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I am English. I have a GBR passport. This is roughly the same as an EU passport, with a few differences. But I am good to enter all countries as a visitor, and residency should prove easier than someone from the US.
I am an IT consultant, specialising in Disaster Recovery planning. (Yes, I put together worst case plans for a living.) From this I have skills in planning, prioritising, delegation and organisation. I am also a qualified Divemaster. Leadership, teaching, first-aid and rescue are the skills I bring from this.
All the plans I make are multi-purpose. Since the expenditure on a BOL fortress is quite a significant amount, it must be useful even if Z-Day (or other insert-disaster-here scenario) doesn't happen. So the BOL main house will be a combination holiday home and DR site for my main business. The dive boat will be rented out to a dive resort in the Caribbean. The smaller homes will be rented out to workers who will tend the farmland, selling the produce (break-even or small loss) and keeping the place running ready for when the worst happens.
Personal Fitness
Whilst I am in shape enough for the UK Dive medical, I am not in as good a shape as I want. I would like to be up to the "Ranger Standard", 217 (49PU, 59SU, 6CU, 16:00R). Yes, the Ranger run is 5 miles not 2, but it averages out to 8 minutes a mile, which is how I got that time.
Thanks to all the swimming, I have a good abdominal section, so I am not far off that goal. However, I am used to operating with most of my weight supported by the water, which is why my arms and cardio suck a fat one. But I am going to keep at it. Weirdly, I can blitz the chin-up requirement. I guess different arm muscles are used in that one.
Update: I have joined a gym, and made a hideous bet with a friend. Jack Daniels is to blame for one of these things.
"Ranger Standard" is now a milestone in a larger event. The first goal is a straight 300 on the APFT (77PU, 82SU, 13:18R). First past the post wins a days wages from the other.
The second, ultimate goal is dubbed "Military Hell". We take each event from the US and UK Armed forces (Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force) and find the hardest standards, then apply them all.
Push Ups - 57 in the first minute, 27 in the second minute (USN and USAF)
Pull Ups - 20, no time limit (USMC)
Sit Ups - 53 in the first minute, 48 in the second minute (USN and USAF)
3 Mile Run - 8:55 for the first 1.5 miles, 13:18 for 2 miles, 18:00 for the full 3 miles (USN, USAr, USMC)
500 Yard / 450 Metre Swim - 06:38 / 06:28 (depending on pool) (USN)
Static Lift - 116kg / 256 lbs (depending on weights) (UKAr)
These are subject to change once the top UK standards are found. The Static Lift is an entry requirement, not the hardest standard.
Workout Plan (To be revised)
I am an IT consultant, specialising in Disaster Recovery planning. (Yes, I put together worst case plans for a living.) From this I have skills in planning, prioritising, delegation and organisation. I am also a qualified Divemaster. Leadership, teaching, first-aid and rescue are the skills I bring from this.
All the plans I make are multi-purpose. Since the expenditure on a BOL fortress is quite a significant amount, it must be useful even if Z-Day (or other insert-disaster-here scenario) doesn't happen. So the BOL main house will be a combination holiday home and DR site for my main business. The dive boat will be rented out to a dive resort in the Caribbean. The smaller homes will be rented out to workers who will tend the farmland, selling the produce (break-even or small loss) and keeping the place running ready for when the worst happens.
Personal Fitness
Whilst I am in shape enough for the UK Dive medical, I am not in as good a shape as I want. I would like to be up to the "Ranger Standard", 217 (49PU, 59SU, 6CU, 16:00R). Yes, the Ranger run is 5 miles not 2, but it averages out to 8 minutes a mile, which is how I got that time.
Thanks to all the swimming, I have a good abdominal section, so I am not far off that goal. However, I am used to operating with most of my weight supported by the water, which is why my arms and cardio suck a fat one. But I am going to keep at it. Weirdly, I can blitz the chin-up requirement. I guess different arm muscles are used in that one.
Update: I have joined a gym, and made a hideous bet with a friend. Jack Daniels is to blame for one of these things.
"Ranger Standard" is now a milestone in a larger event. The first goal is a straight 300 on the APFT (77PU, 82SU, 13:18R). First past the post wins a days wages from the other.
The second, ultimate goal is dubbed "Military Hell". We take each event from the US and UK Armed forces (Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force) and find the hardest standards, then apply them all.
