Topic: Middle East

Yogi bends over backwards for Afghan peace

When 30 Afghan prison guards took a break from warden duties to try yoga, they lunged sideways in unison to meditate on pursuing a more peaceful existence in Afghanistan.The unusual scene was orchestrated by French yoga enthusiast Amandine Roche, on a personal ...

Can yoga and meditation help bring peace to Afghans?

KABUL (Reuters) - As the Afghan government's Western backers pour in cash, and tens of thousands of foreign soldiers patrol the country, a French human rights activist is trying a new way to break the cycle of violence in Afghanistan: yoga and ...

Nato Gym

I've started, again, with my workouts. Although this time I'm in Kandahar Afghanistan and not in the states. Should be feasable since I walk almost 5 miles a day at work, on top of my workouts.

Looking to a Competition for motivation

I will attend my first Strength and Fitness competition next weekend, as a spectator, in Louisville with hopes that it will inspire me to compete next year. Good news is that I'll be out of Afghanistan for a couple of weeks.
Over the past several years, most of my lifting has been done in military gyms in Iraq and Afghanistan. My nutrition was average and within 3 months I looked the best I ever have and was stronger than I had ever been ...

3 Months in Iraq

In January I left my wife and three and a half month old baby and went back to Iraq for my contracting job. The job and money made for my time in Iraq meant Sandi could stay home with Gray, get some ...

Here I go....Again...

So when I was in Iraq, I made the decision to take charge of my life and change the way I felt and looked. I know what all the guys overseas thought and did for their workouts but some just had no ...

Not Feeling It Today

I changed my motivation today to a 7. I'm just having one of those days where being in Afghanistan is really depressing. Focus on the fact that I will look even better in 2 months when I get home, and everyone will ...
Report on Physical Fitness Equipment World Market Segmentation by City This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a "borderless world", cities become a more important criteria ...

A little about me

Hi, my name is John. I ended up here after I enlisted in the Army back in 2004. I was in the Army for 6 years and recently just got out in August of this year. I was only 119lbs when I ...
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