Dibana noMkhosi WokuQala woMkhosi woMkhosi woMkhosi weSizwe oza kuthweswa isidanga kwiSikolo soMkhosi weRanger

Umxholo

• Uqeqesho lweSikolo soMkhosi weRanger
• Into eYithathileyo ukungena kwiNkqubo
• Ubunyani bokwenyani besikolo iRanger
• Uloyiso lwam olulandelayo
• Uphengululo lwe

Iifoto: U.S. Army

Ukukhula kwam, abazali bam basibekela ulindelo olukhulu kuthi sonke thina bantwana bahlanu: Sonke kwakufuneka sifunde ulwimi lwasemzini, sidlale isixhobo somculo, kwaye sidlale umdlalo. Xa kufikwa ekukhetheni umdlalo, ukuqubha yayikukuya kwam. Ndiqale xa ndandineminyaka esixhenxe kuphela. Kwaye xa ndandineminyaka eli-12 ubudala, ndandikhuphisana unyaka wonke kwaye ndisebenza nzima ukuze (ngeny’ imini) ndenze abemi belizwe. Andizange ndifikelele kwelo nqanaba-kwaye nangona ndandiqeshwe ukuba ndiqubhe kwiikholeji ezimbalwa, ndagqiba ekubeni ndifumane isifundi semfundo endaweni yoko.

Ukufaneleka kwahlala kuyingxenye ebalulekileyo yobomi bam kwikholeji, xa ndajoyina uMkhosi, kwaye ndade ndafumana abantwana bam kwi-29 kunye ne-30. Njengoninzi loomama, impilo yam yathatha i-backseat kule minyaka embalwa yokuqala. Kodwa xa unyana wam wayeneminyaka emi-2 ubudala, ndaqalisa ukuqeqeshelwa ukuba lilungu loMkhosi woMkhosi woMkhosi waseUnited States. Njengoko unokucinga, kukho imigangatho yokuqina komzimba ekufuneka uhlangane nayo ukwenza uMgcini, ukuze isebenze njengokutyhala ndifuna ukubuyela esimeni. (Edibeneyo: Yintoni na ukutya komkhosi? Yonke into ekufuneka uyazi malunga nesiCwangciso sokuTya seentsuku ezi-3)

Kwanasemva kokuba ndigqibile uqeqesho ndaza ndaba liLieutenant yokuQala, ndaqhubeka nokuzityhala ngokwam ngokubaleka i-10Ks kunye nesiqingatha semarathoni kwaye ndisebenza kuqeqesho lwamandla-ukuphakamisa okunzima, ngakumbi. Ke ngo-2014, iSikolo iRanger Ranger School yavula iingcango zayo kwabasetyhini okokuqala kwimbali yayo engama-63.

Kulabo abangenako ukuqhelana neSikolo soMkhosi weRanger, kuthathwa njengesikolo sokuqala sobunkokheli besikolo e-US Army. Inkqubo ihlala phakathi kweentsuku ezingama-62 kunye neenyanga ezintlanu ukuya kwezintandathu kwaye izama ukuphinda-phinda umlo wobomi bokwenyani ngokusondele kangangoko. Yakhelwe ukolula imida yakho yengqondo kunye nomzimba. Malunga neepesenti ezingama-67 zabantu abaya kuqeqesho abalupasanga.

Lo mthetho ngokwawo wawwanele ukundenza ndicinge ukuba akukho ndlela ndinokuthi ndiyenze ukuze ndifaneleke. Kodwa ngo-2016, xa ithuba lathi laziveza ukuba ndizame kwesi sikolo, ndandisazi ukuba kufuneka ndisidubule nokuba amathuba am okwenza yonke loo nto ayemancinci.

Uqeqesho lweSikolo soMkhosi weRanger

Ukungena kwinkqubo yoqeqesho, bendizazi izinto ezimbini ngokuqinisekileyo: kuye kwafuneka ndisebenze kunyamezelo lwam kwaye ndomelele ngokwenene. Ukubona ukuba mkhulu kangakanani umsebenzi endinawo phambi kwam, ndasayina kwimarathon yam yokuqala ngaphandle koqeqesho. Ndikwazile ukugqiba ngeyure ezi-3 kunye nemizuzu engama-25, kodwa umqeqeshi wam wakwenza kwacaca: Ayizukwanela. Ndiye ndaqalisa ukwenza i-powerlifting. Okwangoku, ndandikhululekile ebhentshini ndicinezela ubunzima obunzima, kodwa okokuqala ndandiqala ukufunda ubuchwephesha bokuqhekeza nokubulala abantu-kwaye kwangoko ndayithanda. (Idibeneyo: Lo mfazi u-Swapped Cheerleading for Powerlifting kwaye wamfumana waZiQine kakhulu kuye)

