Hybrid is all the hype for a military friendly approach to physical training. It’s certainly not ALL hype, with huge value in dispelling cannibalization myths and developing both extremes of strength and aerobic capacity. However, we need to keep in mind that movement competency - including multidirectional movement - is foundational to transferability from fitness to warfighter tasks. It is also foundational to achieving longevity that extends a military professional’s career and extends beyond a military professionals career. 

Former Army Ranger and Special Operations Human Performance Coach, Nate Palin, offers a reality based approach to coaching the warfighter on how to shoot, move, and communicate more effectively on the front lines and the home front. I reconcile high performance ideals with an often volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous reality faced by the warfighter - so you can focus your effort where it matters most.  

Episode Topics

Hybrid defined - sometimes implies well rounded physical fitness but more often implies a focus on strength (typically associated with powerlifting)  and endurance (typically associated with running or other linear, cyclical modalities)

Power

• Include exercises that develop velocity or the “speed” side of the strength-speed continuum
• Develop power for all movement patterns that have tactical relevance 

Multidirectional Movement

• Train in all planes of motion (frontal, sagittal, transverse)
• Load multiple vectors across all planes 

Intermittent Conditioning 

• Include repeated bouts of effort at higher intensities and not just steady state or long & continuous 
• Condition various movement patterns that are not all linear or cyclical 

Movement Opportunities 

• Warm Up
• Cool Down
• Superset
• Compound Set
• Contrast Set
• Accessory / Auxiliary Exercises 
• Stand Alone Sessions - priming or reset / recovery

Keep the main thing the main thing. Physicality is not the goal, it’s a means to an end state where a warfighter’s fitness best supports the execution of skill based tasks that include the implementation of strategy, tactics, skills, and techniques under stressful conditions. 

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