The hardest part of the Day, Waking up [Archive]

jcc723

02-18-2008, 10:07 AM

Another future SEAL hopeful here with a question:

Once I am up from even only a few hours of sleep and moving around, I for the most part am usually alert and awake for the rest of the day. Maybe it is because I do not yet have an instructor screaming at me in my sack, or do not yet feel the actual fear/excitement of BUD/S or actual combat, but right now, initially waking up and getting out of bed is a ***** AND A HALF!! for me. Any suggestions? such as washing my face immediately with freezing water?

I am fairly certain that BUD/S will be able to make this concern one of the least of my problems, but until then does anyone else share a similar problem/ solutions? or should I just "suck it up and push on" as the universal SEAL answer?

eyte115818

02-18-2008, 10:38 AM

Yes, I too also face this problem.
I'm going to high school right now and waking up at 5 is still hard. But, I think I have an advantage because I leave for RTC right after I graduate so I might be still used to waking up early. Ehh... I think we both should just f*** it and get up when we need to, even though we hate it with a passion.

rising_2_victory

02-22-2008, 09:49 PM

Hahahhahaha
same here, im still in high school and hate waking up, most of the time i just push through it and say screw it, i have to get up but there are days in which i just can't get up, i've even slept right through my alarm, it sucsk cuz then i you have to get ready fast as h***, lol
my suggestion would be jsu twhen you have to get your a** out of bed and push through it...lol no offense im just saying thats what i tell my self all the time.
rising

innerstrength

02-22-2008, 09:52 PM

I read in one of **** Couch's books that after the initial days of hell week, having to get up after an hour of sleep and back into the water is a main cause of DOR.

jcc723

02-23-2008, 10:39 AM

I believe it, all the swimming in the world wont make that activity any easier

pipelinesurfer

02-23-2008, 10:57 AM

jmason

02-23-2008, 11:59 AM

I wake up at 0230-0245 days i have to work to be at the armory to arm up at 0330. Have to stay awake all day and not fall asleep so I dont get in trouble. Then after work go run 4-6 miles and pt. Then do it all over again for 2-3 days straight. With regards to getting awake and staying awake, have several alarms like an alarm clock and set the alarm to go off on your cell phone. Put them out of reach so you cant turn them off if your tryin to turn it off in your sleep.

Couple cups of coffee when I wake up helps tremendously. Coffee really doesnt affect my performance in pt, just stay away from sodas and drink plenty of water, water will keep you awake. You have to get in a routine of waking up early. Its just like training for anything it takes practice. Defenately start now getting used to sleep deprevation. Sleep in on the weekend.

At buds it wont be so hard to wake up since you will have roomates. Soon as the alarm goes off you just gotta act like your a reaction force and get your *** in gear... start hitting/throwing sh!t at eachother haha just have fun and get up. I heard from someone that they make you go through cold *** decon showers in the morning.

newtonbcn

02-23-2008, 12:58 PM

I usually push out 100-120 push-ups with some added flutter kicks and that wakes me up pretty good. This is at 0430, so not as early as required at BUD/S, but it still seems to help me out quite a bit.

doc mac

02-23-2008, 03:44 PM

6-8 hours of sleep is healthy. There should be no reason for exhaustion if you are getting that. If you are not getting that then try cutting out something that is not vital to your goals. Playing on my Comp was not advantageous to me during my work days. So instead of sacrifice sleep time I wait till my days off to play. But sometimes you just have so much going on that you have no choice but to lose sleep.

eyte115818

02-24-2008, 10:56 AM

24 hours is not enough time for one day.

jcc723

02-26-2008, 10:01 AM

hah, ive dealt with this problem for a long *** time!
i now work at 430 in the morning so i generally either get up at 4 or stay up. when i do have to wake up the best advice i can give is to just JUMP OUTTA BED, like a fuc**** spring. put ur alarm clock across the room, cause i realized when next to my bed id just shut it off in my sleep, LMAO!

point is get the blood flowing IMMEDIATELY! do some pushups situps w/e but for that initial push just fly outta bed. when i dont, i lay there and doze off and shi*, so just leap into the day!

hope this helps.

