QUESTION Coach – I have been following your site for awhile now – great information. I am 52 and new to mountain climbing. I will be climbing Rainier this June and other mountains to follow with my goal to climb Denali in 2018. I have an athletic background (multiple Ironman triathlons, open water swims, and […]
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Arete 3.9.17
MILITARY Military ‘Deep Dives’ and Organizational Management: The Continuing Hazards of Hubris, Centralized Hierarchies, and Insular Perspectives, Small Wars Journal A US-Based Army Can’t Get to the Fight Fast Enough, Defense One “Shoulder to Shoulder” no more in Afghanistan?, WOTR Russia Has Deployed a Treaty-Violating Missile. Here’s What the US Should Do About It, Defense One […]
Plan Focus: FBI Special Agent PFT Training Plan
By Rob Shaul We just completed our third update to the FBI SA PFT Training Plan. Like all of our tactical athlete training plans, the FBI SA PFT Plan is “sport-specifically” designed to prepare FBI candidates and current agents for this assessments. Our PFT programming methodology is unique in its directness, focus, and methodology. […]
Plan Focus: Rock Climbing Pre-Season Training Plan
By Rob Shaul I’m not a rock climber, and when I began working with athletes here in Jackson 10 years to prepare them for their annual Spring rock climbing trips to the Desert in Utah or Nevada, I made a major programming mistake. Specifically, I put them through a regimen of intense general fitness strength […]
Plan Focus: Ultimate Work Capacity I
by Rob Shaul Intense bouts of cardiorespiratory and muscular stress at high, but sub-maximal levels best mirror the most dangerous tactical and mountain situations. We call this type of fitness “work capacity.” Everything comes together during an intense Work Capacity Effort: ▪ Aerobic base ▪ Sprint cardio ▪ Raw strength ▪ Strength endurance ▪ […]
Arete 3.2.17
MILITARY/HOMELAND SECURITY What I learned from living with a Navy SEAL, Outside Magazine Getting the Most Out of Professional Reading, From the Green Notebook 13 Questions with the Man Who Survived 8 Bomb Blasts, tactical-life.com Decade’s Long Modernization Lag for Army Combat Vehicles, defensenews.com On Display: China Defense, defensenews.com How to Brief, Junior Officer Rules A […]
Q&A 3.2.17
QUESTION I am very interested in buying your athlete subscription plan, but have a couple of questions : Once I will be subscribed to your website, how does it work ? Will I be able to access any plan on any time and/or switch my ”active” plan anytime, for example ; monday and tuesday doing […]
Angry, Unfocused, and Constipated: 5 Days into Quitting Copenhagen
“My jaw tingles, even as I pound through nicotine gum. I am frustrated by the smallest set backs, and can feel my temper rise up from my chest to my throat. I haven’t crapped in three days….”
Kudos for the Ruck Based Selection Training Plan
I just recently returned from SFAS this weekend and wanted to reach back out to MTI to say thanks for the quality training program and for making the coaches so accessible throughout the process. I’m happy to report that I was selected and felt great throughout the course. I was able to continue […]
New Strength Programming … TLU Strength, Eccentric Strength and the MTI Strength Packet
By Rob Shaul This week we built out two more strength training plans and now have a plan each for the 7 types of MTI strength progression methodologies, as well as created a “packet” of all 7 plans. Specifically this week we built a TLU Strength Plan and an Eccentric Strength Plan, both based on […]