11/20/20 …. Sorry – No More Lab Rats Needed for this Study. By Rob Shaul MTI is calling for remote lab rats for an upcoming, narrow and focused, 3.5 weeks, 2-day/week Mini-Study testing the effectiveness of sandbag training to increase max effort strength. This mini-study will begin Monday, November 30, 2020. The deadline to […]
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Why I’m Getting Out … an Army Major
By Anonymous If I were to measure myself against MTI’s Happiness Equation, I would score a zero out of 3. Maybe on a good day at work a 1 out of 3 at best. I am not doing work that I love. I am generally not around people that I love, and the Army […]
Endurance Fitness Snapshot of MARSOC Marines
By Rob Shaul, Founder In August 2020, five MARSOC Marines stationed in North Carolina completed the MTI Military Athlete 3/3/3 Endurance Assessment. Two of the athletes scored “Poor” on the assessment, two scored “Good,” and one scored “Excellent.” One mitigating factor was the weather at the time … 78 degrees and 94% humidity. Background MTI […]
Mini-Study Results: Fully Equipped Beats Limited Equipment Programming for ACFT Improvement
By Rob Shaul, Founder BLUF MTI has two training plans specifically designed to train for the Army Combat Fitness Test, the Fully Equipped Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) Training Plan, and the Limited Equipment ACFT Training Plan. We conducted a 4-week Mini-Study using remote lab rats to test the effectiveness of each training plan to […]
Male Buddies Who Have Enriched My Life
By Justin Green Making and keeping friends has gotten harder as I’ve gotten older. It was easy when I was young. Sports, clubs, and school all created an endless cycle of like-aged dudes to hang around with. But I’ve grown apart from most of my childhood friends, and the combined urgency and importance of work […]
Hammer Curls
Hold the dumbbells with your arms/hands at your side and with your palms facing in – toward your body. These can be competed standing or sitting, with both hands moving at a time, or hands alternating. For Alternating Hammer Curls, 2x Reps = 2x each hand, or 4x total. Video link here and below: https://youtu.be/9_TAwb4ds_w […]
My Struggles in Retirement – A Former Fire Captain
By Joe Hogan I had a great fire department career but my retirement was inglorious. I’d sustained a hearing injury. Tinnitus and muffled voices were an obstacle but I was physically sound. My biggest problem was, and is, discerning speech from background noise. I could have let it go but made the choice to press […]