Military / National Defense / International Relations Overnight Defense: NATO chief urges US to support alliance on its 70th anniversary | Turkey rebuffs Pentagon pressure over Russia deal | Rand Paul, liberals team up to push Trump on Syria withdrawal, The Hill The Pentagon says Iran killed 603 US troops during the Iraq War, Task & Purpose […]
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MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for March 2019
MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for March 2019 Athlete’s Subscription Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) Training Plan APFT Training Plan Military On-Ramp Training Plan Bodyweight Foundation Training Plan Big 24 Strength Training Plan Running Improvement Training Plan Fat-Loss Training Programm FBI Special Agent PFT Training Plan RASP 1&2 Training Plan Ruck Based Selection Training […]
Q&A 4.4.19
QUESTION Finished the back country ski plan. I really enjoyed it and it helped tremendously. I also just read the bit on knee pain you guys posted and particularly the bit on garbage reps. My knees suffered during the backcountry plan. I would like to keep going with another plan but don’t know where to […]
Q&A 3.28.19
QUESTION I am about a couple of weeks away from finishing up the Dryland Ski Training Plan V4 and would like some help to determine where to go next. Here’s a little background and my goals: In the non-winter months I am an outdoors generalist. I mountain bike, run, hike with the family, swim, paddleboard, […]
Arete 3.28.19
Military / National Defense Colorado Springs hotel employees fired for making, displaying sign disparaging military, Stars & Stripes Deploy or Get Out’ Policy May Not Have Forced Out Any Troops, Military Times About 21,000 troops booted under ‘deploy or get out’ policy, but only a small fraction were Marines, Marine Times Ukraine minister claims Russia on its knees, Stars […]
Spring 2019 Rock Climbing Cycle Results in Ave 37.5% V-Sum Improvement
By Rob Shaul, Founder Each year at our facility in Wyoming we conduct to rock climbing-specific lab rat cycles, one each in the Fall and Spring. We concluded our Spring 2019 Rock Climbing Cycle last week, and it proved to be one of our most successful in terms of rock climbing fitness and […]
Q&A 3.21.19
QUESTION I am a 51 yr old former Green Beret with 21 years at Group and 27 years of service. I have always been bigger and stronger with most of my focus on a bodybuilding type workout routine. I have been out of any regular fitness routine for a few years. I am 6’ tall […]
Arete 3.21.19
Military / National Defense Trump’s Bad Deal with the Taliban, Small Wars Journal Joint Chiefs Chairman Denies Report that U.S. is Planning to Keep 1K Troops in Syria, Small Wars Journal The U.S. Quietly Made a Big Splash About the South China Sea, Real Clear Defense Navy enacts almost all changes recommended after fatal USS Fitzgerald, USS McCain collisions. […]
Arete 3.14.19
Military / National Security Building Modern Screw-Sloops? Strategic Choices about Artificial Intelligence in Defense, War on the Rocks Georgia woman arrested for allegedly helping ISIS build ‘kill lists’ of US service members, Air Force Times No sign of 74 new squadrons in budget — but Air Force says effort is not dead, Air Force Times Pentagon signs directive […]
3 Questions I’d Ask If I Was An Athlete
By Rob Shaul, Founder Question: How can you train strength, work capacity, endurance, chassis integrity, and perhaps a couple of other fitness attributes concurrently in MTI’s base fitness programming and become very good at any of them? Answer: You can’t – and certainly not at an elite level. There is too much cardio and […]