Writers Wanted: “Advice to My Younger Self”

By Rob Shaul We’re calling for essay submissions from the MTI community – mountain, tactical and other types of athletes, with the title, “Advice to My Younger Self.” Here’s you’re opportunity to reflect on past failures and successes, mistakes and accomplishments, and share your lessons learned with other tactical and mountain athletes. Please limit your […]

Q&A 8.24.17

I’m a TACP.  I’m trying to get to AFSOC and the best two programs you have for that selection are the CCT 10 month or the SFOD-D 10 month.  My question is would running these programs like, 3 times consecutively be a bad idea?  Would I develop weird imbalances or anything?QUESTION First of all thank […]

Quiet Professional: Tools for Making Hard Decisions

By Rob Shaul Knowing what to do = Easy. Doing it = Hard. Most of life is fairly simple and direct. Ninety-nine percent of the time we know what the “right” thing to do is. Our overthinking minds and selfish selves will try to confuse things with rationalization, but we know deep down what is right. It’s the […]

Q&A 8.17.17

KUDOS ON THE RAINIER TRAINING PLAN “Sitting here in the airport waiting to head back to NYC. I just wanted to say thank you. I used your plan to train for a climb on Mt. Rainier. While we did not summit due to conditions on our route, we made it to the top of disappointment […]

How To Choose a Training Plan – General Fitness

By Rob Shaul Are you training for a specific event? (Obstacle Race, Marathon, BJJ, etc.) Yes. Brazillian Jiu Jitsu CrossFit Murph GoRuck Challenge GoRuck Heavy GoRuck Selection Meathead Marathon Training Plan Spartan Sprint Spartan Beast No. Are you looking for an all-around fitness program, or do you need to improve in a specific area? All […]

Arete 8.17.17

Military Israel girds for next round of battle in Gaza Strip, Defense News Afghan president is under siege as violence, joblessness persist, Washington Post Are Mercenaries Really a Cheaper Way of War?, Defense One Qods Force-linked Taliban commander leads insurgency in central Afghanistan, Long War Journal The Air Force’s ‘Quiet Crisis’, Real Clear Defense Pakistan’s Search […]

Plan Focus: Border Patrol Academy Training Plan

By Charles Bausman After several requests, we developed a plan for future Border Patrol Agents training for the Border Patrol Academy held in Artesia, New Mexico. This 7-week plan will focus on the physical rigors of the course as well as develop a solid foundational base of strength, work capacity, endurance, and core strength. Specifically, […]

75% of Survey Respondents – “Afghanistan Is Not Worth Fighting For”

By Charles Bausman As the policy discussions in Washington D.C. continue on what the U.S. should do in Afghanistan, we asked the MTI community, many with multiple deployments to Afghanistan, what we should do in the country. (CLICK HERE to see the original article) 75% of the respondents, all of whom have served in Afghanistan, […]

Plan Focus: PsyOps Assessment & Selection Training Plan

By Charlie Bausman, August 2017 This week we designed and completed the US Army PsyOps Assessment & Selection Training Plan. In designing this training plan we brought to bear the decade of experience we’ve had in designing military and law enforcement special forces selection training plans. This 8-Week, sport-specific program is ruck-intensive, reflecting the ruck-heavy […]

Q&A 8.10.17

KUDOS ON THE APFT TRAINING PLAN “I used the APFT programme. After four weeks I went from 60 to 80 pushups, and 65 to 84 situps. Super pleased. 300 points after just a month. My run didn’t improve (12:53) but I played sports all day the day before and that took a lot out of […]