i read on some fitness forum that rucking on grass with no shoes goes a long way to prevent shin splints, something to do with stress balance on the joints and feet or something, i guess it could be worth a try, after all aboriginees and masai warriors basically go barefoot and dont seem to get shin ...

funnily enough i did actually work at a sewage treatment works once and i really did shovel sheet, its amazing how much you get paid but the staff turnaround is high........

the whole 1000 push ups a day thing has been used for years by people like rocky marciano, herschel walker, reggie jackson ...

weight training should form the biggest slice of your pre-military training. Gone are the days when weights were seen as making you slow and musclebound, we now know better.

Weights should be used for injury prevention, increase in strength, work capacity (ability to exert force over a prolonged ...

If your having problems with press ups, try this, it really does work,when i was a labourer i found that i was shovelling sand pretty much all day every day and you know what i got really good at shovelling sand, it was like the shovel and sand weighed nothing and i could do it really quick after 3 ...

I would focus on strength first, get a good base, deadlifts work the whole pulling structure of the body and trythe military press too. Train often with these 2 exercises with reps of 4-6 and 2 or 3 sets per session, when you can deadlift twice your body weight and press your bodyweight for a few ...

As usual the russians go forward in military fitness training , the americans get hold of it and make it better and then we catch up last. Gone are the days when push ups and sit ups were the best military exercises, ok they are good, but just because they are good doesnt mean there isnt something ...

"qualified" personal trainers are 10 a penny these days yet most dont know how to get strong. The fact is that you can get strong and fit, just forget everything you learnt from bodybuilding magazines and forums.

First dont equate muscle size with strength, it has no correlation, 180 pound bob ...

even better get a kettlestack, its an adjustable kettlebell that takes weight plates. Also i dont know what big bart is saying but training to failure doesnt make you stronger, it just exhausts the ATP in the muscles leading to muscle growth and soreness, to get strong you need to train no where ...