This article was published in January 2016. By Rob Shaul I started feeling my knees walking down the stairs in my late 30’s. It was just walking downstairs, and other than that occasional issue, my knees were naturally lubed up and ready to go. I’ve never had a knee injury, but have trained my […]
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MTI’s LE Patrol/Detective Fitness Assessment
By Rob Shaul We’ve identified 5 Fitness Attributes/Demands for Law Enforcement (Patrol/Detective) Athletes: Relative Strength – or strength per bodyweight Work Capacity – specifically sprinting Upper Body Hypertrophy – can be an intimidation factor TAC SEPA – Tactical Speed, Explosive Power, and Agility Chassis Integrity In general, a solid fitness assessment should: Effectively assess the […]
Pro Skier hits 8G’s, Burns 2,900 Calories in a day of Resort Skiing
Above: A short clip of Forrest Jillson from last season. By Adam Scott, MS, CSCS Most research examining the physiological demands of downhill skiing is well over 20 years old (1). In that time the sport, its equipment, and our research tools have changed drastically…it is time to start updating our information. We started […]
Apply for the MTI Scrum, June 10-12, 2016
By Rob Shaul June 10-12, 2016, MTI is bringing a select group of mountain and tactical athletes, tactical instructors, outdoor educators, coaches and industry designers and engineers to Wyoming for two and a half days of disruptive thinking, question storming, problem identification, turbo-powered networking, and hands-on learning. MTI’s driving principle is to “Improve mission performance […]
Dry Fire Mini-Study Results: Either Dry Fire Hurts Marksmanship … or… We’ve Got Work To Do
By Rob Shaul This “Mini Study” was to assess the effects dry fire practice has on actual marksmanship. The results were not what we’d hoped for. Why a Dry Fire Study? The results from our Trigger Pull Study were statistically inconclusive because some of the individual Fresno part-time SWAT team members we used […]
2016: A New Year and A New Approach to Research
Adam Scott, MS, CSCS With roughly 15 studies in less than 7 months it is no secret that we have made a big push towards research. In those 7 months we have studied everything from energy drinks to rucking to trigger pull. Now, as we look back at 2015 and ahead to 2016, one thing stands-out: […]
Latest Thinking 1.8.16
By Rob Shaul 1. TAC SEPA “TAC SEPA” is an acronym for “Tactical Speed, Explosive Power and Agility.” On the tactical side, we’re revisiting our base fitness programming theory, and felt we needed a Base Fitness fitness attribute which developed speed, power and agility for tactical athletes. We’ve previously programmed in elements of this during […]
Study Summary: Lighter Trigger Resistance May Offer Cost-Effective Means of Improving Marksmanship Over 15 Yards
Adam Scott and Rob Shaul SUMMARY PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of trigger pull resistance on non-stressed and stressed tactical marksmanship at three distances: 15 yards, 50 yards, and 100 yards. SUBJECTS: Ten experienced, part-time members of a medium-sized city (Fresno, CA) SWAT team (ages 32-45) participated in […]
15 Things we Learned at MTI in 2015
Adam Scott, MS, CSCS Earlier this year we started our pivot towards MTI and mission-direct research. Although we had already been doing it, this pivot formalized our dedication to Building Better Performance through thought-leading research. Here is a look back at a few of the projects we have undertaken, and the lessons we have learned over […]
Outdoor Retailer 2016-Gear Research for the Mountain Athlete
Mountain Tactical Institute is committed to building better performance on the mountain and the battlefield through training, research and education. The only limit to our pursuit is that what we do must be immediately beneficial to our athletes in their environments. That means we are interested in all of the elements which affect performance; like decision making, […]