5 miles every morning
10k on weekends (weather permitting)
300 sit ups (okay to spread throughout day)
(or)russian style situps (10 minutes worth oughta do ya!)
200 pushups (okay to spread throughout day)
40 squat thrusts in 2 minutes
rope climb 30 feet-no stops
benchpress your own weight (minimum) (1.5 times yer weight-good goal!)
make and hand out 25 baloney sammiches in 4 minutes! (must include mayo or some spread!)
siphon 15 gallons of fuel from an abandoned vehicle in 5 minutes
lift (2)8 gallon water containers, carry down hall 15 ft, down 18 steps into basement, set into position, and return upstairs- 2 minutes per repetition max!)
drag 10kw genset from garage area into backyard area (approx. 80 feet) in 3 minutes
lift 4 50 lb sacks of rice from trunk onto shoulders, carry into house, gently set down onto processing table-4 minutes max!
puff puff puff.. okay, enough from me....
please feel free to add your two cents worth towards what you think constitutes a good regimen for a good prepper!!!

-- Jay Urban (Jayho99@aol.com), December 14, 1999

Answers

Click twice - buy more puts.

-- Me (me@me.me), December 14, 1999.

How about carry a 9.5 pound rifle, strap on a full size pistol plus 40lbs of gear on your LBE, then hoist an 80lb alice pack onto your back. Then run a couple miles, climb a hill, camp out when it's 20 degrees F, wake up at 3:00AM for target practice, and then consume only food and water you find in the wild.

-- Powder (Powder@keg.com), December 14, 1999.

Jay,

Good work-out if you can keep it up.

I had to stop the push-ups and chin-ups
because of bursitis, but there are always
good substitutes. I've been climbing a
rope tied to the top of the 14' pole in
the center of my house. I'm using homemade
climbing gear. A harness made from a long
strap. Rope ascenders using the Prussic
knot. Carabiners and a figure-8 descender
are the only purchased material. It's a
good exercise and it's fun.

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), December 14, 1999.

Don't forget the timed, two-mile, 150lb gutted deer drag, uphill all the way of course. Optional 12-inch snowfall as obstacle for extra credit. Extra points for near-zero weather and/or leaky boots. Additional credit for not getting shot at by urban (NYC or Philly) hunter mistaking you for deer.

For those forum followers out west, substitute the 100lb elk quarters back-carry, two ridge crossings minimum. Optional 1/4 mile chase by hungry bear. Extra credit for outrunning bear without jettisonning elk meat. Additional credit for finding keys to vehicle upon arriving at dead run just ahead of hungry bear.

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), December 14, 1999.

You Guys!!!

Typical Guy hunting stuff. Here's how I see it: Assume a kneeling position in the dirt with head bent forward in front of the body while maintaining a .002 mph forward motion, all the while moving your arms, wrists and hands in a perfectly repetitive motion. Continue ceaselessly for countless hours. Extra credit for (1) intense noonday sun, (2) excessive thorns and (3) bravely withstanding the lash of the Community Garden Warden's whip

-- Clare (clarehamilton@mindspring.com), December 14, 1999.

I do several 12 ounce curls a day...

-- Uncle Bob (UNCLB0B@AOL.COM), December 14, 1999.

30 -65 pound suitcases (or heavier if vacation/civilian travelling), one or 2 per passenger. Lift from ground to 2.75 feet off ground push foreward aprox 1.25 feet and set down in trunk.

retrieve same by lifting up 1.5 feet (at arm's reach) and set down at your feet.

All effectively one handed (no additional handholds).

NO warm up.

NO pre-loosening (unless you count the fast arm turns to get car into rediculously small driveway)

Chuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), December 14, 1999.