Category: FITCOM

Tips on staying active, fueled and ready to overcome all obstacles.

Taking Care of Your Feet: Preventing Blisters with Leukotape and a Little Common Sense

Ask any accomplished runner, hiker, backpacker, or outdoorsman how they prevent blisters and you’ll more than likely get different answers from each person you run across. Today, I’d like to share what’s been working for me and my experience with Leukotape. First off, I’ll share my history with blisters and how my evolution in activity… Continue reading Taking Care of Your Feet: Preventing Blisters with Leukotape and a Little Common Sense

Ten Essentials for a Summer Day Hike

Warmer months are just around the corner, and that means the hiking trails will be filling up with explorers looking to enjoy the great outdoors. There’s no sense in lugging around a backpack full of unnecessary items or three days worth of food though when your hike is only three hours long. You need only… Continue reading Ten Essentials for a Summer Day Hike

How to Build Your Own Dip Bars

You don’t need a gym membership to get a good workout. If you have space on your property and can rent or borrow some tools, you can build your own backyard gym. While this dip bar may look like it’s something just for one type of workout, you can also use it for sit ups… Continue reading How to Build Your Own Dip Bars

Tips for Cold Weather Running: Layer Up and Stay Motivated!

Depending on where you are in the country, Old Man Winter has either moved in or is just around the corner. The temperature may be dropping but that doesn’t mean you have to stop running outside. We’re all guilty of pulling the covers back over our heads on those blustery mornings but armed with the… Continue reading Tips for Cold Weather Running: Layer Up and Stay Motivated!

The Woodsman Workout

Last week, my family and I went on a much needed vacation to our adopted home of Montpelier, Vermont. Kate and I have been going there about once a year since we’ve been married, and we even lived there for six months after I graduated law school. Vermont’s natural beauty really renews my man spirit.… Continue reading The Woodsman Workout

Swim like a Fish with Darkfin Webbed Gloves

When I first saw the Darkfin Gloves featured on the members-only discount website, Huckberry, I knew I had to try them out. As an avid swimmer and all around water enthusiast, I wanted to see if the increased surface area would translate into faster speed in the water. I try to swim in open water… Continue reading Swim like a Fish with Darkfin Webbed Gloves

62 Miles – The One Day Hike AAR

They say that the One Day Hike (ODH) may be the mid-Atlantic region’s oldest long distance hike. Even though The Sierra Club has been hosting this popular adventure since 1974, I just found out about it last year. They have two distances for hikers to choose from, a 50K and a 100K. All but 1.5… Continue reading 62 Miles – The One Day Hike AAR

The DIY Gym: 8 Pieces of Equipment That Will Get You Strong & Save You Money

ITS Tactical Editor-in-Chief’s note: This post was written by Brett & Kate McKay and originally ran on The Art of Manliness.     Art of Manliness Editor’s Note: In response to my call for suggestions for manly crafts (and in response to a couple of reader emails-by crafts I wasn’t referring to stuff like carpentry… Continue reading The DIY Gym: 8 Pieces of Equipment That Will Get You Strong & Save You Money

The Morrison System: The Art and Science of Training for War

I’m stoked to introduce a new program and workbook that’s debuting today from my good friend and former Air Force PJ (Pararescue Jumper), Nate Morrison. I’ve known Nate since my Navy days in 2004, when I met him through a friend while training in Systema with James Williams. Nate was one of the first and… Continue reading The Morrison System: The Art and Science of Training for War