By Rob Shaul How often do you see something that needs to be fixed, but instead of fixing it, you respond: “Not my job”? This happens at work. You’re getting paid to do a certain job. Someone else is getting paid to do what you see needs fixing – so why should you fix it? […]
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MTI’s 3 Favorite Upper Body “Pull” Exercises
By Rob Shaul Rope Climb By far, the classic rope climb is my favorite upper body “pull” exercise. There is so much involved with a rope climb – upper body pull strength, bicep/arm strength, grip strength, coordination, athleticism, and most of all, grit and tenacity. If you are hesitant or passive, the rope pushes […]
Theory, Thoughts, and Design Behind MTI’s Kettlebell/Dumbbell Strength Programming
Above: Veteran MTI Lab Rats, Cody and James crank through some heavy 2-handed kettlebell clean + squat + strict press – one of the exercises we deploy in our new programming. By Rob Shaul, Founder Over the course of three weeks, I’ve had MTI’s Lab Rats, myself included, testing and developing our new […]
Q&A 3.29.18
QUESTION I am finishing the Bodyweight Foundation Plan tomorrow with the run. I have a few questions and am happy to share my progress through the plan if that is of any use to you. I saw the greatest progress between Day 1 and Day 13 evaluations with an increase of 3-19. However, on Day […]
2018 Rock Climbing Pre-Season Cycle Results and Discussion
By Rob Shaul, Founder My Rock Climbing Lab Rats finished their 5-Week training cycle Thursday. I described the basic outline of this cycle in a post here a week ago, and today want to focus mostly on the results. Background I narrowed the Rock Climbing intensity in this cycle to focus primarily on strength. […]
Arete 3.29.17
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Q&A 3.22.18
QUESTION I’ve been perusing your site for a while, leafing through your plans, articles, and Youtube channel. I’ve volunteered with local Search and Rescue for the past year and a half, and that timeframe represents the vast majority (if not entirety) of my experience with loaded hiking (45 lbs of gear) and mountain traversal. I’m […]
Arete 3.22.18
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Join the MTI Team as our Director of Research!
The Mountain Tactical Institute in Jackson, WY seeks an agile, innovative, thinker, willing to buck convention and ask hard questions. We work to improve mission performance for mountain and tactical athletes and keep them safe. Your research will be multi-faceted: Fitness programming; Mental fitness and stress inoculation; Event nutrition; Mountain/battlefield safety practices; Mountain and tactical […]
V-Sum, Hinge Lifts, and Campus Board Work: Program Design behind our 2018 Pre-Season Rock Climbing Cycle
By Rob Shaul Founder/Coach Background One of my earliest mistakes as a strength and conditioning coach was trying to use general fitness programming to prepare local rock climbers for their annual Spring Break climbing trips to the desert Southwest. This was my first year as a coach with my own gym here in Jackson, […]