Posted on Jun 13, 2020
What can I do to pass tape one more time before shipping ?
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I’m going to try and be brief! I signed back in November at 280 and I’m 6’5 but for some reason they keep telling me I’m 6’4 , but my bmi was 22% and I was good to go !! Fast forward to now , a month before shipping. I’ve been running ! Running ! And running ! To the point where I lost the weight in my neck, I have a very large neck or once had a very large neck about at 18.5inches now it’s around 17 inches . That was the last time I was in my recruiters office which was last week to get a update. now my waist is now a 42 putting my bmi at 25% since now my neck is at 17 inches. I’ve dreaded running at first but now I actually like because it helps me lose weight but now the thing that kept me on top of weight gain is now becoming dangerous due to the loss in weight in my neck. Is there Any thing I can do to just target my waist??? I’m tryning to get that at least to a 39 or a 40 the minimum would be a 40 ! Please any tips would help I’m less than a month out and I just really want to be a soldier.
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Get used to being short changed on height. I started out 6'4" and had I stayed until 30 years I would have been a leprechaun. Get used to people with bad attitudes strangling you with the tape and and generally screwing with you.
You need to work your neck. Best exercise is really heavy upright rows, low reps, low sets to increase the size of your neck which working to,lose weight around your middle. Some swear by a neck press machine, personally lost size on my neck and strained my neck in a bad way, so I don't recommend it.
I recommend also integrating more weight training. You burn more fat if you have more muscle mass. I'd recommend a book called Body For Life by Bill Phillips.
Hate to tell you man, you'll be fighting for your life the whole time. I did it for 4 years as a cadet and 22years on AD. It got easier once I hit the bracket in my late 20s but this will be a slog until you hit it. The nay Sayers will talk smack only because they are SRMFs that have never been taped. If you want to scare the crap out of a skinny guy simply tape them the way you get taped and they can see how close they are to being chaptered on a day that ends in "y".
Reference AR 600-9 Army Body Composition Program.
You need to work your neck. Best exercise is really heavy upright rows, low reps, low sets to increase the size of your neck which working to,lose weight around your middle. Some swear by a neck press machine, personally lost size on my neck and strained my neck in a bad way, so I don't recommend it.
I recommend also integrating more weight training. You burn more fat if you have more muscle mass. I'd recommend a book called Body For Life by Bill Phillips.
Hate to tell you man, you'll be fighting for your life the whole time. I did it for 4 years as a cadet and 22years on AD. It got easier once I hit the bracket in my late 20s but this will be a slog until you hit it. The nay Sayers will talk smack only because they are SRMFs that have never been taped. If you want to scare the crap out of a skinny guy simply tape them the way you get taped and they can see how close they are to being chaptered on a day that ends in "y".
Reference AR 600-9 Army Body Composition Program.
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Work on your neck size. Get that increased. About 2 days before getting taped, take a good amount (without overdoing it) of colon cleansing drink to drop that particular weight out of the colon. The night before you tape, smear Prep H all over your abdomen, to include love handles, then wrap that entire area with saran wrap (several wrap arounds), then sleep.
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Sincere Myers - You can exercise it. Also, before getting taped, just simply stretch your neck side to side for about 10-20 seconds per side. Also, you can flex your neck when getting taped. You could also try pushing your tongue into the roof of your mouth
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I agree with all these suggestions. However, as someone who was taped for his entire career in the Army I recommend concentrating on your neck specifically do whatever exercises you have available. I personally like shrugs and neck harness exercises which served me well in helping others. In fact they are still part of my routine to this day. In regard to waist set a time when you will stop eating and rely on portion control.
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Sincere Myers
I’ve been staying in the 1800 Carlorie Range, Just started the shrugs yesterday along with some neck exercises just using my body weight
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