Streamline Glide Position, Stroke Technique, Conditioning (1,2,3)  Streamline glide, tight arm recovery, power kick and pull = speed I train many athletes who have spen...

Top 20 Questions and Answers About Tactical Fitness Training for Military, Police, Firefighter and Special Ops Candidates When it comes to tactical fitness, I have become a tru...

Warmup Half Pyramids vs. Workout Full Pyramids When most people see the word pyramid, they think a workout that starts off easy, peaks after several sets, and cools down by re...

How Mindset Shifts and Practical Strategies Empower Athletes, Students, and Special Ops Candidates Part of the Journey is Learning from Failures, Mistakes, and Strengthening Wea...

Running with a Boat on Your Head One Day? Rucking? Equipment Carry? Or Other Load-Bearing Events? Navy SEAL selection is renowned for its uncompromising physical standards and ...

Are You Ready to Transform Your Goals and Dreams into Wins? Here’s How The Spec Ops Dream Can Often Look Like This When Just Starting... Two of my favorite chapters in the Never...

Know if You are Ready to Get TO and THROUGH BUD/S There Are No Easy Days - Are you Mentally and Physically Ready? Preparing for Navy SEAL training is an extraordinary challenge ...

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Physical fitness training in schools can be traced back to Plato’s school, the Akademia, in Greece over 2400 years ago, with grappling and calisthenics as the main focus. But t...

As I write this article, I am sitting. I have already worked out, but how long does it take for me to start feeling the effects of sitting too long? Usually, about 30 minutes. ...

Life Gets in the Way Sometimes...But Keep Moving. If you are this guy, you may want to do a stress-relieving routine for the day (next few days, perhaps) Life Can Get Busy. Fit...

Recovery Resolution Was a Winner! Feeling Much Better Going into February For the first time in my life, I went into the new year with a clear focus to do less, breathe more, sl...

Noble Calling or Eff It - I'm Out of Here? Why Did This Video Go Viral This Weekend? (link to official video 2016) Has your algorithm inundated you with the penguin walking off ...

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Why Do Most Think Special Ops Selections are Impossible? Yet the Majority Still Underprepare? Have you ever wondered why attrition rates are so high in special ops jobs? Well, f...

Mental Toughness Always Happens Outside the Comfort Zone To Achieve Anything, You Have to Get Outside of the Comfort Zone(and get comfortable being uncomfortable) Our brain ha...

The Combat Swimmer Stroke - One-Stop Shop For Training, Information, Videos, Critiques (Updated) New Tik Tok Channel with nothing but CSS Critiques! The reason why learning to d...

The New Navy Combat Fitness Test (SEAL, SWCC, EOD/Diver) Navy SEALs Performing Sub-Ops off West Coast USA FYI - The Navy Physical Screening Test (PST) HAS NOT changed! This is t...

The Most Needed PT Test Taking Strategy:  PACE When taking fitness tests often people who do not have a strategy will push 100% effort and burn out in the time limit or distanc...

De-Stress, Sleep Better, Eat Less, Drink More Water, Low Intensity Cardio & Mobility Days Finding Time to Relax This is my focus for the New Year! After several weeks (from ...