Top 5 Multi-Day Hikes: NC and VA
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Top 5 Multi-Day Hikes: NC and VA

If you’re in Jacksonville, Fayetteville or even up around the beltway in DC, mountains can be tough to find. But no matter where you are in North Carolina or Virginia, you’re never that far from a...

FITNESSMy Journey Back To The Bar

My Journey Back To The Bar

I knew I shouldn’t have lifted that day, let alone chased a Personal Record. The tightness in my lower back was evident and I told myself that I should just go home. Still, I hoped I could work ou...

ADVENTUREPebble Wrestling With Ponies: Bouldering in Grayson Highlands

Pebble Wrestling With Ponies: Bouldering in Grayson Highlands

About Grayson Highlands Grayson Highlands State Park is located in southwestern Virginia. As the name suggests, it is way up in the mountains in a secluded section of the Appalachians. This makes ...

OP-EDLiving & Traveling Full-Time in a Fifth Wheel

Living & Traveling Full-Time in a Fifth Wheel

This past Father’s Day, my family and I decided to leave everyone and everything we’ve known for the last few years, trade in our twenty-four-hundred square foot house and move into a thirty-four-...

FITNESSEvolution of Military Gymnastics: Part 2

Evolution of Military Gymnastics: Part 2

By October 2020, all soldiers, regardless of age or gender, will be required to take the new Army Combat Fitness Test - or ARCT - which is a six-event test that measures muscular strength, muscu...

FITNESSEvolution of Military Gymnastics: Part 1

Evolution of Military Gymnastics: Part 1

At nearly every juncture during my last decade in the military, the topic of how to adequately test soldiers’ fitness has been a constant debate.