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.

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.

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.

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.

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.