When Alex Roodhouse served in Iraq as part of a Navy combat riverine
team, he risked his life every time he went on patrol, often facing a hail of
enemy fire. Danger comes hand in hand with active duty. But it’s a
reality that Roodhouse has become even more acutely aware of since he completed
his service and joined the Fitness Anywhere military sales team. “When I
visit the VA hospitals for FA, I often discover that I served in some of the
exact same places with the wounded vets that I meet.”
Roodhouse and Dr. Joe ‘Doc’ Martin, D.C., a SEAL
team veteran and FA’s director of military education, recently
participated in their third Compass Group for combat wounded Marine vets on
behalf of FA. As more and more active duty service people use the TRX to stay
mission fit on base and while deployed, the TRX has become a familiar tool.
“Half of the seminar participants had used the TRX before,” says
Roodhouse. “They like the TRX because it’s the same equipment that
active duty service people use and because it’s easy to adjust workouts
and movements to work with their specific injuries.
Vets have a way to train even with injuries, and the FA team
gets something great out of the experience, too. “I got into the health
care field for a reason,” says Doc Martin. “I spent my time in the
SEAL team learning how to blow things up and I’m spending the rest of my
life fixing things.”
LEARN MORE:
At: www.vetfoundation.org
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and Guide, $5 of your purchase goes directly into the Fitness Anywhere
Warrior Fund to help us support efforts like the Compass Group.