JD_Johannes’s BodyBlog

‘Fit for Combat’ the book I wrote with IFBB Fitness Pro Nita Marquez is now #11 on Amazon.com’s list of best selling Fitness and Exercise books.

Last week Nita taught the system we outline in the book to a Brigade of Army Soldiers.

I’ll be taking off for Iraq in a few weeks then will loop through Afghanistan too go snow boarding in the Hindu Kush with some of my cronies.

After 1.5 training weeks since I got back from some work in Afghanistan, things are back on track.

When I’m overseas I do what I can to keep training.  I spent some time filming news at a US military outpost in Laghman province that had a pretty good gym and was able to get some little workouts in before the daily grind of missions in the heat.

Most of the trip though I was living in safe houses and rundown hotels.  So did pushups, pullups, handstand push ups, etc.

I tried to eat as much meat as I could and found a small grocery in Kabul that had some whey protein.

Life/work got in the way, but I didn’t use it as an excuse to eat like a pig and not train.

I’ll be heading to Iraq in a few weeks to do some more filming so my priorities are strength, speed and stamina.

I will worry about appearance when I get back home for a few months this winter.