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MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for February 2022

by Mintra Mattison

MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for February 2022   Athlete’s Subscription ACFT Training Plan Hypertrophy for Skinny Guys Big 3 Strength + 5-Mile Run Training Plan USMC PFT PLAN  Bodyweight Foundation Training Plan Bodyweight Beginner FBI Special Agent Training Plan Big 3 + 2-Mile Run Training Plan Rasp 1&2 Training Plan Border Patrol Academy Training […]

Arete 3.3.22

by Rob Shaul

Military Why the Russians Are Struggling, National Review Ukraine Claims It Shot Down A Russian IL-76 Transport Plane, The War Zone America Needs a Bigger Navy, Wall Street Journal Beijing Could Run Russia’s Playbook on Taiwan, Foreign Policy Rise of the Rocket Launcher: The End of the Armoured Division, Wavel Room NATO Activates 5,000-Strong Task Force for First Time, Stars & […]

Q&A 2.25.22

by Mintra Mattison

QUESTION Simple question. I am back again and do not have to train specificity as I have more than a year from projected selection ship date. This is a bit for fun and mental toughness but why programs would you recommend for some brutal character building. Some real gut checks if you’re ill sir. ANSWER […]

Arete 2.25.22

by Rob Shaul

Military Army’s Controversial Fitness Test Might Become Official This Year, Military.com Marines Are Waging Island Warfare Against China, Real Clear Defense Ukrainian Airspace Is As Dangerous as 1961 Berlin, Forbes Army accidentally reveals possible ACFT changes, Army Times Texas Guardsmen on border start unionizing to combat difficult conditions, Army Times Army 3-star suspended amid investigation into alleged toxic, racist work environment, […]

Mini Study: 3 Weeks of Extended, Multi-Modal “Grind” Training Sessions Maintain Strength, Work Capacity, Increase Endurance

by Rob Shaul

By Rob Shaul   BLUF Six remote MTI Lab Rats following a 3-week, 5-day/week training cycle exclusively of extended (20-40 minute), multi-modal “grinds” maintained max effort strength and sprint-based work capacity, while increasing endurance. Below are the average changes in the assessed performance metrics. Back Squat 1RM: +3.56% Bench Press 1RM: +1.04% Max Rep Pull […]

Wanted: Professional Lab Rats

by Mintra Mattison

  By Rob Shaul   MTI has a rotating cadre of 20+  paid, remote lab rats who form the core of our ongoing fitness research. As a paid MTI Lat Rat, you’ll need to participate in multiple, successive research studies. During this commitment, you will only be able to complete the study-prescribed programming. I.e. – […]

Q&A 2.17.22

by Mintra Mattison

QUESTION It appears most of the running/rucking in the selection plan for CCT/PJ/CRO is at a threshold pace with the 800 repeats, 2 mi repeats, and ruck repeats and I am curious if it is okay to have my average HR above the aerobic range for the bulk of the weekly mileage since most of […]

Arete 2.17.22

by Rob Shaul

Military The US is not Ready for a Peer to Peer Fight in Europe, Small Wars Journal USS Sioux City Commanding Officer Relieved, USNI News The Quantum Future of Naval Warfare, Proceedings For the first time, Black Hawk helicopter flies without anyone aboard, Army Times Advising everywhere: Army SFABs go smaller, farther, Army Times Col. Owen Ray may lose SF tab, […]