QUESTION I’ve been doing the Peak Bagger plan and I’m enjoying it! I signed up for the subscription so I can explore your other programs and I have a couple of questions. What do you think your best program is for a 41 year old weekend warrior who wants to stay in relatively good shape […]
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Six Major Problems With the New USAF Tier II EOD Battlefield Airman Fitness Test and MTI’s Suggested Replacement
By Rob Shaul Few have designed as many mission-direct fitness assessments as us here at MTI. We’ve made several mistakes in fitness assessment design, and have learned lessons along the way. In general, the more direct, focused and simple the fitness assessment, the better. MTI’s Fitness Assessment Design Rules: Assessment Must Test the Primary, […]
Arete 7.18.19
Military / National Security / Foreign Relations Fixing Light Reconnaissance Formations, Small War Journal US has three options to subdue Iran, Pravda Report No Manhatten Projects for Urban Operations, Small War Journal Estonian defense policy official on alliance relations and Russian stability, Defense News Options for U.S. Use of Private Military and Security Companies, Small Wars Journal Venezuela Gives Colombian […]
Q&A 7.18.19
QUESTION I am an active duty United States Marine and have been researching some of your programs for quite a while. I have completed the TLU strength program that you have written and really enjoyed it. However, I have been unable to find a functional fitness program that was strenuous enough and met my needs […]
Lab Rat “Geek Cycle” Explores Training “Explosive Power”
By Rob Shaul This week MTI Lab Rats began a 4-week “geek cycle” designed to test both “explosive power” assessments and training progressions. By “Explosive Power” we mean explosive power demonstrated in a single explosive movement or short-duration series of the same movements. In the strength and conditioning world, another way to consider power is […]
Arete 7.11.19
Military / National Security / Foreign Affairs US approves possible $2.2bn arms sale to Taiwan, Al Jazeera English Army, Navy face big shake-up on the road to confirming the next SECDE, Defense News More leadership changes at the National Reconnaissance Office, Defense News More troops to border?; Houthi drones bomb Saudi cities; US-Taliban talks resume; Camo-piercing camera; And […]
MTI’s Most Read Articles For the Last 6 Months (Jan-Jun 2019)
So far, we’ve had close to 2 million page views in the last 6 months and our most read article was an opinion piece about the Army’s deactivation of Long-Range Surveillance (LRS) Companies (see below). These are our Top 10: Fixing the Army’s Deep Reconnaissance Problem: Rebuild It’s Long-Range Surveillance Capabilities What Does […]
Q&A 7.11.19
QUESTION What plan would you recommend for improving both my apft( pushups need most improvement) and ruck during a seven week period. ANSWER Air Assault Training Plan. It includes focused training for the APFT and a 6-mile ruck. Skip the Wednesday sessions in the plan to focus just on the APFT and the Ruck. – […]
Q&A 7.4.19
QUESTION Love your plans. I am going to Ranger School in February of next year and wanted to put together a plan for training. I was going to do your ruck based selection plan. But wanted to know how would you put together the plan with only 33-35 weeks left? ANSWER Weeks Plan 1-8 […]
Mini Study: Stress Decreases Archery Accuracy 23%
By Rob Shaul BLUF This mini-study investigated the effect of stress on archery accuracy and found that a simple stress event which applied a small fitness demand and shot time limit decreased archery accuracy by an overall average of 23% for two subjects. BACKGROUND & STUDY DESIGN Previously, MTI has done extensive work on […]