Photo Courtesy of Ortovox. by Liza Sarychev An avalanche transceiver is an indispensable tool for anyone traveling in avalanche terrain. Since not only you, but also your partner’s life depends on the proper function of this device, so how come it is unclear when it should be updated? Various manufacturers suggest different lifetimes of their […]
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Mountain Tactical Advanced Programming Seminar, Oct 31 – Nov 3
By Rob Shaul Late October/Early November we’ll be offering an intense, 4-day Mountain Tactical Advanced Programming Seminar at our facility in Jackson, Wyoming. This intense seminar is designed for experienced athletes wanting to lean more about strength and conditioning program design, as well as professional coaches/trainers ready to take the next step in their programming […]
Arete – 8.26.16
NATIONAL DEFENSE General Robert Scales On The Steep Price Paid By America’s Infantry, Task & Purpose North Korea: A Realistic Path to Regime Change , Interpreter Iran, Russia’s New Staging Post – Stratfor U.S. at Crossroads On Drone Ops – Luke Hartig, CNN Unravelling China’s state sponsored cyber war with Project CameraShy, armytechnology.com NATO Spending in Two […]
Personality Trait’s Associated with Combat Valor
by Charles Bausman Introduction In recent weeks, we’ve provided an overview of the techniques utilized by nations to train their soldiers to perform in combat conditions. Our goal with this project is to identify key factors, which have proven to shorten the distance between the brand new soldier, and savvy combat experienced soldier. With […]
Am I Still a Professional Athlete? – Thoughts from a Senior Military Officer
By Colonel Ben Higginbotham “Are you still a professional athlete?” That’s the question that Rob Shaul asked me on the last afternoon of the 2016’s MTI Scrum, as we were gathered on the deck for a group discussion. The initial question was based on an article that I wrote several years ago: “Advice […]
Q&A 8.25.16
QUESTION Thanks for the great programming. Your programs have had a tremendously positive influence on my life, both physically and mentally. I plan on running a full marathon on April 29, 2017. I plan to follow a basic 18-week Hal Higdon marathon training plan leading up to the race. I also plan to go on […]
Arete (a·rête)
By Charles Bausman Arete has two meanings. The first is a terrain feature description; a sharp, thin ridgeline. The second is a classical Greek term described by the philosopher Aristotle of excellence and virtue in soul, character and performance. With this new addition to MTI, we hope to bring together resources from the MTI community, […]
Foreign Military Methods for Fear Inoculation
By Charles Bausman In Part 1 of our research into military fear inoculation, we covered some of the basic aspects of U.S. Military training which are meant to enable the soldier to overcome fear. These methods were not specifically designed for fear inoculation, but have closely tied second-order effects of military training specific to […]
Uniform Comparison Study: Army Combat Uniform
By Charles Bausman This week, we review the Army Combat Uniform, issued to soldiers deploying worldwide. This uniform is the baseline for the purpose of the study in comparison with the Arc’teryx LEAF and Crye Precision combat uniforms. We will test along the following criteria under identical conditions as the Crye and Arc’teryx uniforms: Fit/comfort […]
New Fire/Rescue, SWAT/SRT Plans Released
By Rob Shaul The second plans in our most recent series of base fitness for Fire/Rescue and SWAT/SRT have been build and are available this week for subscribers and for individual purchase. “Jaguar” is the second in our Big Cat series of plans for Fire/Rescue Athletes. Jaguar deploys our most recent evolution of Fluid Periodization […]