Why Training Under Stress is Essential

If you must use a firearm in self-defense, your heart rate will undoubtedly spike before it’s over. Hopefully, you have enough situational awareness to see trouble coming before it arrives, but you could be lying in bed when the sound of breaking glass wakes you. (Cue the pounding heart, increased blood pressure and sweaty hands.)

No matter what happens, you will experience physical stress in a defensive fight, even if it’s mentally induced. How many of us practice for stress, though? One reason I promote action pistol competition is because it’s great stress inoculation training. Not only are we physically exerting ourselves while competing, but there is usually...

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