Strong contender: Troops seek superiority in tactical athletics competition

Close to 100 spectators crowded into a small strip of the hot, sweat filled Warrior Room at the Edmonton Garrison Fitness Centre as members of One Service Battalion lifted weights twice their body weight in the tactical athlete competition.
“The tac athlete event is a competition to determine the overall fittest soldier within the brigade,” said Colin Cooke, a member of One Service Battalion Brigade.
The tactical athlete competition pits 12 brigades against one another in a CrossFit