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What SWAT, SOF, and First Responders Can Learn From College Football Training
Real Preparedness
If you knew, as a cop, firefighter, SWAT officer, or other tactical professional, that the hardest and most demanding call of your life was tomorrow, what would your workout be to...
The 3 Conditioning Workouts Every Tactical Athlete Needs to Build Up To
After you build the base, this is where you take your performance to the next level.
Don’t Be Afraid to Be a Novice Again
Throughout my career and training, I have had to start over multiple tim...
Know Where You Are: Strength Training in the “Into the Frontier” Phase
Training hard is not enough if your programming is not taking you where you need to go.
Direction
I remember that in my first or second week as a brand-new cop, I was driving around with my Field ...
Pushing the Limit Without Breaking: Tactical and First Responder Performance
The Last Four Weeks of Our 12-Week Foundational Program: Maintaining Strength While We Push Aerobic Power
Build Real Strength and Capacity
The program we will discuss below is part of a 12-week ...
Strength That Carries Over on the Street and at the Structure Fire
Part of our 12-week first responder training series: how we build usable strength without sacrificing conditioning
True Functional Strength
If you’re thinking about becoming a police officer or...
First-Responder and Tactical Events Start Fast. Can You Maintain the Pace?
In our last article, we discussed how, in On the Brink, we maintain and elevate our aerobic capacity. The area I did not get into was anaerobic-threshold training.
Anaerobic-threshold training is p...
Maintaining the Engine: Aerobic Capacity in Phase II for Cops, Firefighters, and Tactical Professionals
From a Human Performance Coach with real experience in these professions.
Split-Second, Rapidly Evolving Decision-Making
Police use-of-force encounters and street-level critical incidents can v...
Beyond Zone 2: How First Responders and Tactical Populations Should Progress Their Training
The Academy and Beyond series addresses basic academy preparation. But once the baseline is built, what comes next?
First Foot Pursuit
I will never forget my first foot pursuit. It was my firs...
Academy and Beyond: Hurry Up and Wait — Why First Responders Need Loaded Aerobic Work
How loaded movement builds durability, recovery, and real-world work capacity for the job
Police, fire, and tactical populations all get familiar with one of the most common experiences in thes...