David Leasure wanted to look like Stallone in Rocky IV. Then he went on a U.S. Navy deployment, and the bodybuilding routine he’d built no longer fit the hours or resources he had aboard ship. A shipmate introduced him to calisthenics, and training with his own body weight changed how he thought about fitness.
On this episode of The ToosDay Crüe, the U.S. Navy veteran takes us from a lighthouse in Virginia Beach, where he spotted Navy destroyers at seventeen, to life aboard a ship himself. Along the way, he shares how Rocky fueled his early workouts in his dad’s basement, what deployment taught him about adapting his training, and how growing up as a preacher’s son shaped the way he thinks about discipline and simplicity.
If you’ve ever had a work schedule derail your workouts or wondered how to train with limited equipment, bring your questions to the live chat. What’s the biggest adjustment you’ve had to make to keep training when life got busy?
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