Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Tchicaya Missamou: Child soldier to fitness warrior




From child soldier to decorated Marine
Tchicaya Missamou's life has in many ways been shaped by the brutal lessons of war. Born in Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo in 1978, Missamou was recruited by rebel forces when he was just 14.
"I was taught to kill, I was taught to brutalize," the former child soldier turned U.S. Marine told CNN.
But now Missamou is applying the lessons he's learned from the frontlines to fitness.
At his Warrior Fitness Camp in California, his grueling exercise program is helping hundreds of Americans get into shape and lose weight.
Read More:http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/11/09/congo.tchicaya.missamou/index.html?hpt=C2

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