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- Fit camp for the Western National Guard

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is a five day training environment

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emphasized on strength conditioning

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and cardio basics as well as nutrition

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and dietary support for the soldiers,

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but we also provide some life coaching

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in terms of how we can
implement a healthy lifestyle

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throughout our daily lives as well

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as our impacts in the
military and otherwise.

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- So this is a program here,

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blended with the army and air force,

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to offer nutrition education,
health and wellness education,

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and then to offer practical exercise.

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We bring them out to the track

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to practice activities out there,

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to practice in the gym,
practice the weightlifting,

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just a comprehensive program.

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So there is a big question of whether

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this Fit Camp, there's a stigma associated

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with it not being for everybody,

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or it's a punishment or a torture camp.

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The goal is really health and wellness

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and performance optimization.

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That is truly the goal,

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and truly the goal of the cadre

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to make it fun, to make it exciting,

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and to encourage and to inspire

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the members and the
participants that are here

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so they can take this information back

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and strengthen our force.

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- I had heard about Fit Camp,

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and the benefits that it could have,

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and at that time I was really trying

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to improve myself and
my leadership had called

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and said, hey would you be interested

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in going to Fit Camp?

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Because we know you're
trying to make improvements,

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you're really trying to
make some real life changes,

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and we think that they offer
some really good education.

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And I was like, yeah, absolutely.

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This is something I'd really like to do.

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I took a several year break in service,

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and then came back,

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and it's been a big
struggle to catch back up

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with these young guys,

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and even with the standard itself,

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so I've really been pushing myself,

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and making changes.

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So some of the things
that I've been educated on

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has been proper cardio techniques,

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even improving my run,

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which is the big reason why I'm here.

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A lot of performance nutrition,

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more intricate knowledge of
why food does what it does,

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and how it's probably
one of the most important

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things in weight loss,

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and also the ACFT portion
has been very beneficial.

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- Some of the instruction,

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they go over a little bit of everything,

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as far as your dietary needs,

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different lifestyles, such as the keto,

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high fats, low carbs,
weight lifting, muscle gain,

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all kinds of different lifestyles,

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and how to eat for those
and train for those.

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They spend a lot of time on the PT test,

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more geared toward the army,

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but still relevant for the air force,

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very relevant for the air force.

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You get a lot of rumors,

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these really dispel some of the rumors

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and give you cold hard facts,

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and a lot of practical,
real life experiences

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to use them in and how to use
them in those experiences.

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I had a lot of fun learning
the weight lifting techniques

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that I've never been over before.

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It's a great, great tool coming out

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of here that I can use going home with.

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- The atmosphere is not what
a lot of people think it is,

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as far as it's not a smoke session.

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There's a lot of fun,

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there's a lot of education,

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there's a lot of knowledge,
knowledgeable instructors,

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people that are very passionate

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about what they're teaching.

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