#279: Why Exercising in a Group Is the Best Medicine For Vets (and Civilians)

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 16 February 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In recent years, several new veterans organizations have popped up to help our men and women in uniform transition from the service to civilian life. Instead of providing a place where veterans can get together to drink, these new organizations are looking to offer vets a sense of meaning and mission that they often lose after they hang up their uniform. My guest today is head of one of these new organizations. His name is J.J. Pinter and he’s the Deputy Director of Team Red, White, and Blue (Team RWB for short) — a veterans organization with the goal of getting vets and civilians together to work out. Today on the show, J.J. and I discuss the issues facing vets that Team RWB is trying resolve, such as getting them reintegrated back into their community and staving off feelings of depression. We then discuss why Team RWB decided to make fitness their primary focus and why exercising with other people is one of the best remedies for melancholy and malaise. Finally, J.J. and I talk about why it’s so important for civilians to interact and connect with our vets and how they can do so through Team RWB.

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:15.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.6	In recent years, several new veterans organizations have popped up to help our men and women
0:22.2	in uniform transition from the service to civilian life.
0:25.5	And instead of providing a place where veterans can get together to drink, these new organizations
0:28.9	are looking to offer veterans a sense of meaning and mission that they often lose after
0:32.7	they hang up their uniform.
0:34.7	My guest today is head of one of these new organizations, his name is JJ Pinter, and
0:38.0	he's the deputy director of Team Red, White, and Blue, a veterans organization with the
0:42.1	goal of getting vets and civilians together to work out.
0:45.4	Today on the show, JJ and I discuss the issues facing vets that Team RBWB is trying to
0:49.9	resolve just getting them reintegrated back to their community and staving off feelings
0:53.8	of depression.
0:55.1	We then discuss why Team RB decided to make fitness their primary focus in why exercising
1:00.2	with other people is one of the best remedies to melacolly and malaise.
1:04.4	Finally, JJ and I talk about why it's so important for civilians to interact and connect
1:07.9	with our vets and how they can do so through Team RBWB.
1:11.5	Great show.
1:12.5	After it's over, check out the show notes at aum.is slash team RWB, where you find links to
1:18.0	resources we dealt deeper to this topic.
1:25.0	JJ Pinter, welcome to the show.
1:32.1	Well, thanks for having me, Brett.
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