My name is Trevor. I have always been interested in a career in the military, particularly in the higher challenge of some sort of special ops. I had considered enlisting for quite a while, and particularly with Rangers in my intent. However my parents have pushed and pushed for me to go to college and I was awarded an army ROTC scholarship and they think that is my best option. If I go to college I want to study kineseology and health and fitness. But more and more I have been realizing that it is much harder to become a Ranger as an officer from ROTC than as an enlisted guy. And honestly in addition I am tired of school and not sure I could take college, even though I would be studying something I am much more interested in. So basically I am looking for help as to what option i should take, either take the scholarship and do college or enlist. If I enlisted I was thinking of going army infantry or 82nd airborne and after a year or so going out for rangers. Physical fitness is a passion of mine, but right now my "army" style fitness could use some improvement. I used to be around 6 foot 170, and was running a 5:14 mile, doing 96 solid nose touching the ground pushups in 2 minutes, a good amount of situps. However I have really gotten into lifting recently and it is a passion of mine, I am now 6 foot 190, so still pretty skinny but definitely bigger. My best lifts are as follows:
Bench: 235x3, 255x1
Sqaut: 290x3, 275x5 (well below parallel)
Deadlift: 360x5, 365x4
Military press: 150x5, 155x3
Barbell Row: 190x5
1 hand deadlift: 205x3 without straps, 255x3 with straps
Front squats: 225x5
My recent pt score I tested myself at was :
Pushups 2 minutes: 78
Situps 2 minutes: 68
Run time: 13:48 2 miles
Pullups: 14 deadhang
Obviously I need some big improvements here, as I want 100+ pushups 2 minutes, 100+ situps, and 2 miles in well under 12 minutes. My problem with situps is not strength, as my core is pretty strong, but speed.
However I tend to improve very quickly at pt scores, that was last saturday, 3 days before that I did the pushups and situps and got 68 and 53 respectively so I tend to improve quickly. Anyway I need to make a decision regarding the scholarship by this saturday, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Also if anyone has any ideas about how to balance running and lifting that would be great. I have been working out for about a year now. I'm thinking about lifting 3 days per week, running 4, and doing pullups 6 days a week, with pt on off lifting days. I also enjoy ruck marching very much, and my best time is 6 miles in 1:47:00 with 105 lbs on a 900 foot elevation gain local trail. Rucking is awesome, 100% mental, and slower paced than running so I can last quite a while. My ultimate goal is to ruck march half-dome with 50+ pounds in 4 hours, that would be pretty insane
![Twisted Evil :twisted:](./images/smilies/o_icon_twisted.gif)
Respectfully,
Trevor