Article #1 – Fix Your Squat I want to fix your squat, today. This series is the baby, born from a conversation I had with Dr. Kelly Starrett on the HRD2KILL Podcast, about how we can do better when training our warfighters. Specifically, we dug into the topic of movement and how our mobility and …
It would be unfitting, nay, irresponsible for me to not write about COVID 19 survival strategies during the pandemic. All my talk about being hard to kill would be just a clever tag line a came up with on a run one day. Alas, the day has come to see if I’m worth my mettle. …
Do we have our entire model of mental health treatment upside down? Rather than your brain running on psychotherapy and meds, maybe it needs to be given the good stuff from time to time. You guessed it… your brain needs to be on iron more often than not. I’m trying to get a better understanding of …
The Army Run was held September 29th, 2019 and I was proud to be taking on the Commander’s Challenge of 26.1 km; the longest run I would have ever completed and I’ll be going over the 3 main reasons that I feel led to my piss poor performance and how to not suck at a …
There is no better medicine for what ails you than lifting heavy objects. Find out one essential lift you should be doing to keep away the Grim Reaper. Lifting is built into our DNA – how else do you push an angry gorilla off your chest or lift and carry the deer you just killed, …
Running season is in full swing. Some of us have taken on some HUGE challenges and tackled their first half marathon, triathlon, Ironman etc. It’s really impressive to see. Let’s look at 3 things you can implement that will get you to crush the Army Run this year. Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail Having …
Hands up if you think this is about the euphoric feeling you get after you finish a good run? Gotcha…it’s about running high (on cannabis bro) I’ve recently started experimenting on myself with different cannabis products and running performance and I wanted to make you aware of my findings. Since this is an n=1 sample …
Odds are, if you were ever in the Army, you’ve had to dance with shin splits (metaphorically and literally). Overall, shin splints suck hard. What Are Shin Splints? Technically, this is “Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome” and is caused by a number of compounding factors but it’s essentially due to too much running and marching and …
When I was starting out as a personal trainer, I wasn’t really sure how a reservist can train for selection. But I’ve subsequently been able to put in countless hours of programming and have figured out a few things along the way. My first crack at it was with Alex. One day he approached me …
I had an awesome conversation with my latest podcast guest, Jonny Collins, about how so many men are not living optimally. Are you ‘dangerous’ was the underlying theme to our conversation and what that means to the modern, western man. Being dangerous isn’t about kicking the shit out of the first, random dude you see …
Get a clipboard and start leading Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” Colin Powell Powerful words and 100% true. …
Episode 6 of the HRD2KILL Podcast is out and I had the pleasure of interviewing Steve Karagioules about his new book, The Heart of a Champion and what he’s learned along the way. Steve was basically raised in the Army. His years spent in the Canadian Grenadier Guard Cadet Corps gave him a skill set …
