Military U.S. Cuts Number of Black Hawks to Afghanistan by Two-Thirds, Small Wars Journal Germany: More than 500 Soldiers Investigated for Ties to Extremist Right-Wing Violent Groups, Homeland Security Newswire Eddie Gallagher strikes back at Navy SEALs who testified against him, Stars & Stripes Poll: Majority of Americans approve of Soleimani strike, Military Times Great Powers Must Talk to Each […]
Rob Shaul
Are You Strong Enough? A Snapshot from the MTI Community
By Rob Shaul In Januar 2020 we asked for remote lab rats to take MTI’s Relative Strength Assessment. The initial goal was to help validate the “Poor, Good, Excellent” scores we’ve developed for the assessment. However, the average relative strength score of the 18 athletes who volunteered to take the assessment last Monday, 1.20.20, […]
Arete 1.23.20
Military / National Security / Foreign Affairs Trump downplays severity of injuries to US troops in Iran missile attack, Stars & Stripes Iran Lawmaker Will Reportedly Award $3 Million To ‘Whoever Kills Trump’, In Homeland Security U.S. State Department Appoints Envoy to Counter Chinese Influence at the U.N., Foreign Policy How Iran’s Military Outsources Its Cyberthreat Forces, In Homeland […]
Mini-Study: 3 Weeks of a Hybrid Big 24/Density Progression Leads to 9.5% Gain in a 3RM Trap Bar Dead Lift
By Rob Shaul, Founder BLUF We conducted a 3.5-week Mini-Study using remote lab rats to test the effectiveness of a hybrid Big 24/Density progression to increase 3RM (3 Repetition Max) Trap Bar Deadlift Strength. Study participants saw an average 9.58% gain in 3RM Trap Bar Dead Lift strength over the course of the study period. […]
January Lab Rat Opportunities
By Rob Shaul MTI has two lab rat opportunities in January: (1) Running Speed & Endurance Mini Study We’re looking for Lab Rats to participate in a focused, 3.5 week, 3-day/week Mini-Study comparing programming approaches to increase 6-mile run time. This will be a focused study focused on unloaded running speed and endurance Specifically, […]
EVOLUTIONARY STEPS IN MTI PROGRAMMING – PART 2
By Rob Shaul Read Evolutionary Steps in MTI Programming Part 2 HERE. (4) Lab Rat Program At a macro level, for a strength and conditioning coach committed to improvement, the programming journey has three distinct steps: You find individual coaches you respect, who’ve had success and do their stuff. Then you graduate to …. Combining […]
Arete 1.16.20
Military / National Affairs / Foreign Relations Iran’s Support to the Taliban, Which Has Included MANPADS and a Bounty on U.S. Troops, Could be a Spoiler for Peace in Afghanistan, Small Wars Journal Niger Army Chief Fired After 89 Killed In Extremist Attack, Homeland Security Newswire Boris Johnson refuses to grant Scotland powers to hold independence vote, The […]
Arete 1.9.20
Military / National Security / Foreign Affairs The Army wants you … to revive its branding effort, Air Force Times Germany to partially withdraw troops from Iraq, DW.com Petraeus Says Trump May Have Helped ‘Reestablish Deterrence’ by Killing Suleimani, Foreign Policy There Is Nothing Left for Americans to Do in Iraq, Foreign Policy The U.S. Tested A New Missile And […]
Arete 1.2.19
Military / National Security / Foreign Affairs Protesters set fire to US embassy in Baghdad, Al Jazerra Russia-Poland row over start of WW2 escalates, BBC Angela Merkel: ‘Dedicating all my strength’ to fighting climate crisis, DW.com Xinjiang’s Descent Into Darkness, Foreign Policy How to Succeed at Seceding, Foreign Policy Is Liberal Democracy Always the Answer?, Foreign Policy Strategies for the Indo-Pacific: Perceptions […]