Closed gym facilities at university

Cadet35

Cadet35

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I don’t understand how we are supposed to be fit, healthy, & happy at school if the gym if closed.
 
Agree. Great opportunity to be a leader in your unit in developing and teaching body weight workouts. Maybe get the unit to invest in sand bags and bands. These are a lot of the tools you will have on deployments in the middle of no where. You have to get inventive to stay fit when gear is limited.
 
Capt MJ said:
Google “Navy SEAL plyometrics” for body-weight exercises your kick your own butt.
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Agreed but for me specifically I’ve put so much work in to bodybuilding and olympic lifts that it’s just a shame. Hopefully they end up opening before school starts 🙏
 
Cadet35 said:
Agreed but for me specifically I’ve put so much work in to bodybuilding and olympic lifts that it’s just a shame. Hopefully they end up opening before school starts 🙏
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I recognize this is hard. Take the long view. You have another 60-70+ years on the planet. You can get that form back AND compete in Senior/Masters levels way down the road. Just google “senior body-builders.” It’s a life-time sport.

This is good mental training for when you will not have access/time to/for a gym during heavy operational periods, deployments, other routine-disrupting periods. New babies. Life stuff.
 
A shame - not reall
Cadet35 said:
Agreed but for me specifically I’ve put so much work in to bodybuilding and olympic lifts that it’s just a shame. Hopefully they end up opening before school starts 🙏
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Not a shame - an opportunity. your 18-19-20. Soldiers for generations have improvised on ways to stay in shape without fancy gyms. Fitness is a lifestyle, not a membership.
 
Cadet35 said:
Agreed but for me specifically I’ve put so much work in to bodybuilding and olympic lifts that it’s just a shame. Hopefully they end up opening before school starts 🙏
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Ignoring all of the "chew on glass and smile about it" responses, you can probably look around your college town for a private gym membership, there are a lot of places that are "closed" but are sneakily operated regardless. If you're not already, you could get involved in a crossfit/Olympic lifting group on campus and see where they go for exercise instead.

Or, you could join the football team. They get their own special gym :rolleyes:
 
Q = "I don’t understand how we are supposed to be fit, healthy, & happy at school if the gym if closed."
A = An appropriate question to be asked by a Cadet. The person(s) with the answer...at your school... is your Commander or PMS/XO/Training Officer. These are unique circumstances...similar to what leaders find throughout their career. I GUARANTEE they know the answer. If they don't, send them to me and I can assist them.:groupwave::bang: :zip:
 
Fit and healthy can be achieved without any special equipment. Happy is up to you and the state of mind you adopt. I can certainly understand the disappointment if you find happiness in bodybuilding and Olympic lifting and that is not available. It will be time to look for some other creative way to achieve happiness. As others have suggested, think of this as a way to find a creative solution to a problem that will affect not just you, but others around you. A good opportunity to practice leadership.
 
If you want to work out with free weights, weight bench, etc. and have a place to put them, check Craigslist in the Free section and/or drive neighborhoods looking for the curbside free stuff. In my area there are lots of people always looking to get rid of workout equipment. You could also place an ad: College student needs "free" weights/equipment to workout. Just an idea for you.
 
ChatterMom2 said:
If you want to work out with free weights, weight bench, etc. and have a place to put them, check Craigslist in the Free section and/or drive neighborhoods looking for the curbside free stuff. In my area there are lots of people always looking to get rid of workout equipment. You could also place an ad: College student needs "free" weights/equipment to workout. Just an idea for you.
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Sounds good in theory, but for most college students the room is simply not available. Additionally, it will be a massive headache to deal with them at the end of the semester. Just something for cadets/midshipman to think about before they go ahead and try and build a home gym in a 200 square foot dorm room.

If you are going to get any equipment, I recommend a pull-up bar, dip bar, and a weighted vest. These three, combined with other bodyweight workouts, are really all you need (and even then, just bodyweight works fine).
 
Not sure in your area, but getting hands on weights and work out gear in general is hard. Normally people will give away free weights if you pick them up. But with lock down, it’s been tough to find weights and even treadmills. But I know every areas lock down and rules vary greatly from no gym usage to open as normal.

I understand the OPs point. A lot of young men (and women too!) find the lifting world and enjoy it. I have spent a lot of time in the gym and when it comes to gaining strength and gains, the gym is tough to skip. But... you gotta do what you ya gotta do right now. Great future prep for deployments. Always a lesson to be learned.
 
Let's try the same approach from a different perspective:

The military has a chain-of-command...stay with me here...
The Cadet...has a question...
At his/her school, I GUARANTEE his/her chain-of-command has THE specific answer for THE specific circumstances at THE specific school. So THE cadet, should ask THE chain-of-command, who will in turn answer THE cadet :band:
 
MullenLE said:
Let's try the same approach from a different perspective:

The military has a chain-of-command...stay with me here...
The Cadet...has a question...
At his/her school, I GUARANTEE his/her chain-of-command has THE specific answer for THE specific circumstances at THE specific school. So THE cadet, should ask THE chain-of-command, who will in turn answer THE cadet :band:
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You are going to put this forum out of business with logic like that Mr Mullen!
 
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