I tried your method of de-bedding "like a spring" today off only 3 lousy hours of sleep and it worked like a charm.., hopefully this method will be able to get my *** awake during the short Hellweek nap, and into the surf... thanks alot bro..

pipelinesurfer

02-26-2008, 12:54 PM

no problem bro. i struggled with waking up for awhile before i started this "method" and it never fails to get my engine goin'.

gmt-nyc

02-26-2008, 04:12 PM

dive doc

02-26-2008, 04:43 PM

LEGEND lol :D

shatteredmachine

02-26-2008, 04:52 PM

There's an alarm clock called "Clockie" I think, which when the alarm goes off, it starts running around the room to hide. I believe it gets progressively louder. Ah yes, here it is - http://store.mygearstore.com/clocky.html

LOL, that thing is freakin great. I can totally see some guy half awake, pissed off and slamming into everything in the room looking for it.

bud/s sucks

02-27-2008, 07:47 AM

You don't get sleep in the initial days of hell week. You're up until wednesday afternoon. You won't have an instructor waking you up. They don't arrive until right before the day starts, and they don't want to be up any more than you do. Most guys will quit without any pressure from the instructors, every morning when the OIC/LPO asks who wants to quit.

Don't worry about waking up, things will change when you get there.

bigv123

02-27-2008, 09:53 AM

Quick Story:
There was an IC3 friend of mine that worked in E-Div on the Kennedy. IC3 New. This guy was infamous for his unusually deep sleeping. It was darn near impossible to wake this guy up in the middle of his sleep cycle. For example, the berthings on the Kennedy had bunks stacked 3 high. IC3 New's bunk was the one on top. One day we're out on deployment and a guy comes to wake him up to get ready for watch. Shakes him. Nothing Shakes him harder. Still nothing. Then this guy shakes him SO hard that it rocks him OUT of his bunk and he falls like 6 feet to the deck. He rolls over, grabs his blanket and continues sleeping!! Never made a sound, cracked an eyelid open or anything. Later we determined experimentally that using a lighter on his exposed arm for about 15 - 20 seconds did the trick nicely :D

V

jcc723

02-27-2008, 03:10 PM

haha jesus, i would prefer cold water to a lighter... as for that alarm clock running around, when i finally do catch it, its going to catch a beat down.. man vs. machine baby

scskowron

03-12-2008, 10:19 AM

Here's one trick I've tried before, and it works well:
If you're afraid you're going to oversleep, drink a lot of water right before you go to sleep. Try a quart or so, more or less depending on how big you are. You're bound to want to get up and head to the bathroom in 4-7 hours. Even if you need to run to the bathroom before you need to wake up, you won't go back into a deep sleep because your body will have been awaken.

overcome.101

03-18-2008, 11:29 AM

X2 on drinking water before you sleep. I use to workout at the end of the day and would drink about 64 oz. during the workout. Id eat n take a shower and go to bed right after that round 12 or 1. Never failed 6am came and i had a full bladder and HAD to go take a piss, couldnt sleep otherwise. This will work, no matter how tired you are your body will wake up if your bladders about to explode.

Shady8Dozen313

03-19-2008, 06:26 AM

Wow heres a little 411 about sleep issues at BUD/s. The first couple weeks before Hellweek I can only count a few times where I wasnt in bed by 9. Also if I can remember correctly morning muster was usually around 430-5, our first evolution was chow. I think there is MAYBE 5-7 in the inital weeks before hellweek that you actually wake up before 4ish. Maybe 1-2 times during indoc and 1st day of 1st phase for a run. Wed of the first 3 weeks of training are night evolutions so ur up late. The first Friday is early and 2-3rd monday before hellweek are early runs. You get sleep people. Your tired but its not a real issue, ur worring about other things besides a little rest :)

overcome.101

03-19-2008, 10:49 AM

Shady8Dozen313

03-20-2008, 08:07 AM

Thats great info Shady! Sounds like your not at all sleep deprived other than HW, and thats only one week. Sickness is really the only thing i worry about. Nothin worse than a bad cold to zap all your energy.

Sickness is a killer! I got SIPE and EIPE during the last week before hellweek. I never told the docs that i was coughing up anything so i wasnt prescribed meds during hellweek. I thought i could tough it out...bad idea. After breakout and up through monday morning i didnt realize i was actually coughin up chunks of gooy blood. It took until tuesday med check to actually grow some balls and realize im not strong enough to cont with hellweek. I went to do a stress test and i failed it miserably. My SpO2 sat was 78% and my standing heart rate was 180bpm. They immediatly pulled me from hellweek and sent me to the hospital. :( take care of yourself. lots of vit and water and health food, like cake and coffie in the chow hall ;)

dive doc

03-20-2008, 08:33 AM

overcome.101

03-21-2008, 12:31 PM

Shady..many await your response...
Bump

Shady8Dozen313

03-22-2008, 06:46 PM

Shady8Dozen313

03-24-2008, 08:03 AM

Shady,

just a quick one for you. Man that was tough by the way. A lot of factors there to knock you for six, but thanks a million for sharing all that info with us. Hopefully it will help some of the guys here.

