Fat Loss Plan Session 29
AM Session: Obj: Work Capacity Warm-up: 3 Rounds 5x Renegade Rows – 15#/25# 5x Dumbbell Military Press – 15#/25# 20x Step-ups 10x Toes to Sky Instep Stretch Training: (1) As Many Rounds As Possible in...
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Obj: Evening Run/Walk (1) Jog/Walk for 30 minutes @ easy pace – no structured pace, just move continuously for 30 minutes. The post Fat Loss Plan Session 28 appeared first on Strong Swift Durable.
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Q&As 7/17
Allie and Iris fight the wheel barrows during today’s Chassis Integrity circuit. Questions include: Is a GHD absolutely necessary for a garage gym? Is ‘ruck-running’ safe? How to train for the Army...
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Plan Focus: Backcountry Big Game Hunting Plan
By Rob Shaul At the July 4th barbecue I attended in Colorado the conversation turned to hunting. I was asked and responded that I liked to backcountry hunt. No one knew really what that was, and one...
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The Barbell Shackle
Kit hammers through a set of wall ball slams. By Rob Shaul Part of our hiring process for a new coach here is a programming assignment. The candidates who make the first cut – a resume review – are...
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Fire Rescue Professionals: Take our Culture of Fitness Survey
By Dr. Kristen Ouellette In the tactical community, it is understood that fitness is an important component of job performance. However, when it comes to training habits and accountability for ones...
View ArticleON-RAMP TRAINING SESSION 7
SESSION 7 Obj: Strength Warm Up: 3 Rounds 8x Goblet Squat @ 15/25# 8x Pushup 8x Situp Instep Stretch Training: (1) 6 Rounds 3x Craig Special-increase load until 3x is hard but doable Lat + Pec Stretch...
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AM Session: Obj: Work Capacity Warm-up: 3 Rounds 3x Scotty Bobs – 15#/25# 8x Goblet Squats – 15/25# 8x Sit-ups 200m Run Instep Stretch Training: (1) 9 Rounds 6x Burpees 6x Dumbell Front Squat – 15#/25#...
View ArticlePick up and Carry
This exercise can be completed with just about any heavy, awkward object. We use sandbags and heavy, rubber blocks. Pick up and Carry 40-Foot space. Pick up sandbag (or heavy object) to right shoulder....
View ArticleMed Ball Rotational Wall Slam
Med Ball Rotational Wall Slams Face wall square, about 2-feet away. Rotate to the right and slam the ball against the wall – so it banks off and you catch it on your left side. Rotate to the left and...
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Q&As 7/24/15
Cooper and Hannah work through barbell in-place lunges. Questions include: The Best Plan for SFAS? Where to start training for the Scott Firefighter Challenge? What are the minimum pieces of equipment...
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Plan Focus: 8-Week Low Back Fitness Training Plan
By Rob Shaul Lower backs are a mystery. I’ve read every book I could find on low back injuries, their causes, and possible fixes. I could find no consensus. Causes listed include too much sitting, to...
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Lessons and Observations From The Firehouse Expo
Adam Scott, MS, CSCS We spent three days at the National Firehouse Expo in Baltimore, Maryland. Our Fire/Rescue (F/R) Athlete programming has been in the works for sometime now, and with the...
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Backcountry Hunter? We need your help.
By Rob Shaul This hunting season we’d like to collect some front line data on the fitness demands of backcountry hunting. What we’re interested in is data related to the actual hunting season – not...
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You’re Doing Your Push-Ups Wrong
Outside Online published this article about some of the mistakes we commonly see athletes make with push-ups. Link to the original article. By Meaghen Brown According to Mountain Athlete strength and...
View ArticleRuck Calculator
Assessment Distance: 1 Mile 1.5 Miles 2 Miles 3 Miles 4 Miles 5 Miles 6 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 12 Miles 10 Kilometers 15 Kilometers 20 Kilometers Your Time: : : The post Ruck Calculator appeared first...
View ArticleLeadership’s Roll in a Unit’s Fitness Culture? (Hint…. It’s Hard To Respect A...
Through the Mountain Tactical Institute, we’re developing a “Fitness Culture Assessment” for tactical units. Key to the assessment results will be leadership’s support, or lack of support for fitness...
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Q&A 7/31/15
Dave grinds through sandbag keg lifts Questions include: If you only need to improve one part of the PFT should you only work on that part? What is the best plan to train for Mount Blanc? What plan to...
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Rethinking “Physical Readiness” in the Modern Military
In 2009 the United State Marine Corps formally implemented the Combat Fitness Test (CFT). The CFT was a departure from decades of stale physical readiness thinking. For the first time the US...
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Kit DesLauriers: Priorities and Perspective in Training for the Mountains
By Kit DesLauriers I live, train and ski professionally in the Rocky Mountains but just woke up from spending my third consecutive night at sea level and am now sitting on a porch overlooking the...
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