Sadly most of the training in military is endurance training . Most marines go to the gym and lift heavy when they aren’t working though . It’s not structured into the training though .

First lets offer a prayer for the gains we lose while in quarantine

You've got a nice handwriting!!

Thank you been telling my wife needs to experience some have lifting.. she's a firefighter paramedic and EMT. The department has them all brain washed for cardio.. great video!

This is real "functional" fitness, love it. Thank you Coach

Just a normal guy, have a background in wrestling and martial arts. I weigh 130 and I run about 6 miles a week. The other day I was hiking in the mountains around a lake near me and someone in my group sprained an ankle. They weigh 145 and the only way to get them to a safe spot for first responders to get them and transport was to carry them piggy back style up a rocky trail going uphill in the mountains for about 300 yards at times bear crawling up the rocks. As soon as I got home I found this video and I will say you are completely right. Strength is a real game changer in real situations where you may have to carry someone else and possibly the packs too. I will be changing the way I train.🙏

I could listen to Matt all day

Great video. I am a State Trooper and all we did in the academy was run everywhere and CrossFit like workouts. We had one day a week where we "weight trained" but we took that as a free day and nobody really used it for strength training. When I graduated I was around 170 pounds (lost about 15-20 pounds) and lost strength because I entered the academy with a weightlifting background. Well, when I started to go out on patrol wearing our duty belt (around 20-25 pounds depending on how much equipment you have), ballistic vest, etc, I felt weaker and started to experience back aches. I went the route of powerlifting (powerlifting about 5 years now) and even though I am about 250 pounds I feel stronger, "lighter", and my back doesn't hurt at all from wearing my duty belt. I wish police departments would stop emphasizing being "fit" to "cardio" or crossfit. When I tell people I powerlift/dabble in strongman stuff the first response is "well how fast can you run a mile?" To which I respond "I'm slow af but I can Squat around 450, DL 525 (just hit that PR before this quarantine mess) , and bench close to 350 (I know, not elite but i worked my ass off for those)." Instead of being like wow you are healthy or fit or whatever, everyone says "well you dont do cardio" TLDR: Awesome video and very accurate

Preach brother! I used to do a lot of powerlifting before enlisting in the Marine corps and had to lose a bunch of weight before I could. So I dropped from 265 to 200. Sadly I lost most of my strength with it. Not all but a lot my squat and deadlift were both well over 600 and now pulling 375 is difficult. I've maintained strength better than I expected but there's definitely a difference in how often I seem to feel joint pain, muscle soreness or my bones just feel under uncomfortable pressure. Gonna apply more of this training style.

Man I just discovered your channel but I'm so glad I did, you're very intelligent but you're also able to communicate it so well

Thank you so much for the videos sir🙏🏻

Matt I can't believe that you give us such a high quality info for free! Being a student atm I am broke, but since serving the army in Greece is mandatory your manual is a must imo! So I will grab it the moment I have the money! Thank you for everything, and i really appreciate the work you do with the kids especially Trey! God bless you!

STRENGTH IS KING!!! Always awesome...thanks Matt!

I'm a firefighter and I feel a lot of difference after begin a training routine. Thanks!

THANK YOU THIS!!!!! Showing our younger firefighters on the job the importance of weight lifting

Awesome video brother! Thank you for the info.

Army has deadlifts in their PT test now.

Very cool video! thank you man keep up the content

Great info brother

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!

Great info and learn something from every video. Ive seen that your gym offers online 1:1 training but do you offer any 1:1 training at your gym with trainers?

Fuck yeah. Cheers from the 82nd. 🥃

Very smart sir! Thanks for the info. Very useful! Stop letting Mike Ohearn use your to train his followers! He acted like he was teaching you something! And he was your equal! Not even close!💪💪

In your opinion is the type of DL you do important (trap/sumo/conventional) matter when it comes to training for the fire service? Back squats and conventional DL has always ended up injuring where as trap DL and belt squats haven't.

Im joeham2013 on instagram, i feel responsible for this video being made, thanks matt, im gunna show this to my commander

When all this COVID crap is over you need to meet with Trump and explain this to him. Make our military stronger and more effective fighters.

Is it the same if you are a female firefighter?

Why th f ain’t y’all watching this mans content!

Who's the 1 fool that disliked this video?

So women in law enforcement is stupid, right?

If you go into a fire and try to rescue/carry somebody alone, you are doing it wrong. That's never gonna work out. It's movie bullshit that nobody actually does. Obviously strength is important, but keep it real.