This Ridiculous ‘Military Workout’ Is Half Stolen Valor, Half Fitness Grift

I don’t think people who talk about the troops have ever met a troop.

Published 6 months ago in Facepalm

In this country, “ex-military” is synonymous with “strong,” even though it really shouldn’t be. Why not? Well, because around 70 percent of our troops are obese or overweight, and people who have actually been through it say that Army training isn’t as hard as the movies make it out to be.

But if you want to sell a workout course to men in the United States, it doesn’t hurt to plaster your shitty e-book with a note saying you’re an “ex-marine.”

However, if you want to sell even *more* copies, you should invent a whole bunch of ridiculous exercises, pair them with the worst music in the world and then share the video on the internet, insisting that doing so is the only way to get into decent shape (so long as you can ignore the genetics and, um, enhancements).

This is possibly the most ridiculous example of this practice. Seriously, just do Starting Strength like everybody else!