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Q&A 12.7.17
QUESTION I am 41 years old and a former college baseball athlete turned police officer turned tactical operator. I have subscribed to your training for many years. As a SWAT team operator I was in charge of the physical fitness program for our full time team here in NJ. In 2013, I received a pretty […]
MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for November 2017
MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for November 2017 Athlete’s Subscription Running Improvement Training Plan 3-Week Push Ups & Pull Up Improvement Plan APFT Training Plan Bodyweight Foundation Training Plan Humility Ranger School Training Plan Fat Loss Training Plan Military On-Ramp Training Plan Big 24 Strength Training Program Backcountry Ski Pre-Season Plan 30 Minutes per Day […]
10 Things To Look For in A Strength Coach or Trainer
By Rob Shaul 1. Simple, Progressive, Not Random Program Design. Programming is everything. Solid programming is more important than exercise choice, equipment, coaching technique, background music, etc. I don’t consider someone in the fitness industry a “coach” until he or she personally designs the programming being implemented. The programming should be simple, and progressive […]
Arete 11.30.17
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Q&A 11.30.17
QUESTION Currently looking for a new program to begin. Little background information: I am active duty military (currently serving on Recruiting detail though) and I just had a subpectoral bicep tendenesis performed 3 months ago after nursing an injury for three years. So, I am basically starting from scratch. I was wondering which of your […]
MTI’s 3 Favorite Lower Body “Push” Strength Exercises
By Rob Shaul First a definition of lower body “push”: we’re talking about training the anterior or front, part of the lower body – the quads. A lower body “pull” exercise trains the posterior chain of the lower body – butt, and hamstrings. Below are my current favorite lower body “push” exercises: 1. […]
Q&A 11.23.17
KUDOS on the 50 Mile Ultra Running Training Plan “I stopped into the gym to meet you this past summer with my wife, when we were on our honeymoon in Jackson; she still jokes with people that meeting you and visiting the gym was the highlight of my trip. I completed my second ultramarathon this past […]
Arete 11.23.17
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Plan Focus: Busy Operator 3
By Rob Shaul The Busy Operator Training Plans were developed after I received multiple emails from deployed military athletes who had completed our venerable Operator Sessions before deployment but downrange simply didn’t have the time to complete the full 60-minute Operator Sessions. Upon these requests, I developed a stripped down version of the Operator […]