Don't End Your Military and/or Spec Ops Journey Before It Even Begins (Yes - Train for the Test)  It is Black and White - If You Fail You Are Done There - I said it. Depending o...

Don't Want a Desk Job Yet?Take Your Strengths and Apply Them to Something Tactical (Military, Special Ops, Police, SWAT, Fire & Rescue Services) Now, we all come into the t...

What Is Optimal Performance?  See related article: Longevity is the Mastery of Recovery It is simply you performing at your best. But it requires much more than just good train...

Goal Setting and Getting Ready for the Long Haul Taking a few minutes to do some blindless scrolling through social media can sometimes entertain you, horrify you, completely w...

Getting THROUGH the Selection / Training: What Really Matters? Obviously fitness is important as there are physical standards that apply to just getting accepted into the tacti...

Weird Names But Fun and Effective Challenges(Push Perceived LImits / Even Tap Into Mental Toughness) One thing these type of workouts do is make you dig deep and ask yourself, ...

Seasonal Tactical Fitness Periodization Options Spring / Summer Season Options  Spring and Summer Cycles tend to focus more on calisthenics and cardio, with some supplemental l...

Tactical Groundhog Week = Assessment Week When going from the Winter Lift Cycle when you focused more on strength / power / speed / agility, you should assess yourself as the t...

Winter Bulking Season is Over!  Time to Make a Change Spring is just around the corner and if you purposely went on a Winter Lift Cycle and added some needed mass or by "accide...

3 Weeks Cals / Cardio Focus with 1 Week Strength(deload from running miles - high reps) Focus New Spring Training Version of the 3:1 Block Periodization System similar to the I...

Wanting To Be Something and Working Tirelessly To Achieve It Are On Opposites Sides of the Goal Achievement Spectrum Wanting it is NOT ENOUGH. It is a good place to start...but...

Do You Need Help with Your Kick and Glide?  Most Non-Swimming / Land Athletes Do... KICK AND GLIDE- You cannot have a good glide without a strong kick and you cannot utilize a...

The Super Bowl of Military Recruiting Commercials *Though in magazine form, this 1987 All Hands Magazine also gets a mention before we move into television media marketing.* If ...

Do You Want a Way to Build Toughness? Both Mentally and Physically? This is the Way... One thing about losing indoor training facilities over the past few years, when large gro...

But How Do You Define Longevity? Sure we can find a definition for it that is oversimplified: Longevity: The capability of surviving past the average age of death.  See, this i...

National Quitter's Day Yes - It's A Thing And Falls 2-3 Weeks Into The New Year (Every Year)! Recent research by Strava - the fitness APP for athletes suggests that there is a ...

First - What is the OODA Loop? You Do This 100's of Times a DaySo You Should Know... Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act. No matter what situation we are in this process take...

Weakness => Strength Using This Method You may have heard me talk about the 50-50 Training Method when it comes to swimming to crush the Navy SEAL PST CSS 500yd test as well ...

How Bad Do You Want to Achieve Your Goal?   You May Not Want It Bad Enough IF... Do you have a goal in front of you? How badly do you want to achieve that dream? Are you willin...

40 Years of Fitness Training! Maybe I am an OG... It struck me today that I started working out (besides doing normal kid things like bike, Marco-Polo / swim, skateboard, Littl...