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Back to Iraq and Answering a Common Question |
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Written by JD Johannes
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Saturday, 10 October 2009 |
I'm headed back to Iraq in a fews days. Yes, there is still is a war being wrapped up there.
I'll be back with my old friends in the 4th BDE of the 1st ID and the 1-28 Infantry.
I spent a lot of time with the 1-28, the Black Lions, during the surge in 2007. The Black Lions are unit featured in my documentary 'Baghdad Surge.'
I'll be doing two months on this trip then probably heading to Afghanistan in January to go snow boarding.
As for the question...
A few people asked why I wrote a fitness/weightlifting book instead of a book about Iraq.
Short answer: Not sure I could add much that isn't already covered in the documentaries.
Long answer: People kept asking me what I do to stay in shape to run around with soldiers and Marines. People at the gym who noticed my transformation asked a lot of questions. Those answers in emails, etc. became long enough that my friend Nita Marquez said I should turn it into a book.
When I hit stopping points in editing the documentaries I would hammer out the book.
The next thing I knew I had 200+ pages that kind of made sense. Nita and I then really went to work on taking her expertise, my experiences and the knowledge of other people and turning it into an open architecture system anyone can use to dial in the workout and eating plan that will achieve their personal goals.
Oddly enough, there is a lot of Iraq in the book as my experiences there were the impetus for my getting really serious about working out.
Hence the subtitle of the book: When Fitness is a Matter of Life or Death .
I test how good my workout program is everytime I go to Iraq and Afghanistan. So, far it has proven to work well.
Until my next post from somewhere in Iraq....Non Timebo Mala
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