Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Cadet Survival Training

That may sound daunting. And it is. I just got a kick butt workout routine that lasts 16 weeks. It's the training program the POST puts all potential police cadets through. I am on week 1. I will follow the regimen Monday/Wednesday/Friday and occasionally Saturday (make-up day or later, as a test day). I'll continue to do my turbo jam on the other two days of the week, because it's fun and every workout schedule has to allow for fun, once in a while. Plus it's a great workout, burns close to 1000 calories/hour.

This week: 25 air squats, 25 push ups, 25 sit ups, 50ft broad jumps, run 800meters (.5 mile) REPEAT 4 times. You keep your start to finish time and later on check your fitness level by running the first week routine and checking your time against the first day. My time 58:46. It was a killer, but I lived! I have laundry tomorrow and have to do stairs 6 times, at least. It'll be the true test of soreness.

I'm curious if the Survival training refers to only the tough 'survive' the 16 weeks or by the time you live through the 16 weeks you are said to be able to survive anything.

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