Leo Jenkins is a contributing editor for Coffee or Die Magazine, and the acclaimed author of Lest We Forget, On Assimilation, First Train Out of Denver, and With a Pen. Since his time as an Army Ranger medic, Leo has traveled through over fifty countries and competed at an elite level in both triathlon and CrossFit, while racking up over 10,000 hours of hands-on coaching experience in Olympic weightlifting, running, swimming, cycling, and cross-training.
Don’t let this moment go to waste / you don’t know when the feeling will happen again. I can’t keep myself from repeating the lyrics in my mind. Like most veterans, I’ve been feeling a lot lately. The emotions seem to shift and bleed into each ...
Results don’t come from fancy equipment, they come from consistent hard work and implementing specific demands for your body to overcome. The most readily available (and cost-effective) piece of resistance equipment at your disposal is your body. ...
We’d just crossed a nameless, murky Amazonian river and were moving toward our objective on foot. The two-star general accompanying our motley crew of misfit medics through the Peruvian jungle informed us the advanced security element, just ahead of ...
Programing is equal parts science and art. There is no single program that will work the same for every person. However, when we take into consideration general human physiology, pertinent systems such as neurological, endocrine, and muscular, we can ...
Warming up is an essential phase of your workout, and there are three phases to an effective warm-up. Let’s jump right in: Phase One: Shift your PH. Time commitment: Five minutes Our bodies are slightly alkaline with a PH of around 7.3 ...
Have you ever fucked up so bad that time stops, giving some great ethereal fist the opportunity to slip past your teeth, punch down your throat, and choke stop the conversion of oxygen in your lungs’ alveoli? That’s how bad I messed up on my first ...
Fitness. The word conjures mental images of tight lycra clothing, 5K finish lines, and overcrowded rooms filled with clanking weights and the pungent odor of sweat. Fitness, however, is much simpler than what is being sold to you. Fitness is health, ...
