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Competition Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the competition facet of life. Competition-Blog: Fitness-Competition News Marines face off in 'Tinman' October 30, 2007
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa (October 19, 2007) -- More than 120 service members took a unique approach to physical training in the early morning hours during Marine Air Control Squadron 4's "Tinman" competition on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Oct. 12. Twenty teams of three from MACS-4 and 13 teams from Marine Air Support Squadron 2 ran a four-mile course in combat boots and utility trousers, stopping to complete exercises at stations along the way. Each team had to do a number of three-man pushups and crunches, complete "fireman's" carries and low crawl approximately 50 meters. "This (event) was fantastic for camaraderie and teamwork," said Maj. Jeff Hanson, the executive officer of MACS-4. "It was also great to have our sister squadron MASS-2 to give us a little competitive spirit." The competition is not a regularly scheduled event, but the Marines in MACS-4 try to host the same event quarterly to mix up physical training and keep esprit de corps up, according to 2nd Lt. Patrick Steward, one of the competition coordinators. "We try and have a unit-wide competition every three to four months," Steward said. "The Marines really enjoy them." After the competition, all the service members had a special breakfast in the squadron's motor transportation bay where awards were presented to the top male, female and coed teams. "I had a great time, and you can tell a lot of the Marines liked it too," Hanson said. "It was highly painful but worthwhile after completing the course." Competition Blog Comment: Why on earth do they need presenting a fitness competition with awards to the top male, female and coed teams? That's what makes the participants say - "It was highly painful but worthwhile after completing the course." It simply means that the process of doing the act of fitness was simply a pain rather than being a joy to them. Such fitness is always accompanied by a rigidity and stiffness of muscles in the body that keep it contracted at the thoracic diaphragm and invite all kinds of illnesses in life sooner or later, later if not sooner. A competing mind can never have a relaxed body that is always ready to do the action without going stiff at its thoracic diaphragm. Ready and relaxed - that is the mantra of real fitness in the body and in the mind! Wanna have some bidding fun with 'Fitness' on ebay auction? You might grab a bargain or two! Just say your bid and you're done: I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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