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 Can you share a bit about your backgrounds and what led you both to start RecPak? I was an officer in the Marine Corps, and the idea for RecPak originated from my experiences leading troops in training and in Afghanistan. When I got out, I went back to school and then into tech, and during […]

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  How would you define leadership and management? What are the differences conceptually and in action? “You lead people and manage things. Keep people calm and provide directions in order to achieve an objective. ” “Management is control of self and attention and leadership is characterized by action and detachment and situations awareness and calm […]

QUESTION Hey there any recommendations for any of the programs that have hypertrophy, while training strength, endurance, ruck and run? ANSWER Our Greek Hero training plans have a mix of strength and military-specific endurance (ruck/run). You can view the individual plans overviews at the provided link … I’d recommend starting with Hector. QUESTION I’m hiking a Rim to […]

A note about Arete …. I select the links and articles that make up Arete weekly. Those that I select are ones that I find interesting and/or important – either because of the topic or the source. Just because I select an article or link does not mean that I believe in what the article […]

QUESTION I used to have a subscription with you guys back in the day and it seems like you guys have gone pretty far since then. I was looking to see if you had a program that could increase muscle mass and VO2 max at the same time that I can keep my 3 mile […]

“We don’t get to have it all, I honestly believe that. Trying punished me for the attempt. The self-help section at the local bookstore or popular podcaster pitching the latest time management scheme is a grifter. Steven Covey’s Jar of Rocks devolves to shards when you have too many big rocks. It’s just math and […]

A note about Arete …. I select the links and articles that make up Arete weekly. Those that I select are ones that I find interesting and/or important – either because of the topic or the source. Just because I select an article or link does not mean that I believe in what the article […]

A note about Arete …. I select the links and articles that make up Arete weekly. Those that I select are ones that I find interesting and/or important – either because of the topic or the source. Just because I select an article or link does not mean that I believe in what the article […]