Speaker 1: Most dry fire systems are lying to you.
Speaker 1: They make you feel like you're training hard,
Speaker 1: but they're actually training you to fail
Speaker 1: because you're just repeating the same shot
Speaker 1: at the same wall.
Speaker 1: You're not training to think,
Speaker 1: you're not training to decide,
Speaker 1: and you're definitely not training to react under pressure.
Speaker 1: After years of being out of competition shooting,
Speaker 1: multiple surgeries, long recovery times,
Speaker 1: I needed more than just reps.
Speaker 1: So when my friends at Laser Ammo asked me to train
Speaker 1: with the IMITS Arena,
Speaker 1: I figured I'd try to work it into my comeback challenge.
Speaker 1: But what I got, I didn't expect.
Speaker 1: It exposed weak spots that had crept back
Speaker 1: into my shooting habit.
Speaker 1: Look, I recently shot a steel challenge match
Speaker 1: and boy was I rusty.
Speaker 1: This is the first time I've shot a match in years.
Speaker 1: And that's why I needed to take my dry fire
Speaker 1: a lot more serious.
Speaker 1: The IMIT's arena is built for simplicity,
Speaker 1: but don't confuse that with basic.
Speaker 1: It's a fully wireless system.
Speaker 1: No cords, no apps, no tangled mess to troubleshoot.
Speaker 1: Targets pair automatically the moment you power them on.
Speaker 1: Batteries are included,
Speaker 1: and each target phase takes three batteries,
Speaker 1: as well as the controller.
Speaker 1: Since I have the IMX Arena with three targets,
Speaker 1: it gives me 12 batteries in total, worth the wise.
Speaker 1: Grab a pack of Costco
Speaker 1: if you're serious about putting in the reps.
Speaker 1: I've trained in tight spaces and cluttered setups
Speaker 1: and, well, low light too.
Speaker 1: and zero hiccups.
Speaker 1: It's clean, it's mobile,
Speaker 1: and it's as close to plug and play
Speaker 1: as you can get in dry fire.
Speaker 1: Now look, what's one dry fire habit you had to unlearn?
Speaker 1: Drop it in the comments down below
Speaker 1: as we build the Rogue Nation together.
Speaker 1: Trust me, this system pulled out a few
Speaker 1: that I thought I had fixed.
Speaker 1: P0 is a really basic program.
Speaker 1: It's great if you're just starting off,
Speaker 1: testing out some new gear,
Speaker 1: or if you just want to pull the trigger.
Speaker 1: the controller will count all the hits for you.
Speaker 1: P1 is your basic plate rack.
Speaker 1: As you hit the targets, they'll go down,
Speaker 1: and when they're all down, you've done the string.
Speaker 1: You know, the really nice thing about the IMITS Arena
Speaker 1: is that you can add targets later.
Speaker 1: So that way, if you want a really nice long plate rack,
Speaker 1: you can go up to 10 targets.
Speaker 1: Another cool thing about the controller
Speaker 1: is you can get your splits and your elapsed time.
Speaker 1: Now P2 is chase the ball.
Speaker 1: It's randomly gonna select a target,
Speaker 1: turn it green and you shoot it and then it's gonna pick another one and you just
Speaker 1: keep on going until you run out of shots.
Speaker 1: Now P3 is where things get really interesting. It's shoot no shoot. It's
Speaker 1: gonna throw up random greens and when you throw a red that is a no shoot. This
Speaker 1: is where decision-making is really working its way into your training. Now I
Speaker 1: typically don't run these targets this
Speaker 1: close together I have them wider apart so
Speaker 1: that way you're working your peripheral
Speaker 1: vision and if you shoot a no shoot it's
Speaker 1: game over if you really like p3 p4 is
Speaker 1: really gonna work you because everything
Speaker 1: is double speed my targets are usually
Speaker 1: at least six feet apart and when I fall
Speaker 1: I usually stay behind.
Speaker 1: Out of the box, P5 is your basic double tap drill.
Speaker 1: However, you can program it for more hits.
Speaker 1: On the surface, P6 looks like a double tap drill, but it actually is a timer.
Speaker 1: You take a shot, do whatever function you're going to do, and then take your second shot.
Speaker 1: Fake mag reload or move the cover here.
Speaker 1: Now look, my training space isn't a sterile range or an empty garage.
Speaker 1: It's the studio here. It's 18 feet long by 11 feet wide.
