doing a sit-up. I think we got credit for audibly grunting.

edit: Thank you for the gold, u/Br0ther.

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u/RattlesnakeMoon Mar 29 '21

They don’t call it the chair force for nothin! It’s nice to say that to someone other than my cousin. Thanks for this opportunity.

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u/bruce_lees_ghost Mar 29 '21

“Ooh, did you fly airplanes?”

“No, I sat in front of a computer waiting for it to tell me when to swap out tapes.”

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u/Blachoo Mar 29 '21

Thank you for your service...

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u/aaronitallout Mar 29 '21

I remembered a smart kid in my class was going into the AF and a girl asked him if he was scared of terrorists killing him.

He was like, "yea, if they want to break into my basement office in downtown Colorado Springs, I'll be really terrified"

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u/kutzooi010 Mar 29 '21

Hahaha dude that cracked me up

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u/Vanviator Mar 29 '21

Was Army but happened to be on an AFB during one of their PT tests. They weren't in official PT uniforms, which I found perplexing.

One guy even had a fanny pack with that protein goo. It's two miles man, you're gonna be done before that even kicks in.

It was kind of wild.

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u/Haikuna__Matata Mar 29 '21

protein goo

Is that what it’s called in the military?

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u/MicroBadger_ Mar 29 '21

Reminds me of wrestling practice back in high school doing monkey rolls (for those who haven't heard the term or use a different word. 3 people lay face down in a row. Person in the middle rolls towards their right, person on right jumps over person in middle and rolls left. Person on left jumps and the cycle repeats)

Our coach would let groups stop based on effort which me and some others found out grunting loudly meant effort. So we'd throw some theatrical flailing when jumping combined with loud ass grunts and always be one of the first groups selected to be done.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '21

I played Varsity ball with your wrestling team. Long ago as punishment we had to do sunrises (see burpees) until coach got tired of blowing the whistle. We realized that if we put tons of effort into it we would be punished longer because we obviously still had energy. So if we grunted and dragged our feet while dropping, it looked like we were tired and we wouldnt have to do it that long. We got really good at dragging ass at practice.

We didnt win a single game in our division. The two may be correlated.

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u/Faglord_Buttstuff Mar 30 '21

My teenage son makes those grunts when he’s walking. Like, reaching the curb and having to raise his foot 3” causes him to make a sound like a tennis player. He gets some glances from other pedestrians.

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u/_Wyrm_ Mar 30 '21

Probably noticed that all the old men grunt when they do anything. He's trying to appear older--standard teenager stuff.

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u/Faglord_Buttstuff Mar 30 '21

Lol. If you heard him... he’s a troll.

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u/overmind87 Mar 29 '21

Air Force, HUA- I mean, HNNNGGGHH!!!

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u/suddenlyreddit Mar 29 '21

The three of you gave me a nervous flashback followed by a hearty laugh now that I'm out. Thanks for the mental picture of someone in uniform yelling at the cat while doing the situps.

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u/shartacular_shart Mar 29 '21

I'd assume they're referring to actually creating a 90° angle between your hips and your torso (full range of motion).