Intrinsic happiness 🐺

Fitness standards (bleep test) isn’t judged based on what trade you go for, even though it should. Assuming your ages 18-24 I believe you need to hit 9.10 on the test HOWEVER just aim for 10.5 if you can before you go for training, by doing this (aiming higher) you’ll stand out from everyone else.

@@Howardk2 cheers mate, it states on the recruitment website you should be able to run 2.4km (1.5 miles) in under 12 minutes, do they test your fitness by bleep test or the 2.5km run?

Both, everything

@@Howardk2 thank you very much for the help:)

Big up

@@JoshRaf2025 you’ll get a few weeks off but really depends on your trade. I went into phase 2 after 4 weeks, some guys went straight away and some waited months

@Howardk2 ok thank you so much sorry for all the questions but I'm so excites to join 😊

@@JoshRaf2025 that depends on what your AFCO tells you. Depending on why your rejected (if it’s due to fitness, they’ll give u maybe 6months to a year to get fit and you can re apply. If u haven’t been rejected yet, don’t stress about it. What will be will be!

@Howardk2 15 at the moment but hoping to join next September and I really need to work on my fitness

@@louisedits123 thank u, msg me on Instagram and I’ll check ur work out.

@@Howardk2 can you give me your instagram i couldnt find that on your description

@@GregorBTWmusicboyOfficial yes every role in the air force has to complete MOD 1&2. Rifle training, CBRN, medical training, everything.

​@Howardk2 do I need to be able to swim to be an air and space specialist

Yes swim basics lengths of a pool. Nothing to worry about but make sure u can swim

@@JoshRaf2025 the swimming has been dropped now at Halton

If you’re just looking to scrape standards the job isn’t for you. A baby could do 20 press ups.

@@pixiedust1383 those fitness standards are okay, you’d pass with those however you’d still find some PT sessions hard. My opinion is try aim for 40 press ups, 50 sit ups, 10 pull ups, 9 mins for the run

That’s great bro. Keep up the work!

Also, any tips for building up stamina off-treadmill? I used to be good at it but I just slacked off and now I struggle doing 5km

@@averagejoe8358 from what I remember, that time is pretty good. Always push further than what’s expected because when you go through phase 1 (especially IFPT) you’ll wanna be in front of the group, being fitter just makes everything less stressful.

@@averagejoe8358 just frequency that’s it. Plain and simple. If you feel niggles, start reducing the runs and including swims and cycles!

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@@NightshadeGengar you wanna be doing 5km sub 22 minutes. You want to be able to run 10km without stopping. You don’t need to be superhuman fit but a lot of people turn up and can’t even run 5km. Aim for level 11 on the bleep test (regardless of what role you’re joining). It’s not all about weights. Make sure you can pull yourself up and your agile and can carry weight on your back. Aim for 40 press ups and 10 pull ups. For the military it’s best to be cardio fit than strength fit.

@@Howardk2 Cheers mate! My DAA got cancelled because of the riots so it's being rescheduled. I've been working on being cardio fit for about 4 months now. I can pass the PJFT, but I'll continue to keep getting fitter until then. All the best

Goodluck bro!

@@marcuswitt3646 what advice would you like? what’s bothering you the most?

@@Howardk2 Just nerves more than anything I’m worried that the fitness might be too tough for me and that I’ll fail I’m naturally very skinny however I do try and keep myself in good shape and play tennis to a county level, the only thing worrying me is just passing the fitness. Other than that everything else is all fine I would pass everything else

I’ll make a fitness related video for you and others struggling to get fit for the military.

@@marcuswitt3646 I wouldn't worry too much mate, I'm also very lean, when I was starting my training my calfs would be on fire after I ran just 1-1.5km and I couldn't continue without long breaks. You just keep at it and you improve. between applying and your fitness it's going to be a good few months so you've got LOADS of time to get your fitness up.

