This elite veteran trainer is why your ammo shows up on time

Failure.

Is it an absolute? Is it to be avoided at all costs? Obviously, it's an undesirable outcome when lives are on the line.

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In horseshoes and hand grenades, failure exists on a suckiness sliding scale, from "Finish your beer" on one end to the Ultimate Oh Sh*t on the other.

In training, though, failure is a teacher, a mentor that can take you to levels of preparedness you never imagined attainable by your puny, mortal self.

"I don't know, why would you say your ass is candy?" is what shrugging makes Max think. (Go90 Max Your Body screenshot)

When Max "The Body" Philisaire is leading your PT, failure is a directive. As in, "execute as many repetitions as you can until failure."

In the Army, Max earned the nickname "The Body," not because he had a good one, but because he was first recruited as an incorporeal Warrior Spirit, until Mighty Zeus came down in the form of a Lightning Eagle and lightning-sculpted Max a body out of mountain granite, saying "Go Forth, Max, And Enlighten The People As I Have You. With Lightning!"

(Max uses kettlebells these days, and he GETS BETTER RESULTS.)

And here is what Zeus looked like. Exactly. Like. This. (Gif by Jaybyrdamw78)In this episode, Max takes issue with an important set of muscles, those responsible for executing high-speed, high-stakes ammo resupply in the field, a situation in which failure will land you on the sh*t end of the sliding scale. Make these exercises part of your regular routine, though, and nothing short of an anti-tank round will be able to stop you.

Watch as Max shows you how to go from finishing beers to banishing fears, in the video embedded at the top.

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