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Sgt. Jay Kenney, 26, with the 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Destiny, uses tires as makeshift weights in order to workout inside the recreation center on a quiet day waiting for an air mission at Forward Operating Base Ramrod December 10, 2010 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Fitting in some weight training on the front lines

By Meredith Birkett

Next time you're annoyed with your fellow gym mates, who are taking too long on your favorite machine or leaving their sweat all over it, think -- it could be worse.

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Comment author avatarStokes Young

The tire-weights are a new one for me... Previously on Photoblog: Another makeshift gym in Afghanistan

    Reply#1 - Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:35 AM EST
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