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MOPs & MOEs
Changing the fitness culture of the force. Your one stop shop for all things fitness for tactical professionals.
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RPE vs Percentages 101
With our second 101 episode we’re diving into a topic that is foundational to the way we design training: autoregulation. That’s a slightly sciencey word, but…
MOPs & MOEsTraining The Norwegian Marine Jaegers with Paul Solberg
We're going back overseas with this episode, this time to Norway. The Norwegian military has a reputation for high fitness standards, and therefore their…
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Recovery 101
Based on feedback from you guys we are kicking of a "101" series. Don't worry, we'll continue to have the episodes with guests where we deep dive interest…
MOPs & MOEs10th Mountain Division History with Christian Beckwith
Our guest this week is the creator of Ninety-Pound Rucksack, a podcast that examines the stories that made the 10th Mountain Division famous as well as those…
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The Father of Modern Army Combatives: Matt Larsen
This week we're diving into the topic of combatives, and it would be hard to find a more qualified guest to discuss the topic than the one we have today. From…
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Hots & Cots: The App That's Fixing Barracks and Dining Facilities
This week's podcast is special because we have a chance to provide a platform for someone who is really making a difference in improving quality of life got…
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CrossFit: Our Thoughts
People have asked us many times what we think of CrossFit, so it's about time we just laid it all out. In this episode we work our way through CrossFit's…
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The Art of Community with Charles Vogl
This week we're diving into what it takes to build strong communities, and how many organizations (including the military) go about it completely wrong. Our…
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Special Operations Mountain Warfare with CPT Paul Rogers
This week we're diving into a conversation about mountain warfare, and our guest is about as qualified as they come. Captain Paul Rogers is the commander of…
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Breathing in Extreme Environments with Lt Col Justin "Astro" Elliott
In this week's episode we're focusing on breathing in some pretty extreme circumstances. Our guest is Lt Col Justin "Astro" Elliott (depending on when you're…
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Lessons Learned: Two Years of MOPs & MOEs
On this week's episode we're handing over the reins to our guest Brendon Huttmann. Brendon was our guest on episode 3 almost two years ago, where we learned…
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Attack Aircraft: Human vs Machine with Maj Ridge Flick
On this week's episode we're diving into some unique human performance considerations for close air support pilots. Everything from cognitive performance to…
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Predicting Success at Ranger School with LTC Tim Benedict
We have another research focused episode for you guys this week, and we're diving into the recently published article "Demographic, psychosocial, and physical…
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MOPs & MOEs Book Club
On this episode we each brought five books that have shaped the way we think about human performance and discussed why they had such an impact. And in classic…
MOPs & MOEsRoyal Army Physical Training Corps with WO2 Steve Turner
On this week's episode we're headed across the pond. WO2 Steve Turner is a Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor in the British Royal Army Physical Training Corps…
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State of Strength and Conditioning with Scott Caulfield
On this week's episode we're diving into how strength and conditioning coaches are trained and educated, and we have a perfect guest to tackle this topic…
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The Ozempic Episode with Dr. Karl Nadolsky
This is our heavily anticipated episode on the weight loss drugs that have been receiving a ton of media attention recently, including Ozempic and Wegovy…
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Food is Medicine with Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian
This episode is all about nutrition in America: How did we get here? (Hint: there are actually some very good reasons for all the processed food) What problems…
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Theory vs Practice: A Survey on Periodization with Kechi Anyadike-Danes
We have Kechi Anyadike-Danes back for round two to discuss the second installment of his planned three part research series looking into the divide between…
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Three Things We've Changed Our Minds About with John Mackersie
On this episode we have John Mackersie joining us for a little end of year reflection. John is a strength and conditioning coach with over 15 years of…
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Dysfunction at the VA with Dr. Chris Frueh
We're back with another foray into some topics that are often considered outside the scope of military human performance, but play important roles in whether…
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Physical Training Planning Guide
You asked, and now we've delivered. We know the Army runs on checklists. Medevac? There's a checklist for that. Call for fire? There's a checklist for that…
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Everything You Know About Energy Systems is Wrong with Evan Peikon
If you've spent any time learning about strength and conditioning you're almost certainly familiar with the "energy systems" framework. In this episode we're…
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Leadership Lessons from Team Sports with COL Nate Conkey
This week's episode has a little bit of everything. The role of team sports in the military, lessons in leadership, how to stay injury free through a career in…
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Sergeant Major of the Army (Retired) Michael "Tony" Grinston
You probably know him as "Sergeant Major of the Army Grinston" or simply "SMA," but these days he prefers Tony. After a tenure as the Army's senior…
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The Power of Mindfulness with Ellen Langer
Mindfulness is a hot topic, but how many people even know what the term really means? To dive into it we have one of the world's foremost researchers on this…
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How Exercise Science is Failing Coaches with Kechi Anyadike-Danes
On this episode we dive into an awesome study that was published recently. It digs into something we often talk about here: the huge gap between sports science…
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NASA's Chief Science Officer for Human Health and Performance, Judy Hayes
For the final episode of our NASA series we're welcoming Judy Hayes, Chief Science Officer for NASA's Human Health and Performance Directorate. She joined…
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Astronaut Strength Conditioning and Rehab (Part 2) with NASA Human Performance
This episode is a continuation of last week's conversation, so if you missed it we highly encourage you to go back and start there. We have NASA's Astronaut…
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Astronaut Strength Conditioning and Rehabilitation with NASA Human Performance
Welcome to episode 2 of our NASA series! This is the first of two conversations we had with the Astronaut Strength Conditioning and Rehabilitation (ASCR -…
