@MarkPaul My heart doctor told me that calf raises are great at pumping blood also. I'm sure you have seen people with huge ugly lower legs. It's not muscle, it is poor circulation. blood pools in the lower legs of sedentary people.
Probably the most effective NCO I had in the Army appeared to be obese. Reality was he had a thyroid condition, so his appearance was not related to his "fitness" and "fitness" had little to do to his responsibilities in a personnel position at the Division level.
I was rejected for upper division ROTC in college because of my eyesight. (Lower division was required of males even if blind and paraplegic in those days.) I apparently could not see well enough to tell others where to shoot. When drafted, my eyesight was good enough to aim the gun and fire. Both Expert and Sharpshooter medals.
Probably the most effective NCO I had in the Army appeared to be obese.
Obesity is a sign of disorder and evidence of indulgence and indiscipline.
Reality was he had a thyroid condition, so his appearance was not related to his "fitness" and "fitness" had little to do to his responsibilities in a personnel position at the Division level.
Thyroid condition? Then he should be chucked out as unfit for duty.
{quote] I was rejected for upper division ROTC in college because of my eyesight. (Lower division was required of males even if blind and paraplegic in those days.) I apparently could not see well enough to tell others where to shoot. When drafted, my eyesight was good enough to aim the gun and fire. Both Expert and Sharpshooter medals. [/quote]
Excuses is the mother of all screw-ups. At your age, you have no excuses for having the attitude of punk kids these days who think nothing of slouching in every sense of that word. Shame on you, grandpa.
I believe everyone in the military should be fit. I could not have done my job if I wasn't ultra fit when I was in the military. And I have kept it up for the past 40 years since getting out.
Roger on that. And fit means fighting fit mano o mano. This means women are out. You cannot shoot women and children even at war or put them in harms way to fight a man's war in the front lines. No fat men and women in combat duties.
What's odd about Hegseth's fixation on obesity is that most generals are absurdly fit. They have almost nothing to do, so like people in prison, they work out a lot.
