By Rob Shaul Loading for tactical athletes significantly increased over past decades with the development of body armor and other protective equipment, electronics (radios, night vision, GPS, batteries), and unit/mission-specific SOP equipment standards. All of this adds up to extra weight on the athlete, and common “fighting loads” for day-missions on the military side in […]
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Plan Focus: USMC PFT Training Plan
Our USMC PFT Training Plan is not a general fitness training plan. Rather, it has a laser focus on increasing your performance for the 3 events of the PFT (pull ups, crunches, 3-mile run), regardless of age, gender or incoming fitness. Program Design The plan deploys the PFT Assessment three times – beginning, middle and end. The […]
Q&A 5.11.17
QUESTION Rob, I never thanked you for your response to this email and I should have done that before now, so let me just say thank you first. I had a feeling I would be coming back to you though. My aforementioned hip injury is being recommended for surgery, it’s not a replacement or anything […]
Arete 5.11.2017
MILITARY U.S. poised to expand military effort against Taliban in Afghanistan, Washington Post Fixing Army Mobilization, War on the Rocks Every Marine a rifleman no more?, Marine Corps Times HUMINT: A Continuing Crisis?, Small Wars Journal New rifle, bigger bullets: Inside the Army’s plan to ditch the M4 and 5.56, Army Times MWI Podcast: Physical […]
Plan Focus: Urban Conflict Pre-Deployment Training Plan
By Rob Shaul Urban conflict has the following specific fitness demands: Short Distance Sprinting/Cutting across danger zones under load Level changes and upper body pushing/pulling – wall jump and dismount, climing through windows, low crawl, etc. Intense 3-5 minute efforts such as a rolling firefight and casualty evacuation Low Back and Chassis Integrity Strength and […]
Is Organic Food Worth the Extra Cost?
“Organic food has exploded across super markets nationwide over the past decade. We were curious to find out what the big deal is”
Test Dummies Needed
By Rob Shaul We’re asking for “Test Dummies” to take our three recent MTI assessments for Tactical Athletes. We’ve had our MTI Lab Rats and a few soldiers complete these assessments for baseline data, but with more athletes’ data, we can further refine our scoring systems for each assessment. We’ve developed a specific assessment for […]
Plan Focus: APFT Training Plan
By Rob Shaul Our APFT Training Plan is one of our most popular and over the years we’ve continued to evolve and improve its design and effectiveness. The latest iteration is Version 6 of the plan, updated in April 2017. This is not a general fitness training plan. Rather, it has a laser focus on […]
Arete 5.4.17
MILITARY How the IED Won: Dispelling the Myth of Tactical Success and Innovation, War on the Rocks High Tension in North Korea and U.S. Options on the Korean Peninsula, CNAS U.S. Foreign Advisory Missions: Rich History – Mixed Results, Small Wars Journal Thinking Through a North Korean “Downfall”, Modern War Institute Afghanistan’s terrorism resurgence: Al-Qaida, […]
Q&A 5.4.17
FEEDBACK I appreciate you guys publishing the articles regarding PEDs for tactical athletes. Prior to your article, I had been debating even getting my testosterone levels checked. I’ve long known something wasn’t right. For 16 years, my schedule has changed every month or more. The only thing “routine” was that nothing was “routine”. I served […]