gmand75’s BodyBlog

Another day here in this hell known as FOB Delta.  My wife has been gone for 2 days now and I thought that I had it bad, but from what she tells me I am actually living it up. Her camp is a lot worse than mine and I give it to her. Most female Soldiers in her situation normally cry and whine over leaving their husband and ac and a bed. My wife is truly hard core, as she is now sleeping on a cot and not a mattress along with any ac and from time to time MREs instead of hot meals like I am here. If I could I would trade with her so that she can enjoy what most people here in this FOB are literally taking for granted.  Since she has been gone I have pretty much been down and even the gym which was my way away from it all is not helping. We do get to email each other but my night shift and her day shift kind of makes it hard. We have just less than 12 months left on this wonderful vacation that we also call a deployment and well it is getting really really boring.  If only my wife were back here and worked the same shift it would make it all worth it but for at least for a couple of months we will be apart at least we are deployed together and we get to take leave together and see out daughter.

I am finally doing what she always asked me to do and that is get her on a program that will help her. I usually do not do this for I just go to the gym and do what pops in my head at the time. But since she so nicely asked (not really) I am actually going to give it a try and get some workouts ready for her so that when she comes back she will have something written down and actually write down her progress.  I am not sure how this is going to work but I will give it a try.

In closing 12 months left in this wonderland named Iraq and just a couple of months without my honey here to keep me company.

10 Aug 08 Today is my cheat day. I have been going to the gym everyday this week and the optempo has just quickened here so today I decided to take a day off from the gym and also cheat on my meals. Of course a lot of my soldiers took this as a chance to pick on me. I like these days cuz I do get to hit the weights hard the following day. Another good thing that happened this week is that I also received my sups and now I am even more energized at the gym. This place suck I still live in a tent and still working graveyard for another month, and there are 13 months left on my deployment. The good news is that my wife is deployed here with me so it has its pluses and minuses.

Today I had the opportunity to have one of my Soldiers tag along with me at the gym and work out on over all chest.  This is the first time that any of my Soldiers has actually tried to hang in there. He started doing ok light weight 10 to 12 reps on the flat bench and the other exercises.  He really surprised me towards the end of the work out. I decided to finish with the Cable Fly and between each set a slow yet effective set, and for the first time I actually had someone keep up with me.   Though his form started to deteriorate after the 2^nd set he hung in there and when I wanted to stop at 4 sets of each he pushed me to finish my last set. This kid has the no quit attitude and that is rare among young Soldiers now.  He wants to continue working out with me and tomorrow is back day and I am going to make him cry at the end of the work out.