This summer we had the priveledge of have Jay Pelletier at the gym. Jay serves our country full time and has been an active member on our blog for a while now going by the name Pellet01. Jay has been doing the NSCF workout of the day for while now and actively recruiting fellow soldiers to our site daily. He sent me some pictures of a huge success story of a good friend of his, Captain Damiani, who has changed his life following the NSCF workout of the day. Very cool story. Jay also presented NSCF with his deployment coin. One of only 500 made. We will have it framed and have it on display at NSCF. Thank you Jay! We look forward to your return to NSCF.
Jay (middle) with his Personal Security Platoon
Here is a summary of training from Captain Jorge Damiani.
1. I arrived in Iraq on or around november 2009… When i volunteered for a deployment that’s where I met MAJ Pelletier and MAJ McFarland and I was about 5’9 and 240 lbs
For the part 2 years after starving in ranger school in 2007 I decided I will starve no
More! So o ate! And ate! So
I went from an average weight of 205 almost all my life to 240-245!
For about 3 years!
2. While protecting my country from terrorists in iraq! I started doing crossfit with MAJ Pelletier (my hero) and MAJ mcfarland(the crossfit jumpmaster), 5 times a week, well 4 times a week cause Saturday was our cardio day ( running, biking, etc)
And we never
Missed a day for about 9 months we religiously crossfited all the time.
3. The diet was also a big part of the deployment…
I started with 5 block protein carbs and fat for 4 times a day for a month!
Lots of food if u ever done blocks!
No sugars no bread no rice non of that grain stuff…..
Then about month number 2 I decided to mess with my blocks and follow what I been reading and taught by different people.
For the next 7 months I ate 5 protein, 6 fat, and 1 carb 3 times a day with a before bed snack of 1 block of protein and 1 block of fat!
So long story short!
I started crossfiting, Paleo dieting and also following North Shore crossfit WOD’s provided to me by MAJ Pelletier
And 8 Months later I dropped about 8% body fat about 45 lbs,
Went from doing a single pull up to 50 in a row (kipping).
I sleep better at night! I feel better and right now I am 200 lbs! I know how to eat better! I
Crossfit 4 times a week! And enjoy life!
Captain Damiani Before
Captain Damiani After
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August 22, 2011 at 8:45 am
Awesome spotlight. Awesome results for Captain Damiani.
Keep on rockin’ it Pellet01!
[P.S. Those look like some BAAAAAD dudes - glad they're on OUR side!]
August 22, 2011 at 10:03 am
Love that! Good luck Jay, see you when you return.
August 22, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Great story. Very inspirational! It’s been a pleasure getting to know Jay, its been a please getting to know you and working out with you. Stay safe and I look forward to seeing you in the gym soon!
August 22, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Ha!! That is awesome!!! Good times!
August 22, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Thank you all so much. It was a blast to actually meet you all in person and work out with you as well.
Today was a rough workout after a long weekend that ended around midnight last night…
Strength week 2
BS 225-270 gained 5 pounds
press 135 x2; 140, 140 for 4, then 135
WOD:
This was a tough one and just put my head down and watched the time and rounds go by.. Tomorrow hopefully will be a better day.
Thanks again for the kind words. Hopefully this winter I have some more time off and until then I am train even harder to be ready for NSCF!!
August 22, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Words can’t express how excited I was to finally meet Pellet01 when he walked into our gym at the beginning of the summer!
Thank you Jay and Jorge for your service, stay safe and keep posting…to keep your NSCF family up to date.
August 23, 2011 at 11:12 am
I had the pleasure of working out a few times with Pellet this summer. He is a great athlete and crushes WODs. Looking forward to his return.