<p>powerhawk</p>
<p>To be honest, just don’t apply. The honest truth is, you will NOT enjoy your first year at the Academy, and you might not enjoy the years after that. </p>
<p>The only thing that will keep you at the Academy is if YOU, and only YOU truly want to be there, and want to have a career as a Navy or Marine Corps officer AND call yourself a “U.S Naval Academy graduate”. </p>
<p>There will be days at the Academy where these ideas and goals are the only thing that keep you from quitting.</p>
<p>If you are not committed to going to the Academy, then please let someone else who truly wants to be there go. For every person who gets accepted, another 10 will get rejected.</p>
<p>and btw, scubaguy is right. </p>
<p>Making great gains in the gym is different than the things the military needs. Sure, cool, you can bench 640 lbs and squat 1250. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, you can only lift 640lbs and 1250lbs if that weight is on a barbell. </p>
<p>Your body will make muscles according to what it needs. It’s “bulk muscle” is what it is. In no way shape or form is it practical in everyday life. Sure, it’s aesthetically pleasing, but that’s all it is.</p>
<p>If you get where I’m going at. Benching 640lbs and doing 100 push ups, though they use the same muscle, are completely different and will require different training all together.</p>