Adrenaline pumping, locked in, and let's be honest, fear racing through the veins. The starting line is a great place to be. But, many tactical athletes don't toe the line and make excuses to why now is not the right time. Being busy, tired, stressed, and “have a lot going on” is the baseline. News flash: It only gets worse with time, and life doesn't randomly get stress or responsibility free. So do we just bulldoze through even harder? No. We pick one thing, and create a st

Part 1 - 3 Runs The Tactical Athlete Needs to Dominate The 2 Mile Part 2 - The Unsung Hero For Dropping Run Times (Strength Training) Neither running or strength training wins the 2 mile alone, but both of them run on fuel. That's the part almost nobody trains with the same intention they bring to the track or the gym. Running and strength are half the equation. This is where we close the other half. Every tactical athlete I onboard gets the same first assignment: track your

We finished Part 1 with a running game plan. Easy, hard, and moderate runs throughout the week, moving slow, fast, and practicing pacing. Your internal monitor and RPE gauge are improving and you're practicing the skill of running. If you don't do anything else, your run times will improve. But, we need to realize improving runs and performing at full capacity are completely different things. If you want to perform at full capacity, you need the strength to support it. Withou

The iconic Garmin beep at the start of your time trial. You've trained for this. First quarter mile and the legs feel good, pace feels right, confidence is high. Strides later the doubt starts to creep in. The lower back is tightening, legs are not turning over, and you feel like you’re hyperventilating. Plus, the mental math in your head of the finish time is not looking good. Redlined too soon and there was nowhere else to go but down. This is how most time trial journeys

82% of elite tactical athletes said it wasn't physical pain that almost made them quit. It was mental. [We built a free masterclass on exactly this. Access it here.] Yet here we are. Still obsessing over the perfect program to chase arbitrary metrics. 1.323542 x bodyweight bench press 8:37 Zone 2 pace (insert exact goal) - copy/paste the program that worked for someone else And on top of that, someone will tell you to "just don't quit." Here's the thing about that advice: No