The Real Fitness
DISCLAIMER: The workouts that are on this site and are mentioned in this article are set for experienced trainees. For "scaled down" workouts, please email me!!!
Whether one is preparing for surviving economic upheaval/invasion, natural disaster, the next 5k race(insert smile here) performance is the name of the game.
When I first started researching things concerning survival I checked out Youtube. I must say I was very concerned for some of those I saw on there as far as what I perceived in their ability to physically withstand physical duress (not that their info was bad, they just looked like they would struggle in a real life emergency situation). I am a 15 year veteran of the fitness industry and I have always stressed functionality in those I have trained, and in my personal regiments.
This what I have found to work for me and those I have trained:
I mix different modes of exercise together with the goal in mind of general physical preparedness(gpp). For example, 4 rounds for time of 1/2 mi run and 50 pushups. You can combine lifting (odd objects are best, my sons and I train with sandbags but rocks work in a pinch. My profile picture has me flipping a tractor tire) with 1/4mi or 1/2mi runs or bodyweight exercises such as pullups, pushups, situps etc. Most of the demands on will not be pure but mixed (I still get a good rucksack run in on a fairly regular basis). The key is not to get in a rut or specialize as what we neglect can be our undoing. Have fun and be creative. Get a partner or keep a log, something to keep youself accountable.
Over the next couple of weeks, I will go into this topic in more detail. I will feature some articles on how to get equipment on a budget, useful vs useless exercises, program design and more.
Stay tuned...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Patriot Workout
OPERATION: MAN DOWN
FULL MISSION PROFILE
Situation:While on a FID (foreign internal defense) mission to train Afghani military in patrol tactics, your squad was contacted by a group of armed insurgents, wounding one of the Afghani soldiers. You were able to eliminate the initial threat, but more insurgents are on their way. The wounded man has a life threatening gunshot wound to the leg, and while your medic has stabilized him for transport, he must get advanced medical care immediately if he is to live.
Objective:
Transport wounded teammate to medical aid station approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) in 30 minutes or less. Repel any enemy attacks along the way as quickly and efficiently as possible.
FMP WORKOUT
Note – This workout is intended to be performed with a partner.
4 Rounds of:
- Man 1 Carry Man 2 – 200 Meters
- Both do 25 Push Ups
- Man 2 Carry Man 1 – 200 Meters
- Both do 25 Push Ups
- Man 1 Carry Man 2 – 200 Meters
- Both do 25 Sit Ups
- Man 2 Carry Man 1 – 200 Meters
- Both do 25 Sit Ups
- Man 1 Carry Man 2 – 200 Meters
- Both do 25 Squats
- Man 2 Carry Man 1 – 200 Meters
- Both do 25 Squats
workout by Brass Ring Fitness
Monday, February 20, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Patriot Workout
"4 Acres of Sovereign US Soil"
For time:
Run 4 miles
200 pushups
Scale as needed
Post time to Comments
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Thought for the Day
The Lord’s love never ends; his mercies never stop. They are new every morning. Lamentations 3:22-23”
You said the wrong words, took the wrong turns, loved the wrong person, reacted the wrong way.
You spoke when you should’ve listened, judged when you should’ve trusted, indulged when you should have resisted.
But don’t let yesterday’s mistakes sabotage today’s attitude!
So, what makes the difference?
Daily drenching rains! Deluges keep the ground moist, the trees wet, and the lightning impotent.
Choose to make it a great day—every day!
By Max Lucado
You said the wrong words, took the wrong turns, loved the wrong person, reacted the wrong way.
You spoke when you should’ve listened, judged when you should’ve trusted, indulged when you should have resisted.
But don’t let yesterday’s mistakes sabotage today’s attitude!
So, what makes the difference?
Daily drenching rains! Deluges keep the ground moist, the trees wet, and the lightning impotent.
Lightning strikes you as well. Thunderbolts of regret can ignite and consume you. Counter them with downpours of God’s grace, daily washings of forgiveness.
Once a year won’t do. Once a month is insufficient. Weekly showers leave you dry. Sporadic misting leaves you combustible! You need a solid soaking every day!Choose to make it a great day—every day!
By Max Lucado
Monday, February 6, 2012
The Patriot Workout
"Tactical"
4 rounds for time of
25 sandbag thrusters (75#/35#)
25 pullups
run 1/4mi
scale as needed
post time to comments
4 rounds for time of
25 sandbag thrusters (75#/35#)
25 pullups
run 1/4mi
scale as needed
post time to comments
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Thought for the Day
From Courage, 1894
By Charles Wagner
Steadfastness is the indispensable quality of every man who one day does not wish to be obliged to say: “I have wasted my life.”
