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Military muscle – Part I

21/05/201725/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3450 Views 0 Comments building muscle

  In this two-part article I want to address the subject of training for increased muscle mass and how this

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A soldier performs the box lift and place section of the physical employment standards assessment during a demonstration at Russell Offices in Canberra. Photo by Leading Seaman Paul Berry.
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Preparing for PESA – Physical Employment Standard Assessment

05/05/201725/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 23196 Views 2 Comments PESA

Ever since my first article for CONTACT in 2005, I’ve held (and stated) the opinion that the standard fitness tests

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An Australian soldier strugles with a 'protester' on an exercise in Tin Can Bay. Photo by Corporal Chris Moore.
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Developing mental toughness

23/04/201725/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3067 Views 0 Comments mental toughness

How much can you know about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight? Tyler Durden – Fight Club We

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Military Fitness 

Military Fitness – Part 34

08/04/201725/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2572 Views 0 Comments Stupid things

I usually split my training fairly evenly between my garage and a couple of big commercial gyms. Naturally, at the commercial

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Deadlifting for max reps at a Crossfit comp. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
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Military Fitness – Part 33

25/03/201725/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3716 Views 0 Comments deadlifts, military fitness

DEADLIFTS If you could pick one exercise that defines strength, what would it be? For most guys who spend any

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Military Fitness – Part 32

11/03/201725/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2854 Views 0 Comments Clearance Diver, Commando, SAS, SASR

I answer a lot of questions about military fitness and write a lot of programs to help people achieve their

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Photo by Leading Aircraftman Leigh Cameron
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Military Fitness – Part 31

23/02/201725/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7373 Views 0 Comments SFET, Special Forces Entry Test, Special Forces fit

Fitness testing is a subject that is familiar to every member of the military. Inevitably you will have had to

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Military Fitness – Part 30

09/02/201725/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2824 Views 0 Comments carbohydrates, carbs, fat, nutrition, protein

At this point I thought it appropriate to review all the previous articles – and I realised two important things.

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Fitness with Don Stevenson
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Military Fitness – Part 29

26/01/201725/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2865 Views 0 Comments load waves

  Despite not being psychic, I can take a fairly good guess at a few things about you simply because

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Military Fitness 

Military Fitness – Part 28

14/01/201725/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2903 Views 0 Comments deadlifts

In day-to-day life, and particularly in the military, very few things are as useful or as important as having a

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Military Fitness 

Military Fitness – Part 27

11/12/201625/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3816 Views 0 Comments emergency fitness test

If you are looking to join the military or police or are already a serving member, then you will need

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Military Fitness 

Military Fitness – Part 26

20/11/201625/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3481 Views 0 Comments

This issue we’re going to look at some specific workouts designed to bridge the gap between conventional workouts and the

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Military Fitness 

Military Fitness – Part 25

06/11/201625/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2857 Views 0 Comments

If you are going to build a high level of fitness then it’s pretty much a given that you’ll have

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Military Fitness – Part 24

23/10/201625/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3065 Views 0 Comments Fitness – doing it wrong

This week I want to take a short detour from the really serious training info and share with you the

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Photo by Corporal Hamish Paterson
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Military Fitness – Part 23

08/10/201625/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3022 Views 0 Comments military fitness

If you regularly read any fitness magazines or websites or, if you talk to anyone involved in the fitness industry,

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Military Fitness 

Military Fitness – Part 22

20/09/201625/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3090 Views 0 Comments supplements

  One question I get asked a lot is about which of the latest, greatest and hottest supplements I think

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Military Fitness 

Military Fitness – Part 21

12/08/201625/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6585 Views 0 Comments beep test

Looking back on the past five-years-worth of articles I’ve written for CONTACT I discovered to my surprise that I’d never written

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Military Fitness 

Military Fitness – Part 20

30/07/201625/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3713 Views 0 Comments Chinups, military fitness, pull-ups

Last instalment we looked at a program designed to take virtually anyone from dangling helplessly on the bar to a set

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Chinups
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Military Fitness – Part 19

16/07/201625/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5531 Views 0 Comments Chinups

If you were going to put together a list of the exercises that people fear the most, then, for many

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Military Fitness – Part 18

30/06/201625/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3428 Views 0 Comments Gymnastic Rings

Looking for a way to add extra challenge and variety to your training? Then look no further than a set

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