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Fitness in Space with NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough
Welcome to the first episode of our four part series with NASA, focusing on how they approach human performance for the unique demands of spaceflight. We're…
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How to Train for Work Capacity
This week's episode is all about work capacity. What is it? How do you train for it? What programming principles apply? This is another one of our recurring…
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INVI Mindhealth with Jonathan Wilson
On this episode we're diving into the mental health conversation, and we hope it's only the beginning. Our guest is Jonathan Wilson, a former Navy SEAL with…
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Data Driven Strength with Zac Robinson and Josh Pelland
Data Driven Strength is on a mission to translate research, integrate experience, and develop strength. On this week's episode we have Zac and Josh who, along…
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Corporate Wellness and Military Human Performance: Flipped Interview with Newton Cheng
On this episode we welcome Newton Cheng back to the podcast, but this time he's taking over hosting duty! In his previous episode we focused on what military…
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Ranger Assessment and Selection with 1SG Tyler Fillion
This week's guest is Tyler Fillion, the current Company 1SG and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the 75th Ranger Regiment Selection and Training Company. The Company…
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From the Army to CrossFit with Chandler Smith
This week's episode is an exciting one. If you've been following MOPs & MOEs on Instagram you'll know that, in additional to the normally scheduled military…
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Long and Strong Program FAQ
We're launching a training program! In this episode we are explaining the Long & Strong program that we are getting ready to launch. This is a subscription…
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When Ranger School isn't the Hard Part with Emma Powless
This wide ranging episode will touch on everything from the Army's fitness education for leaders, to the way soldiers prepare physically for demanding courses…
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Yoga Nidra for Athletes with Selenia di Fronso
On today's episode we're diving into Yoga Nidra, which translated literally means yoga sleep. While it's not literally sleep, evidence suggests it can be a…
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BONUS: Guided Yoga Nidra Session
We recommend listening to the full podcast episode we did with Selenia di Fronso before listening to this guided Yoga Nidra session. In our conversation we…
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The Best Time of Day to Train with Raphael Knaier and Ralf Roth
Have you ever wondered when the best time of day is for a workout? Have you noticed differences in your performance between the morning and the afternoon? Are…
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How the Media Covers the Military with Todd South
We have ongoing conversations here about fitness in the military, disability policies, changes to testing, and so much more. Because many of these are hot…
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12 Second Culture: Human Performance in NASCAR Pit Crews
This episode offers an awesome lens into a really unique corner of the human performance world: NASCAR pit crews. These teams perform physically and…
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Coaches' Corner: Intro to Autoregulation
We're back with another practical episode, and this time it is how to implement autoregulation into your coaching and/or training. We start out by laying out…
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Are we Tough Enough? with LTG (R) Mark Hertling
LTG (R) Mark Hertling may be best known these days as a national security correspondent for CNN, where you'll often here him discussing the latest developments…
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Emergency Episode! ACFT NDAA Confusion Explained
We have a quick bonus (emergency?) episode here to address the rampant confusion around some Congressional language that has taken the internet by storm the…
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The 5ft Firefighter with Katrina Mohr
This episode is a slight detour from our normally military-focused content into the world of wildland firefighting. Katrina Mohr was recently featured on…
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Challenges in Military Nutrition Research with LTC (R) Steve DeLellis
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) DeLellis leads research focused on traumatic brain injury, including managing the longest continually running TBI surveillance…
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Building a Culture of Performance with COL Michael Kloepper
COL Michael Kloepper has spent effectively his entirely career as a paratrooper, and now as Commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade he has implemented some…
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Rethinking Powerlifting with Taylor Starch
This episode is a crossover between the Instagram version of MOPs & MOEs (punchy, oversimplified, sometimes deliberately instigating, etc.) and the podcast…
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History of Army Physical Fitness with Dr. Whitfield "Chip" East
This is a special episode, in more ways than just being twice as long as the rest. Dr Whitfield "Chip" East literally wrote the book on the history of Army…
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Wounding Warriors with LTC (R) Dan Gade
We've touched on conversations about veteran disability before, but on this episode we're going all in. To get this conversation right we needed a guest who…
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Asking Better Questions with Alec Blenis
This week we have Alec Blenis back for round two. If you didn't catch his first episode back in August, it's one of our most popular and definitely worth going…
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How to Train for the ACFT
This is a "give the people what they want" kind of episode. If you've been following us for any amount of time, you'll know we're not fans of training for the…
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The Full Bird's Eye View: A Commander's Perspective on H2F with Colonel Jon Harvey
As a current Brigade Commander Colonel Jon Harvey oversees an embedded team of human performance professionals as part of the Army's Holistic Health and…
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Dr. Ben Singh: Treating Mental Health with Physical Activity
You may have seen headlines the last few weeks saying things like "Exercise is More Effective than Medication for Mental Health" and "It’s Not Just Exercise…
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Owning Your Recovery with F-18 Pilot Kegan "SMurF" Gill
Kegan Gill's story is so incredible that the moment we first read it we knew we needed to try and get him on the podcast. We're just lucky we found out about…
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The President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition with Rob Wilkins
Formally speaking, our guest on this episode is The Honorable Robert Wilkins as he is a presidential appointee. Rob retired as a Master Sergeant after 26 years…
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Pregnancy and Postpartum Fitness with Mamastefit's Gina Conley
This topic has been frequently requested, but since we are not remotely experts in this space, we needed to find someone who was. We've heard great things from…