Hello HRD2KILL community. It is an honor to be writing this article for my friend and fellow health coach David Morrow. I am a health and fitness writer with a long background in sports and athletics. At age 22 I crashed hard, and spent the next two years recovering from complex chronic disease. Now …
The “New World” A lot can be said about the “new army” and the changes that have taken place over time that you hear the older active duty and veterans talks about. The world is changing, so how does a new army recruit prepare for it? The way conflicts are being fought are changing as …
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 …
Le but de ce texte est de vous aider à atteindre un objectif qui vous tient à cœur. Que ce soit mieux manger, être plus en forme ou arrêter une mauvaise habitude, voici quelques outils qui vous permettront de suivre le bon chemin. Il est important de prévoir les obstacles probables à ce nouveau but. …
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 …
