Military Long Wars and Industrial Mobilization: It Won’t Be World War II, War on the Rocks Islamic State Is Digging Trenches and Preparing For Battle, War is Boring America Is Not Ready for a War in North Korea, The Atlantic Here’s How the US Military Wants to Counter ISIS Drones and Roadside Bombs, Defense One US […]
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Served in Afghanistan? What Should We Do Now?
By Charlie Bausman The United States is in its 16th year of military involvement in Afghanistan. 2,402 American troops have been killed in the conflict. 827 billion dollars have been spent since 2001. The current administration is debating the path forward for American involvement in Afghanistan, which according to the media sources, has become […]
Advice To New & Young Strength & Conditioning Coaches
By Rob Shaul, Founder 1. “Athletes” not “Clients” This is more than a semantic difference and will change the way you think about the people you work with, how they think about you, and how you direct your career in the years to follow. “Clients,” tell you what they want, and you do it […]
A Dual Athlete’s Perspective: Military and Mountain
By Josh Jespersen I’m a former Navy SEAL, and now a snowboard mountaineer. As a SEAL I was fortunate to reach the elite level of tactical athletes. In 2016, I set a record for climbing and snowboarding all 54 of the Colorado 14ers, and entered the elite world of mountain athletes. I’ve directly experienced […]
Mini Study: Threshold Ruck Intervals Best for Developing Short Distance Rucking Speed
By Charlie Bausman MTI’s Tactical Lab Rats completed another “Geek” Cycle, which focused on testing two progression methodologies for improving short distance rucking speed. The Lab Rats conducted an initial 3-mile ruck run assessment with a 45# load. They were then split into two groups for a 3-week cycle, each rucking 2x/week. Group A completed […]
MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for July, 2017
MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for July, 2017: Athlete’s Subscription Running Improvement Training Plan Push Up Improvement Packet APFT Training Plan Military On-Ramp Training Plan Humility Bodyweight Foundation Training Plan Big 24 Strength Training Program Core Strength Bodyweight Only Fat-Loss Training Hypertrophy for Skinny Guys SFRE Training Plan Back Country Big Game Hunting Training Program […]
Arete 8.3.17
Military North Korea and the ‘Blink’ of War, War on the Rocks Leadership in the Air: The Fighter Pilot, Part I, War on the Rocks McMaster and Mattis Have Twelve Months to Succeed in Afghanistan, Real Clear Defense Milley: Future wars will be long, they’ll be fought on the ground, and spec ops won’t save […]
10 Signs You Might Be A Gym Rat
1. If you haven’t been able to train in 24h, you get cranky. 2. Random exercises like Mr. Spectacular or numbers like 3-5-7 make sense to you. 3. You always look like you’re either going or coming from the Gym. 4. You schedule your day around the Gym – even dates. […]
Packet Focus: Pull Up Improvement Training Packet
By Rob Shaul We’ve studied Pull Ups, and the different ways to improve Pull Up performance, possibly more than any other fitness topic safe movement under load. Check out the links below to see our pull up improvement studies. Study #1 Study #2 Study #3 Study #4 Over the years we’ve developed four distinct programming methodologies for pull […]
Q&A 8.3.17
KUDOS ON THE ATHLETE’S SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE “Thank you for putting together such a solid platform for fitness. I’ve PTd and worked out my entire life and have never had such well planned programs. Been well worth the price. Thank you.” QUESTION Hello, I’m looking at the SFAS training packet and have a question about the […]