As we prepare for our new website launch in February, you’ll see other aspects of our online business making transitions in the coming weeks. This week you’ll notice changes in two arenas; social media channel updates, and training plans going digital. Here’s what you can expect to see, and the reasons we’re making these changes. […]
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Trigger Pull Study – Initial Findings
By Rob Shaul and Adam Scott We spent two days this week in Fresno working with 10 members of the City of Fresno SWAT team. The Fresno SWAT team volunteered to be our “lab rats” for a study designed to test the mission-direct effects of a lighter trigger pull. Most stock and issued carbines come […]
The Best Way to Improve Push-Ups: Pilot Testing
By Adam Scott, MS, CSCS We kicked off the pilot-phase of our study investigating the best way to improve push-ups. The study is very similar to what we did with Pull-Ups during Sping/Summer 2016 – except, obviously, with push-ups. Basically, we designed four push-up training programs and randomly split our lab rats into four […]
Challenge: Shuttle Beep Test
We set out to design a functional, gym-based aerobic assessment. Our criteria were simple: We wanted the test to be as simple as possible We needed it to closely mimic the demands of an intense tactical situation We wanted it to show a strong correlation to the other established tests and estimates. We came up with […]
Mountain Tactical with Rob Shaul-Ep. 8 Brian Pennick
In this episode, Rob and Brian reveal the common traits of successful people and criminals alike, what its like inside a maximum security prison, how to defeat booby traps set inside of a prisoner’s cell, stupid mistakes of escaped cons and much more. As a lifelong athlete, Brain Pennick joined the Marine Corps in 1986 and […]
Grip strength. Does it matter? How to Test it. How to Train it.
By Adam Scott, MS, CSCS Grip strength testing has become increasingly popular for tactical professionals. Whether it is directly assessed using a dynamometer or indirectly measured during weighted pull-ups, dummy drags, ammo can carries, farmer’s carriers, or the likes – grip strength has become a major part of the tactical athlete’s testing battery. […]
Updates: New Logo, End of General Fitness Programming
We continue to complete the work towards renaming the company the “Mountain Tactical Institute.” Here are some changes you’ll see in the weeks and months ahead. Email Change Within the next week, emails coming from me and others on my staff will come from the @mountaintacticalinstitute.com address. Right now emails from me can come from […]
Near Bragg and Want to be Coached? January Opportunity
We have a January Coaching Opportunity! The weekend of January 23-24, we’re teaching an Advanced Programming Course at Southern Pines Crossfit near Fort Bragg. We’d like to come a week early, and stay a week after working with tactical athletes in the Bragg area. We’ll coach you up for free, in exchange for feedback and […]
Q&A 12.4.15
Kudos I read the article you wrote that was recently posted on Backcountry.com about the leg blaster exercise. I’m a skier and have been training at a Crossfit gym in VT; after reading the article, I’ve integrated the LB regimen into my weekly training. I can feel that it is a positive addition to my […]
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Here’s our guarantee: 1) Individual Training Plan Purchase: If you purchase an individual training plan, follow it as prescribed before your season/event/pft/selection, and if you don’t feel you were physically ready for your specific goal, and/or didn’t see dramatic improvements in your early performance, we’ll refund your money, no questions asked. Click HERE for a complete […]