If you were back, same class, same situation etc etc ... knowing what you know now ... what would you do differently, both from a health/sickness POV and anything else that you think is worth mentioning. The reason i ask is that, your experience, good bad or indifferent, is worth its weight in gold and is something that just cannot be bought.

Thanks again
DD

DiveDoc,

Thank you very much for that inspirational support you gave me. It really ment alot to me to actually hear for a change that someone actually apreciates my little imput from BUD/s. It really seemed like these 'war stories' really got on peoples nerves. Alright back to the questions. What I would do differntly... To start off with I did something differnt when i got rolled back for SIPE. When I entered the new class i knew that i was more suseptable to catching sickness and everything. So what i did was i decided to take alot and alot of Centrum Multivitamins throughout the day, 2 in the morning, and 3 at night. I also payed more attention to symptoms of sickness early on instead of waiting till the last minute. Also i kept a secret stash of motrin hidden away so the instrutors couldnt find them. Motrin is GOD during BUD/s. So what im trying to say is pay attention to your body. You know it better than anybody else when your sick, tired, hurt or broken. Just remember that all of those things you will feel one point in time during buds just find a way to push through it and overcome the physical part of buds so you can fully concentrate on the mental side of the house. Dont quit becuase you THINK you cannot go on any further, you can and you will as long as you man the **** up and do what you gotta do to get through it. Also, I was always a star swimmer at BUD/s. The fasterst swim pair in the entire class (until i got rolled and got a slower swim buddy) so i really didnt need help in the water. Alot of proctors and inst. set up days where they will come out on the weekend and HELP students who do not feel comfortable in the water. Utilize there help and dont make them mad by not showing up to the pool on the weekend and the following monday you fail because you were to busy partying all night to give a **** about training. If you feel you need help on something DO IT! Also, something i see all the time on these threads is the simple fact that there is alot of people who have never been to buds that feel like they will NEVER QUIT AND EVER FAIL. Whoopty ****ing do, you think anybody that goes to buds says to themselves "Ya kno im going to be a ****bag and never do anything correctly" Everybody goes to buds saying there never going to quit, its those individuals who never have failed in there life that quit, because they do not realize the feeling of failure, they dont know what it is to fail. You will fail, face it. And you will be broken, you will be tired, every day every moment you're there. So suck it the **** up and quit being a pig headed idiot and realize they will find a way for you to fail, realize it now and dont quit.

overcome.101

03-24-2008, 12:16 PM

Swifty

03-24-2008, 02:47 PM

Thank you very much Shady. Your input is greatly appreciated around here, especially by people who actually take this kind of thing seriously.

gmt-nyc

03-24-2008, 05:52 PM

tyjanium

03-26-2008, 06:54 PM

I second that! Thanks a ton for this insight Shady, and please keep the words of wisdom coming.

I had no idea that some of the instructors would make themselves available for additional training on weekends to help students. That's great news. Speaking of weekends though, what do you recommend doing/not doing while enjoying (read recuperating) the weekend?

Also good news is that multi-v are allowed. I can't wait to hear the answer to overcome's question about getting caught with contraband motrin... I'm guessing flutterkicks, lots of 'em.

I'm not a BTDT but I can say that when my buddy was in BUD/s him and his classmates would drink a lot on the weekends, none of those guys made it through by the way. I've been a member of a Muay Thai and MMA school here in San Diego for about a year now and I've learned alot about elite fitness just by talking to some of the fighters and coaches. One of the first things thay told me was DON'T DRINK, not even a little. according to them just a few drinks on a Friday night after a week of intense training could set them back a week. Alcohol slows down virtualy every process of the body which effects your bodies ability to repair itself. Take that Saturday and Sunday to treat your body right. Don't forget to sleep either. Kind of a conundrum, on one hand you want to stay on base and be sure and take it easy but on ther other you want to get out and blow off some steam.

