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PHOENIX – “You are about to take the Army Physical Fitness Test. A test that will measure your upper and lower body muscular endurance …” said noncommissioned officers, at least once in their career.
Every Soldier has heard these words, and every one of them has their own way of training for the test. A growing number of Soldiers are turning to Cross Fit style exercise to work on overall strength and flexibility to improve their readiness.
“Cross Fit (style exercise) is becoming so popular because it produces great physical results in a group setting that produces group energy during a class that is never the same workout twice,” said Daniel Crane, a retired United States Air Force staff and Director, Strategic Sponsorships & Partnerships for Wounded Wodders.
Crane said Cross Fit (style exercise) is made up of a wide variety of intense exercises workouts that constantly work and rest different muscle groups while increasing adaptation in strength, agility and range of motion.
It is these benefits that have charged a local nonprofit to uses adaptive Cross Fit style exercises to help improve many veterans physical, cognitive and social function. Wounded Wodders provide athletic scholarships to pay for the much needed, but expensive, tuition of Cross Fit gyms.
One of the more famous adaptive Cross Fit style exercise success stories is Derek Weida, an amputee veteran, who found Internet fame with funny bodybuilding and weight-loss videos. He recently participated in the two-person Rush Club competition, Feb. 6, at the Celebrity Theater.
Although Weida makes competing look easy, it wasn’t always this way.
After being injured in 2007 while on his third Iraq tour with the 82nd Airborne Division, Weida battled severe depression. He found his way out of the fog of depression by what he calls purpose-driven fitness, meaning he turns to workouts in lieu of alcohol.
For over a year, Weida’s motivational, hilarious, but not for your child’s ears, YouTube videos inspires his followers daily to get up, make a goal and achieve it.
“I have my fears. I have my self-doubts. All I can say is show up, do your best and leave happy,” Weida tells his fans.
If you want to learn more about Weida, logon to “Losing Weight with Derek Weida,” like seven million other people, and you will see why people follow the training tips of this man who continues to train daily and participates in Cross Fit style exercise competitions such as Rush Club across the nation.
| Date Taken: | 02.06.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 03.22.2016 19:52 |
| Story ID: | 193190 |
| Location: | GILBERT, ARIZONA, US |
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