By Rob Shaul and Charles Bausman MTI developed the Pirate Training Packet specifically to meet the day-to-day training needs of multi-mission military and law enforcement units with a scuba, rescue, and other water-based mission set. We have identified 5 Types of Tactical Athletes, and under our categorization, tactical units with water-based mission sets fall into the “Blue” […]
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Q&A 6.22.17
KUDOS on the RAINIER TRAINING PLAN “Thank you for your amazing Rainier Training Plan. I used it leading up to an attempt on Rainier’s Liberty Ridge. While we didn’t summit because of bad weather, I felt extremely strong and fit during the climb. The training plan did a great job of focusing on every aspect […]
MTI’s Top 3 Strength Exercises By Category
Above: The Craig Special + Push Press is MTI’s favorite Total Body Strength exercise. By Rob Shaul Here’s the Quick List. Explanations follow: → Total Body Strength Craig Special + Push Press Power Clean + Push Press Mutant Maker → Lower Body Press Front Squat Leg Blaster Back Squat → […]
Rob’s “Super Secret” 5 or 6 Bench Press Secrets
Watch Rob explain how you get Bench Press bragging rights with his super secret 5 or 6 Bench Press secrets. Check out our most popular strength plans: Hypertrophy for Skinny Guys and Big 24 Strength
Arete 6.22.17
Military How U.S., South Korean Special Ops Would Join Forces in a New Korean War, Cipher Brief Qatar Crisis And The Fight Against Terrorism, Small Wars Journal US shoots down another Iranian UAV over Syria, Long war Journal Multi-Domain Battle: Airland Battle, Once More, With Feeling, War on the Rocks How could this happen? The […]
The Mountaineer: My 3 Most Dangerous Mountain Mistakes
By Ryan Burke Death is not something mountaineers talk about frequently. The micro-crimp on pitch three can be debated for hours, but discussing the possibility of our own demise is pretty much off-limits. Why? Maybe it’s superstition that keeps our tongues tied or possibly we need the overconfidence that a false sense of safety provides. […]
The Chassis Integrity Exercise Menu
By Rob Shaul I’ve written before about MTI’s core strength programming to our “Chassis Integrity” methodology. To review, in 2015 we abandoned our former core/midsection programming because we found while it did a great job of strengthening the midsection in isolation, it did not do an adequate job transferring that strength to the entire tactical […]
Plan Focus: Hypertrophy For Skinny Guys
By Rob Shaul The Hypertrophy Plan for Skinny Guys is one of the few plans in our history that has never warranted an update. I nailed it’s design first time out. The goal of “hypertrophy” training is not strength gain, but increased muscle mass. In general, to get strong, you want to lift heavy, […]
Geek Cycle – What we’re testing, and how
By Charlie Bausman At the facility in Jackson, our tactical lab rats are stepping away from the daily operator sessions to conduct a 3-week “Geek Cycle” and conduct four concurrent “mini studies” outlined below. We will be testing different programming methods to see which best improve the following: Push ups Power Development Weighted Pull Ups […]
The Mountain Guide: My 3 Most Dangerous Mountain Mistakes
By Brenton Reagan Lessons are learned from mistakes. Ironically, sometimes something as “unimportant” as a pizza can put your mission and life in danger. These are some mistakes I won’t make again/learned the hard way. #1 Failing to Research the Route/Objective On the East face of 12,330-foot Teewinot in the Tetons, I pressed […]