Just my two cents

iamfubar44861

03-27-2008, 07:15 AM

The idea that people are getting drunk on the weekends during the most intense military training our country offers is beyond laughable.

gmt-nyc

03-27-2008, 10:02 AM

I'm not a BTDT but I can say that when my buddy was in BUD/s him and his classmates would drink a lot on the weekends, none of those guys made it through by the way. I've been a member of a Muay Thai and MMA school here in San Diego for about a year now and I've learned alot about elite fitness just by talking to some of the fighters and coaches. One of the first things thay told me was DON'T DRINK, not even a little. according to them just a few drinks on a Friday night after a week of intense training could set them back a week. Alcohol slows down virtualy every process of the body which effects your bodies ability to repair itself. Take that Saturday and Sunday to treat your body right. Don't forget to sleep either. Kind of a conundrum, on one hand you want to stay on base and be sure and take it easy but on ther other you want to get out and blow off some steam.

Just my two cents

I used to drink pretty often, but since picking up CrossFit I've pretty much gone dry with an occasional cheat. I don't even want to drink these days as I know it'll impact my training, and I enjoy having the energy and the will to go and kick my *** pretty much every day. Getting smashed on the weekends during BUD/S training may seem like a natural reaction, but as your message says the negatives way outweigh any possible benefits from unwinding in that fashion. I'm all for a drink now and then, but during BUD/S is unimaginable given the stories told by BTDTs.

tyjanium

03-27-2008, 06:18 PM

The idea that people are getting drunk on the weekends during the most intense military training our country offers is beyond laughable.

To be fair to those guys I can't lay all the blame on them for not making it simply because they were drinking on the weekends. Although alcohol can really effect your fitness my broader point was that in BUD/s you need to take it seriously. Buckle down and stay focused on the task at hand. Abstaining from the night life for 6 months is a small price to pay.

dive doc

03-29-2008, 06:00 PM

You got to be kidding me! i posted this huge reply and click "preview reply" instead of post and i jacked up the whole thing. So just to let you know i didnt forget about you DD ill reply on monday when im at work ;) perfect time to use the navys money.

Shady,

no need to thank me at all. Guys like you, with experience come in and share whatever thoughts, advice and suggestions that they can with the rest of us. Like i said, whether good, bad or indifferent, that experience has been earned with blood sweat and tears, and it may help some of the guys here that are hoping to go to BUD/S or help somebody if they end up in a similar situation. Either way, it is greatly appreciated.

Keep up the great work and share any more of your experiences and expecially anything that you might do differently if you were in the same situation again.

Thanks again
DD

Shady8Dozen313

03-31-2008, 11:15 AM

Thanks for that write up Shady! There actually are some of us that value a BTDT's input. So quick question, they do allow multivitamins??? I thought only individual packets of protein were allowed. And how hard is it to hide things from the inst. and what happens if you get caught with motrin?

In BUD/s they know exactlly whats going on behind closed doors. They all did it when they went through. Its mostly an integrarty thing. If you get caught man the **** up and say you did it. Take the beating and move on. But if you LIE, rest assure you will not make it through the training. no one likes a lier at buds and deff not in the teams. We had a few guys get caught with "performance enhancing suppliments"...wonder what...and they got beat for a long long time, they made it and there team guys, but they were honest and manned up to there mistakes. Also, about the individual packs of protein. i forgot you can have those but it has to be pre approved by the head corpsman inst. Dont go over board and buy a whole **** ton of stuff because what you can have in indoc doesnt mean you can have them in first phase. So plan ahead. So in a nutshell, if you get caught you failed. Seals are sneaky, they expect you to do the same. Also there is a moto at buds "if your not cheating ur not trying"...its true...in a sence. NEVER EVER EVER cheat on a timed evolution, NEVER! Dont cheat, bend the rules and work around things that come ur way.

ctvet

04-05-2008, 09:52 PM

This post makes me think of when I was in bootcamp. It was seriously one of the most horrible feelings waking up at 4:00 a.m. in the cold "ship" and listening to those annoying screams from the RDC's when your only in week two. I will never foget that.

9007112

04-26-2008, 05:26 PM

I got this from a website and it works pretty good, condition yourself to spring out of bed as soon as you hear the alarm, no snooze, no nothing.

And practice before you go to bed, set the alarm 5 minutes later and then when it goes off, OUT! and repeat, conditioning is a proven psychological method, it's free and it works.

