Army Staff Sergeant Wins Five National Physique Categories
Staff Sgt. Diamond R. Taylor, observer coach/trainer and behavioral health specialist competed and won in both the Battle Royale and Armed Forces National Championships here Oct. 1.
Physical Fitness
The Surprising Way Running Can Improve Your Shooting Skills
Believe it or not, running can help improve your shooting skills. Learn how cross-fit training can help snipers and shooters alike perform better in competitions and on the battlefield.
Self Defense for Women: Quick Tips
Self-defense is not only about learning how to physically defend yourself but also about having the presence of mind to avoid dangerous situations altogether.
5 Tips on Easing Sore Feet After Running or Rucking
Did you know that you have twenty muscles in each foot?
Watch Out For These Ridiculous Gym Diseases You Can Get In The Gym
Have you ever heard of Invisible Lat Syndrome? Here are some of the ridiculous diseases that you might encounter in the gym.
Army Defeats Air Force, Wins Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, Bragging Rights
“I’m just so proud of the effort. When we needed a drive there at the end the offense came through. Great to see that trophy is coming back home.”
No days off: Rucking early on Christmas morning
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 […]
Spec Ops selection prep: Boots and foot care 101
We always get some questions vis-à-vis about passing Selection and most of the questions center around rucking and the land navigation course. While each has their own challenges for the Selection candidate, you’ll have to utilize both together while passing land navigation as you’ll be conducting it with a rucksack on. While we encourage our […]
Making the big leap from high school to Special Operations
A good friend of mine is a career law enforcement professional here in New England and although we don’t hang out on a regular basis, whenever we run into one another we’ll stop and catch up. So weaving around a stoppage in the road a few weeks ago, I saw my friend trying to make […]
Night land navigation during SOF selection: “Hello darkness my old friend”
Land Navigation in Selection is a very big obstacle to overcome. To help prepare the candidates for our Special Operations Forces we’ve gotten back to the basics and gone over the various skills that start at square one and gone from there. Now that we’re all on the same sheet of music, so to speak, […]
Learn to ruck like a pro before you get to selection
For our readers who are attempting to become part of our Special Operations Forces, of course after volunteering, the first obstacle in your path is passing Selection. And the biggest key to that is being properly prepared to do so. We went back and recently posted a series of articles on Land Navigation where we […]
SOF tips: Decrease lower back pain and workout more effectively
Like many of us, I had issues with occasional lower back pain while in the military. Eventually, suffering a major injury that required surgery, that was in no way related to the normal workout routine that the Army conducts with soldiers doing PT. However, it wasn’t until many years later, I was doing some physical […]
