Question And Answer

QUESTION Over the past two winters your Backcountry Ski Training Plan has been excellent and I have enjoyed the benefits. However, now I am in a pickle. I am a Wildland Firefighter for the US Forest Service and have currently been a guinea pig for the past two pre-season years for a program they have […]

QUESTION What do you recommend for a 45 year old man? Like to keep it to 30-45 mins. I’m not an athlete just a dad that sits at a desk all day. ANSWER I’m not sure we have anything for you. We developed our SF45 Programming for high impact mountain and tactical athletes ages 45-55, […]

QUESTION I am finishing the Bodyweight Foundation Plan tomorrow with the run. I have a few questions and am happy to share my progress through the plan if that is of any use to you. I saw the greatest progress between Day 1 and Day 13 evaluations with an increase of 3-19. However, on Day […]

QUESTION I’ve been perusing your site for a while, leafing through your plans, articles, and Youtube channel. I’ve volunteered with local Search and Rescue for the past year and a half, and that timeframe represents the vast majority (if not entirety) of my experience with loaded hiking (45 lbs of gear) and mountain traversal. I’m […]

QUESTION I am looking to run through the Greek Hero Series.  Ultimately, I would like to start with one and progress through the remaining ones.  What order would you recommend? ANSWER The order listed in the packet – beginning with the Military OnRamp Training Plan, if you’re new to our stuff. If you’ve done our […]

KUDOS ON THE BIG 24 STRENGTH TRAINING PLAN I’ve seen awesome improvement under big 24. Below are the improvements I have seen, I can’t speak more highly about this program. Hang squat clean Original: 160# New: 225# Back squat Original: 250# New: 295# Bench press: Original: 215# New: 285# I will recommend this to all of […]

KUDOS ON THE 30 MINUTES PER DAY DRYLAND SKIING TRAINING PLAN “Just have to say, I started to dread Quadzilla complexes as I progressed in the Dryland Ski training, but holy shiitakes! I have never felt so strong on the mountain! You really helped elevate my skiing experience and I’ve been telling everyone I know who […]

KUDOS ON THE LOW BACK FITNESS TRAINING PROGRAM “I’m in my 8th week of the low back plan after Laminectomy/Discectomy surgery last spring.  The plan has worked great.  A lot better results than the watered PT I was going to.  As a 45 yr old swat operator in good shape, I feel a lot stronger […]

NOTE ON QUIET PROFESSIONAL: DONT GET TOO FAR FROM YOUR PURPOSE “Rob,  read your article titled “Don’t get too far from your purpose” and found it interesting. In my line of work we have these discussions often. Your article reminded me of a recent discussion with a colleague who introduced the Japanese concept of Ikigai. The […]

KUDOS ON GRATITUDE “As a follow up, I completed the long biathlon and used Gratitude as my training base.  A few deviations to tailor it more towards this event and my weaknesses:  1)  All runs were done with 27 # (plate carrier and hydration pack) 2)  My Long runs were longer than prescribed, longest being […]