About six months ago in our SFAS training tips, we hit the trails with our rucksack and were hitting the hills as they present issues that as a Selection candidate that you will encounter in the various courses that the services will offer. With the rain, we had in the area as … [Read more...]
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E.A.R.N. – A simple but effective way of mastering your fitness regimen
In the pursuit of bettering one's self from a physical standpoint, there are so many options available today. There is no "one size fits all" approach to fitness nor has there ever been. I've met people from all walks of life in peak physical condition; some of them do insane … [Read more...]
Old Man Fitness: Supplements that work and why they don’t for you
Ah, supplements — to the uninitiated, they seem like powdered steroids dispensed via that obnoxious shaker the religiously “fit” among us are always carrying around the office instead of a coffee cup. To the beginner, they offer the promise of expedited progress, or even progress … [Read more...]
Old Man Fitness: Tailoring your workout to your injuries
As we get older, we tend to collect things. Piles of artifacts representing memories both lost and treasured, old receipts we think we may need, and that shirt you know you can’t pull off anymore but just can’t find it in yourself to part with all take their places in our lives … [Read more...]
Old Man Fitness: How to earn your ‘black belt’ in fitness
If you’ve ever taken the time to sit and read a bodybuilding magazine from cover to cover, you’ll likely come to a few interesting conclusions: the first is that advertising often tries really hard to pretend it’s expert analysis, and the second is that supposed experts in the … [Read more...]
Old Man Fitness: Superstition, fitness and the power of belief
The old adage, “there are no atheists in foxholes,” while maybe not universally true, speaks to the level of helplessness that’s inherent to our very being. No matter how hard you work, no matter how prepared you try to be, there comes a time when there’s nothing left to do but … [Read more...]
The mind-muscle connection (unplugging and escaping through exercise)
Preface: Many of you know me as the producer and a host on SOFREP Radio, and on an episode with Alex Hollings talking his “Old Man Fitness” series I tapped into my philosophy on working out as a way to unplug and escape from the monotony of our day to day living routine. I can’t … [Read more...]
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