Ekugqibeleni ndade ndangenela ukhuphiswano ndada ndophula neerekhodi ezithile zaseMerika. Kodwa ukuze ndiphumelele kwiSikolo soMkhosi weRanger, kwafuneka ndomelele kwaye agile. Ke ixesha elingaphezulu kweenyanga ezintlanu, ndiqeqesha ohamba umgama omde kwaye ndinyusa amandla amaxesha amaninzi ngeveki. Ekupheleni kwezo nyanga zintlanu, ndibeke izakhono zam kuvavanyo lokugqibela: bendiza kubaleka umdyarho opheleleyo kwaye emva koko ndikhuphisane kugqatso lwamandla emva kweentsuku ezintandathu. Ndagqiba ukugqiba i-marathon kwiiyure ze-3 kunye nemizuzu ye-45 kwaye ndakwazi ukukhwela i-275 pounds, ibhentshi i-198 pounds, kunye ne-deadlift 360-into yeepounds kwi-powerlifting meet. Ngelo xesha, ndandisazi ukuba ndikulungele ukuvavanywa komzimba weSikolo soMkhosi.

Into eYithathileyo ukungena kwiNkqubo

Ukude ungene kwinkqubo, kukho umgangatho othile womzimba ekufuneka uhlangabezane nawo. Uvavanyo lweveki yonke lumisela ukuba uyakwazi na ukuqala inkqubo, ukuvavanya amandla akho emhlabeni nasemanzini.

Ukuqala, kufuneka ugcwalise ii-pushups ezingama-49 kunye nokuhlala ezingama-59 (ezihlangabezana nemigangatho yasemkhosini) phantsi kwemizuzu emibini nganye. Kuya kufuneka ugcwalise umgama weemayile ezintlanu ngaphantsi kwemizuzu engama-40 kwaye wenze i-chin-ups ezintandathu eziphantsi komgangatho. Nje ukuba udlule kuloo nto, qhubela phambili ukuya kumlo wokusinda emanzini. Ngaphezulu kokubhukuda kwe-15m (malunga ne-50ft) iyunifomu epheleleyo, kulindeleke ukuba ugcwalise imiqobo emanzini apho umngcipheko wenzakele uphezulu.

Emva koko, kuya kufuneka ugcwalise uhambo lweemayile ezili-12-unxibe ipakethi engama-50 eepawundi-ngaphakathi kweeyure ezintathu. Kwaye, ewe, le misebenzi yomzimba idandathekisayo yenziwa mandundu kuba usebenza ngokulala kancinci kunye nokutya. Ngalo lonke elixesha, kulindeleke ukuba unxibelelane kwaye usebenze kunye nabanye abantu abadiniwe ngokulinganayo nawe. Ngaphandle kokunyanzelwa ngokwasemzimbeni, kuyicelomngeni kumandla akho engqondo. (Uziva uphefumlelwe? Zama oku kuPhumelela koMkhosi we-TRX Workout)

Ndingomnye wabafazi abane okanye abahlanu ukuyigqitha kwiveki yokuqala kwaye ndiqale eyona nkqubo. Kwiinyanga ezintlanu ezizayo, ndisebenze ndathweswa isidanga kuzo zontathu izigaba zeRanger School, ndiqala ngeSigaba seFort Benning, emva koko isiGaba seNtaba, ndiphela ngeSigaba saseFlorida. Nganye yenzelwe ukwakha kwizakhono zakho kwaye ikulungiselele ukulwa kobomi bokwenyani.

Ubunyani bokwenyani besikolo iRanger

Ngokwasemzimbeni, isiGaba seNtaba sasisesona sinzima. Ndahamba ngayo ebusika, nto leyo eyayithetha ukuba ndiphethe umthwalo onzima ukumelana nemozulu embi. Kwakukho amaxesha apho ndandikhupha i-125 yeentaba ndinyuka intaba, kwikhephu, okanye eludakeni, ngelixa yayiziidigri ezili-10 ngaphandle. Oko kunxiba kuwe, ngakumbi xa usitya ii-calories ezingama-2 500 kuphela ngosuku, kodwa utshisa i-heck eninzi ngakumbi. (Jonga ezi ndlela zixhaswe yisayensi zokutyhala ngokudinwa komzimba.)

