Episode 322: The Term Tactical Athlete - Good or Bad (or Useful?)
Tactical Fitness Report with Stew Smith PodcastShow Notes
Does everyone appreciate the term "Tactical Athlete" like I do? Maybe not. Maybe most think of being too "tacti-cool" with the idea of placing tactical in front of a term to sell more gear? But I think of it as a useful genre.
I got this idea from Modern Athlete Strength Systems (https://www.instagram.com/modernathletestrength) on a recent newsletter. I was on their podcast a few months ago and much that we both do agrees we should train like athletes - that we should consider ourselves athletes.
What do you think? There is a difference in the way athletes and tactical athletes train through- See new article on the topic of being functionally durable: https://www.stewsmithfitness.com/blogs/news/functional-durability-the-tactical-fitness-approach-for-military-readiness
There is more on tactical fitness at https://www.stewsmithfitness.com
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