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-Matt
Matt is the primary author and owner of The Everyday Marksman. He's a former military officer turned professional tech sector trainer. He's a lifelong learner, passionate outdoorsman, and steadfast supporter of firearms culture.
How Much Should You Actually Weigh for Martial Success?
In what might be the most controversial post I've ever made, I'm going to tell you about how much you should weigh. In my own quest to figure out a personal journey towards health and performance, I've read a ton of articles, research papers, and training logs. Add to that a healthy dose of self-experimentation. Through all of that, I think I've landed on a formula for figuring out about where someone engaged in a variety of performance activities should be. Let's dig in.
The Giryathlon Race: Demolish Your Weak Points
For this post, I'm drawing from Lebe Stark's recent video introducing a kettlebell race that involves both running and a variety of exercises. Combined together into a single race, I think this one is a serious butt kicker for not just a single event, but as a recurring workout you can build upon over time.
The Everyday Gunslinger: Starting the Path to Pistolero
I've got a bit of a confession to make, and it's embarrassing. I'm not all that great with pistols. I'm not a bad pistol shooter, per se. But on balance, my pistol shooting lags way behind my rifle shooting. I think that's a problem, so let's talk about why I'm going to fix it.
The 200 Rep Kettlebell Snatch Workout
For this challenge workout, we're tackling a classic kettlebell test. The first goal is completing 200 total snatches, but the next level goal is doing it in less than 10 minutes. Let's dig in.
Four Years from Friday: Approaching Your Training Life in Seasons
Let's talk long term. Too many people think that success is just a few weeks or months away, when that is far from the truth. In reality, success is a culmination of long term effort often years in the making. In this piece, I take a little known two day challenge and show you how I would break it down into a series of seasons and blocks that could be repeated over and over again, always driving closer and closer to success.
Workout of the Month: Sandbag Brutality
For June 2024, the workout of the month is a sandbag complex I recently wrote up for myself in my own programming. It's a killer example of "real world" strength and conditioning. Let's dig in.
B&T GHM9, Does it Eat Scorpions? The Raw Truth Review
I started down the, so now let's take a formal review of the gun itself. This is my review of the B&T GHM9. We'll look at what I thought out of the box as well as what I've done to "make it mine" along the way. Buckle up, this is a long one.
Thinking Beyond the Drill, or the “Teaching to the Test” Fallacy
I've got a little bit of a bone to pick with how a lot of the shooting culture talks about drills. Much like weight lifting and gym bro culture, it seems a lot of shooters are more interested in flexing their egos than actually using drills as a way to improve. But how, exactly, should we approach that?
Garmin Xero C1 Chronograph: The Raw Truth Review
I've been doing enough "serious" rifle and pistol evaluation that I've run into issues with chronograph selection. The ons I already had simply weren't cutting it for my situation. So, I did what I usually vouch against: spend some money to solve the problem. In this case, I picked up the recently-released Garmin Xero C1 Pro radar chronograph, and these are my thoughts on it so far.
Do You Need a 22LR as Your First Gun?
Short post answering a question that comes up from time to time when I put my opinions out there: Where does a rimfire rifle (or pistol) fit into the collection of a new shooter?
Starting From Scratch, a Beginner’s Guide to a Basic Armory
There's been a question floating around the web that I wanted to take a poke at. If you were advising someone on how to start their own "serious" arsenal, what would be your suggestions? In what priority order? HEre's my answer.
Martial Marksman Drill #1: Fast and Accurate Enough
This is the first of several "official" drills here at The Everyday Marksman. This one is about focusing on speed while maintaining a minimum accuracy standard at any distance with any weapon platform.