Category: Fitness

The Red Circle Group will help you set goals, hold you accountable for your progress, and equip you with all my mental toughness insights.

The annual competition highlights the exceptional physical skills and mental toughness of wounded, ill, and injured active-duty and veteran servicemembers.

Navy SEALs don’t have the luxury of focusing on problems, only solutions. Learn how to apply that solution mindset to your everyday life.

Whether you believe that you can or that you cannot, you’re right. Find out how Navy SEALs remove self-imposed barriers to do the impossible.

Salomon Forces boots are great for everything from rucking on rocky trails in everything from soft sand, to mud, snow, and hard-packed roads.

When seconds mean the difference of life and death, you must realize fear is real. Convince yourself that it isn’t, and you’re already dead.

There have been more questions than answers about what the new ACFT is going to look like and, well, how hard it truly is.

One aspect of military life that is so attractive for so many is the intense fitness regime and the opportunity to engage in physical activities that you wouldn’t normally engage in. The downside of that is that military injuries are extremely common. It’s very rare to meet a member of the armed forces who has […]

August 6th, 2011, 40 miles south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Chinook helicopter callsigned Extortion 17 (“one-seven”) took off into the darkness and accelerated toward a destination less than 20 miles west. Extortion 17 carried 38 men, 15 of them SEALS from Gold Squadron of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, popularly called SEAL Team 6. […]

Facing a concerning shortage in special operations personnel, the U.S. military grapples with the reality that, despite the high costs and rigorous standards of training, fewer young Americans are stepping up to join the elite ranks, possibly due to growing societal comfort and diminishing physical and mental aptitude.

Before celebrating Christmas with the family today it was time for some exercise. I was up before the sun and since everyone was sleeping in as we had been out late visiting family on Christmas Eve, I decided to take advantage of the quiet time to get some rucking in…and to work off some of […]

Because most of our military bases are in the southern United States, one area that can be neglected, especially when preparing for Special Operations training is cold weather training.  It is surprising how many young people who enter the military don’t know or understand the basics of cold weather preparation. First some of the basics; […]