Health & Fitness | Military Workouts

(Model: Shanita)

One of the fastest and most effective ways to get fit and lose tons of weight is to try military exercises! They usually consist of endurance and strength training while at the same time doing high lactic acid threshold training. In other words, the goal in military exercises are: Fat loss, coordination, strength, and stamina. The routines are generally very hardcore, but on the plus side they don’t take up too much time, so if you’re quite busy, this may be just what you need to get into shape ASAP. We’ve got Navy / Armed Forces Veteran Danny L. to provide us with a few tips and exersizes he endured during his aircrew training! To the left is our gorgeous and stunning military model, Shanita, who is August’s cover model!

First off the hardest thing about military training is really pushing yourself. There were times when we would get sick with the flu and still have to push ourselves to do these exercises. It didn’t matter if it was raining or snowing. Under all circumstances, nothing stopped us.

Here’s what we did daily:

Push-ups
Under 35 years of age- men:19 women:9
35 and Older- men:14 women:7

Sit-ups
Under 35 years of age- men: 19 women:15
35 and Older- men: 17 women:12

Hand Grip (kilograms)
Under 35 years of age- men: 75 women:50
35 and Older- men: 73 women:48

Chin-ups
Under 35 years of age- men:6 women:3
35 and older- men: 4 women:2

While this seems pretty simple, keep in mind that this is on a daily basis, whether you’re sick or just simply don’t feel like doing it. We had to.

On top of all this, they had to do other things like swimming in full uniform, and blindfolded.

This is exactly what Danny says about his aircrew training at first…”Why do u want to know this stuff? lol and it was a 1 mile swim in the pool. We couldnt touch the ground or walls or we would fail. We had on our full flight suits and flight boots and only had one hour to do it.”

So it does get tougher, and there were other more harsh things we had to do, but the basic daily exercises is what really prepares your body for anything and keeps you toned and in shape.

Other things that can help you burn fat quickly to to focus on one muscle group. Flex your abs all the time. Eventually it becomes a habit and you’ll constantly be flexing (and strengthining) your abs. You can also pretend that you’re sitting on a chair and hold it for as long as possible. Doing this to music helps. At first I could only hold this stance for about ten seconds, but now I can go for about 15 minutes sitting on an invisible chair.