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We have a plan for events such as the Tactical Games…. https://mtntactical.
If you have more than 7 weeks before the event, jumping on our Operator Sessions would be most appropriate until you’re ready to knock out the plan above.
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Run & Ruck Improvement + Push Up/Pull Up Improvement (Repeat twice for 6 weeks) – 6 Weeks
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Your recommendations for training path for this:
- Between now and June 27 (I’ll head out to the PNW for Mt. Baker climb) and then I will spend July in Colorado) – especially as this is outside of the 10 week plan I’ve seen.
- August to November 22 (departure date for Aconcagua).
Again, looking to choose something different potentially from Training Peaks and Uphill Athlete and/or a cost heavy personal trainer. I’ve spent a lot of time digging through your website. Not going to ask you to sell it to me as I just read Rob’s “our stuff works, guaranteed” – so in that case, I’d be curious as to how you would approach above. I followed a 16 week training peaks plan previously before Aconcagua which is about what I have after my summer in the PNW and Colorado – so my guess is what I follow between now and end of June will tell me a lot.
Thanks again for the time.
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- Mountain Base Helen (Complete the first 5 weeks)
- Mountaineering & Hiking Prep (4 Week)
- 1 Week Rest
- Ranier Training Plan (7 Weeks)
- Mt. Baker Climb
- Mountain Base Danae (Complete the first 3 weeks)
- Mountain Base Atalanta (6 Weeks)
- 1 Week Rest
- Big Mountain Training Plan (10 Weeks)
- Aconcagua Climb
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Hello, do you guys happen to have a trial by chance? I would hate to sign up and it not work with my schedule/goals and then ask for a refund or lose out on 35 bucks.
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No free trials, but we offer a 30-Day guarantee. If you don’t like it, just drop me a line and I’ll refund you in the first 30 days after purchase.
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We’ve used a bunch of different methods… you can use a hand counter, or throw a bunch of pebbles in your pocket. Every time do you do 10 (or 20, 30, etc.), you take one out until your pockets are empty.
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Hello! I have been accepted into the USCG’s OCS program as a civilian, and I am trying to pick a program to run to prepare me for OCS. The CG’s OCS PFT is 2 min of cadence pushups (30 minimum, 60 max), 2 min of situps (60 minimum), and a 1.5mi run in under 11 or 12 min (I’ve seen both times listed). There’s also the 500yd swim in 12 minutes, but I have seen that it is no longer part of the test. Right now, I weightlift and I am athletic enough to meet the run time even though I don’t run much, but my goal is to change my training so that I can crush the PFT. I leave in July, so I do have some time.
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Congrats on the OCS spot. I’d recommend the following plans in order based on your timeline. 1. Bodyweight Foundations (6 Weeks) https://mtntactical.com/shop/bodyweight-foundation-training-plan/?highlight=bodyweight%20foundations 2. APFT Training Plan (6 Weeks) https://mtntactical.com/shop/apft-plan/ 3. USMC OCS (7 Weeks) https://mtntactical.com/shop/marine-corps-ocs-training-plan/?highlight=usmc%20ocs
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I just got the operator subscription plan this morning and am wondering if I should start where the program is currently or find something new until march kicks off.
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Up to you. We leave up 6 months of programming. So if you start the Feb cycle, it won’t disappear on you.
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In the sample program for Barbarossa it has this workout can you explain how it’s done?
3) 10 Rounds every Minute 1x Bottom Sample @ 10# Brick Tread for the remainder of the minute
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Start in the pool. Every 60 seconds you’ll be required to dive to the bottom and retrieve the brick. Once you get to the surface, let the brick drop back down to the bottom. Tread with whatever time is remaining in the 60 seconds. Repeat this for 10 rounds (10 minutes total)
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Hello! I have been following your plans for a while now and have had great success and wanted to get a coaches thoughts/guidance. I’m set to deploy for 6 months and lately I have been running the Hypertrophy for Skinny Guys plan and also noticed my strength was going up. So I want to shift to a strength plan but in the past when I’ve done a few I noticed I wasn’t gaining mass (hard gainer and eating as much as I can). Is there a plan I can run for 6 months that will help in size in strength or would switching from the hyper trophy plan to a strength plan and alternate for 6 months work and still keep building size and strength? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Side note, I prefer zero cardio (I’m one of those who don’t run and pass my fitness tests easy peasy).
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Switch from hypertrophy to strength focused. You grow the size of muscle fiber with hypertrophy, then build the density of the muscle fibers with the lower rep/higher loading strength work.
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What program would recommend for a 43yr old male in law enforcement? I am an investigator who still goes out on arrests and participates in tactical training. I have some back issues which can sometimes be exacerbated with squatting. Not sure what plan I should start with. Thanks!
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Start with our LE On Ramp plan (https://mtntactical.com/shop/on-ramp-training-program/)