And if you've been dragging yourself through the day on your third coffee, this one was for you. Here's what we covered: → Why "your bloodwork is within range" is not the same as optimal — and the tests nobody ever ran on you → The Deadly 3 draining veterans' energy at the cellular level: toxic exposure, mTBI, and gut/parasites → How to actually walk into your doctor's office and ask for the right panels (word for word) → The one sleep habit to fix tonight — no supplement required 💬 A few lines that landed: "You're not broken. You're just under-recovered." "Our bodies are healing machines until the day we die." "A no from one doctor is not a no from your body." And my favorite moment — one guy booked his GP appointment for bloodwork while the call was still going. That's the whole game. The gap between knowing and doing is where most of us lose. He closed it in real time. Couldn't make it? I've got you. 👉Comment REPLAY below and I'll send you the full recording.

If you’re like me and need caffeine mainlined into your veins to get started, this is a symptom of your biology struggling to create enough energy for you. Veterans have a very intimate relationship with caffeine. It keeps us going when we’re dog tired and need to hunt Taliban at midnight amongst other things. I remember shotgunning RipIts before patrol. I never drank coffee before I deployed but when I came back, I’ve never kicked the habit. I’m not talking about enjoying coffee ☕️ like a normal person. I’m talking about using caffeine instead of meth to get your engine going. If that’s you, you should come learn about why you need so much caffeine and how you can improve your natural energy levels. I’m hosting a free workshop about this on Thursday. All you need to do is comment “COFFEE” and I’ll send you the details. 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

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Here's a warm Monday welcome to new members @Shawn Baker and @Dan Hefferton did you move your body today? Tell us in the comments

Fit As F*ckers! ‼️ PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️ Let me be clear about my new TEMPERED VETERAN COMMUNITY It's the BEST veteran health and fitness learning community on Skool, and we just got started (Technically, we're the ONLY one 🙃😂) If you're wondering, "Why join Tempered and not just stay comfortable over here❓" Let me explain. VGFAF is your gateway drug. One might call it your marijuana of veteran health and fitness learning. Tempered is the crack cocaine of veteran health and fitness learning. If you want to attend workshops and get access to my amazing expert guests and I every month, Tempered is the place to be. VGFAF will always remain free, and we're going to do amazing challenges and keep you motivated with fun posts and feedback on your most challenging health and fitness issues. Tempered is going to take this a few steps further and get you learning in a group setting and creating action plans every month. 🤔 Here's the catch. I'm flipping TEMPERED to a paid community on FRIDAY. If you join now, you get FREE LIFETIME ACCESS to all the workshops and programs I drop in there. JOIN NOW and get full lifetime access - our first workshop is tomorrow, August 27th. Want the link to the community???? BLAST 💥 the comments with 80s movie GIFs