Military / National Defense A Message to the Leaders of the 21st Century Interwar Period, Small Wars Journal 800 active-duty troops to be sent to Mexican border, Air Force Times Tankers could be critical part of the Air Force’s future network, Defense News This Army Missile Might be the Pentagon’s First Post-INF Weapon, Defense One Dunford Shares Thoughts […]
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Q&A 11.1.18
QUESTION I was just trying to figure out how to put something together with the Afghanistan pre-deployment package along with heavy lifting. I’m in the Wisconsin National Guard and we are deploying at the end of February. I have around 5 weeks with equipment. ANSWER You could pair the Afghanistan Pre-Deployment Training Plan with the […]
Q&A 10.25.18
QUESTION My background. I’m 27, I’ve done 9 years in the infantry, much of that airborne. Completed Ranger school, and one desk tour to Iraq. I’m not “out-of-shape” but I’m certainly not “in-shape”. I’m seriously lacking in upper body muscle endurance and core strength. For core lifts, I maxed about a month ago at 230 […]
Programming Questions I’d Have if I Were You
By Rob Shaul I answer dozens of questions from athletes daily, mostly in regards to what type of training plan I recommend. However, a lot of our athletes want to understand why they are doing a certain exercise or even the methodology behind our programming. So here are some answers to questions I would ask […]
Arete 10.25.18
Military / National Defense Why Won’t the US Leave Afghanistan?, Small Wars Journal Human Rights Law is Harming Britain’s Armed Forces, Small Wars Journal NATO soldier killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan, Stars and Stripes The New MRG-G2000R-1A is the One G-Shock to Rule Them All, Gear Patrol Tiny U.S. Base Assumes Outsize Role in Trump’s Syria Strategy, Washington […]
Changes We Made to This Year’s Dryland Ski Training Cycle, and Why
By Rob Shaul MTI’s Fall Dryland Ski Training Cycle is one of the few coached training cycles we open up to the public for training. It’s still a “Lab Rat” cycle where we test programming, however, the extra number of athletes provides more data points for our testing and overall evaluation. Our process is […]
Arete 10.18.18
Military / National Security / Foreign Policy America Is Winning in Afghanistan, War is Boring The U.S. Navy Is Hiding Aviation Accident Data, Popular Mechanics Air Force Eyes 1,600 Airmen for Possible ‘Deploy or Get Out’ Separation, AF Times This new rifle optic basically guarantees ‘one shot, one kill’, Defense News Almost 800 women are serving in previously closed Army […]
Q&A 10.18.18
QUESTION I have a pretty good understanding on nutrition as it relates to powerlifting and body building regimes. I am a former world class power lifter with world and national records and championships. I also did a body building show when i realized being a legitimate meatball wasn’t worth the damage to the body and […]
MTI Initiatives Which Never Gained Traction: Part I – Range Fitness
By Rob Shaul The beginning of MTI’s Range Fitness effort began with a comment from a USAF Combat Controller at the first tactical programming course I taught in 2010. The programming course only addressed fitness and at its conclusion, this individual stated, “it would be great if you could design programming to improve accurate […]
MTI Wildland Fire Fitness Assessment
By Rob Shaul We’ve worked with committed Wildland Firefighters for several years and previously developed the MTI Wildland Fire 3/600/3 Endurance Assessment. The assessment described below is a comprehensive assessment across several fitness attributes. We consider Wildland Firefighters “Tactical Athletes” with the same fitness demands as military infantry and land-based special forces: High Relative Strength […]