Question And Answer

QUESTION I’ve been following your progamming for about 18 months. I started with your Pre Afghanistan Program. My squad were the only guys who faithfully stuck to your program and we were the only squad in the platoon who didn’t have a fall out during our recent deployment to Eastern Afghanistan. Thank you! We’ve recently […]

QUESTION Good Morning Coach, I just wanted to thank you for your programming over the years.  I was first introduced to your Operator Sessions in 2009 and they really improved my fitness.  I purchased your hypertrophy program today and have one question. Should I wait until next Monday to start or should I jump right […]

QUESTION Good morning Rob, real quick question..what is the prescribed terrain for the ruck run assessment?  Flat road, hilly, mountain…? Thanks sir. – Z ANSWER The SFOD-D plan (http://militaryathlete.com/page.php?page_ID=12&cart_category_ID=52&&cart_ID=99), in general, is much more ruck intensive, and has less variety. This plan is designed for Delta selection, with is primarily ruck based.  The Ruck plan […]

KUDOS Just finished RAT 6 about 2 weeks ago and saw a huge leap in my overall fitness and my Oly lifts technique. I’m new to lifting (or at least, lifting smart) and I weigh right around 165. When I started the plan, I could Bench 185# and Squat around 265#. I’m up on everything […]

QUESTION Rob, I am in the middle of the RAT 6 plan and am loving it. I have the Army Ten Miler coming up in a month and would like to add some running in my training. Can you offer any advice on how to arrive in DC prepared yet still making gains with RAT […]

KUDOS A few months ago I acquired your scalable APFT plan for and used it to prepare for a similar pt test here in Canada.  I added the pullup and bench training as per your advice and it worked like a charm and kept my body weight down.  I just wanted to say thanks and let you […]

*********************** QUESTION Good Afternoon, I was wondering what kind of gear requirement (i.e. kb, pull up bars, etc.) are needed for the work capacity program? Which programs can be relatively easily modded to be done on the go without dedicated gym access other than the body weight program? Are there easy substitutions that would be […]

KUDOS Rob, Wanted to drop you a quick note to thank you for all you do for our community. I’ve been following your stuff off and on since 2010 and in my humble opinion it is the best stuff out there as far as special operations physical training goes. A couple of reflections I wanted […]

KUDOS Rob, Wanted to drop you a quick note to thank you for all you do for our community. I’ve been following your stuff off and on since 2010 and in my humble opinion it is the best stuff out there as far as special operations physical training goes. A couple of reflections I wanted […]

*********************** KUDOS Rob,  Just wanted to take some time to say thank you for all you have done.  I started following your programming in 2008 while deployed.  Since that time I have used your APFT plan to more then max the APFT on multiple occasions, I used your Ruckselection plan to get selected, while in the q course I […]