Kwakhona ndandidla ngokuba ndedwa ibhinqa kwinqanaba ngalinye. Ke bendiya kusebenza kumgxobhozo iintsuku ezili-10 ngexesha kwaye ndingaze ndibeke amehlo komnye umfazi. Kufuneka nje ube ngomnye wabafana. Emva kwexesha, akunamsebenzi. Wonke umntu uvavanya omnye nomnye ngokususela kwinto oyizisayo kwitafile. Ayisiyo malunga nokuba uligosa, nokuba ubukwi-Army iminyaka engama-20, okanye nokuba ubhalisiwe. Konke kuxhomekeke kwinto onokuyenza ukunceda. Logama nje unegalelo, akukho mntu ubonakala ekhathalele ukuba uyindoda okanye umfazi, umncinci okanye umdala.

Ukufika kwam kwinqanaba lokugqibela, babesenzela ukuba sisebenze kwindawo ekumgangatho weqela, sisebenza namanye amaqela, kwaye sivavanya ukukwazi kwethu ukukhokela abantu kwimigxobhozo, imisebenzi yekhowudi, kunye nokusebenza emoyeni, okubandakanya ukutsiba ngaphandle kweehelikopta kunye neenqwelomoya. . Ke zininzi iindawo ezahlukeneyo ezihambayo, kwaye bekulindeleke ukuba sisebenze kwezo meko ukuya kwinqanaba lomkhosi singalali ngokwaneleyo.

Ekubeni ndandikuMkhosi woMkhosi weSizwe, ndandinezixhobo ezilinganiselweyo zokuziqeqeshela olu vavanyo lokulinganisa. Abanye abantu kuqeqesho kunye nam bevela kwiindawo zomkhosi ezibanike amandla angaphezulu kunam. Ekuphela kwento ekwakufuneka ndiyeke kuyo yayiluqeqesho lomzimba endandizenzele lona kunye neminyaka yam yamava. (Idibeneyo: Ukubaleka kwengqondo kunokukunceda njani ukuba ufumane iZithintelo zendlela edlulileyo)

Iinyanga ezintlanu ndingene kwinkqubo (kwaye iinyanga nje ezimbini ngaphambi komhla wam wokuzalwa wama-39) ndaphumelela kwaye ndaba ngumfazi wokuqala kuMkhosi woMkhosi weSizwe ukuba ndibe nguMkhosi woMkhosi-into esenzima ukuba ndiyikholelwe ngamanye amaxesha.

Amaxesha amaninzi ndandicinga ukuba ndiza kuyeka. Kodwa bekukho ibinzana endihambe nalo kuyo yonke le nto: "Awuzanga kude kangaka, ukuza kuphela apha." Yayisisikhumbuzo sokuba kwakungesosiphelo de ndigqibe oko ndandiye kukwenza apho.

Uloyiso lwam olulandelayo

Ukugqiba iRanger School kubutshintshe ubomi bam ngeendlela ezininzi. Isakhono sam sokwenza izigqibo kunye nenkqubo yokucinga etshintshile ngendlela ebonwa ngabantu kwicandelo lam langoku. Ngoku, abantu bandixelela ukuba ndinamandla, amandla okuyalela namajoni am, kwaye ndiziva ngathi ndikhule ngokwenyani kumandla okukhokela. Indenze ndabona ukuba uqeqesho lwalungaphezulu kokuhamba nje kwimigxobhozo nokuphakamisa inqwaba yamatye anzima.

Xa uwutyhala umzimba wakho kwizinto ezigabadeleyo, kukwenza uqonde ukuba uyakwazi ukwenza ngaphezulu kakhulu kunokuba ucinga. Kwaye oko kusebenza kuwo wonke umntu, nokuba zithini na iinjongo ozibekele zona. Nokuba uzama ukungena kwiSikolo soMkhosi weRanger okanye uqeqesho lokuqhuba i-5K yakho yokuqala, khumbula ukuba ungaze uzinze ubuncinci. Ungahlala uthabathe inyathelo elinye nokuba uziva ngathi awukwazi. Konke kuxhomekeke koko uzimisele ukubeka ingqondo yakho kuyo.

Uphengululo lwe