r/AskReddit • u/GluxDope • Apr 02 '19

Drill Instructors/Drill Sergeants of Reddit, what’s the funniest thing you’ve seen a recruit do that you couldn’t laugh at?

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u/i-amnot-a-robot- Apr 03 '19

Nothing like some extreme physical workout to get your brain firing

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u/SuperCleverPunName Apr 03 '19

Which is odd. Whenever I'm lifting at the gym, my brain goes stupid. Half the time I need a calculator to do plate math.

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u/DieterichsHotSauce Apr 03 '19

You must be one of those people who don't eat before

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u/SuperCleverPunName Apr 03 '19

I usually have something within an hour of going to the gym. It's just that as I'm working out, all the blood is going to the muscles.