The Few, The Weird, the Uniquely Wired
It took me a long time to decide to write this. Partly because I had to put some personal things into words. Things which I, like many of us, almost…
In Depth Tactical Solutions
It took me a long time to decide to write this. Partly because I had to put some personal things into words. Things which I, like many of us, almost…
Over the last couple of years, the field of medical tactics (a.k.a. Tactical Medicine, or several other names by which it may be known in your neck of the woods)…
Introduction The push-up is an iconic exercise that has gotten a bit of a bad rap in recent years. In the old days, the push-up was declared to be one…
If you’re a reader of Spotter Up then it’s safe to assume you count yourself as a member of the “tactical community”. As such, I have to assume that you…
Several years ago a mutual friend of mine first introduced me to Brandon Coleman at a favorite breakfast place of ours aptly named, Matt’s Big Breakfast. All three of us…
Bottom line up front: “Cardio” is not what you think it is. Everyone is doing it wrong and for the wrong reasons Understanding the truth will take your training to…
Power training is one of my favorite subjects and this article is only going to cover a fraction of what I can teach on the subject. An article on the…
Yesterday at the range I experienced my first squib load. A squib load or simply a “squib” is a type of firearms malfunction that happens when a round is fired…
SLEEP. “No man knows but a soldier, how sweet sleep is.” So the Iraqis are raining down RPGs like mortars on us and one of my Corpsman tells me, “First…
One of the myths that the fitness industry refuses to kill off is that breathing occurs primarily to provide oxygen to the body. OK, yes, we all know it’s true…