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Quiet Professional: On Professional Reading
By Rob Shaul I suggest four distinct professional reading categories: 1) Wisdom Literature This is the philosophical, foundational ideas and thinking quiet professionals need to keep us grounded and...
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Packet Focus: Canadian Special Forces Entry Test and CSOR Selection Training...
By Charles Bausman The Canadian Special Forces Entry Test and CSOR Selection Training Packet consists of two plans to prepare you for the two phased selection process for entry into the Canadian...
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La Sportiva Akasha Mountain Running Shoes
By Rob Shaul For a couple years years now I’ve recommend Hoka One One running shoes to MTI athletes. Hoka has lead the needed industry running shoe design change away from punishing minimalist...
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QUESTION Hi, I have about 4 months to prepare for Army basic training. I’ve been dragging my feet and have become kinda a slob, what program do you recommend for me to not die during basic? ANSWER...
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Packet Focus: Grunt PT
By Rob Shaul Grunt PT is the Mountain Tactical Institute’s day-to-day mission-direct, tactical programming for line unit, active duty soldiers. After witnessing many top-down, command-driven fitness...
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Military New uniform coating could keep troops warm without multiple layers, Military Times Book Review – The Grey Line: Corporate Intelligence and Counter Intelligence, Small Wars Journal Taliban...
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MTI’s “Original” Exercises & How They Got Their Names
Sandbag Getups …. MTI didn’t invent this exercise, but has helped make it famous. By Rob Shaul Recently a US Military member sent me an official fitness training program for a US Army course which...
View ArticleQ&A 10.5.17
QUESTION Looking at the plans and trying to structure a “packet” like you have done with Delta section packet etc. I have two weeks left of the run improvement plan currently. Would you run that, Ultra...
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MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for September, 2017
MTI’s Top Selling Training Plans for September, 2017: Athlete’s Subscription 3-Week Push Ups & Pull Up Improvement Plan APFT Training Plan Bodyweight Foundation Training Plan Military On-Ramp...
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National Defense/Military Prepare for the Worse with North Korea, Real Clear Defense The US Navy is Flat Worn Out, War Is Boring Killer Robots will Save Lives, Real Clear Defense Trump Policy Changes...
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Plan Focus: FLETC PEB Plan
By Rob Shaul The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Physical Efficiency Battery (PEB) is a one day fitness assessment for Law Enforcement Officers beginning training in any FLETC course...
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Why MTI?
By Rob Shaul 1) Mission Direct Gym numbers mean nothing. All that matters is mission performance. To this end MTI’s fitness solutions and programming are not boxed in by convention, tradition,...
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Online Training Plan Improvements
By Mintra Mattison MTI Customers have made several requests in regards to accessibility and user-friendliness of our online training plans. Below are your requests and the changes we’ve made...
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Military/National Defense Afghanistan and Strategy – 16 years On, Real Clear Defense Iran Threatens US Bases if Republican Guard Named Terror Group, Real Clear Defense A Military History of...
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READERS COMMENT ON “BIG BOY RULES DON’T WORK FOR FITNESS AND MARKSMANSHIP“ Rob, I’ve been up well past my bedtime since I returned home from my graduate program this evening drinking coffee to grind...
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Thought & Theory Behind MTI’s Update to the Backcountry Ski Training Plan
By Rob Shaul MTI’s Backcountry Ski Pre-Season Training Plan was due for an update and currently here in Wyoming, we’ve got 23 “lab rats” testing the sessions in the new design. One of the consistent...
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Military Militants Who Attacked US SOF in Niger New to the Area, OODA Loop Crimea Isn’t the End of Russia’s Black Sea Ambitions, Bloomberg Al Qaeda Rising from the Ashes in Syria, The Cipher Brief...
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QUESTION Just wondering about how involved “coaches” are when it comes to training. Is this a shoot you an email with goals or what is the extent and type of work you do? ANSWER MTI’s programming on...
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Packet Focus: LE Athlete “Cop Movie” Training Packet
LE ATHLETE “COP MOVIE” PACKET OVERVIEW The 5 training plans contained within this packet details 32 weeks of MTI’s latest day-to-day training for Law Enforcement Athletes. Each plan deploys our most...
View Article1-Lift-Per-Day “Hybrid’ Session Design
In this video, Rob talks about his new theory on training multiple fitness attributes in the same training session. You Might Also Like How MTI Designs Day-to-Day Training for Tactical Athletes...
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