Push Ups - 57 in the first minute, 27 in the second minute (USN and USAF)
Pull Ups - 20, no time limit (USMC)
Sit Ups - 53 in the first minute, 48 in the second minute (USN and USAF)
3 Mile Run - 8:55 for the first 1.5 miles, 13:18 for 2 miles, 18:00 for the full 3 miles (USN, USAr, USMC)
500 Yard / 450 Metre Swim - 06:38 / 06:28 (depending on pool) (USN)
Static Lift - 116kg / 256 lbs (depending on weights) (UKAr)
These are subject to change once the top UK standards are found. The Static Lift is an entry requirement, not the hardest standard.
| Event | Current Score | 168 |
| Push Ups | 36/77 | 57 |
| Sit Ups | 47/82 | 62 |
| 2 Mile Run | 18:00/13:18 | 49 |
| Push Ups (1st minute) | 36/57 | Fail |
| Push Ups (2nd minute) | 0/27 | Fail |
| Pull Ups | 3/20 | Fail |
| Sit Ups (1st minute) | 47/53 | Fail |
| Sit Ups (2nd minute) | 0/48 | Fail |
| 3 Mile Run (1.5 miles(2.41km)) 14.8 | 13:30/8:55 | Fail |
| 3 Mile Run (2 miles(3.22km)) 14.6 | 18:00/13:18 | Fail |
| 3 Mile Run (3 miles(4.83)) 16.1 | 0:00/18:00 | Fail |
| 500 Yard Swim | 0:00/6:38 | Fail |
| 450 Metre Swim | 0:00/6:28 | Fail |
| Static Lift (Lift Weight to a Height of 4'9") | 0/116kg | Fail |
| Last / Next Test Date | 1st September 20102011 | 1st October 20102011 |
Workout Plan (To be revised)
| Week No | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Current | Swim | Max x1 PU on Power Plate, 60 sec, 30 vibs, low movement Max x2 SU on Power Plate, 45 sec, 30 vibs, low movement, 30 sec rest 15 minute run, 10.5kph Rest 2 min Chest Press 12x3, 40kg, 30 sec rest Total Abdominal 12x3, 55kg, 30 sec rest Lat Pull-down 12x3, 40kg, 30 sec rest Tricep Extension 12x3, 15kg, 30 sec rest Leg Extension 12x3, 110kg, 30 sec rest Pull-ups | Max x1 PU on Power Plate, 60 sec, 30 vibs, low movement Max x2 SU on Power Plate, 45 sec, 30 vibs, low movement, 30 sec rest 15 minute run, 11kph Rest 2 min Chest Press 12x3, 40kg, 30 sec rest Total Abdominal 12x3, 55kg, 30 sec rest Lat Pull-down 12x3, 40kg, 30 sec rest Tricep Extension 12x3, 15kg, 30 sec rest Leg Extension 12x3, 110kg, 30 sec rest Pull-ups | Max x1 PU on Power Plate, 60 sec, 35 vibs, low movement Max x2 SU on Power Plate, 45 sec, 30 vibs, low movement, 30 sec rest 15 minute run, 11.5kph Rest 2 min Chest Press 12x3, 40kg, 30 sec rest Total Abdominal 12x3, 55kg, 30 sec rest Lat Pull-down 12x3, 40kg, 30 sec rest Tricep Extension 12x3, 15kg, 30 sec rest Leg Extension 12x3, 110kg, 30 sec rest Pull-ups | Rest | Max x1 PU on Power Plate, 60 sec, 30 vibs, low movement Max x2 SU on Power Plate, 45 sec, 30 vibs, low movement, 30 sec rest 15 minute run, 12kph Rest 2 min Chest Press 12x3, 42.5kg, 30 sec rest Total Abdominal 12x3, 60kg, 30 sec rest Lat Pull-down 12x3, 40kg, 30 sec rest Tricep Extension 12x3, 15kg, 30 sec rest Leg Extension 12x3, 120kg, 30 sec rest Pull-ups | Rest |
| 1st of every month | Test Day Max PU Max SU 2 mile run | All sets of all exercises completed (0d9903) | At least one set of all exercises completed (f7e920) | No sets of one or more exercises completed (b80d0d) |
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