Quality Resilience Fitness

04/27/2023

QRF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROLL CALL

Lauren Arroyos, US Army
Director of Outreach, QRF

My name is Lauren Arroyos and I currently live in El Paso, TX with my two sons. I am the CEO and founder of The Alice Pack, a company that assists veterans with obtaining disability compensation. I have a passion for working with veterans and serving our veteran community. In the past year I have helped over 100 veterans enroll in the VA Health care system who were not receiving care.

I grew up in Houston, TX and left for the Army at 18, following in my brothers’ footsteps. I served as an MP for 4 years with a deployment to Iraq. Soon after leaving the service, I worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons and later
transferred to work for the VA Benefits Administration in Phoenix, AZ.

While living in Phoenix I started getting involved in strength training, which helped my mental health massively. I started competing in powerlifting through to get the guidance, camaraderie and purpose I had been missing. I continue to have a passion for strength sports and serve as an advocate for disabled veterans wanting to compete.

When I’m not working, I enjoy spending time with my sons and exploring the outdoors. I am fortunate to have the job that I do, which allows me to travel with my kids to meet veterans all over the US. It is my hope and mission to continue to assist veterans at whatever capacity I can.

04/25/2023

QRF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROLL CALL

Jon Erickson, US Marine Corps
Vice Chair, QRF

Growing up in Nebraska, played high-school sports and went on to play football and run track in college. After 2 years of college Jon enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2009. After completing Infantry training he was assigned to 2nd Battalion 5th Marines on Camp Pendleton. During his time in the Marines, Jon participated in humanitarian and combat deployments, and was part of the commissioning ceremony for the U.S.S Anchorage. In 2014 Jon went back to college and pursued degrees in Parks & Recreation Management and Wildland Fire Management. Jon moved to Arizona, as a wildland firefighter before returning to school at Arizona State to pursue Strength and Conditioning. It was there he met and started working where he worked for 3 years before moving back home to Nebraska. In 2022 Jon started his own LLC, Stone and Steel (.and.steel_fitness). He works with 1-on-1 clients and coaches football and track at a Yutan High School. Jon and his wife Amanda have a son, Lincoln, with twins expected in July.

04/21/2023

QRF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROLL CALL

Chris Phillips, US Army
Founder, Chair of QRF

How QRF started involves two stories. The first took place in 2020 when a Team Member I mentored took his own life after he served in the Army. When he took his own life it brought back tons of memories of fallen comrades that had done the same on our homefront, not overseas.

15 soldiers that were to my left and right of our formations. I just thought that was crazy. Our friends said it was the 4-17 curse.

In 2015 I had my whole career planned when I made SSG. I finished Pre-Ranger school and was scheduled to go to Ranger in July/August timeframe. (Yeah Pre-Ranger to go Ranger, another great Army oxymoron 🙄). I was getting my Squad ready and collapsed out of nowhere. From there I was told to go to the ER and no one knew what really happened. I had to have a heart monitor on after that and after three days I had to report to a Cardiologist first thing Monday morning. Little did I know my life was going to completely change.

I was told I had to get a Pacemaker since my heart was randomly stopping for 3-5 seconds (AV Block). Within 3 months I was forced to retire. By that September, I was at my worst state of drinking liquor and taking whatever the VA wanted to give me for pills, which were mainly sleeping and antidepressants. One night I got into my own head and decided to try and take my life. Next thing you know I had a night terror that woke my friend up in the other room and when he saw the empty pill bottle he went into action by making me throw everything up.

Thank God his wife was a RN to give him steps on everything to do and there was a medic down the road to give me some IV fluids. So for me QRF is one of the most important things. I am so glad to have the support to make this nationwide and to help as many veterans as we can. I just wanted to share my story to tell you what made QRF and how fitness is one of the biggest reasons I am not in that mindset anymore.

Thank you to all of you who support via donations or by sharing our story. Every bit helps us find communities for vets to be a part of.

-QRF 7

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04/20/2023

🚨🚨FUNDRAISER ALERT🚨🚨
LINK IN BIO!!!!

QRF is underway with some MASSIVE changes that will allow us to achieve our mission of providing mental and physical health support to veterans nation wide. We purchase gym memberships for vets and sponsor travel and registration costs for a wide range of veteran athletes.

We NEED your help to allow us to build our new website! This site will be the central hub for all our members and affiliates for years to come, and will help us reach across the US to help hundreds of thousands of people. Any dollar amount we raise over our goal will go DIRECTLY to veterans; our team doesn't keep a dime.

We are structuring this fundraiser in tiered donation levels, with different rewards unlocking based on donation amounts through GoFundMe, PayPal, or Venmo. Please consider a donation! Every dollar helps!

