As a child of the 80s, I grew up thinking that to achieve health and wellness all one had to do was drink whole milk and do some jazzercise. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jane Fonda were the gold standard.
My relationship with personal health and wellness has evolved over the decades. In high school, I joined the wrestling team. That’s when I began dieting and eating for performance. The emphasis was on physical ability – getting my body to perform the task at hand.
I entered the military at age 22, directly after West Point, and served as an Apache helicopter pilot. As part of the daily routine, an integral focus was on a soldier’s physical fitness.
– Read the entire article at Benzinga.
