PODCASTS | Bottom of the Barrel 10: Wherein Doug Plays Roger Ebert Don't listen if you don't want to spoil Midsommar for yourself. Better still, just don't listen at all. That's what…
MINDFULNESS | Pressing the Easy Button The only constants of physical health are that people need to be consistent in their efforts, they need to put…
PODCASTS | Bottom Of The Barrel 9: Wherein Doug Lies About His Father Doug's dad wasn't a CIA agent.…
PODCASTS | Bottom of the Barrel 8: Wherein Aron Poop Gazes One of these days I'll stop these guys from assaulting your ears. Today is not that day.…
FITNESS | Selection Injuries: The Good, Bad And Ugly, Part 2 I was screening a group of candidates after several weeks of running-intensive training. One candidate, a highly proficient collegiate runner…
MINDFULNESS | Sex 101 When it comes to living your best life, mindfulness, adventure, fitness and nutrition all play important roles. But there is…
PODCASTS | DIE LIVING Podcast Ep. 80 - Adam Holroyd of Spiritus Systems One of the top tactical gear manufacturers in the game, Adam Holroyd, stopped in to talk about all the awesome…
PODCASTS | DIE LIVING Podcast Ep. 79 - Brad and Tyson of Silence and Light To our surprise, Brad and Tyson of the awesome SOF band Silence and Light stopped by the office to chat…
PODCASTS | DIE LIVING Podcast Ep. 78 - Meditations on Killing MARSOC Marine John "Ranger" Dailey and our SMU friend Jerad share a deep introspection on what it means…
OP-ED | From Unathletic Roots To OCR Domination: The Story Of Special Forces Officer Evan Perperis New Book: Ultra-OCR Man: From Special Forces Soldier to Record Setting Professional Obstacle Course Racer SOFLETE contributing author, Special Forces…
OP-ED | A Guide to Entering Holy Places of the World Throughout the world, some of the most culturally relevant and beautiful places to visit will be the churches, temples, cathedrals,…
FITNESS | Cleaning Up Your Form: Rowing With Olympic Rower Raoul Rodriguez In this installment, Raoul talks through common mistakes that pop up on the rowing machine, and the best way to…
FITNESS | Selection Injuries: The Good, Bad And Ugly, - Part 1 Just about anyone who endures a selection course will come out a little worse for the wear. Some injuries are…
OP-ED | So, You Wanna Be A Cop? I was about a week out of the academy the first time I’d heard two cops talking blithely about…
FITNESS | SOFLETE Jiu-Jitsu Detachment With the growing popularity of UFC, and consequently Mixed Martial Arts, and the U.S. Military’s focus on ground…
ADVENTURE | Why Rumspringa Isn't The Only Reason To Visit Rural PA While I’ve been escaping to the outdoors for as long as I can remember, I started climbing regularly only…
ADVENTURE | Jeff Scace Doesn't Understand How to Quit Jeff Scace has always been in search of adventure. From a childhood that found him riding horses, learning to fly…
OP-ED | An End To Child Soldiers: Mick Mulroy's Life Mission Michael Patrick “Mick” Mulroy is a man unused to publicity. He’s spent a professional lifetime expressly avoiding it. But…
ADVENTURE | Preparing to Hike the Appalachian Trail I can’t remember when I officially decided that I had to hike the Appalachian Trail. I mulled it over…
FITNESS | How An Olympic Silver Medalist Sets Up a Rower We had our friend Raoul in to grace us with his wisdom and straighten out our rowing form. Hopefully this…
MINDFULNESS | A Stoic Approach to Mental Strength Philosophy: Not Just for Pretentious Ivy Leaguers In this post, we’re going to deep-dive into Stoicism, a philosophical school…
FITNESS | When Your Body Says Stop: How To Read The Signs and Maximize Recovery Remember when we thought that training 24/7 would make us stronger, faster and healthier? Well in the last few…
NUTRITION | Can a Healthy Gut Microbiome Enhance Your Athletic Performance? What Is Your Gut Microbiome? Housing millions of microbes that help digest your food, regulate your immune system, protect against…
OP-ED | 5 Temporary Duty Station Watering Holes That Won't Make You Consider Penicillin The Next Morning Hopefully, you're past the phase where when you go TDY you run to the PX and spend all of your…
FITNESS | 15 Things I think During a New Workout Ever since we started dating, my wife and I have had an agreement which states that she can drag me…