Originally Posted by
PAiN
The military is training your body for overall conditioning. They aren't training you to make you 300lbs jacked and ripped. They are wanting your body to be conditioned for overall endurance and be as healthy as it possibly can be without getting so big you lose athleticism, agility, and endurance. I know a few people who train like this and that is fine. It gets them where they want to be. They stay cut up and muscular all year every year, but never get bigger or smaller and that is all they are looking for which is similar to what the military does.
In bodybuilding and powerlifting we increase the weight and manipulate our food intake to determine the appearance we want. If you want to be bigger and gain weight increase the weight and food, if you want to be smaller and lose weight decrease the weight and food.