A man should not incessantly change with every impression of the moment, but should remain steadfast when he has once determined upon what is right. Of what use are the flowers if they do not produce fruits, and of good ideas if they are not transmuted into deeds? We must encourage stability, habituate ourselves to remain constant, and when we are sure that we are right, must fortify ourselves against invasion. Do not let criticisms or attacks disturb you.
Nothing is so difficult as to remain faithful. At each step of the way outside influences are brought to bear upon us to make us deviate or retrograde. And if there were only difficulties from without, it would not matter so much; but there are those from within. Our dispositions vacillate. We promise one thing with the best intentions in the world; but when the time comes to keep it, everything is changed–the circumstances, men, ourselves; and what duty demands of us seems so different from what we had foreseen, that we hesitate. Those who will fulfill on a rainy day a promise which they have made on a sunny one, are few and far between.
And so we go on casting our hearts to the four winds, giving it and taking it back again, breaking with our past, separating ourselves from ourselves, so to speak. And when we look behind, we no longer recognize ourselves. We see ourselves in the days that are past as a stranger, or rather as several strangers.
There is nothing like a steadfast man, one in whom you can have confidence, one who is found at his post, who arrives punctually, and who can be trusted when you rely on him. He is worth his weight in gold. You can take your bearings from him, because he is sure to be where he ought to be, and nowhere else. The majority of individuals, on the contrary, are sure to be anywhere but where they ought to be. You have only to take them into your calculations to be deceived. Some of them are changeable from weakness of character; they cannot resist attacks, insinuations, and, above all, cannot remain faithful to a lost cause. A defeat in their eyes is a demonstration of the fact that their adversary was right and that they were wrong. When they see their side fail, instead of closing up the ranks, they go over to the enemy. These are the men who are always found on the winning side, and not in their hearts would be found the courageous device: Victrix causa diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.
A profound duplicity, a discrepancy between words and deeds, between appearance and reality, a sort of moral dilettantism which makes us according to the hour sincere or hypocritical, brave or cowardly, honest or unscrupulous–this is the disease which consumes us. What moral force can germinate and grow under these conditions? We must again become men who have only one principle, one word, one work, one love; in a word, men with a sense of duty. This is the source of power. And without this there is only the phantom of a man, the unstable sand, and hollow reed which bends beneath every breath. Be faithful; this is the changeless northern star which will guide you through the vicissitudes of life, through doubts and discouragements, and even mistakes.
By Charles Wagner
Steadfastness is the indispensable quality of every man who one day does not wish to be obliged to say: “I have wasted my life.”
A man should not incessantly change with every impression of the moment, but should remain steadfast when he has once determined upon what is right. Of what use are the flowers if they do not produce fruits, and of good ideas if they are not transmuted into deeds? We must encourage stability, habituate ourselves to remain constant, and when we are sure that we are right, must fortify ourselves against invasion. Do not let criticisms or attacks disturb you.
Nothing is so difficult as to remain faithful. At each step of the way outside influences are brought to bear upon us to make us deviate or retrograde. And if there were only difficulties from without, it would not matter so much; but there are those from within. Our dispositions vacillate. We promise one thing with the best intentions in the world; but when the time comes to keep it, everything is changed–the circumstances, men, ourselves; and what duty demands of us seems so different from what we had foreseen, that we hesitate. Those who will fulfill on a rainy day a promise which they have made on a sunny one, are few and far between.
And so we go on casting our hearts to the four winds, giving it and taking it back again, breaking with our past, separating ourselves from ourselves, so to speak. And when we look behind, we no longer recognize ourselves. We see ourselves in the days that are past as a stranger, or rather as several strangers.
There is nothing like a steadfast man, one in whom you can have confidence, one who is found at his post, who arrives punctually, and who can be trusted when you rely on him. He is worth his weight in gold. You can take your bearings from him, because he is sure to be where he ought to be, and nowhere else. The majority of individuals, on the contrary, are sure to be anywhere but where they ought to be. You have only to take them into your calculations to be deceived. Some of them are changeable from weakness of character; they cannot resist attacks, insinuations, and, above all, cannot remain faithful to a lost cause. A defeat in their eyes is a demonstration of the fact that their adversary was right and that they were wrong. When they see their side fail, instead of closing up the ranks, they go over to the enemy. These are the men who are always found on the winning side, and not in their hearts would be found the courageous device: Victrix causa diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.
A profound duplicity, a discrepancy between words and deeds, between appearance and reality, a sort of moral dilettantism which makes us according to the hour sincere or hypocritical, brave or cowardly, honest or unscrupulous–this is the disease which consumes us. What moral force can germinate and grow under these conditions? We must again become men who have only one principle, one word, one work, one love; in a word, men with a sense of duty. This is the source of power. And without this there is only the phantom of a man, the unstable sand, and hollow reed which bends beneath every breath. Be faithful; this is the changeless northern star which will guide you through the vicissitudes of life, through doubts and discouragements, and even mistakes.
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