Training Day 1

     On Wednesday Samantha was looking online and noticed that the Oregon State Police were taking applications. It also happened to be the last day to file the application. If my (Joshua) application gets excepted I will be going in for the testing stage at the beginning of March. So this gives me about a month to train myself physically and mentally.
     I have not done a serious workout since I was in high school. I know that I used to be in good shape when I had gym classes. When I graduated I lost the opportunity to have the access to that free gym and scheduled classes. So I worked for the three or so years before getting married. When Samantha and I got married I decided to see how long it would take me to run 2 miles.
     It was 2009 when I ran those 2 miles, and I did it in about 15 minutes. To pass the physical part of the OSP testing, a person at my age, which is 25, has to be able to run 2 miles in 16 minutes, do 40 push-ups in 2 minutes, and 50 sit-ups in 2 minutes. Easier said than done right? Well, maybe for someone who is in good shape and lives a little healthier lifestyle than I.

I am about 5'9, 230 lbs. and very much out of shape

DAY 1 of TRAINING: I ran 2 miles in 22:06 minutes

I did 22 push-ups in 1:15 minutes (before I could do no more)

and sadly I did 10 sit-ups in 0:30 seconds (before I could do no more)