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Stretch. 5 Mile Run. 3 sets of core. SCUBA! 3 sets of pushups. 1 ZAHIDI, 2 ZAHIDI,
Warmup.
ZAHIDI, 4 ZAHIDI, 5 ZAHIDI! Cool down. Stretch.
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several workouts from 400’s to Michigan’s along with several core and arm workouts.
run
Jillian Umali describes this experience as, “No matter how much we may want to give
C/SFC
we keep our eye on the goal, surprising ourselves at what we can accomplish.”
up,
Kyle Sumook came back from vacation the same week
C/SSG
experience so far in my life.”
painful
the later parts of summer vacation, Saturday practices were reserved for a physical fitness
In
RAID
By: C/SSG Tapan Patel
are the wise words the Raider team heard all summer from C/2LT Zahidi. Every
Those
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday the Raider team practiced extensively at Lincoln
Monday,
It was strenuous, however the improvements were extremely visible. Mile times were
Park.
faster than a speeding bullet and pushups were pushed faster than before.
dropping
summer, Idriss Zahidi was in Morocco and handed the leadership positions to his
Earlier
practicing delegating leadership. When Idriss returned, he expected everyone
subordinates,
run 4 miles easily at 8 minutes per mile. This was however not evident and much work was
to
be done as most of the team could run more than a mile at that pace. Idriss had each cadet
to
Idriss .He started off really well with his pushups and sit-ups
as
had to battle a great feat, stomach cramps otherwise
however
as stitches. He practiced and ate the pain, and this pain
known
extant through most of his workouts making him go
was
two battles at once. Kyle says, “I joined raiders to
through
myself and my body. When those first few weeks of
improve
kicked in every practice I would always cramp up all
raiders
my body, but I kept going. For me, raiders was the best
over
The test was a simplified version of the Army PFT, instead of running two miles, one
test.
was ran, to see cardiovascular improvement. Then a 2 minute muscular endurance test,
mile
pushups and sit-ups