TIER 1: QRF SWAG PACK ($50 donation)
Shirt, sticker and Velcro patch

TIER 2: Coyote Brown QRF Embroidered Tactical Bag ($200 donation)
Shirt, sticker, Velcro patch, tactical bag

TIER 3: BEANS & BULLETS PACK ($500 donation)
2xQRF shirts, 2xstickers, 2xvelcro patches, tactical bag, .30 Cal engraved bottle opener, custom coffee pack from Iron Life Coffee

TIER 4: QRF LIFETIME MEMBER PACKAGE ($1000 donation)
Shirt, sticker, Velcro patch, tactical bag, bottle opener, custom coffee pack, founding sponsor wood plaque, lifetime membership status (lifetime free event entry), lifetime member poker chip, digital recognition on our new site as the QUICK REACTION FORCE.

TIER 5: WE GOT YOUR 6 HONORED SPONSOR ($2500 donation)
Shirt, sticker, Velcro patch, tactical bag, bottle opener, custom coffee pack, founding sponsor wood plaque, lifetime membership status (lifetime free event entry), lifetime member poker chip, digital recognition on our new site as the QUICK REACTION FORCE, 2 year sponsorship package including logos on all event swag and banners, complete digital package + SEO on new site, front page logo placement for 2 years on new site.

We'd love to talk to you more about these unique opportunities to help us fundraise! Cheers!

03/04/2023

We’re just three short weeks away from Arizonas longest running Strongman competition! 🤘🏼🏆 We’re stoked to have such a stacked lineup of athletes ready to dominate on March 4th. We hope you’ll join us to cheer on our athletes and support Liberty so we can keep on keeping Strongman great and do more for our athletes! Join us for
🏆Strongman
🍻Beer
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We have such a great lineup of local and national brands and charities sponsoring this event!
A very special thank you to 👏🏼🏆

03/04/2023

Take a look and support while you get caffeinated.

We are proud to announce QRF Veteran Organization] as our new Beneficiary! We will donate 1 Dollar per pound of coffee we sell to this amazing organization to help fight Veteran Su***de.
Who are they?

"Lift The Stigma"
Quality Resilience Fitness (QRF), a Veteran owned Organization, is driven to shine the light on Military Veteran su***des. We have lost too many brothers and sisters overseas, and continue to lose our forces here at home. QRF is raising awareness by hosting fitness events at local gyms to promote awareness and mental wellness for those currently suffering with PTSD and other mental conditions. In addition to providing Military Veteran's memberships to community based gyms to promote a team atmosphere.

Thank you to everyone who has and is supporting Iron Life Coffee, your contributions to us directly impact the Veteran Community for the better. Check out the QRF Veteran Organization] page for more information. You can also make direct donations through Venmo!

Always Forward!
Six and Cesar
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02/22/2022

Motivational Monday!

Big Thanks to for hosting QRFs 2nd Annual Embrace Your Strength Event. What an amazing GYM and so grateful for all the competitors, Volunteers, and Spectators. Was great seeing so many PR’s.

thanks for coming out and competing well.

and thanks for helping out with great prizes for the top winners.

Thanks for the awesome shirts ! Came out amazing.

Thank You all so much for helping out our great cause. Without these events we would not be able to Raise the Bar in Su***de Awareness and Prevention for our Military Veterans through fitness.

Video and Photography done by . Big shoutout for all you do to help out our QRF Organization.

01/31/2022

Let’s Go! Let’s get all the spots filled!

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10 spots remaining!!!!
We compete for the Embrace Your Strength on the 19th.
Sign up at our website, and run those numbers up for a chance to win $500 and a whole bunch of goodies!
This is a WONDERFUL opportunity for new lifters, as we educate along the way!!
Link to the website is in our BIO.

01/13/2022

Going to be Awesome! Sign up and have a great day of PR’s

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Register at americanrawfitness.com
Filling quick! Don’t miss it!

01/09/2022

Oh YEAH!!!!!

Embrace Your Strength 2022 Meet.
This will be a Traditional Powerlifting competition. The Rules / Events / and judging will all be in accordance general Powerlifting Federations.
Squat / Bench Press / Deadlift. Three attempts for the each lift. Kilo Weight will be used. The following barbells will be used.
Squat: Squat Bar-25kg /Power Bar-20kg (we’ll confirm the barbell with each flight ahead of time)
Bench Press: Power Bar-20kg
Deadlift: Deadlift Bar-20kg
Weight classes and Flights will be organized in accordance with signups.
Singlets are not required, however we highly recommend tight fitting clothing, to assist in ensure quality judge calls.
Top Female/Male in accordance with DOTS scoring will be declared winners. The third prize will be handed out to the top Team of 2. As a pair the team’s DOTS will be a combined score.
2nd place for all three categories will be awarded as well.
Why a team of 2? Battle Buddy message and importance. We’ll discuss the meaning on meet day.
Prizes:
Goodies from
1st Place ($250)
2nd Place ($100)
Sign up at AmericanRawFitness.com

01/04/2022

Come out! Going to be awesome!