The Altus training methods were developed by our founder while serving in the military as an Army Ranger with 75th Ranger Regiment. John had been a performance coach before joining the Army and during a portion of his 7-year military career, he served as the NCOIC of the Ranger Athlete Warrior program. Our military men and women needed a fitness regime that helped them be versatile in all aspects of fitness or a “Master Generalist.” He developed a progressive training system for developing mental and physical fitness cooperatively for Rangers to develop adaptability, versatility, and capability in unfamiliar environments, situations, and conditions. This was a monumental divergence from a sports specificity paradigm of training that prepares athletes for performing in highly specific, predictable, and controlled environments.
He realized that most people were looking for a basic version of this style of training. They did not want to copy professional athletes because they wanted to be more well-rounded. They did not want to copy other functional training programs because those were too focused on “in-the-gym” fitness and not fit for their day to day lives.