I also have my breakfast ready(or everything for it ready if Im gonna cook, vitamins in a small zip lock bag, clothes ready(workout clothes, work clothes), etc...

That way you just have to do smaller tasks when you least feel like doing any.

rapten

05-01-2008, 08:03 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQ6p3T9slw

problem solved.

Matt

rwilliams

05-02-2008, 07:19 AM

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/91f2/ runs away from you

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/9171/ previously mentioned helicopter alarm clock, price in USD

they also make some really high decibel ones. it might not be a good idea to have one of these though because at basic, BUD/s, ect. you prolly won't. so I think you'd be better off using a regular alarm clock, or weening yourself of of one of these before you ship. but conditioning yourself to jump outta bed is a good idea. you could also try to do a quick set of pushups and situps right after you get up.

jkoncsol

05-07-2008, 08:20 PM

Waking up just plain sucks when you've only been asleep for a couple hours. I'm really reiterating what the other guys have said: Just get your lazy bones out of bed and don't get back in. Get some blood flow going and you should be great. I've found it's easier to get up right when you wake up. Don't lay there for any amount of time or it will be even harder to get up. (If only my bed would fill with ice water when my alarm went off it would be easier to actually do this, haha.)

thepho

07-16-2008, 05:37 AM

point is get the blood flowing IMMEDIATELY! do some pushups situps w/e but for that initial push just fly outta bed. when i dont, i lay there and doze off and shi*, so just leap into the day!

hope this helps.

as little as clenching and opening your hands repeatedly when trying to get up helps in doing so as well, thinking, counting, controlled breaths help too.

oldswabbie

07-16-2008, 07:40 AM

All I can say is ~ you had better get in your head to get you A$$ out of that rack and slap it in B for Boogie... You definately will not get any slack from the Instructors for hitting that grinder late.. God help you.. The surf is waiting....:D

Why are we even talking about this? Seriously guys...For the *** beating you would get ...come on!~

Shady8Dozen313 has been to Navy Boot, Bud/s - he knows what the score is. Getting out of the rack is not usually something you have to discuss.

I've seen Racks get turned completely over on the floor with guys in them. I've seen **** cans go down the quarter deck at 4am and another CC with one in his hand with a Baseball bat smacking the **** out of it getting everyone up because HE FELT LIKE IT. Forget rack time.. enjoy what LITTLE of it you get.

ON THE OTHER HAND....
There are those like bud/s 184 (Honorman) who are, for lack of better terms.. ~ superhuman ~ can go out and party all the time during bud/s and STILL get through it and become HONORMAN of his class... (Friggin Superman anyway!) LOL.... MOST NORMAL (ha ha) people cannot do this. If you do ~ be prepared to pay the piper, or in this case.. the Instructors, the elements... because your body is going to make you pay.

OldSwabbie

Shar36

07-16-2008, 09:31 AM

ON THE OTHER HAND....
There are those like bud/s 184 (Honorman) who are, for lack of better terms.. ~ superhuman ~ can go out and party all the time during bud/s and STILL get through it and become HONORMAN of his class... (Friggin Superman anyway!) LOL.... MOST NORMAL (ha ha) people cannot do this. If you do ~ be prepared to pay the piper, or in this case.. the Instructors, the elements... because your body is going to make you pay.

OldSwabbie

Superhuman? I'd have to say that bud/s 184 is one hardcore badassed guy; who just happens to be able to party like a rock star. In his words, make the liver pay!

Honestly, you won't find a more stand up guy than bud/s 184. He pulls no punches and tells it exactly like it is. How can you not admire that? It is an honor to call him my friend!

:cool:

~Shar

oldswabbie

07-16-2008, 09:40 AM

Superhuman? I'd have to say that bud/s 184 is one hardcore badassed guy; who just happens to be able to party like a rock star. In his words, make the liver pay!

Honestly, you won't find a more stand up guy than bud/s 184. He pulls no punches and tells it exactly like it is. How can you not admire that? It is an honor to call him my friend!

:cool:

~Shar

Yep! He is something else! I'm glad to count him as a friend like you. Now I've gotten to know Pup and really like him too, and Drew, Amir, and Lycurgus...all of them.Thats the cool part about being part of this site.. and as always ~ we got their Six ;)

I'm trying to warn these guys - if THEY tried that.. forget about it.. done.. finished..Kaput.. LOL

OldSwabbie

searles72

07-16-2008, 10:54 AM

Oldswabbie- I just sent you a pm...please read it!
Thanks!! ;)

bigv123

07-16-2008, 11:10 AM

What the saying? "Play like and all-star. Party like a rock star. And hammer like a porn star."

