The Differences Between the Air Force and Navy Special Warfare Initial Fitness Test (IFT) and Physical Screening Test (PST)     There are far more similarities than differences...

This Month's Special is:Free Navy Physical Screening Test (PST) Preparation Training: - The Classic Week of PST Training - Get a Free Week Navy Physical Screening Test (PST) Pr...

Consider These Four Types of Recovery Days In the world of physical and athletic training, SLEEP, EAT, and RECOVERY are the big three elements to successful preparation for comp...

The CSS - Combat Swimmer Stroke Typical Issues and Easy Fixes There are many ways to do the 500yd Swim part of the Navy Physical Screening Test (PST) - some work well - some me...

 The Industrial Athlete - Manual Labor Jobs Require Special Attention As with anything we do, we start to get good at certain habits we create throughout our lives, but there ma...

The Balance of Life, Work, Training (Stress) and Recovery / Stress Mitigation Think of the stresses that life brings upon us and the recovery from that stress as a see-saw. Too...

Old School Life HackWork Harder! Why do people always want to find the "easy button" or "life hack" to everything these days. Maybe it is because now we can push a button and ge...

Five Benefits Using Calisthenics to Exercise Every Person Who Lost Their Gym Needs To Know  After all the debate is over, if you want to get results with using primarily calist...

- The Importance of Fitness - What do you want out of it?   Do you want... to be healthier?   to live longer?   to look better?   to feel better?   to lose / gain weight?  ...

For the past decade, I created a habit at the end of the day to do a few minutes of stretching.  Some days require more movement and stretching than others, depending on the act...

One Month PST Challenge - Kill the PST in Four Weeks - With the way I set up my Seasonal Tactical Fitness Periodization Cycle, we tend to peak on the PST scores by September of...

My Pyramid Story The PT Pyramid is a classic workout for sure. I remember my first time doing a pyramid workout with calisthenics over 30 years ago on Farragut Field at the Nava...

The Buddy System Works – But… There are countless benefits to having a buddy who shares the same journey and goals as you. The right buddy helps keep you motivated, inspired, an...

What is Mental Toughness and How Do You Obtain It?  This is an accumulation of years of articles and videos about the topic of mental toughness.  None of the below will make you...

What Are the Functional Movements? Are You Doing Them? Are the movements you do functional? Are they helping you move in your personal and professional life? What exactly is fu...

Focus on the Step in Front of You - Not the Whole Staircase                          Looking from the top of Haiku Stairs in Hawaii One step at a time will get you to your goal ...

Wait - It's All Preparation and Mindset?  Always Has Been Your preparation matters - so does your mindset. In fact, you cannot get through challenging selection programs withou...

Four Steps To Preparing Fully for Any Spec Ops Profession Often people will waste time during the preparation process and fail to work on weaknesses and maintain strengths they...

My Three Favorite Workouts To Crush Fitness Tests(Pyramid, Super Set, Max Rep Sets)and How to Use Them It is no secret that I will recommend most people to do one or more of th...

What is a FREE proven resource any PT Test Taker can use right now to crush fitness tests? Since the mid-1990's, I have on certain occasions recommended someone try the Pullup ...