I do believe I'll continue heavy squats and deadlifts.
On Monday of this week, on my very last day working with some of my fine military clients at the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, I decided that I needed to exit a Black Hawk helicopter. So I did.
Normally, I just hop out. Most of us do. Or I take a very low step -- the Black Hawk deck is not particularly low to the ground, but not particularly high, either.
But for some reason I stepped out backwards. Don't know why. I also don't know why I kept my left foot well inside the cab, and flat on the deck of the cab, as I extended my right leg back onto the runway.
All was well as the ball of my foot touched the tarmac...but when I found myself with left foot flat on the deck of the Black Hawk cab at the same time my right heel touched that Fort Hood blacktop...I lost my favorite pair of jeans.
That's right, my black Levi's 501s gave way, suddenly and violently, and not in the ass, either, but in the thigh bicep area. Quite frustrating to lose them, but also gratifying in a way...
I do believe I'll continue heavy squats and deadlifts.
UPDATE: Yes, I'll be more careful in the future when exiting the Black Hawk. And when purchasing jeans, which from now on will be some sort of relaxed fit thing. Shame saying goodbye to 501s, though...
Posted by Craig Ceely at September 22, 2004 11:07 PM