Military / Foreign Relations / National Security There’s a good reason why this Air Force general only wears 3 ribbons on his dress uniform, Task & Purpose Now Is Not the Time for Minimal Nuclear Deterrence, National Int. Canada–Freeloader, Rather Than Vested Defence Partner in NORAD, Real Clear Defense The CIA’s Shadow War in Somalia, NY Times The Two Most […]
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Q&A 10.21.21
QUESTION Just finished week 4 of the Ruck BasedSelection program and during the retest of the 10 mile ruck, average time went from 13:35/mile (week 1) to 13:00/mile (week 4). Excited to see the improvements. Just curious what type of improvements you typically see from people who run this program? The conditions were much cooler […]
Lab Rats Needed to Test New “Big 36” Strength Programming
By Rob Shaul MTI is calling for fit lab rats to test a new strength program roughly based on our Big 24 strength progression methodology. The training will begin Friday, October 29, 2021. The deadline to apply is 1700 Mountain Time, this coming Monday, October 25, 2021. Lab rats must be 20-50 years old. […]
Unique MTI Training Plans to Put on Your Radar
By Rob Shaul Last week I wrote an article, “How to Train When You’re Not Training For Anything.” My most common recommendation for athletes in this situation who come to me for training suggestion is to recommend programming they haven’t done in a while, or ever. Something different to sport accommodation and stave off mental […]
Arete 10.21.21
Military / Foreign Relations / National Security NATO has a Problem: Belarus is Being Absorbed into Russia, Real Clear Defense 1:3 deployment-to-dwell goal is going to depend on demand from combatant commands, Defense News The Gathering Cyber Storm, Cipher Brief As soon as US welcomes Georgia and Ukraine to NATO, Russia burns the bridges, Pravda Report Japan’s […]
Q&A 10.14.21
QUESTION I’m a 54yr old retired LE with knee issues (bone spurs, arthritis, other fun stuff like that). Mostly hurts doing squats and lunges and PT said I should avoid doing them. I’m looking for an alternate to the sandbag get up. ANSWER Since my hip replacement surgery SBGU our out for me too – to my […]
Arete 10.14.21
Military / National Security U.S. Army Looks at New Ways to Beat Drones, Aviation Week Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops still unvaccinated ahead of first vaccine deadline: report, The Hill The Scylla and Charybdis of Duty Discharge: Military Dilemma with Undemocratic Leaders, War on the Rocks Pentagon Begins ‘Continuous Vetting’ of All Troops for Insider Threats, Extremism; Social […]
How to Train When You’re Not Training For Anything
By Rob Shaul I get this question often from tactical athletes stuck in staff positions, or between schools/deployments, or in senior positions – who now have some freedom with their fitness training. It also comes from retired tactical athletes, or just civilians trying MTI programming. And from mountain athletes between sport seasons or in their […]
Q&A 10.7.21
QUESTION I have completed the FBI SA PFT Plan for the first time now. My push-ups got tremendously better! The form looks good and I have more reps which is amazing. My run times have stayed about the same since I started the program, which isn’t bad because they’re both in the point range I […]
Arete 10.7.21
Military / Foreign Relations / National Security Entire Air Force hits staffing, recruitment goals for the first time in five years, Air Force Times Taliban: From Afghanistan’s rugged mountains to policing streets, Al Jazerra Another Biden policy IOU on China, AAI Ukraine is set to buy 24 Turkish drones. So why hasn’t Russia pushed back? Defense News M1A2 Abrams: Improve […]