Use A Heart Rate Monitor

Use A Heart Rate Monitor

Why Tactical/First Responder populations should make the small investment into a heart rate monitor and how we incorporate it into our training. Key Takeaway Using a heart rate monitor during trai...
Resistance Band Movements You Need To Try

Resistance Band Movements You Need To Try

Includes a time efficient warm-up for First Responder/Tactical. Key Takeaway Tactical/First Responders often overlook the warm up portion of a training session. We’re busy people and sometimes it ...
The Repeated Effort Method- Crucial For Tactical/First Responder Populations

The Repeated Effort Method- Crucial For Tactical/First Responder Populations

What is the repeated effort method, why is it important, and how do we incorporate it into our programming?   Key Takeaway The Repeated Effort Method is when a trainee lifts submaximal weights for ...
Max Effort Method- For First Responders and Military

Max Effort Method- For First Responders and Military

The Max Effort Method has a proven track record for creating some of the strongest people in the world. How should we apply it to this population?   Key Takeaway The Max Effort Method is lifting th...
Use a Sled In place Of Long Slow Distance (LSD) Runs

Use a Sled In place Of Long Slow Distance (LSD) Runs

Why the sled is one of the best tools for First Responders and Tactical Populations to improve running and aerobic capacity. Key Takeaway The sled is one of the most versatile tools that should be...
Rate of Force Development

Rate of Force Development

Examples of how to train this for beginner and intermediate First Responder and Tactical Populations Key Takeaway Rate of force development (RFD) is the training related to the speed at which an...
Enduring- Phase 1 - Starts September 1st. What Phase II looks like.

Enduring- Phase 1 - Starts September 1st. What Phase II looks like.

The final 10 weeks of training for 2025.   Enduring is our next program that will finish out 2025. Last article we went over the first 8 weeks of programming. This is will be a big picture breakdow...
Enduring- Phase 1- Starts September 1st

Enduring- Phase 1- Starts September 1st

Enduring will take us to the New Year. Can you maintain the course?   Enduring is our next program that will finish out 2025. It is aptly named because yes…it is 18 weeks long. However, it is broke...
Healthy Lifestyle In An Unhealthy Profession

Healthy Lifestyle In An Unhealthy Profession

Answering the Call: Proper Physical Training for Police and Military in the in the 21st Century Pages 58-61 The patrol cops. The backbone of the department. I know many of you are in better shape ...