CPT Edward L. Arntson III, Wounded in the forearm during Operation Iraqi Freedom

Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP) Testimonial

By CPT Edward L. Arntson III

I have been in the Army for 5 years and truly love what I do. I am an Infantry Officer and have served as a Platoon Leader during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and a company commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). After being wounded in the forearm (sniper shot that destroyed my ulna) during OIF, I returned to my home station of Fort Richardson , Alaska where I continue to serve while I recover.

Fitness has always been a large part of my life and I enjoy staying in great physical condition. I played high school football, basketball, and ran track. I played 2 years of Division III college basketball at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and then served as a student assistant for my final two years. I love sports and still follow them closely. I have competed in several triathlons, one Half-Ironman triathlon, two half-marathons, and one marathon (June 2006). d

After finishing US Army Ranger School in the summer of 2003, my body was extremely broken down and physically weak, at least compared to its ‘before' state. As I began to regain my fitness, I found out that I would deploy with my first unit to Afghanistan . While I was still able to continue to work on my fitness overseas, I was unable to regain the level of fitness I had before attending Ranger school.

In the spring of 2004 while still serving in Afghanistan , our operational requirements became steadier and I was able to dedicate some solid time to working on my overall fitness. As I began to train again, I read an advertisement in Tri athlete magazine about MAP. I was intrigued and investigated further on the internet before ordering my first installment.

When I began using MAP, I was doing a 10k training program and doing upper body strength training 4-5 days per week. Immediately after beginning my use of MAP, I noticed the impacts right away. My recovery time decreased dramatically and I was able to train harder each day out because of MAP. Despite doing cardiovascular training several days per week that took me to my lactate threshold, I never experienced lower body soreness or pain. Prior to using MAP, I routinely would experience pain and soreness in my legs after hard interval or hill workouts. I also made the largest upper body strength gains of my life while using MAP. I significantly increased the number of pushups, pull-ups and sit-ups I could do while using MAP. MAP helped me break through several training barriers that I thought would take years to break.

I continue to use MAP in cycles today. I used it in preparation for my marathon last summer and saw amazing results with my recovery from long runs and difficult interval workouts. There were days when, after doing a 17 or 18 mile training run and using MAP post-run, I could have gone out the next day to max the Army Physical Fitness Test. I am currently using MAP to assist with my recovery from the gunshot wound I suffered to my right forearm.

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