u/MorgsOD

Currently serving in the British Army, read through Green Protocol MULTIPLE times to get my head around it as a beginner into TB.

It is fucking phenomenal, I'm currently in the British Army in a job that requires truly everything, from conditioning to strength all the way to mental resilience.

I have been running HYBRID/OP indefinitely due to my inconsistent deployments and NTM.
I struggled to see the magic/science in it but it was a structure and I thought fuck it.

If I was a young private again, and I knew about this, the amount of damage I could have done to EXCEL my career within phys is utterly ridiculous.

From doing nothing but 8 min/ miles for two miles blowing out my arse trying to survive thinking everything had to be a fragging in order to get fit, boy was I wrong.

Following HYBRID/OP for 2 and a half cycles (20 weeks) my zone 2 pace in a 6 miler has gone from 11:30 to 9:30, I can now run 12 miles+ at a sub 10min pace like it's nothing.

My strength has increased, ESPECIALLY my squats.
Going from around 80kgs for 2-3 reps in utter rag.
To 120kg 2-3RM is huge for me.
Deadlift has gone from 100kgs trap bar to about 130kg.
Bench press gone from 60KG to 75kg. 2-3RM
Pull-ups now at 10 STRICT from about 3-5.

It has SIGNIFICANTLY increased me operational output/efficiency in all areas and far less injuries/niggles when attempting difficult courses or deployments/exercises.

And to top it off, my missus is happily enjoying how much more "tight" I look in her own words.

Apologies for the long post, hopefully this gets to the right people and hopefully you get something from my own experience and take a look into it yourself.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask on this post as long as it doesn't interfere with OP/PERSEC I'll definitely answer it.

MJ.

Difficult question incoming:

My partner starts her new job on the 5th May as her paid maternity has come to an end. This also means we have to sort childcare out.

I just found out that we can't get the "free" 30 hours childcare until September.

It is physically impossible to pay for all our bills and childcare which is over £1000 a month in advance for 5 months until September when the government can help us out.

On my wage and my wage alone, this'll be extremely difficult if not again, impossible due to rising costs.

We're stuck in the grey zone to say the least, is there anything I can do from a welfare or HR standpoint that can mitigate this?

Me and the partner are struggling to wrap our heads around the free childcare thing.

My partner starts her job on May 5th, my son isn't eligible for free childcare until he is 9 months old which is on June 5th.

My questions are:

Could we just get a child minder for a month until he's 9 months? Or is there some sort of emergency one we can get for the nursery we're applying for?

Does he have to wait for the next term to start before he can go into the nursery or can he just start now?