Question And Answer

QUESTION Hi, I have about 4 months to prepare for Army basic training. I’ve been dragging my feet and have become kinda a slob, what program do you recommend for me to not die during basic? ANSWER Start with the APFT Training Plan, and follow it up with the Military On-Ramp Plan right before Basic. […]

KUDOS ON HUMILITY “Just wanted to give you and your team kudos on Humility. After completing it the first time last summer, it sucked so bad I swore I would never do it again. Well after being at NTC for a month not doing any PT I decided I needed to get back in shape […]

KUDOS ON HUMILITY “Wicked kudos on the Humility program. I just finished it (okay, I finished it over a month ago and I’m mostly through Big 24 now, but still), and I gotta say you couldn’t have picked a better name for it. Some background – I’m a 27 year old male, 6’0” 195 lbs, […]

QUESTION Hoping you can point me to some work you have already done on this topic. I wasn’t unable to find anything when looking at your knowledgebase online. What is your philosophy on training when sore and I’m not talking about minor soreness? I see two thoughts with one having muscle soreness that is such […]

QUESTION Helen and Hector look like they have roughly equivalent goals but different exercises. What’s the difference between the operator and mountain training plans? ANSWER Hector is designed for our Military Athletes. Helen is designed for our Mountain Athletes. Both plans are “base fitness” for the specific athlete category. Here are the Base Fitness demands for […]

I’m a TACP.  I’m trying to get to AFSOC and the best two programs you have for that selection are the CCT 10 month or the SFOD-D 10 month.  My question is would running these programs like, 3 times consecutively be a bad idea?  Would I develop weird imbalances or anything?QUESTION First of all thank […]

KUDOS ON THE RAINIER TRAINING PLAN “Sitting here in the airport waiting to head back to NYC. I just wanted to say thank you. I used your plan to train for a climb on Mt. Rainier. While we did not summit due to conditions on our route, we made it to the top of disappointment […]

KUDOS ON THE APFT TRAINING PLAN “I used the APFT programme. After four weeks I went from 60 to 80 pushups, and 65 to 84 situps. Super pleased. 300 points after just a month. My run didn’t improve (12:53) but I played sports all day the day before and that took a lot out of […]

KUDOS ON THE ATHLETE’S SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE “Thank you for putting together such a solid platform for fitness. I’ve PTd and worked out my entire life and have never had such well planned programs. Been well worth the price. Thank you.” QUESTION Hello, I’m looking at the SFAS training packet and have a question about the […]

KUDOS ON RAT 6 STRENGTH “Rob, Kudos to RAT 6, its given me a great boost in strength, overall performance, and confidence in moving heavy weight. All my lifts increased. Ill send you my final numbers once finished. I am very happy I have a year subscription to Military Athlete. Wishing you well from Iraq. […]