As many veterans know, it\u2019s not always easy to control what we put in our bodies. A high-speed operational tempo can sometimes lead to skipped meals and growling stomachs. This, coupled with rigorous exercise can lead to much active duty personnel and post-service veterans feeling weak, or fatigued. Constant, long-lasting exhaustion leads to basic mistakes that can cost someone their life. This is why it is absolutely crucial to create and maintain a proper diet\u2014even when it\u2019s not convenient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019re a weight lifter, you know the phrase \u201cabs are made in the kitchen\u201d, that\u2019s because your diet controls nearly every bodily function you have. During my time in the Marines, I ate at the chow hall (other names include the mess hall, gut truck, dining facility, etc). As I\u2019m many of you know, they don\u2019t always have the most appetizing food or the healthiest; this can make it difficult to maintain a good balance of daily nutrients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is for these reasons that supplements exist. The only issue with supplements resides in the fact that the supplement market is severely under-regulated. Companies sneak by marketing their products, hiding their ingredients, and making a fortune off of potentially illegal supplements. This can prove to be an especially troublesome obstacle for military personnel to navigate, as many supplemental ingredients are listed on various \u201cban lists\u201d throughout our vast array of regulations we swear to uphold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UCMJ, federal, state, and even some county and city laws can further muddy the water when it comes to what is, and more importantly, is not authorized. Our supplements here at Healthy Male contain natural ingredients and the contents are clearly stated on our website. Many active duty personnel order our supplements as a cheaper alternative to their local GNC. We sell quite a robust variety of supplements ranging from immune boosters to natural green tea weight loss extracts. These are taken daily as a maintainer and, when coupled with proper exercise and diet, can help to increase the body\u2019s ability to function properly. Let\u2019s face it: when it comes to promotions, responsibilities, and compensation, the accolades are always given to the person who performs the best; give yourself an edge with our supplements, and let the results speak for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exercise<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Working out in the military has always been a\npolarized subject for many active duty members. Some complain that it\u2019s too hard,\nsome complain that it\u2019s too easy, and the rest of us just do what we\u2019re told.\nIf you were in the third category, like me, you can probably relate when I say\n\u201cwho cares, let\u2019s just get started so we can get done quicker and I can go do\nwhat I want\u201d. The sooner we could finish whatever workout was planned for the\nday, the sooner I could move onto whatever I had planned for myself. Often\ntimes, mandated physical training, or PT as it\u2019s referred to, can lead to a\nlower morale when it is comprised of the same repeated workouts over and over.\nThis is why I enjoyed some of the routines we came up with. It\u2019s unlikely to\nget through even one full term of enlistment in the military without doing the\n\u201cDeck of Cards\u201d PT. This entails using a standard deck of cards by selecting muscle-group\nspecific exercises for each suit in the deck. One shuffles and places the deck\nface down. You gather in a circle with your fellow workout buddies and each\ndraw a card in order, one person at a time. Once a card is drawn, you then\nproceed to complete the associated workout\u2014until the deck is completed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A\ngood example of this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hearts = Burpees<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diamonds\n= Diamond pushups<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clubs\n= Leg lifts<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spades\n= Russian twists<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\ncorresponding value of the card would denote how many repetitions would need to\nbe completed, with jacks, kings, and queens all being equal to 10 repetitions.\nAs an example: I would draw a 6 of hearts; we would all need to complete 6\nburpees. This would continue until all 52 cards had been exhausted. The Jokers\nin the deck would usually consist of a 1 mile run around a track. This was just\none of the many PT sessions we did. Other sessions could include a\npyramid-style workout. Each exercise would increase in repetitions to a zenith\n(say about 15), at which point it would step down again one at a time down to a\nsingle repetition. Exercises like these are designed to strengthen your body\u2019s\nendurance and stamina levels\u2014which are crucial to promote lifelong\ncardiovascular health. Of course, if you\u2019re willing to push it, you can\nincrease your body\u2019s ability to burn fat in literally about 15 minutes of\nexercise. This type of training is known as HITT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n HITT stands for High Intensity Tactical Training,\nand consists primarily of full-body exercises. The point is to engage every\npossible muscle group into the exercise as possible to force your body to burn\ncalories at an elevated rate. This can actually leave your body in a higher\nfat-burning state even 24 hours after the session has ended. Agility ladders,\nsnatching, pull-ups, suicides, dumbbell squats, Spiderman crawls, 8-count\nbodybuilders, muscle-ups, and rope pulls are just a few examples of some of the\nengaging exercises one can do to strengthen their bodies and promote overall\nwell-being and health through HITT. Regardless of what you choose to do, simply\nmaking the choice to exercise at all is always a good step in the right\ndirection, even if that consists of daily walk. It\u2019s typically a good goal to\naim for nearly 10,000 steps per day to achieve a good level of physical\nexertion through walking; this amounts to just around 20 minutes of walking\ndaily. Try to devote a solid 30 minutes each day to your physical development\nto help create and maintain a good, healthy routine that will benefit you for\nyears to come. Always remember, life is about consistency\u2014your health is a\nreflection of that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As many veterans know, it\u2019s not always easy to control what we put in our bodies. A high-speed operational tempo can sometimes lead to skipped meals and growling stomachs. This, coupled with rigorous exercise can lead to much active duty personnel and post-service veterans feeling weak, or fatigued. 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