Sometimes the toughest battles soldiers face come once they
have left the theater of war. That’s why the Veteran Employment
Transition (VET) Foundation created the Compass Group, a nonprofit that has
helped more than 200 combat-wounded Marines with 5-day life and business skills
seminars. Earlier this year, FA became part of Compass Group’s effort
through the FA Warrior Fund, providing equipment and education at Compass Group
seminars.
“A lot of the guys have injuries where they
don’t feel comfortable going into the gym. This allows them to get back
into shape in the comfort of their own homes,” says Chris Hadsall, the
VET Foundation’s founder and executive director. “Whether a guy has
a lower leg or upper extremity issue, it works. And with the TRX, they are
always getting a great core workout no matter what exercise they’re
doing.”
Major General T.S. Jones (Ret, U.S. Marine Corps) serves on
the VET Foundation board of directors and hosts the Compass Group retreats at
his Outdoor Odyssey facility, which he created for a youth leadership nonprofit
he also runs. General Jones has made the TRX and Fitness Anywhere educational
products an integral part of his everyday PT routine. “I’ve done a
lot of testing with the TRX and I haven’t even hit what’s possible
with this. There are a lot of extreme situations in the Marines Corps—on
a ship, on a site where you can’t carve out PT time. But you can carve
out 30 or 40 minutes to do TRX exercises and that time is connected to rapid
decision-making and what you can do.”
LEARN MORE:
At: www.vetfoundation.org
GET INVOLVED:
Buy a TRX FORCE DVD
and Guide, $5 of your purchase goes directly into the Fitness Anywhere
Warrior Fund to help us support efforts like the Compass Group.