Andy Stumpf

It consumed my thoughts from the age of 11 on. Not in a negative way, but it was always in the back of my mind. I, you know, in high school would junior lifeguards. Actually, did I even do junior lifeguards in high school? I think that was before high school. It was more sports in high school. But still always in the back of my mind, I know this is what I want to do. So I'm going to go work out.

It consumed my thoughts from the age of 11 on. Not in a negative way, but it was always in the back of my mind. I, you know, in high school would junior lifeguards. Actually, did I even do junior lifeguards in high school? I think that was before high school. It was more sports in high school. But still always in the back of my mind, I know this is what I want to do. So I'm going to go work out.

I'm going to go to the – it was literally a 24-hour fitness that I don't think was open 24 hours a day. It's bullshit marketing. But again, this was the 90s. So who knows? Maybe it was open 24 hours a day. I wasn't going at 2 o'clock in the morning. I had not adopted the Jocko philosophy of getting up at 4 o'clock either. So who knows? Maybe they were open. Maybe I was sleeping. I digress.

I'm going to go to the – it was literally a 24-hour fitness that I don't think was open 24 hours a day. It's bullshit marketing. But again, this was the 90s. So who knows? Maybe it was open 24 hours a day. I wasn't going at 2 o'clock in the morning. I had not adopted the Jocko philosophy of getting up at 4 o'clock either. So who knows? Maybe they were open. Maybe I was sleeping. I digress.

I'm going to go to the – it was literally a 24-hour fitness that I don't think was open 24 hours a day. It's bullshit marketing. But again, this was the 90s. So who knows? Maybe it was open 24 hours a day. I wasn't going at 2 o'clock in the morning. I had not adopted the Jocko philosophy of getting up at 4 o'clock either. So who knows? Maybe they were open. Maybe I was sleeping. I digress.

I always had that in the back of my mind. My dad bought me a weight set in the garage and we would actually go work out together. And my cousin would come and my uncle would come as well from time to time. And I would train in the off season. And even when I was playing sports, I had it in the back of my mind.

I always had that in the back of my mind. My dad bought me a weight set in the garage and we would actually go work out together. And my cousin would come and my uncle would come as well from time to time. And I would train in the off season. And even when I was playing sports, I had it in the back of my mind.

I always had that in the back of my mind. My dad bought me a weight set in the garage and we would actually go work out together. And my cousin would come and my uncle would come as well from time to time. And I would train in the off season. And even when I was playing sports, I had it in the back of my mind.

When I played water polo in high school for four years, I would think about as I was swimming, especially when you're doing swimming conditioning. For those of you who have never done swimming conditioning or have ever done laps in a pool, there's usually a black line at the bottom. And you watch it and you watch it. And you watch it. And sometimes you watch it going a different direction.

When I played water polo in high school for four years, I would think about as I was swimming, especially when you're doing swimming conditioning. For those of you who have never done swimming conditioning or have ever done laps in a pool, there's usually a black line at the bottom. And you watch it and you watch it. And you watch it. And sometimes you watch it going a different direction.

When I played water polo in high school for four years, I would think about as I was swimming, especially when you're doing swimming conditioning. For those of you who have never done swimming conditioning or have ever done laps in a pool, there's usually a black line at the bottom. And you watch it and you watch it. And you watch it. And sometimes you watch it going a different direction.

And then you hit the wall and you go back and forth. And I would think about, is this getting me ready for what I want to do? I know there's going to be water evolutions. I need to be as good in the water as possible. So this was 40 years before I even went into the military. But four years after I had decided this is what I wanted to do. It was all consuming.

And then you hit the wall and you go back and forth. And I would think about, is this getting me ready for what I want to do? I know there's going to be water evolutions. I need to be as good in the water as possible. So this was 40 years before I even went into the military. But four years after I had decided this is what I wanted to do. It was all consuming.

And then you hit the wall and you go back and forth. And I would think about, is this getting me ready for what I want to do? I know there's going to be water evolutions. I need to be as good in the water as possible. So this was 40 years before I even went into the military. But four years after I had decided this is what I wanted to do. It was all consuming.

I think I did dream of what I thought the occupation was going to be. I thought the occupation was going to be something very similar to a Charlie Sheen, Michael Bane movie that I saw that involved people jumping off of the back of Jeeps into the river and locking out of submarines and haloing out of C-130s and wearing telemarketer headsets with your AK-47, no earpro whatsoever.

I think I did dream of what I thought the occupation was going to be. I thought the occupation was going to be something very similar to a Charlie Sheen, Michael Bane movie that I saw that involved people jumping off of the back of Jeeps into the river and locking out of submarines and haloing out of C-130s and wearing telemarketer headsets with your AK-47, no earpro whatsoever.

I think I did dream of what I thought the occupation was going to be. I thought the occupation was going to be something very similar to a Charlie Sheen, Michael Bane movie that I saw that involved people jumping off of the back of Jeeps into the river and locking out of submarines and haloing out of C-130s and wearing telemarketer headsets with your AK-47, no earpro whatsoever.

You know, switching from starlight to thermal, getting everything but the onions, falling in through skylights and just wearing Nomex flight suits, shooting MP5s with handlebar mustaches. Not that I can grow a handlebar mustache. That's what I thought it was going to be. And I would daydream about that stuff. And I definitely had dreams about that.

You know, switching from starlight to thermal, getting everything but the onions, falling in through skylights and just wearing Nomex flight suits, shooting MP5s with handlebar mustaches. Not that I can grow a handlebar mustache. That's what I thought it was going to be. And I would daydream about that stuff. And I definitely had dreams about that.

You know, switching from starlight to thermal, getting everything but the onions, falling in through skylights and just wearing Nomex flight suits, shooting MP5s with handlebar mustaches. Not that I can grow a handlebar mustache. That's what I thought it was going to be. And I would daydream about that stuff. And I definitely had dreams about that.