‘Max on how to Ruck like the SAS’

I wrote a post titled ‘More Detail on Rucking Fitness’ which ended up devolving into a series of personal experiences on UKSF selection. Given the interest in that post and the general interest in the topic of ‘rucking’ and fitness it was suggested that a more objective look at these standards and techniques would be useful: […]

More Detail on Rucking Fitness

I posted previously about ‘Tactical Mobility – How it might affect you’ and I have also written about realistic PT for light infantry style operations. The Tactical Mobility post led onto another discussion, carried on a little in comments, about realistic times for ruck marching and similar. I am writing now to clarify that a little. […]

The 100 meter zero

This post is gong to be deliberately simplistic and lacking in ballistic charts. The purpose is just to advocate to you the benefits, in my opinion, of the 100 meter (or yard if you insist, as it does not make a world of difference in practical terms) zero for a 5.56 AR style platform. I […]

July/August Training Weekend Update

I may have been mistaken about the reason behind the numbers on the July and August training weekends. Apparently it is not concerns about the heat that have kept people away, but simply that July is not a good month to schedule training. Next year, I will likely leave July off the schedule. The August […]

Tactical Mobility – how it may affect you

In the military sphere, one of the problems that any kind of air deployed dismounted force faces is a lack of tactical mobility. Such forces, deployed by parachute or even dropped off after an amphibious landing, have great strategic mobility but once on the ground they are limited by how far and fast they can […]

July 20/21 Training Weekend

I have offered discounts on the July 20/21 and August 3/4 Training Weekends (LINK HERE) after I started to figure out that these two weekends didn’t seem too popular due to worries about the summer heat. These two weekends are still being offered at a 25% discount, which is $300 per person for the weekend. Camping […]

June 22/23 Training Weekend AAR # 5

I signed up for Max’s two day training course on the recommendation of a friend. I have been a firearms collector and shooter for several years but had never taken any type of formal training. My friend and I traveled from Upstate New York, which was around a seven hour drive. We decided to camp […]

June 22/23 Training Weekend AAR # 4

Hi all, Helen & Joe here. We have just taken Max Velocity’s Combat Rifle/Contact Drills course for the second time. Here are our observations, in a stream of consciousness format. 1. We focused less on weapon issues and more on communicating with one another(and weight of kit- see below). Including more wife/husband tiffs! ARRRGH!! DON”T […]

June 22/23 Training Weekend AAR # 3 – Female Perspective

I have taken Combat Rifle/Contact Drills twice now with my best friend, my husband. I am writing this from a woman’s perspective to hopefully convince other women who may be undecided that they will be welcome, that they can do it, that they will have fun and learn a lot and that they will be […]