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Taking the Initiative - Preparing for the Military
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I am a fitness writer that specializes in military, police, and fire fighter fitness. I have well over 800 articles on the internet on various sites and several published books / ebooks. I ENJOY answering questions from readers - especially the younger generation who seeks out information and finds me as a resource for tactical fitness training / general preparation information. In fact, I answer my emails each day easily seeing 100-200 emails a day. These give me ideas to write about and very often (more than 50%) of the time I reply to someone with an article link that...
The Dirty Dozen Fitness Test - Blog / Competition
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Try the events of the Dirty Dozen Fitness Test. Arrange in any order you prefer. You can take the test many different ways:1 - Take the test in one day / one long training session2 - Take 2-3 days to break up the events into - STRENGTH - SPEED/AGILITY - ENDURANCE3 - Take the entire year to break up the events as above using periodization specific training to master each event over the year. Share your scores / times in the in the comment section below: These are the twelve events I call the Tactical Fitness Dirty Dozen that I pulled from...
Master the Next PT Test With This Program
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The Military, Police, and Fire Fighter PT Test Survival Guide is designed to help you AVOID the Twelve Fitness Testing Mistakes That Lead to Failure. This is a HOW TO / EXERCISE eBOOK that will help you learn how to take a fitness test. Not just a basic fitness test but any of the 12 common exercise problems. Complete with a six-week workout plus a testing week taper routine to get you "well rested - well tested" for the next fitness test you have to take. You can use the tips, techniques, and tools I have developed over the past...
Top Ten Mental Toughness Traits
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After the Mental Toughness (Art or Science) article, a friend of mine asked about what I thought the Top Ten List of traits for mental toughness would be. After some thought and discussions with some successful, mentally tough people, we came up with this. Mental Toughness – How do we obtain it? Make it stronger? Many young people ask these questions of me each day and I wish it was a simple answer. I wish you could be mentally tough by figuring out a magic solution of phrases or training programs. But it is not that simple. Being mentally tough...
Mental Toughness - Art or Science
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Mental Toughness has been a topic of discussion and debate for generations as we humans try to define our lives. What makes some people tougher than others? More successful? More motivated? Calm in stressful situations? What are the common traits of ordinary people doing extraordinary things? Can mental toughness be measured? Scientifically tested? These are the questions I have been seeking answers to and the type of questions I get each day from young men and women preparing for challenging programs in the military, law enforcement, and fire-fighting professions. There are some scientific studies performed trying to measure how people...