Staying healthy in this industry

[Nick]

I would imagine that you being winded has to do with the fact that you moved from somewhere that's essentially sea-level to somewhere that's 500x higher.  Being a native Floridian the first time I went to Colorado the elevation, along with the blizzard(what a great first time to see snow..), made me pretty sick.  I still don't do very well at higher elevations so I do my best to avoid mountains at all times, because aside from the elevation it takes forever to get where you're going because there are never straight roads!

Before joining the Army a few months ago I was training at sea level. My camp is now about 800m above sea level. In the first week I ran 9 mins 40 secs (for 2.4km) and would be out of breath and then after about 3 weeks I was running 8 mins 35 secs and it my legs were the weak point, I still had plenty of breath.

 

[blergh]

I read the title as "staying stealthy" and boy was i disappointed!

 

[EricGregory]

I built a stand-up desk to use a while back and it's made a huge difference.  Way less back pain & an overall better mental state.  It's cheap, and well worth it.  Apart from that I walk our dogs a couple times per day and engage in some rather, ummm...  vigorous martial arts training a couple nights per week.  Nothing focuses the mind like a big fat dose of pain and the adrenaline that accompanies it.

 

[lifetalk]

Can't really remember the last time I 'exercised', really.