How to still build muscle and train while deployed

 For this post I'm writting it for the military and how to keep them selves in shape and healthy while deployed. I have 2 cousins that are in the military, one navy S.E.A.L and one Army Infantry. Also I have friends in the army and marines, and one of my best friends is in the army national guard so I figured this would be a proper post for ALL. Now being deployed and building/maintaining is very hard you don't have a super market right down the street, you don't have a couple gyms to go to, and you don't have a GNC to pick up some protein so what do you do? There are a few choices like body weight exercises. Lots of these including: Push ups, pull ups, tiger pulls, body weight squats, jump squats, V ups, sit ups, leg lifts, and a lot more if I were to post them all here I would probably run out of room. Google them and you can find a bunch. Lets now talk about your GEAR, we all know its heavy right? well lets get some facts in. A full 5-gallon water jug weighs approximately 45 pounds and has a convenient handle at the top, if that's to heavy drink some out of it! But you can do regular bicep curls, hammer curls depending on the handle, shoulder press's, rows, overhead extensions, and squats. In the field there are boulders and logs which come in all shapes in sizes! What about sand? What about bags? Well lets put some sand in some bags! Lots of exercises you can do with that, just think about it right? For instance lets take a bolder and do a squat have 8 bags of sand next to you and do power pushes. So squat with the bolder than power push the sand, like a super set of squats to bench press. There are a lot of different kinds of workouts and possibilities  just remember just because it doesn't look like a barbell doesn't mean it can't act like one weights are weights! Now lets talk about the nutrition aspect, which obviously seems like its the hardest. Food IS ENERGY food wasn't put here for enjoyment believe it or not, it was put here to make us keep going, living, breathing, have energy, be healthy. The main things you need to worry about is 

• Proteins ( fish, chicken, beans, ext.)

• Carbohydrates ( bread, fruits, vegetables, ext.)

• Fats (walnuts, olive oils, ext.)

• Vitamins (vitamin D, folic acid, ext.)

• Minerals (potassium, calcium, ext.)

• Water

Follow the general rule for eating and you will be fine. Don't think that you NEED cake, cookies, coda. You NEED the foods/examples that I posted above. If you run out of one thing exchange it for something else. For instance, chicken runs out try turkey, ham, fish, it may not be the best for instance if the turkey is a "high in sodium" kind but its better than nothing NEVER STARVE YOUR BODY because that's how you lose the muscle and the energy. A good thing to try to do is order protein bars all different kinds, not better or to worse than chicken but better than nothing. Ordering will be talked about next. Now lets talk about supplements, you need a protein after your workout so you can re-fill the body. Act as if your bodies a car and its on E what are you going to do? Fill it up! Your body will last after your workout if you don't eat anything and you'll live but will your muscle start deteriorating? Absolutely. You need to fill that muscle back up so it has its nutrients no more than 30 minutes after your workout, so whats the best for thing? Protein shakes. Protein shakes come in all shapes and sizes. Some for lean, some for mass gaining, even some specifically for women. The reason why they are the best after your workout is because protein shakes are fast absorbing, vs. food that takes a little while to digest protein shakes will shoot straight to your muscles. Also you have different supplements like pre-workouts, post-workouts, glutamines, BCAA's, fat burners, ext. How do you get these? As simple as possible, order them. I have heard many people over seas order their supplements online. Your money goes straight into the bank right? Have your ATM card? Order some stuff online! The U.S Military also has some of the best networking security, so you won't have to worry about your information getting stolen like your ATM card. Also before we rap this up, if your serious about fitness there will be supplements that you take and you will need a working computer for this. Some people don't know how important this is but you NEED to make sure your computer is clean (I.E. virus's, maleware, spyware, trojans, worms) So make sure you invest in some good anti virus/anti male ware programs. There are also a lot of free ones I like Avast for my free anti virus and malewarebytes for my free maleware/spyware remover. Also make sure you do a disk cleanup and a disk defragmentor, trust me I know that sounds complicated but look it up alls it is is a few clicks I promise and takes 2 seconds depending on if you have ever done it. If you haven't than your computer could be a big cluttered with junk and take a little longer. 

Mikey's fitness TIP: I talked about protein shakes above so I want to clear something up because like I've said this isn't a blog JUST for men its also for women. I have A LOT of women say "I thought protein shakes are just to get big and they'll put big bulky muscles on me" This is 150% wrong. That's just like saying chicken is for just getting big, its very false. Protein is for anyone, because your body needs it. Protein shakes (the lean ones not the mass gainer ones) all just about have 125-145 calories, 23-25 grams of protein, 0 or 1 gram of carbs, no sugars, and very low sodium. They are CLEAN and they WILL NOT put on all this "bulky muscle" like a lot of women think, unless you take something like a weight/mass gainer. So do yourself a favor, hit a shake after your workout ladies and re-fill those good nutrients in those sore muscles :)