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Turn Weaknesses into Strength with the 50-50 Method (Multiple Options)
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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 as Air Force Special Warfare Swim Skills and Conditioning and 500m PAST test. Both workouts have ways of focusing on a weakness of swimming conditioning. However, if you think about it, my mobility day and system's check training protocols use a similar method but it is in the format of 5 minutes on / 5 minutes off. Mobility Day is a prime example developed to focus on...
How Bad Do You Want It? You May Not Want It Bad Enough IF...
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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 willing to take on the challenge to get there? There will always be obstacles, sticking points and eventually a moment of truth when you must answer the question, “How bad do you really want to do this?” Here is a list of ways that will test how much you really want to achieve your goal. You may not want it bad enough IF…. ...
Happy 40th Training Anniversary to Me: Lessons Learned!
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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, Little League, and seasonal pick up game sports with neighborhood kids) 40 years ago - at the age of 12. It started out similar to the way I have most young people or beginners starting out with the basics of calisthenics and dumbbells. I started training for no real reason other than the personal challenge to do more pullups and pushups than anyone at the playground or in PE class....
Become an Asset Again and Start by Rebuilding the Foundation: Tactical Fitness Over 40
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Training Hard After 40, 50 and Beyond...You Can Be an Asset Again! I believe I know some things about this situation as it is my current age group (53 this year) and have been using the Tactical Fitness Over 40 approach to training since I was in my early 40s. I cannot express how much the techniques taught in this four part series has changed my life (seriously). If you want to read more about how important this program is to me (and others) check out this article - or go right into the store and pick up this life changing...
Crush the PST / IFT: The Importance of PACE
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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 distance of running or swimming. Where you see this the most is in the swim (USN 500yds / AF 500m), the timed run (1.5 mile, 2 mile, 3 mile), and situps. Yes even situps. Though situps are slowly going away and being replaced with plank pose for the regular military fitness test, many of the spec ops communities still use the situps for 2 minutes as part of...