--- title: "Keep that New Year’s fitness resolution with vet-owned supplements" date: "2018-03-31" modified: "2020-10-22" authors: - name: "Blake Stilwell" job_title: "Editor-In-Chief, Air Force Veteran" link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/blake/" url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-life/keep-that-new-years-fitness-resolution-with-vet-owned-supplements/" categories: - "Fitness" - "Join the Military" --- # Keep that New Year’s fitness resolution with vet-owned supplements ![]() February is here, football season is over, and Spring is around the corner. Summer — swimsuit season — will soon be upon you. There's no more time for excuses; kick your fitness regimen into high gear. --- You know, the regimen you resolved to implement just one month ago. Eighty percent of [New Year's resolutions fail](). The gym you joined is [banking on you not going](). Ever. There are many statistics about the military-veteran community. This doesn't have to be one of them. Enter [Ranger Nutrition](). Scott Hardesty was a 26-year-old Army Airborne Ranger. During one jump, he hit the ground with a partially-deployed chute — and he hit it hard. Now, he's a disabled veteran who struggles with back issues daily. https://player.vimeo.com/video/226152781?color=e46326title=0byline=0portrait=0 Working out keeps those issues from overtaking his entire life. Like many people who train daily, he takes supplements to augment his workouts. And, like many of us, he found so much of what was out there to be unappealing and even found some outright ineffective. Unlike many people, Hardesty has chemist friends at UC Berkeley. We were at dinner," Hardesty says, "And eventually you get around to complaining. Protein tastes like chalk, pre-workout makes me shake, and BCAAs taste terrible. Their response: "Wanna make some stuff?" What they came up with are American-made, all-natural supplements that actually taste good and work like they're supposed to. ![]() *Scott Hardesty, founder and Army Ranger, uses his own products.* Hardesty let his friends try what they made and they loved it. So, Scott Hardesty decided to make more — more of the products he wanted to take. In the video above, he even shows off his personal workout mixes, using Ranger Nutrition products. Eventually, he made it a business. Ranger Nutrition is more than just a responsible, vet-owned business. It's in a partnership with [Lift for the 22](), a veteran-run organization that provides gym memberships to disabled vets, free of charge. \[facebook https://www.facebook.com/Dose/videos/1662589410502257/ expand=1\]Hardesty is good friends with Lift for the 22's founder, Carter Davis, and donates five percent of all Ranger Nutrition sales to the organization. Ranger Nutrition products do really taste good and perform exactly as they say they do. No shakiness, no nausea, and they're easily stackable. Best of all, if you aren't into powders or shakes, they have many products in pill form. If you do like powders, Ranger Candy BCAA tastes far better than anything at GNC (and it's actually really good) and speeds recovery time to a very noticeable degree. It's an amazing product. The other standouts are Ranger's Whey Protein shakes (the first that didn't make me wretch) and the XT Catalyst combined with MAXXOUT pre-workout — both amazing for weight training days. Ranger's pre-workout also kicked cardio sessions into another level. ![]() *Ranger Nutrition's product line.* You can buy [Ranger Nutrition products from its website](). Hardesty even invites purchasing just a sample pack — you won't be disappointed. I wanted to create products I wanted to take," Hardesty says. "Ones that I wish I could have taken while I was active in my military career. If you are ready to take your workouts to an entirely different level of performance, give our products a try. You will be extremely glad you did. Catch more of Scott Hardesty's fitness tips [on American Grit](). ## Author Blake Stilwell is We Are The Mighty's Editor-in-Chief, covering military news, entertainment, and history, along with veteran education, employment and entrepreneurship. He is a former U.S. Air Force combat cameraman with degrees in Graphic Design, Television and Film, International Relations, Public Relations, Business Management and Middle Eastern Affairs. After leaving the military, he began working in film and television production in New York and Los Angeles, work that included ABC News, NBC Olympics, and HBO Sports. He then spent two years in Washington with White House Communications, before joining the Near East Foundation. At NEF he served as an International Development Fellow, then Communications Officer, and finally, Media Officer for the Middle East and Africa. Based in the Palestinian Territory, he coordinated strategic communications between eight country offices, international media, and government and NGO partners. He began a career focused on writing and editing in 2015 with We Are The Mighty. He left in 2019 for Military.com, but returned as Editor-in-Chief in 2025. Blake’s work has been seen on CBS News, Fox News, CBC, The Chicago Tribune, Task & Purpose, Military Times, Recoil, Skillset, American History, and was shockingly even used in a Supreme Court argument. He is an avid traveler and small business owner in Ohio, where he spends most of his energy fixing up a very old house. ### Author social links [Facebook]() [Twitter]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()