By Rob Shaul MTI has two lab rat opportunities in January: (1) Tactical and Mountain Professional Lab Rats Needed to Take MTI’s Relative Strength Assessment on Monday, January 20. Relative Strength, or strength per body weight, is the most important type of strength for both tactical athletes and professional mountain athletes (pro athletes, guides, […]
QUESTION Read about your programs in a SOFREP article. Wanted to give you a little background, so perhaps you can help me with your system for my training goals. Demographics: 60 yo, 5’5″, 145 lbs, decent shape Military: USAF Pararescue Indoctrination training circa ’78, Army Airborne, Army SF Combat Diver School, washed out (blacked out) […]
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 […]
QUESTION I’ve just started Mountain Tactical programming after reading your blogs and articles for the last few years. Unfortunately about 2 weeks ago I ended up with a pretty good groin pull/lower ab strain while playing flag football. I’m a 41 year old New York City Firefighter whose in good shape and works out regularly. […]
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 […]
Over the past six months, we’ve updated or added 31 plans to the MTI Library. We now offer 247 Plans for Military, Mountain, Law Enforcement, Fire/Rescue and General Fitness Athletes. Below are the most recent additions. MOUNTAIN • Greek Heroine Training Packet: Helen Artemis Danae Atalanta • Backcountry Big Game Hunting Training Packet: […]
KUDOS ON THE USMC COMBAT FITNESS TEST (CFT) “I want to thank you for what you do. I’m 45 and an active duty Marine. I took my CFT today and scored a 291. I’ve used a couple of your plans and I really appreciate your approach. I told the young guys that I may not […]
Our most-read article in 2019 was an opinion piece about the Army’s deactivation of Long-Range Surveillance (LRS) Companies, followed by Rob’s original Quiet Professional essay, and a breakdown of the 5 Types of Tactical Athletes & Their Fitness Demands. MTI’s 10 Most Read Articles from 2019 (1) Fixing the Army’s Deep Reconnaissance […]
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 […]
MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for 2019 Athlete’s Subscription Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) Training Plan Bodyweight Foundation Training Plan APFT Training Plan Military On-Ramp Training Plan Running Improvement Training Plan Humility Big 3 + Running Training Plan Core Strength Bodyweight Only Fat-Loss Training Programm FBI Special Agent PFT Training Plan 2-Mile Run Improvement […]