Fitness, Training & Rehearsal
Jared's chapter in one line: you don't rise to the occasion, you fall to your rehearsals.
Jared's six are the operator's answer to how skill actually gets built: fitness, equipment, training, rehearsals, intelligence, and the will to win. Hank's 'flip the switch' is the same idea from the instructor's side — the ability to take necessary action is built by repetition under honest feedback, which is what the No Lie Blade was designed to give.
Key points
- Fitness is a protection bullet: strength and conditioning buy you options and recovery.
- Training is deliberate and measured; repetition without feedback builds confident error.
- Rehearsals are the difference between knowing a plan and being able to run it.
- Intelligence: know the ground, the routes, the exits and the people before you need to.
- Flip the switch — the will to take necessary action, and the honesty to stop when it's over.
Where this comes from in the book
“Fitness”
Jared Grant · Chapter Two
“Training”
Jared Grant · Chapter Two
“Rehearsals”
Jared Grant · Chapter Two
“Intelligence”
Jared Grant · Chapter Two
“Flip the switch — take necessary action”
Hank Hayes · Chapter Five
Put it to work
- Pick one physical standard to improve this month and measure it weekly.
- Rehearse one plan out loud with the people it involves — home exit, meeting point, who calls whom.
- Seek training that gives honest feedback, not training that flatters you.
Local law and qualified in-person instruction come first on anything involving force, weapons or medical care.
1. Why is fitness one of Jared's six bullets?
2. Repetition without honest feedback produces:
3. The difference between training and rehearsal is best described as:
4. Jared's “intelligence” bullet in a civilian context means:
5. “Flip the switch” refers to: