September 1, 2010 by Will Brink

2010 CT SWAT Challenge

As some of you may know, I do some training for tactical law enforcement (e.g., SWAT/RRT, etc) and have past vids from the CT SWAT Challenge up here on the BrinkZone and at my site dedicated to the health/fitness/performance needs of the tactical community. I did not work with any teams this year as I have in the past, but did have my own booth at the CT SWAT Challenge. You can also see the vids I made from the PT stage below (which was approx 6 miles long and 30+ stages of suck…) and the shooting stages.

Yours Truly at the booth:

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July 12, 2010 by Will Brink

Online Fitness/Performance Seminar For Tactical Athletes

Online Fitness, Performance, Health Seminar for The Tactical Community

Will Brink has created this six part series of videos to cover the essential issues that apply to all first responders, with an emphasis on tactical LE/ tactical community.

The seminar covers topics such as:

- The importance of proper nutrition and training for the health and longevity of the tactical athlete, specifically as it applies to LE

- Use patterns of supplements by SOF, with recommendations made on the issue for LE

- The essential issues surrounding correct programming for training of tactical athletes

- Recommendation of balanced programs for strength, endurance, and conditioning

- The impact of training on health & performance

- Various research examples

- Recommended readings

- Using Heart Rate Monitors to optimize intensity

And it’s only $10! For more info or to order, go HERE

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June 3, 2010 by Adam Steer

TACFIT COMMANDO: Are You Ready ?

TACFIT Commando

TACFIT Commando, the fat loss, conditioning and functional fitness program you can do at home without equipment can be found here at www.commando-fatloss.com

TACFIT Commando : Are You Ready For Anything ?
by Guest Author Adam Steer.

Are you ready for all the surprises life throws your way?

Remember the old saying, “It’s not a question of IF something will go wrong, but when”?

True readiness for your life, sport or occupation requires more than just specific training — it requires venturing outside the range and scope of your normal activities to create a “safety valve” for when things go awry.

What the heck does that mean?

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April 14, 2010 by Will Brink

Article For Tactical Athletes on EFS

For those of you who train seriously, you need no introduction to EFS, or people like Dave Tate, Wendler, etc and others who can be found on EFS. For those who don’t know EFS and those who publish there, EFS (via Dave T and crew) are considered the best of the best on many fronts, especially in the world of strength athletes, strong man, etc. When it comes to strength, functional training, and others, EFS is second to none and you will find the web page and various authors there recommended here by me and others.

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April 3, 2010 by Will Brink

Practical Applied Stress Training (P.A.S.T) for Tactical LE

Taking Training to Another Level Using The Practical Applied Stress Training (P.A.S.T) Program

Gang. As some of you know, I do seminars, training, etc with Tactical Law enforcement (e.g., SWAT and other similar groups) and so forth and run the site OptimalSWAT.

Per my prior threads regarding courses at S&W Academy on applied stress training, I have developed a program manual on the topic for tactical LE, mil, PMC, etc. who would benefit from this unique training. It’s called “Practical Applied Stress Training” or P.A.S.T.

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March 16, 2010 by Nathan Cragg

Westside for Deployed Skinny Bastards

Don’t even tell me you wouldn’t wanna work with these guys!

The above trailer is from Joe’s documentary movie Strong available at www.strongmovie.com There will be a review of it as soon as I get my copy. I’m expecting very good things from it.

Westside for Deployed Skinny bastards

Warning: This program will make your clothes fit tighter, draw attention from really hot girls and become freaky strong. You’ve been warned!

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March 10, 2010 by Will Brink

F.A.S.T testing and a few drills at the range

As some of you may know, I am an avid shooter and work with tactical law enforcement (e.g., SWAT/RRT, etc) and other groups regarding performance, health, fitness, and so on. If you want to try excellent test of your basic skills with a handgun, try the F.A.S.T. (Fundamentals, Accuracy, & Speed Test) drill designed by ToddG at Pistol-Training.com. Below is my video of my FAST scores and a few range drills also.

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March 9, 2010 by Nathan Cragg

Door Kicker Fitness Part 2

I received another message literally days after the first question on operator training. This one was in reference to testing procedures. This is unedited and may be a bit all over the place, but hope you can pick out the good stuff out it.

For an actual testing process, I would use some form of obstacle course that involves what you’ll see 90% or more of the time. The old school o-courses aren’t actually all that bad. The problem with a realistic test is to be efficient, the varibles won’t always end of successful. Say you start with a few exercises to get the adrenaline stimulation up, then have a ballistic micro-fight, the variables of a fight could shift the results of the operators performance.

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March 2, 2010 by Nathan Cragg

Door Kicker Fitness Part 1

I recently received a message asking about strength and conditioning for law enforcement, specifically a SWAT breacher. Below is my reply on my thoughts on it.

Hey (insert silly false name here to protect identity), first off thanks for protecting your local citizens every day. It’s a job not many respect until they need you.

Here’s my philosophy on Law enforcement training in general. For a patrol officer, the most common thing they will be doing is slinging people not objects.

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February 23, 2010 by Nathan Cragg