The Tactical Athlete

If you are a law enforcement officer, firefighter or military personnel your training requires a complete physical training program. You can't spend only time in the weight room or track, It beyond one dimensional. Many of the programs out there include different types of equipment and terrain, they should. If you wonder why it's the nature of the job.

The tactical athlete is required to be flexible, agile, strong, have a high level of aerobic fitness as well as control body fat, heart rate, body temperature and adrenaline rush (stress).

Not only are these important to the athletes health but it may be important to saving a life, including their own.

I believe that these athletes need to incorporate range of motion, strength, coordination and endurance in there exercises. These athletes need stable and unstable training surfaces. For example climbing a block wall is different compared to a rod iron fence. Kicking in sand or loose gravel is different compared to concrete. That in mind, we want these athletes to incorporate different implements on different surfaces. Having an athlete run in sand as he does a farmers carry for 20 yards then turn and run picking up bags of sand and throwing them over their back or carrying it to a specific place where they climb a 5-foot wall. Challenge, yes, tactical yes.

If you are a trainer and want to find the best training courses, simple. Ask your police, firefighter and military friends to tell you about a pursuit, rescue or physical aspect to an op. They will give you more ideas than you can use in a month. You may also ask them what was physically toughest part of story.