Could Stimulants Be Limiting Your Recovery?
Many people believe that a pre-workout supplement could be the best tool to accelerate strength in the gym, yet many health experts agree that the stimulants in pre-workouts could actually be holding you back. What we must consider is, do stimulants like caffeine and pre-workout really help you push your physical limits – or are […]
Knee Pain! Tactical Athletes Most Common Complaint And How To Avoid It.
Whether it’s from yomps, work related, rugby or running, knee pain is common in our community. Our programs address this complaint but here we give a basic understanding of the knee, why it might give you grief and how to optimise the joint. Over time I have spoken to many athletes all with similar […]
Longevity Of The Operational Firefighter
Taking on a career as a Firefighter puts you into the category of a Tactical Athlete. Our buddy Rob, a Firefighter himself shares with us why being functional fit and combat ready is a necessity for his role whilst learning common faults and how to build a good baseline. “As operational firefighters we should possess […]
How To Stay In The Fight With Stimulants!
This article was born from our experience operating in the ADF and what we have learn’t in terms of keeping ourselves alert and ready to perform in operational units. What caffeine and stimulants do to our body, good and bad! Strap yourself in for this one folks, we go deep whilst caffeinated! Australian culture is […]
Conditioning Basics, Principles Not Tools!
Conditioning can be an overlooked component within the tactical athletes wheel house. Within this article we bring ourselves back to key principles that are essential for a effective training program. I place a large emphasis on what I call a ‘road of importance’. The first part of this road is where you start; basic movement […]
Why Grip Strength Is Important For The Tactical Athlete And How To Improve It
Could GRIP STRENGTH be a limiting factor for our Australian Defence Force recruits & members? Grip strength is important for the tactical athlete as its needed across the board for multiple tasks. Here we expand on why you need it and ways to increase your strength to become a better teammate. Why we need grip […]
Get Stronger For Easier Pack Marching!
We have searched far and wide for info on how to improve your pack marching using strength and conditioning before you hit the terrain, no luck! So here it is!! What should you be doing to get stronger for easier pack marching? For those of you new to this idea, pack marches are a common […]
A Tactical Plan To Increase Your Pull Ups
Having hit a plateau in my pull-ups before the Navy’s Clearance Diver selection test, I was desperate to try anything. After some research and hard work, I was able to improve. Below I share these resources and how you too can increase your pull-ups. Standing on the back of a Navy warship I read these […]
Clearance Diver Selection – Lets Talk About Finning
The military diver uses a method called “finning” as a mode of transportation and to conserve gas from their dive set. There is a fine art to finning as the risk of being compromised is a concern. Here are our tips to becoming more efficient at finning. What is finning? You may ask. Basically you […]
Upper Saps Syndrome And Kyphosis – How To Fix It In A Nutshell
A growing issue ADF candidates are facing when going through the medical screening process is upper SAPS syndrome and Kyphosis. What is it and how do you fix it? Read on . . SAPS – Sympathetically Acquired Primal Structure. Kyphosis generally occurs in two forms; structural or functional. The first being an abnormality at birth […]