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 […]
Knowledge
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 […]
Our Stuff Works, Guaranteed.
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 […]
Q & A 11.25.15
Question I am about to start SFOD-D selection and was wondering if you knew the success rate of those who followed your programming? I want to be ready but it is hard for me to shell out $80 for a program. Any advice/info would be helpful! Answer We’ve had many purchase and use the plan […]
Upcoming Name Change to “Mountain Tactical Institute” – Questions You May Have
By Rob Shaul We announced our pending name change to the Mountain Tactical Institute a couple weeks ago. With this pivot, we are synchronizing our fitness-programming, research, and educational development into a single, intellectual storehouse for athletes who need to be fit, but also informed. Our ultimate purpose is to prepare mountain and tactical athletes […]
Q&A 11.19.15
Question I am a former runner who was on a marathon training plan this past season when I injured my knee and had to have surgery (cartilage graft, right knee) this past March. I have finished my doctor ordered physical therapy and have a desire to continue to live an active lifestyle but have struggled […]
Thoughts and Initiatives: Programming, Research, Education
By Rob Shaul We’re working on several new initiatives and testing theories in the gym, office and lab. Here are some highlights. Programming 1) Work Capacity Program Design Using Power We’ve been working on this idea for some time, and currently our tactical and SSD programming on the site and in our lab here is […]
Ruck Deep Dive – Study #2: Best Ways to Improve Rucking
By Adam Scott, MS, CSCS Summary In September 2015 Mountain Tactical Institute began the second official study in our Ruck Deep Dive research series. This study was designed to assess the effects of a 6-week training plan on rucking ability. Having already identified physical attributes which related to initial rucking performance (Ruck Study #1), […]
Study Results: Power Clean vs. Power Snatch. Which is Better at Creating Speed and Explosiveness?
Samuel McCue, USAW SPC-L1, CF-L1 Adam Scott, MS, CSCS Background Whether an athlete is a high school novice, a Tier-1 operator, or a working professional, training time is always at a premium. One of the most hotly debated topics is “if” and/or “how” to program Olympic Weight Lifting (OWL) for non-OWL athletes. Research has […]
The Next Iteration-Our Move to Mountain Tactical Institute
We’ve learned a great deal in nearly a decade of developing and deploying mission-focused strength and conditioning programming for Mountain and Tactical athletes worldwide. But for every answer we find, two questions seem to arise in its place. We quickly found that these questions were not answered by academic journals or textbooks, so we decided […]