Gunner

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Yeah completely agree. People are faking it before actually making it. Everything I show on my channel are things I know & have accomplished. For me, yes I want money (everyone does) but I won’t show people how I’ve done it until I’ve ACTUALLY done it. But for now, I can teach stoicism, how to build a robust mindset and mega physique because I’ve done it. Hope u enjoyed the vid, remember any feedback let me know thank you so much :)

@@Howardk2 I grew up with a hard shell. Starting life in an orphanage was not fun. Leaving to do gymnast during the day was a way to escape. I've come to remember how I was bullied and punched when I got back when older boys met me. My mom later told me some of why she wanted to adopt me and how I was treated was one. Coming to USA was happy for me--to leave bad situation but then later to find new place to be bullied. I don't know. I think I believed that being bullied was normal human life. Bully or be bullied. I don't remember me being a bully given the situations. I was on receiving end. There's also the group against just me. Leaving American school to get away and do gymnastics at the academy was also sweet get away. After I got beat up (again a group of guys) I finally found a group of guys who would back me. But later of course I learned that they enjoyed me getting into severe abdominal training. I came to see how they manipulated me and that affected my personality and maybe mental health. I knew they liked having me around for what I would let them do to me but I did it anyway. I rationalized how I was getting stronger. And I did like the challenge. But I also was trying to build my body into a hard shell. I don't know how much my Ukrainian DNA also makes me. I remember identifying with Eastern European bar athletes and saw myself among them. I know how hard life is in Eastern Europe and feel so blessed to be in USA. I've been rethinking that I'm younger than I always thought I was. I grew up trying to keep up with other in my grade. Part was of course learning language but also being smaller than other boys in my grade made me try to be tough and strong. I think me striving to keep up and be better made me tough minded. I didn't know the word stoic until recently tbh. I saw some channels promoting it. Then saw your shirt and it hit me you are talking about stoicism. That must be part of my personality. I"m now training a guy to take hard punches and find it all a bit weird. I think maybe he is stoic. I've lived on my own since age 15 (thinking age 16) and have been happy with whatever I could find to get by. After my adoptive parents divorced we were poor and had to move into a tiny house on a farm. My mom was heroic I think in keeping us going. Maybe stoic herself. As I saw her struggle I didn't want to be part of that struggle and was trying to be more self-reliant. She was happy for me doing that so I tried all the more to be my own guy. She left money on table for me to use. But that wasn't enough to stay in gymnastics so working was just a natural thing for me to do. I feel grateful to be able to be where I am. I've not dreamed to be a millionaire. Maybe I've not adopted the American Dream but know that the good life doesn't mean they are happy. I have to be honest to that I'm not sure what happiness is. I liked being away at gymnastics but I realized I loved training for gymnastics more than competing in gymnastics. I think I've been my happiest when working out. I got into exercising my abdominals a lot very early in life and used it to cope with stress. I later understand that I was addicted to abdominal training because it released for me pleasure hormones. I got a high that I wanted more--I think because of not being happy. After I got into taking hard punches I started to get that high after a good hard "workout." It's not easy admitting that I got a rush being held in a full nelson or hanging from a pull up bar taking very hard punches. It wasn't want I intended but then it somehow gave me something I felt I needed. Re-living my life as a guy a year younger and training for the upcoming abs challenge has brought back a lot of memories and feelings. As I've been really leaning into severe abdominal training and having a group of muscular guys pushing me more things have surfaced. Thinking of happiness again. I struggled with addiction to abdominal training during the pandemic. I was so close to being out of high school that the pandemic just fueled it. When community college closed down and finances were dwindling my stress levels increased. Finding places outdoors to bar workouts turned out to be great. Finding a gorgeous young lady in my building to play tennis with was great. But then she moved to bubble with her family. Working at Menards then later at the construction company now helped me big time. I would say I'm leaning toward happiness. No one I know here knows my history of body self abuse (that is what it was). I feel somewhat dirty driving Friday nights to go to a gym and using the name my adoptive parents gave me and the nickname at that--Tony. I wanted to go where no one knew me but also be honest to say I was there to train for an abs challenge. It feels good them know why I'm training as I am but not really who I am. I still have some chills about what happened with me on IG and being targeted for extortion using my many nude pics. I haven't felt any blowback from their threats. But that still haunts me. Guys here have taken pics and videos of my workouts and I tell them to be careful as I don't want guys targeting me--they know my story of getting beat up. I'm trying to live in trust with them. They are good guys and treated me well. But I see them once a week. I'm rambling on a Sunday morning trying to follow Olympic tennis gold medal match in background. Stoicism and happiness. Stoicism maybe redefines what happiness is? Am I happy now? I can say that I'm in a job I like and making good money. I'm saving for the future which means I imagine myself having a future. What that is I don't know of course. I turn age 22 in just over 2 months. Deja vous with that birthday. In high school I celebrated my birthday with each guy giving me birthday punches. That's a memory I have each birthday. Have a good day.

