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MTI’s LE Patrol/Detective Sessions are our year-round, day-to-day “Base Fitness” strength and conditioning program designed specifically for full-time Law Enforcement Patrol Officers and Detectives. This program prepares officers for 90% of the mission-direct fitness demands they face on the street. This is precision, professional-grade programming for front-line law enforcement operators. This is multi-modal, concurrent training. MTI’s LE […]

MTI’s Military Operator Sessions serve as our year-round, day-to-day “Base Fitness” strength and conditioning programming for Military SOF and Infantry personnel. MTI’s Base Fitness programming is designed to prepare Military Operators for 90% of the mission-direct fitness demands they will face during deployment or combat field exercises. This is precision, professional-grade strength and conditioning programming. This […]

The Wildland Fire Sessions are MTI’s year-round, day-to-day “Base Fitness” strength & conditioning programming for wildland firefighters. MTI’s Base Fitness programing is designed to prepare tactical athletes for 90% of the mission-direct fitness demands they will face on deployment or duty. This is precision, professional-grade fitness programming for tactical athletes.  This is multi-modal, concurrent training. MTI’s Wildland Fire […]

Email questions directly to MTI Founder, Rob Shaul: rob@mtntactical.com–––––––––––––– Balancing BJJ, Law Enforcement Work, and Fitness Training ATHLETE: I am looking for advice for programming. I am in law enforcement and train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. In an ideal world, I would like to train BJJ in the mornings before work and do an actual workout […]

Arete is a hand-picked weekly list of the most thought-provoking articles, essays, and links I come across—curated for mountain and tactical athletes. Not always the newest, but always worth your time. It’s what I’d forward to a sharp teammate or training partner. — Rob Shaul, Founder, Mountain Tactical Institute MILITARY / NATIONAL SECURITY If Europe Wants War […]

By Rob Shaul BLUF Since the introduction of short, shaped “carving” skis in the late 1990s, the overall injury rate in alpine recreational skiing has declined, but the nature and severity of knee injuries have changed. Now, the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is the most commonly injured major structure — replacing the former dominance of […]

By Rob Shaul Progression is the cornerstone of strength programming and all strenght and conditioning programming. It’s predictable, trackable, and efficient. MTI has multiple strength progression methodologies, and all follow the same general path. Intitial assessment, a simple progression based on the initial assessment, re-assess, and reset the progression, etc. This path is the most […]

Above: Jackson-based alpinists complete the 15K run assessment final event of the MTI Alpinist Fitness Assessment. By Rob Shaul BLUF A 2025 Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research scoping review analyzed over 600 studies of aerobic endurance programming and found that models emphasizing Zone 1 (low-intensity) training—specifically Polarized and Pyramidal approaches—produce the largest improvements in […]

Have a training question? Email rob@mtntactical.colm. Returning to Fitness After Surgeries and 30 Pounds Overweight. Where to start? ATHLETE:I’ve been out of the military for about ten years. I am 48 y/o and in the last four years, I have a disc replacement in my lower back, a left shoulder surgery to remove arthritic bone, […]

Arete is a hand-picked weekly list of the most thought-provoking articles, essays, and links I come across—curated for mountain and tactical athletes. Not always the newest, but always worth your time. It’s what I’d forward to a sharp teammate or training partner. — Rob Shaul, Founder, Mountain Tactical Institute MILIARY / NATIONAL SECURITY Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate […]