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The Marine Corps’ first-ever tactical training champions say it took\u00a0grit and determination to beat some of the service’s top athletes during a three-day competition in the California desert. Now they have some advice for Marines looking to compete next year.\u00a0The Marine Corps recently crowned its first ever tactical athlete champions during the service\u2019s inaugural High Intensity Tactical Training Athlete Championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff Sgt. Lauren Schoener\u00a025,<\/span> and Cpl. Joshua Boozer, 22, were named the Marine Corps’\u00a0earned the honor after<\/span> edged ing<\/span> out 30 of the service\u2019s top fitness buffs\u00a0tactical athletes <\/span>last month during the three-day High Intensity Tactical Training Athlete Championship\u00a0event at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center\u00a0Twentynine Palms, California. The\u00a0event tested functional fitness including strength, endurance and agility, and will now be held annually.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marines looking to compete in and win next year’s event must be willing to challenge themselves physically every day,\u00a0We spoke to <\/span>Schoener said. ,\u00a0Boozer and\u00a0the event\u2019s organizers\u00a0for their best advice on how to become a competitive HITT athlete \u2014\u00a0and win.<\/span>Above all it takes grit and determination Schoener and Boozer said.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you don\u2019t feel like you are challenged every day, you are doing something wrong and y<\/span>You need to dig deep to get to the level you want to be on,”\u00a0said Schoener, who serves in Marine Corps Air Station Yuma\u2019s provost marshal\u2019s office. “Set a goal for yourself and then surround yourself with like-minded people\u00a0\u2014\u00a0a gym partner who will push you to be better. There is no shortage of competition in the Marine Corps. Harness that to make yourself better.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first step, though, is to “get deeply involved in your local installation’s HITT program,” said Master Sgt. Daniel Jackson, the staff noncommissioned officer in charge for Marine Corps Community Services at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting involved in HITT is exactly how Boozer, an ammunition technician with 1st Tank Battalion at Camp Pendleton, California, got into peak fitness to clinch the victory. This summer he began meeting with two civilian HITT coaches at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center <\/span>Twentynine Palms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cpl. Joshua Boozer, ammunition technician, 1st Tank Battalion from the Combat Center, runs back to his station after shooting in the Indoors Simulated Marksmanship Trainer tent during the High Intensity Tactical Training Ultimate Tactical Championship, at Del Valle Field, Sept. 15, 2015. Thirty-four Marines from throughout the Corps participated in the three-day event. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cpl. Joshua Boozer, an ammunition technician with 1st Tanks, began meeting with HITT trainers before work to prepare for the servicewide competition.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Credit: Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd\/Marine Corps<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is likely the best thing any Marine who is interested in beginning to compete in HITT events can do especially if\u00a0like Boozer\u00a0their job keeps them busy. <\/span>Boozer said he job keeps him busy, so outside of unit physical training, he said he <\/span>isn\u2019t able to work out as often as he would like. A couple months before the HITT championship, he said he started meeting\u00a0so for the two months preceding the competition he met up <\/span>with coaches as early as\u00a0in the morning at <\/span>5:30 a.m., and then\u00a0again at lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of that, the corporal said he plays basketball or hits the gym with friends.\u00a0Apart from that he said he stays fit and agile by playing basketball occasionally and hitting the gym whenever he can find a friend to go with him. That introduces an <\/span>Adding that\u00a0element of competition which drives him and <\/span>is a key to his success, he said. But even when he couldn\u2019t find a friend to hit the gym, he would workout in his barracks room using an Insanity Workout DVD he pops into his laptop. It doesn\u2019t take anything fancy.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schoener, a CrossFit instructor and off-base trainer, takes a more methodical approach. She does\u00a0 saying she performs <\/span>a CrossFit workout every morning for cardiovascular endurance and muscle strengthening. Every other evening, she does a\u00a0\u00a0and a supplemental <\/span>weight lifting workout every evening<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staff Sgt. Lauren Schoener<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Schoener stressed the importance of a well-rounded approach to fitness.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Credit: Marine Corps<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Combining two different fitness programs has worked for me because they are on opposite ends of the spectrum,” she said.\u00a0“I feel it is important not to neglect one because you don\u2019t like it.” she said. “Fitness is something that if you don\u2019t work on what you are worst at, you will never be good.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said if Marines are just doing bicep workouts they are making a mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You have to train your whole body — so that ranges from squats to bicep curls to even Olympic weightlifting moves like snatch-and-grab or clean-and-gerk,” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her favorite CrossFit workout is “Helen,” which\u00a0. That <\/span>requires three sets that each consist of a 437-yard sprint, 21 kettlebell swings and 12 pullups, for time<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a top tactical athlete also means making smart diet choices,\u00a0Boozer and Schoener\u00a0said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boozer said he eats a pretty average diet from the chow hall, but uses common sense to avoid the obviously bad choices like\u00a0pizza. He also makes breakfast his biggest meal, eating a mostly <\/span>protein-heavy dish like through <\/span>eggs with and <\/span>lots of fruit, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schoener takes a more hands-on approach. She’s not quite a diet fanatic, but said she tries to prepare her meals ahead of time so she knows exactly what she’s eating.\u00a0said she falls somewhere between Boozer\u2019s laid back, common sense approach and fitness fanatics who spend the weekend ensuring the have pre-prepared meals for the entire week so they know exactly how much and what they are putting into their body. As a Marine who works long hours, that isn\u2019t always possible.<\/span>She does meal preparation every Sunday to ensure she has meat and vegetables readily available throughout the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a busy Marine, she can’t always do all the prep she’d like, but still tries to make smart choices in the moment.\u00a0“But the weekday schedule is crazy so I make smart choices when my food isn\u2019t available,” she said.<\/span>Her favorite meal, she said, is ground turkey tacos with sweet potatoes and vegetables on the side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I do enjoy my ice cream,” she said. “But that is the exception.\u00a0If you are not eating the main and healthy things your body needs, it is going to feel the effects.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ve got to work out hard and eat right to contribute in the workplace as a Marine and be competitive in the gym, she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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