V

Shar36

07-16-2008, 03:14 PM

What the saying? "Play like and all-star. Party like a rock star. And hammer like a porn star."

V

I guess we're going to have to wait to see if bud/s 184 answers this one himself.

Thanks V for this post. It's been a pretty difficult and stressful day for me and your post gave me a good and well needed laugh!

:)

~Shar

bud/s 184

07-16-2008, 04:27 PM

I guess we're going to have to wait to see if bud/s 184 answers this one himself.

Thanks V for this post. It's been a pretty difficult and stressful day for me and your post gave me a good and well needed laugh!

:)

~Shar
Haha I'm gunna stay away from that shar!! Last time I replied to something of the sort...It got a little out of hand...;)!! but porn is a Good!!

So yeah....if your liver ain't getting full benefit....then you are taking the easy way out!! Got to make training as brutal as possible and there's nothing like running a timed O-course with 2 hrs of sleep...and a liver and head full of booze!! The challenge is to not blow chunks when the clock stops...on your sub 6 minute O-course.....one must always keep composed!! Oh and your not getting full benefit if you don't get plastered with the Instructors the night before patrol hell week....nothing like 2 hrs of sleep an early morning ocean gear swim....and a never ending week.....makes one strong!!

oldswabbie

07-16-2008, 04:42 PM

I had a feeling.. just had a feeling..he would talk about not blowing chunks on the O course.. or any number of other CRAZY ****! :D You know .. when I went to the XO of my A School there in San Diego and talked to him about going to bud/s and he gave me that **** story.. IF I had gone to bud/s I would have classed around 85... THANK GOD.. I probably wouldnt have survived it if it had been oh.. let say 184!!!! especially if I had thought Honorman was the NORM! :D

OldSwabbie

bud/s sucks

07-16-2008, 08:45 PM

Shar36

07-16-2008, 09:14 PM

Haha I'm gunna stay away from that shar!! Last time I replied to something of the sort...It got a little out of hand...;)!! but porn is a Good!!

So yeah....if your liver ain't getting full benefit....then you are taking the easy way out!! Got to make training as brutal as possible and there's nothing like running a timed O-course with 2 hrs of sleep...and a liver and head full of booze!! The challenge is to not blow chunks when the clock stops...on your sub 6 minute O-course.....one must always keep composed!! Oh and your not getting full benefit if you don't get plastered with the Instructors the night before patrol hell week....nothing like 2 hrs of sleep an early morning ocean gear swim....and a never ending week.....makes one strong!!

Regarding the porn; that's a guy thing! Unless of course you are hanging with some weird assed females! You can stay away from it for now bud but I will get it out of you eventually.

Oh puhleeeeeze....everyone who has ever had a few too many has blown chunks. That's just a fact of life. Not to mention becoming up close and personal friends with the porcelain god.

:rolleyes:

~Shar

bigv123

07-16-2008, 10:44 PM

I, myself, have made many long distance phone calls on the big white telephone.

V

jumpingbum

07-16-2008, 10:56 PM

I guess now is not the time to whine about the fact that I have fibromyalgia, huh?

oldswabbie

07-17-2008, 03:33 AM

I actually used to fall asleep at musters. I would try to sleep as much as possible, your body needs it. If you're not a morning person, BUD/S isn't going to make you one, regardless of who is yelling at you...

I remember one guy from boot. He was telling Martin and I how worried he was about about oversleeping and not being able to wake up. He was in the bunk next to us, we said we'd try to help him get up. When the **** cans started flying ... no need. He said he never had been able to get up in time for anything (school etc).. BootCamp cured him of that. LOL In alot of ways I think some of its mental for some people, others its not.

Good example.. back when I was in high school. Parent had a heck of time getting me out of bed for school each day.. When I was with Dad hunting for a week in North Florida each year.. you think he had a hard time getting me up at 4:45am? Nope.. :D Motivation...

But your right ~ there are some that it doesnt matter how bad they are going to get beat... they cant wake up... 3 words "Surfs up Dude" LOL

Oldswabbie

Shar36

07-17-2008, 04:20 AM

I, myself, have made many long distance phone calls on the big white telephone.

V

Ahhhh, memories of days gone by! ;)

I guess now is not the time to whine about the fact that I have fibromyalgia, huh?