As long as you sleep at the exact same time every night, or there abouts that’s a great start for improving your sleep. I’ve been experimenting recently with waking up hours before work so I can put my hobbies and work before my actual work, that’s so I have more focus and energy.

When I passed phase 2 - 20

@@bendonald5604 Gunner you?

I'm trying to get in for start of September if not mid September, also going in for aircraft tech mechanical

@@morgenh6930 Goodluck. If you have any questions about phase 1 or anything fitness ping me a msg on insta or here!

@@morgenh6930 same here, same role just waiting on NSVS

@Howardk2 If anything I'm just really worried when it comes to all the running, I can't seem to run for long before I need to slow down to catch my breath and for pushups I can't seem to find that sweet spot either to actually be able to do them which Is quite embarrassing to say

My guy! You like texting for sure 😂 aye great story though bro, some tough upbringing for sure. Keep grind hard you’ll get whatever you put your mind to 🦈

@@Howardk2 My point I guess is that I've never had any body dysmorphia issues or felt bad about my physique.

@@anthonywilson1754 yeah be careful about the added sugar

@@Howardk2 Sugars added to foods is really harmful--can fuel cancers (increase risks of cancer), contributes to dementia, as well as cause insulin resistance that leads to accumulation of visceral body fat. Simply eliminating foods with "added sugars" (in the US that is a mandated category to be on all food products) is an easy fix. If you need to use sugar try using Allulose which has been heavily studied and seems to have a lot of benefits other than non-caloric and causes very minimal insulin increases. Adding Allulose has been shown to influence other sugars in the meal such that the insulin increase post-meal is lower than without Allulose. You can find lots of great videos on the science and benefits. In the US they might start using Allulose more widely in food products that will be sold. I grew up not eating added sugars and never got into eating sugary foods. That along with a lot of exercise has kept me in single digit body fat. Simple changes in diet and exercise over time produce amazing results. And these are not hard changes to make.

@@DailyLukeSpurgeon cheers lad 😉

Your welcome buddy :)

Your welcome. 🫡

Cheers bro appreciate it. Losing motivation happens a lot

Hey angelo, right now my split is PPL

@@Howardk2 thanks bro

@@angello_97 if u want my free workout routines, the link is in the description!

@@Howardk2 Yes, I signed in hehe

Minecraft and COD? Ahaha. What did u play bro?

@@Howardk2 yes man, both got a toxic and young community. I play oldscool runescape. Everyday, and have to disagree with your video. But i still think its cool, that you share your opinion 👍😊. Cause i game everyday, and gym 5 days. You can do both, its just a matter of how important is something to you..

@@SchereGeist yeah I agree with that buddy. Everyone’s got different goals :) do what is best in the long run.

Cheers bro! Appreciate this. Growth on the channel is slow and it really makes my day when nice guys like you appreciate the effort :)

Thank you, that really helps me out :)

Usually that’s a good thing. A lot of people are the same nowadays!!

Exactly that

I’m making a video just on this bro. You read my mind 😂🔑

Thanks bro. Appreciate it!

You don’t really need to be an excellent multitasker. You only really need to be good at multitasking when it comes with shallow, distracting work. Concurrent activity is what the military is good at.

@@Howardk2 For sure. The more difficult the task the more I need to focus. My temptation is to get distracted when the task gets really hard.

@@anthonywilson1754 why do you find yourself distracted?

@@Howardk2 The idea of seeing shiny things when the task at hand is no longer fun. I've been distracted by Elizabeth living with me but she leaves Sunday. I'll miss that distraction.

Thanks 💯 it’s a military brand

For me it’s more of a “saying” that actually working out by percentages. So say you read for 10 mins on Monday, read for 11 on Tuesday. Just do a little more.

@@Howardk2 So I guess anything that can be quantified is always up for improving. I suppose this applies to training for my upcoming abs challenge. I'm back to Friday evening workouts and found a nice group of 3 guys eager to help me improve. They didn't know each other until I asked for their help. I will have 3 pair of MMA gloves from now on.

Thank you. I really appreciate that!

I like muscle ups a lot because they do pull ups and triceps in one great functional move. I visited my high school this weekend and have not been back in almost 5 years. I did a full long bar workout at the very spot where I got beat up. A friend drove in to join me and we had.a great talk about that night. We camped 2 nights and did some long hikes. It brought back a mix of good and bad memories but I've decided to create new memories.