Author: Dani Fennerty

Own Your Movement

You want to own your movement. By that I mean, no matter the conditions, you are consistent with control over your movement. Most people train with their attention on their movement, usually staring directly at their feet, then wonder why that control doesn’t translate under the real-life conditions they execute in. But they’ve trained visual… Continue reading Own Your Movement

Which Sensory System Are You Relying on?

When performing on a stable surface and well-lit environment, your visual, vestibular, and somatosensory systems are all sending information to your central nervous system (CNS) that is similar. But you aren’t always performing in perfect conditions. When you ruck through mud or sand, the information regarding the position of your ankles (somatosensory information) is going… Continue reading Which Sensory System Are You Relying on?

The Dichotomy of Readiness

There is a dichotomy to maintaining readiness of force. Individuals must be exposed to subconcussive forces during training to maintain readiness, but those forces can chip away at performance. Particularly performance of the sensory systems for situational awareness. Strategy: Finally, we must incorporate training of the sensory systems for situational awareness in a proactive, performance-based… Continue reading The Dichotomy of Readiness

Target Acquisition in Multisensory Chaos

When in a highly stimulating environment you need to quickly determine if specific visual and auditory inputs are related. The faster and more accurately you determine the relationship between these two sensory stimuli (visual and auditory) the faster you can engage the target. “Failure to correctly identify whether multisensory events occur simultaneously and their sequential… Continue reading Target Acquisition in Multisensory Chaos

Training Situational Awareness with Specificity

Training situational awareness should be done with specificity. Our sensory systems are highly adaptable, meaning they can get stronger given the right stimulus. But they get stronger with specificity so training must be intentional. The challenge with training situational awareness capabilities in tactical athletes is the unpredictable conditions you must prepare for. To train with… Continue reading Training Situational Awareness with Specificity

Amyloid Beta

Levels of Aβ-40 and -42 peptides were at least 50 times higher in healthy, cleared for duty, active-duty military and law enforcement breachers, snipers, and grenade throwers, as compared with controls. [1] Aβ (amyloid beta) peptides are the main component of amyloid plaques, the plaques found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. References:… Continue reading Amyloid Beta

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Target Vulnerabilities

We know subconcussions can change the way the brain communicates. We also know the specific areas that appear most vulnerable to these exposures – emotion, memory, sleep, sensory systems for situational awareness. [1-3] But the brain remains plastic, meaning roadways aren’t permanent. Even in stroke patients and those with multiple sclerosis, neuroplasticity remains possible. [4-5]… Continue reading Target Vulnerabilities

Anytime. Anywhere.

The reality of your job is that you must be ready anytime, anywhere. You won’t always know what your operational tempo will be, what you’ll be sleeping under, or what training equipment you’ll have access to. This requires your training programs to be adaptable to anytime, and anywhere. I’ve worked as a Physical Therapist on… Continue reading Anytime. Anywhere.

Train Angular and Linear Acceleration/Deceleration

We move in both angular and linear planes. Angular planes are Yaw (like shaking your head “no”) Pitch (like shaking your head “yes”) Roll (like moving your ear down to your shoulder) Linear planes are Moving up/down Moving side/side Moving forward/back As a tactical athlete you want to ensure that your training program incorporates all… Continue reading Train Angular and Linear Acceleration/Deceleration