Author: Braxton Taylor
Whether you’re preparing for a fitness test, looking to increase your running performance, or simply seeking a challenging and effective way to train, this dynamic workout delivers. By combining sprint intervals, incline training, goal-paced runs and a strong emphasis on mobility, this session improves strength, speed, flexibility and endurance.A longer warm-up is included because the demands of sprinting — especially when mixed with leg exercises, hills or bleachers and goal-pace efforts — place high strain on the body. This type of training, though intense, becomes more effective and safer when paired with mobility and flexibility work. Together with a 15-…
After two days of a ceasefire, Israel’s military chief is signaling more strikes on Iran could be on the horizon. With Tehran’s nuclear program believed to be badly damaged after Saturday’s U.S. strikes, Israel is now focused on “preserving aerial superiority, preventing the advancement of nuclear projects and preventing the advancement of threatening long-range missiles,” Defense Minister Israel Katz told Israel’s Channel 12 on Thursday, according to the New York Times.Katz noted Israel would have killed Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the nearly two-week war “if he had been in our sights.” Katz also reiterated his threat above, saying…
“This class isn’t just about shooting at close range but also about managing the human dynamics and situations that occur during a self-defense incident.” With that opening statement, Chuck Haggard of Agile Training began his ‘Close Quarters Handgun’ class hosted by The Complete Combatant in the mountains of North Georgia. Almost everyone in the class was shooting full-size service pistols with red-dot sights. Nonetheless, a “stubby gun” with iron sights like the HK CC9 proved more than capable of solving all the shooting problem encountered in the class. But the first half of the class wasn’t shooting, it was practice…
Hey everyone, this is Shooting Illustrated bringing you another episode of “I Carry.” In today’s feature, we’re taking a look at the new Savage Stance XR 9 mm pistol and some related gear. Let’s take a closer look at this kit: Firearm: Savage Stance XR FDE (MSRP: $469) Savage revamped its Stance line of pistols, adding double-stack capacity and optics-ready capability to the Stance line with the Stance XR. The original Stance has been discontinued, although all models are recreated in the Stance XR line. It’s not surprising, given the prevalence of the double-stack, micro9 mm pistol; even more so…
In this week’s interview episode, Cal sits down with Wired to Hunt’s Mark Kenyon to give you all the latest on the public land battle in Washington, D.C., as well as a trip update from their adventure in the Arctic.To learn more and get involved with any Cal to Action, click here. Read the full article here
Hosts Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, and Cory Calkins catch up with former Vermont forester and owner of Greenfire Enterprises, Michael Snyder, to chat logging and deer management, throwback to favorite memories on our public lands, get a roundtable fishing report, hold the inaugural MeatEater Pond Punch-out in a competition between Seth and Cory, and pick the winner of the Moultrie trail cam photo contest. Read the full article here
On this episode. we’re going behind the scenes of Brent’s first ever solo hunt film. He’s out in Kansas with his good friend, Jeff Writer, along with Jeff’s decoy dogs, hunting coyotes. Brent shares the inside scoop on the challenges that arise in filmed hunts, and how this particular one went. He also learned that what he thought he knew about coyotes may have been quite the opposite. He’s talking about coyotes, decoy dogs, and predator control on this week’s episode of MeatEater’s This Country Life podcast. Read the full article here
TikTok can be a great place to find dinner ideas, laugh at cat videos or learn how to fold a fitted sheet. Even though its use is banned on Defense Department devices, and troops are warned to be cautious when using it on their personal phones and computers, the military is using TikTok.But when it comes to financial advice, TikTok trends should be approached with extreme caution. While the app is full of energetic creators who present fun content, the financial guidance circulating on the platform is often incomplete, misleading or flat-out wrong. Remember that just because something goes viral…
As a librarian’s son, Jack Carr developed a passion for learning from an early age. He made frequent trips to the library and was inspired by movies, including “The Frogmen.” Released in 1951, “The Frogmen” is about the Navy Underwater Demolition Teams, the precursor to the SEALs. Carr, who saw that movie when he was 7 years old, later became a SEAL himself before establishing himself as a bestselling author, series co-creator and producer.These days, Carr is a busy man. The author of seven “The Terminal List” books, he has also helped oversee television projects tied to the series. “The…
A day that was supposed to offer both lawmakers and the public new information to address reporting and questions about the effectiveness of the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities ended with little progress for the Trump administration.A Thursday morning Pentagon press conference ordered by President Donald Trump quickly turned contentious, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spending much of his time berating the press over what he felt were poor choices in coverage. Reporting emerged earlier in the week that initial assessments by the Defense Intelligence Agency found Trump’s airstrikes on Iran had likely not eliminated its nuclear program and only…