Graeme is a former Royal Marine Physical Training Instructor (PTI) who swapped his White Vest and Green Beret for Fighting Fires and saving lives.  In this post Graeme discusses some of the basic principles he used to help him smash his Fire-Fighting physical tests. (Picture by Gothick Matt)

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60 minutes is said to be the optimum time for a training session. Many of us will push on thinking the extra sets and reps will have positive effects. In fact, the hormone cortisol increases during long training sessions which has muscle wasting and testosterone blocking tendencies. Read the full story

What makes Royal Marines Commando physical training different to other forms of physical training? Is it any harder then a Professional football or rugby players training? Is it longer then an Olympic athlete’s physical program? Is more time dedicated then a serious marathon runner would give in order to get his best time? In order to answer these questions we must understand what a marine will do in his physical preparation. (Picture taken by isafmedia) Read the full story

If you have a specific training goal; say to lose a certain amount of weight, run the London marathon, or get the “perfect” physique, then “goal setting” could be for you.Goal setting involves not only having a realistic end goal which you want to achieve and use as motivation whenever you feel like quitting, but also setting achievable milestone(s) part way to this goal.

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