The number one injury in the U.S. military is musculoskeletal injury. One study, published in Military Medicine, estimates that these injuries cost the U.S. government about $20 billion dollars per year. This number accounts for compensation and benefits for those who exit the military with persisting injuries. Moreover, approximately 72% …
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Good is Good Enough for Me: Let’s be honest, programming workouts is not rocket science. The SAID & FITT principles can get the job done. Specific workouts create specific physiological adaptations and are dependent on frequency, intensity, time, and type of workout you do. Sticking to the principles will result …
In late 2011, I was stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia. We had just had a change of command and our 1st Sergeant came from the Ranger Training Battalion. As a young soldier, ready to make the military my career, I-was-PUMPED.