Test Time

Wednesday March 31st was the record Physical Fitness Test and presents cadets and leadership a chance to judge the level of fitness for individuals and the battalion. The APFT consists of 2 minutes of push-ups, sit-ups and a timed 2-mile run. Cadet Inman facilitated the test, and kept a close eye on the clock, and yes he kept this pose throughout the test.

Ballin'

We had our military ball March 26, and this amorphous blob of awesome was my attempt at getting everyone pictured. Thank you for bearing with me as I tried to pack everyone into a small corner of the room. Had any fire marshals been present, I'm pretty sure they would have had a seizure and/or stroke.

The guest speaker was Colonel Patterson who gave one of the most powerful speeches I've had the privilege to listen too. Thank you to all who were a part of this evening.

Stairway to Heaven

Well, not exactly; but the recent warm weather has all but put an end to the winter wonderland that was Baltimore for the past few weeks. That's the good news, the bad news is that the ice on the treacherous stairs at Johnny U Stadium is melted. With that hazard out of the way, they were immediately put to painful use. CDT Weir led the smoker of a PT, but it was no match for CDT Nick "stairmaster" Brinker, who blazes a trail with ease.

Complete Failure

Another Monday PT, another brutal muscle failure session. There were fewer in attendance because Loyola is on spring break, (slackers!) but those who were present got their money's worth. CDT Rivas and CDT Monti conjured a painful hour of upper body, lower body, and core failure. It was a tough, but fun start to the week.

Balls to the Wall

Friday's PT bore a painful resemblance to Monday's. Lots of pain and sprinting. There were 3 stations consisting of sprinting with pushups, situps, and the like, another station of pure sprinting, and the third station was a grueling medicine ball workout.

It was a great way to end the week, and send off our Loyola cadets on spring break. Towson students will continue as normal, but we wish the Loyolaians a safe and fun SB.

Rucking in a Winterwonderland

Wednesday's PT was a very early and very chilly ruckmarch through the remnants of Snowpocalypse. The nearly 5 mile route around Loyola University had a few challenging hills that is excellent preparation for LDAC. Everyone who started the route completed it within the time limit, even the BN mascot.

FannyTastic PT

Monday's PT was brutal mixture of strange movements. Crabwalks, bearcrawls, and other various non-typical means of human movement caused many a scrum (bottom left) over water during the few breaks.

Fortunately the painful movements took only half the time; the other half of PT was spent doing sprints like normal homosapiens. Overall it was a very challenging PT that I have tried to purge from memory.