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By Rob Shaul, Founder BLUF A 3-Week training cycle designed specifically to train explosive power significantly improved assessed performance in just one of the four events assessed. The well-trained subjects in the study improved in the Backwards Medicine Ball toss an average of 10%, but improvement in the other three events, Broad Jump, 10-yard […]
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QUESTION I’ve been doing the Peak Bagger plan and I’m enjoying it! I signed up for the subscription so I can explore your other programs and I have a couple of questions. What do you think your best program is for a 41 year old weekend warrior who wants to stay in relatively good shape […]
By Rob Shaul Few have designed as many mission-direct fitness assessments as us here at MTI. We’ve made several mistakes in fitness assessment design, and have learned lessons along the way. In general, the more direct, focused and simple the fitness assessment, the better. MTI’s Fitness Assessment Design Rules: Assessment Must Test the Primary, […]
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QUESTION I am an active duty United States Marine and have been researching some of your programs for quite a while. I have completed the TLU strength program that you have written and really enjoyed it. However, I have been unable to find a functional fitness program that was strenuous enough and met my needs […]
By Rob Shaul This week MTI Lab Rats began a 4-week “geek cycle” designed to test both “explosive power” assessments and training progressions. By “Explosive Power” we mean explosive power demonstrated in a single explosive movement or short-duration series of the same movements. In the strength and conditioning world, another way to consider power is […]
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So far, we’ve had close to 2 million page views in the last 6 months and our most read article was an opinion piece about the Army’s deactivation of Long-Range Surveillance (LRS) Companies (see below). These are our Top 10: Fixing the Army’s Deep Reconnaissance Problem: Rebuild It’s Long-Range Surveillance Capabilities What Does […]