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New Rules for Fitness Over 40!

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New Rules for Fitness Over 40!

The following NEW RULES are part of the programming used in the new 52 week – four part training series: Tactical Fitness 40+.  From Rebuilding the Foundation to getting Ready to Compete, this series uses the following four rules religiously.

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Going the Wrong Direction with Training? Take Two Right Turns...

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Going the Wrong Direction with Training? Take Two Right Turns...

When You Need to Make a 180° Turn Around- All It Takes is Two Right Turns -  No one wants to hear "you are going the wrong way - turn around", go back to where you started, or start a new path, but sometimes when on a journey or on the constant journey of life, we need to make a course change. In this dead end road metaphor, the two things a new direction needs is two right turns and sometimes that means going back to where you started.  In fitness, health, and overall human performance, these two right turns...

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Running Plan to Help You Get You TO and THROUGH Selection Training (20 Miles a Week)

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Running Plan to Help You Get  You  TO and THROUGH Selection Training (20 Miles a Week)

Running Plan to Help You Get  You TO and THROUGH Selection Training The following chart is an 8 week running plan that requires you to build up to 20 miles a week before starting this program, then focus on getting those 20 miles of running done fast using a variety of methods. (Goal Pacing, Hills, Sand, Sprint Intervals, Mobility / Non-impact Cardio, Run and Leg PT, and more).  There are two competitive paces you need to learn how to master in your journey toward most tactical communities - a short timed run pace of 6 minute miles and a longer...

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Fix Your Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome) By Seth Donelson (DPT)

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Fix Your Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome) By Seth Donelson (DPT)

Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome) By Seth Donelson (Doctor of Physical Therapy) It never fails, emails and DMs blow up every Spring (well about a month into Spring) concerning shin splints.  Learn more about your new nemesis and "fix your shin splints." This article was submitted by our local Physical Therapist Seth Donelson who trains with my group here in Maryland. Not only are we excited to have him join us and experience our workouts, but also he assists by providing common injury articles such as this: Overview:  This document covers basic information about how shin splints occur, how...

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The Tactical Fitness System in this Book Saved My Life - No Kidding! Maximum Fitness

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The Tactical Fitness System in this Book Saved My Life - No Kidding!  Maximum Fitness

- Maximum Fitness - By Stew Smith CSCS A Book That Features A Full Year Of Periodization Training (Only Available on Amazon.com) The Tactical Fitness Periodization System in this Book Saved My Life - No Kidding.  Maximum Fitness is a book that features a full year of tactical fitness periodization training and will help you recover from high mileage running/ rucking phases, rebuild joints after high repetition calisthenics for months, and recover smartly by adding a non-impact cardio and basic lifting cycle in four 12-13 week cycles.  Here is what you get - An entire year - 52 weeks of training: - The first 12 weeks...

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