Arete 11.10.16
MOUNTAIN Women Should Be Strong – Interview with Lindsay Vonn, On Point Radio Podcast: The Making of Ski Movie, “Monumental,” Powder Magazine Finnish Climber Sends World’s First V17, Rock & Ice...
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My Biggest Programming Mistakes
Not Getting Sport Specific I made this mistake on both the mountain and tactical sides. In Jackson that first year, my Dryland Ski program emphasized maximal leg strength – heavy back squats, heavy...
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MTI Writing Contest: “My Biggest Leadership Mistakes”
Any tactical or mountain leader has read multiple essays, books and biographies on great leaders and the tenants of great leadership. However there are few resources available, written by leaders...
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Lessons Learned Implementing a Functional Fitness Program at non-SOF Tactical...
By Rob Shaul We’ve been approached by several line military units at all levels (squad, platoon, company, battalion) in the past 10 years with the goal of implementing a “functional fitness program”...
View ArticleArete 11.17.16
MOUNTAIN How Many Climbers Use Performance Enhancing Drugs on Everest?, Outsideonline.com In Kinco I Trust, Powder Magazine Ranking the World’s Toughest Outside Sports, Outside Magazine Photo Story –...
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MTI 3/3/3 Tactical Athlete Endurance Assessment
By Rob Shaul & Charles Bausman Last month we published the MTI Relative Strength Assessment. Today we present the MTI 3/3/3 Tactical Athlete Endurance Assessment (specific to movement over ground)...
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MTI Wildland Firefighter 3/600/3 Endurance Assessment
By Rob Shaul & Charles Bausman Last month we published the MTI Relative Strength Assessment. Today we present the MTI 3/600/3 Wildland Firefighter Endurance Assessment. Wildland Fire Fighters have...
View ArticleKudos December
KUDOS Sincere appreciation for y’alls work. I recently came back fromSFAS and was completely prepared physically for what we faced. I appreciate the support! – T KUDOS I’m a huge fan of your work. I...
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LE: How Has Being a Cop Changed You?
LE: How Has Being a Cop Changed You? By Rob Shaul & Charles Bausman We started fitness programming for Law Enforcement Officers in 2012 and in the years since, have spent time working with...
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Gear: Would you Run 3 Miles for Time in These Boots?
By Rob Shaul We received some feedback from Wildland Firefighters concerning the MTI 3/600/3 Wildland Firefighter Endurance Assessment. The issue wasn’t the assessment, but rather requiring athletes...
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Education: MTI Announces Online Course Series
By Rob Shaul MTI has mountain and tactical athletes around the world follow our fitness programming and widely regarded as thought leader in mission-direct, innovative, effective and efficent program...
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Dirty Little Fire. Intense Physical Demand.
“We were inside that attic when that photo was taken and could not see a thing.” I received an email from a close friend of MTI – full time firefighter, and fit – about a fire his crew fought in a tiny...
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Huge LE Response to our Survey – How Has Being a Cop Changed You?
Huge LE Response to our Survey – How Has Being a Cop Changed You? By Charles Bausman The feedback we receive from MTI’s questions and surveys is always well thought out and candid. However, the...
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Law Enforcement: My Most Dangerous On-The-Job Mistake, and What I Learned...
This was one question in a larger survey on how being a LE Officer has changed people. Respondents answers are below…. – Rob Shaul As a rookie I missed a knife ok a subject I thought I had searched...
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Is Popular Support and Generous Benefits Creating Over-Entitled Veterans?
Seriously? By Rob Shaul and Charles Bausman A conversation is growing regarding the rising sense of entitlement from veterans. What do we, as veterans, believe we are owed, and at what point does it...
View ArticleArete 12.8.16
HOMELAND SECURITY & TERRORISM Why American Women Join Jihadi Movements, Vice News The Limits of Air Strikes Against ISIS, lawfareblog.com Our Counterterrorism Allies. What are they Good For?,...
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My Biggest Leadership Mistake: Abdicating Leadership in a Toxic Command
Conspiring officers in The Caine Mutiny. By Major David Chichetti In 2013, I had just relinquished command of my Cavalry Troop, when I sat down for one last counseling session with my Brigade...
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My Biggest Leadership Mistake: Poor Situational Awareness
By Daniel Dumas I was riding the seat of Engine 6 with a 4 man crew as a Lieutenant in the City of Pontiac. Pontiac is a small inner city that suffers from all of the problems of a big inner city:...
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My Biggest Leadership Mistake: Insecurity & Self-Centeredness
By Anonymous It is fairly easy to admit that I’ve made many mistakes in my military career thus far. It is more difficult to reveal that many of my mistakes have originated out of pure, unadulterated...
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My Biggest Leadership Mistake: I Failed 10,000 Ways
Our Gun Trucks in the local terrain. By Anonymous Be forewarned. There is no deployment badassery here. This only a story of an ordinary lieutenant leading ordinary men in difficult circumstances. I...
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