Speaker 1: Well, it's packed with camera gear, benches, tools, a folded up
Speaker 1: rowing machine over there, as well as dog beds for Rogue and Magnum.
Speaker 1: It's tight, chaotic, but it's real. And that's exactly where I
Speaker 1: put the IMITS Arena to the test. You know, between rehab sessions,
Speaker 1: resistance training, cardio, mobility drills, everything that I'm
Speaker 1: going through to keep this body moving. Now, I thought I was shaking off the physical
Speaker 1: but the arena showed that I had mental rust as well.
Speaker 1: You know, hesitation on shoot, no shoot drills,
Speaker 1: slow draws and late reactions on double speed drills.
Speaker 1: Now the drills aren't impossible.
Speaker 1: It's just me, a little slower and well,
Speaker 1: a little less sharp than I used to be.
Speaker 1: And the arena didn't sugarcoat it.
Speaker 1: It showed exactly what needed fixing.
Speaker 1: Now program three and four, which are my go-to's,
Speaker 1: I found myself reacting to just the thing flashing up,
Speaker 1: not the color.
Speaker 1: And on that drill, if you're behind,
Speaker 1: you're pretty much racing to catch back up
Speaker 1: and that's where you can make a mistake.
Speaker 1: So it's testing my peripheral vision,
Speaker 1: making sure that I'm making split second decisions
Speaker 1: based on a shoot or no shoot,
Speaker 1: which made all my time with the IMITS Arena
Speaker 1: just all that much better.
Speaker 1: And look, I didn't even read the directions
Speaker 1: when I first turned it on.
Speaker 1: I just ran through it.
Speaker 1: Let's face it, I'm a guy
Speaker 1: and we don't read directions till later.
Speaker 1: It wasn't till I was interested
Speaker 1: in exactly what the drills were
Speaker 1: that I picked up the directions.
Speaker 1: And my experience with the system rocks solid.
Speaker 1: It has never glitched or let me down.
Speaker 1: It did its job so that I could do mine.
Speaker 1: I've even tweaked the programs a little to add hits
Speaker 1: to make the strings a little bit longer,
Speaker 1: which in turn adds a little more stress
Speaker 1: because I'm a little bit more tired
Speaker 1: for pulling that trigger at the end of a string,
Speaker 1: especially after I just got off a rowing machine.
Speaker 1: Look, no tool is magically gonna make you
Speaker 1: a marksman overnight,
Speaker 1: but the arena's brutally honest feedback
Speaker 1: might come as close as it gets.
Speaker 1: It doesn't flatter your ego or hand out fake dopamine.
Speaker 1: It tells you precisely where you're at
Speaker 1: and where you're slipping.
Speaker 1: If you're new to dry fire,
Speaker 1: this builds discipline with immediate real feedback.
Speaker 1: For experienced shooters like myself,
Speaker 1: forces decisions, timing, and control.
Speaker 1: After coming back from a long layoff,
Speaker 1: this is the most honest training system that I've used yet.
Speaker 1: I was already running drills with the SureStrike Mag.
Speaker 1: It's laser ambos practice mag with built-in reset,
Speaker 1: a real trigger press, and no more racking the slide.
Speaker 1: But getting that dialed in, it took some trial,
Speaker 1: a few errors, and a couple of conversations
Speaker 1: with a tech support team.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you about that experience in another video.
Speaker 1: Let's say I was surprised that I got to test
Speaker 1: your tech support and I was, well,
Speaker 1: surprised at what I found.
Speaker 1: But you're gonna have to see that video to find out more.
Speaker 1: Most dry fire setups teach you to look busy.
Speaker 1: This one makes you think, react, and adjust.
Speaker 1: If you're serious about reclaiming your skills
Speaker 1: and rebuilding your mindset,
Speaker 1: you need to train with purpose.
Speaker 1: And the IMX Arena does exactly that.
Speaker 1: It didn't just show me what I lost,
Speaker 1: it gave me the path to get it back.
Speaker 1: So if you're on the same path,
Speaker 1: this might be the tool that helps you turn the corner.
Speaker 1: If you're watching on YouTube,
Speaker 1: click that video right there.
Speaker 1: That video is how I used to use Airsoft to put in the reps
Speaker 1: and then clean up afterwards.
Speaker 1: For everyone else, there's a link down below.
Speaker 1: Train, build, reclaim.
Speaker 1: Welcome to the Rogue Nation!