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AbsWeighted Vest Sit-Ups: How to Do Them and How Heavy to Go
How to do weighted vest sit-ups, how heavy to go and the other core moves worth doing in a vest.
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SandbagSandbag Squat: 4 Variations, Form and How Heavy to Go
The four sandbag squat variations worth learning, how heavy to go and three workouts to put them to use.
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Battle bandsBanded Push-Ups: How to Set Them Up and Which Band to Use
How to set up a banded push-up, which band to use and three ways to work them into your training.
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Athlete featureInside Gritty Soldier's Garage Gym: Dan Fahey's Battle Bunker Shoot
Dan Fahey, known as Gritty Soldier, trained in our camo Hybrid Weight Vest MK2 with a Raider sandbag and a Battl...
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AftGarage Gym Setup for the Army AFT and CFT: The Gear That Covers Every Event
The garage gym gear that covers every event in the Army Fitness Test and the Combat Field Test, and what you can...
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Military fitnessWeighted Vest Push-Ups: Form, Weight and Workouts
When to add a vest to your push-ups, how heavy to go, the form that holds up under load and four workouts to run.
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Fit guideHow to Wear a Weighted Vest: Fit, Height and How Tight
How high a weighted vest should sit, how tight to make it and the fit mistakes that cause bounce and sore should...
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Gear guideWeighted Vest vs Plate Carrier: Which Should You Train In?
How a plate carrier and a weighted training vest carry weight, and which one fits running, rucking, Murph and ev...
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ArmyArmy CFT Training Plan: How to Train for All 7 Combat Field Test Events
The Army CFT is seven events and a 30:00 standard. Here is how to train each one, an 8-week plan and how to run ...
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Hybrid fitness racingHYROX Sandbag Lunges: Weights, Rules, Technique, and How to Train Them
Station 7 of HYROX is 100 meters of walking lunges with a sandbag on your shoulders, after 6 km of running and s...
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Hybrid fitness racingHYROX Pacing Strategy: How to Pace the Runs, the Stations, and the Roxzone
Most HYROX races are lost in the first 20 minutes and paid for in the last 20. How to pace the 8 runs, plan ever...
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Compromised runningHYROX Workouts: 7 Race-Simulation Sessions to Train Compromised Running
Seven HYROX workouts that train the thing the race actually tests: running hard on legs that just pushed a sled,...
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Lifting beltStrongman Training for Beginners: The Events, the Gear, and How to Start at Home
Strongman training for beginners: the common events, which ones you can train at home with a sandbag, the gear t...
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Hybrid trainingHybrid Training After 40: How to Build Strength and Endurance That Lasts
Hybrid training after 40 is not about training less. It is about training smarter: strength first, more easy car...
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Grip strengthHow to Train for a Spartan Race: Distances, Obstacles, and an 8-Week Plan
How to train for a Spartan Race, from the 5K Sprint to the Beast. The race distances, the obstacles that cost pe...
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Air force academyHow to Train for the Candidate Fitness Assessment: A 12-Week Plan for Every Event
A 12-week plan to raise every Candidate Fitness Assessment score: the kneeling basketball throw, pull-ups or fle...
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Pack testWildland Firefighter Pack Test: How to Pass the 3-Mile, 45-Pound Work Capacity Test
The wildland firefighter pack test is a 3-mile walk carrying 45 lb, finished in 45 minutes or less, with no jogg...
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ArmyThe CFT Sandbag: How to Train for the Army Combat Field Test Sandbag Lift
We made these for the new Army CFT. 40 LBS. Built to stack, throw, lift, and carry. Here is what the Combat Fiel...
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Military fitnessBand Pull-Aparts: Form, Muscles Worked, and Which Band to Use
How to do band pull-aparts with perfect form, what the only EMG study of the exercise found about grips, which b...
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CalisthenicsMuscle-Up: How to Get Your First One (Band-Assisted Progression)
How to get your first muscle-up: the pull, transition and press, how strong you need to be, an 8-week band-assis...
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EodNavy EOD: Requirements, PST Standards and Training Pipeline (2026)
Navy EOD requirements for 2026: ASVAB line scores, clearance, the PST with the 23:00 contract and 21:46 pipeline...
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AftHow Long Is Army Basic Training? 10 Weeks, Phase by Phase (2026)
Army basic training in 2026: 10 weeks plus reception, every phase, OSUT lengths by job, the AFT standard to grad...
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Coast guardCoast Guard and Navy Rescue Swimmer: Requirements, Training and Pipeline (2026)
Coast Guard AST vs Navy AIRR rescue swimmers in 2026: the training pipelines, exact fitness standards from offic...
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Air forceHow Long Is Air Force Basic Training? 7.5 Weeks, Week by Week (2026)
Air Force BMT in 2026: 7.5 weeks at JBSA-Lackland, week by week, PACER FORGE, the fitness standard you must meet...
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Battle Wraps Wrist Wraps | Premium Wrist Support for Lifting
Lifting Straps: Battle Straps Padded Weightlifting Straps
Battle Handles - Resistance Training Handles
Hybrid Weight Vest MK2 20LB - Battle Bunker
Battle Bunker Hybrid Belt – Self-Locking Weight Lifting Belt for Hybrid Operations
The Raider Training Sandbag Kit (60-80 lbs) | Battle Bunker | Made in the USA
The Skirmish Training Sandbag (20-40 lbs) | Battle Bunker | Made in the USA
