Japanese Haircut + US Army Fitness Test!

I really hate the feeling of long, wet hair on the back of my neck. It’s either that or having to use a blow dryer with a focuser, on low heat, and to stand and wait for ten minutes… So I got a bit of a trim yesterday, from the Japanese place, Air Hair Salon:

(Gasp! haven’t had a short hairstyle in quite a while)

In other news… I did a bit of a fitness test today and I’m quite pleased with the results. I started getting back into the routine a bit over half a year ago and went to the gym almost daily (increasingly harder whole-body workouts — mainly body weight — one day, interval sprints the other — sprint 1 min, run 2 min, x 4).

On top of that, I started to watch my eating: more smaller portion “meals” with lots of whole grain, veggies protein (after eating brown rice for so long, I can hardly go back to white rice). Oh, and plenty of water, too.

I feel really great these days and have never felt fitter. So, I decided to challenge myself. Why not try out the US Army’s Physical Fitness Test (APFT), I thought? My results:

Push-Ups

In 2 minutes, 80 reps. Score: 100

Sit-Ups

In 2 minutes, 60 reps. Score: 71 (This is something I can work on)

2 Mile Run

11 minutes and 40 seconds. Score: 100 (I collapsed onto the grass after this one , it’s quite the killer)

Well… looks like I pass (the “passing” score is 60 for each event).

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