I believe you just did. You definitely need to work on your "wine" though. :D

~Shar

oldswabbie

07-18-2008, 09:13 PM

Ahhhh, memories of days gone by! ;)

I believe you just did. You definitely need to work on your "wine" though. :D

~Shar

Should we give her some Cheese with that "Whine" :D

Shar36

07-18-2008, 11:37 PM

Should we give her some Cheese with that "Whine" :D

I'm not sure Swabbie. Hey jumpingbum....do you even like cheese?

:)

~Shar

tyco1983

07-19-2008, 07:52 AM

You'd be surprised what you're capable of doing when you get to BUD/S. Things you foresee being a problem often don't even matter when the pressure to perform sets in. I hate getting up early, always have-but I rolled right out no problem b/c i intrinsically knew the consequences of not doing so. It was an automated response, no mental hesitance.

the_ariel

08-15-2008, 01:53 AM

i have a bell alarm clock that even has a warning that it'll wake me up. i set it at the end of my room. when that thing goes off, it rattles the walls almost. i get up, smack it off... then i'm up. the old school bell alarm is the way to go for sure. right after that... i have my clothes that i prepared the night before ready for me to take to the shower. works every time.

jumpingbum

08-15-2008, 10:47 PM

24 hours is not enough time for one day.

Especially when one is in love... :)

jumpingbum

08-15-2008, 10:49 PM

I'm not sure Swabbie. Hey jumpingbum....do you even like cheese?

:)

~Shar

I LOVE Cheese, but not the cheese made in this country. The milk gets pasteurized, so it all tastes the same. YUCK.

What I don't like is wine, I have a family full of alcoholics, but that is another story for another time.

Shar36

08-15-2008, 11:10 PM

I LOVE Cheese, but not the cheese made in this country. The milk gets pasteurized, so it all tastes the same. YUCK.

What I don't like is wine, I have a family full of alcoholics, but that is another story for another time.

Pffft...ya gotta buy the imported then 'bum!

Ha! I can't stand beer, wine or champagne....MARGARITAS BABY....MARGARITAS!!!

These last 4 weeks have been brutal, so I'm on pitcher #2 right now. The night is young and as bud/s 184 says....make the LIVER pay!!!

Shar

Especially when one is in love... :)

I'm gonna call BS here 'bum....love is highly overrated. Lust is the way to go!

Shar

insealshape

08-16-2008, 03:18 AM

I'm gonna call BS here 'bum....love is highly overrated. Lust is the way to go!

Shar

Can't agree anymore!!;)

Shar36

08-16-2008, 03:34 AM

Can't agree anymore!!;)

Somehow I knew you would! ;)

kiber

08-16-2008, 05:38 AM

Everyone has to wake up! Once you realize that, you're fine. I use my cell phone alarm clock because it reminds me of work. I slept threw it recently, my bad, after about a 30 hour day, I think I hit snooze in my sleep or something. Anyway, I'll kick your bed when you're supposed to get up, but I'll prob get sued these days!

frogmangonnabe7

08-28-2008, 02:16 PM

If waking up is the hardest part of the day, and you can do that with ease, then it stands to reason that the rest of BUD/S will be a piece of cake! ;)

Well, here are my trusty methods of getting up, some of which have already been mentioned here, and some are ideas I can't wait to try!

1) Hide alarm clock on other side of room, inside a drawer. If you have a severe problem with sleep talking/walking, put a lock on your alarm that requires you to put in a 4 digit PIN/code before you can shut it off, and then change the code daily. [LOL, IDK if they make these...imagine if you forget the code! :eek:]

2) The "Jump out of bed and do Push-ups" works without fail!
Unless you fall asleep on the down portion of the Push-up...

3) Another fun method is "Getting Wet" when you first wake up. I mean really, you are right by the Grinder, why don't you just step outside and go for a dive in the IBS full of "Bath Water"? That'll wake you up! :eek:

4) I liked the "Surfs up Dude" idea. Go surfing at 0245 everyday! :cool:

5) Walk down to the CST/pool early and do a triple backflip off the 40' high dive tower...that should be enough motivation to get out of bed!

6) If they allow it, or if you are living off base, bring an iPod with a speaker plugged into it. They have a simi-hidden alarm clock feature where you can select any playlist to play at any time. (Even comes with Iraqi/Afghanistan Central Timezone so you can use it on deployment! lol)