Graabnar wrote:I was just watching Disorderly Conduct on Spike, and almost every cop in it was obese...That doesnt make any sense at all. They make the army/navy standards insane, yet the police standards are pathetic.I think they should even the standards out, and see who really needs to lose weight, or gain muscle.
Police are different because they aren't expected to fight to kill as much. Police aren't warriors, they are protectors and ticket writers.
Anthony wrote:I can run 5 miles.
I can do push ups and sit ups until my arms fall off.
I am one of the best at my job in the brigade.
I lead soldiers.The army's weight control program says that I am over weight and over the allotted body fat percentage, yet people twice my size who can't run 1 mile are okay by the army's standards because they have thick necks. The army measures body fat percentage using a person's height, weight, abdominal and neck measurements. I can not deny that I have somewhat of a gut, and I always have had one. I weigh more than I should because my legs are more dense with muscle than the average person. I have a scrawny neck, so the body fat percentage is way higher than a really fat guy with a really fat or thick neck. I don't understand why it works this way, but it puts me in the overweight category when I can outrun any other person in the overweight category with extreme ease. Why does this really matter? I have to diet AGAIN. I've dieted so many times to just barely meet the army body fat percentage standard that I'm completely sick of it. I could lose my promotable status, and be flagged so I can't receive any favorable actions such as awards or leave. Fuck the army. Fuck the god damned army to hell.