Their actual training is very high intensity. Not all of it is designed to make their body stronger, some is to weed out people that don't have the willpower to stick with it.
>Their actual training is very high intensity
you do realize there's a difference between training and going through selection process, right? because I do
I think it's manageable, just focus on good recovery and don't do nonstop training like you are in boot camp, that type of training is just meant to weed out the physically and mentally unprepared, unfortunately that "boot camp training" mindset has infected contemporary fitness, to the point you see commercials of pregnant women doing battle ropes.
Obviously lots of endurance and strength endurance work, as the above poster mentioned running and swimming, they will be training to make their bodies as versatile and durable as possible, so you'll want to have the ability to pull yourself overhead and climb hills, just general navigation of natural and man made environments, so probably throw some basic parkour into the mix.
Cardio is king. You will hear that phrase thousands of times between recruitment and graduation.
Lots of endurance, lots of cardio, lots of mental fortitude.
One of the hardest parts of their training is developing the mental fortitude. You can comfortable run 5 miles, your brain wants to give up at 8, but you need to break those barriers down and force yourself to do 12-14mile trail runs.
You need to trick your brain into not caring about the potential for injury, so it lets you actually perform instead of struggle.
That's the hardest part, and basically the most important thing you can get out of boot camp.
Running, rowing, swimming, etc just a lot of cardio.
You check out their gyms they just have like rowing machines, skiergs, assault bikes, treadmills, and so forth
the entire point of special forces selection is that it's unsustainable torture that weeds out all but the mentally and physically toughest. the candidates get injured all the time and they're almost definitely starting out in way better shape than you are now.
if you want to do something similar that's not going to destroy your body, unironically start crossfit or triathlon training and throw in some lifting or calisthenics 3 or 4 times a week
I used to go to one and it’s scaled to your individual level of fitness. Amap’s will be different for a e0 year old vs a 60 year old and people get fucked up because the workouts are retarded and no one teaches proper form. Op should just run swim and do calisthenics. People autistic focusing on selection stage are fucking retarded, they actually do maintain a level of fitness after they make it through and those involve workouts that don’t break your body. Keep in mind they want you to be useful past selection
>Op should just run swim and do calisthenics
Yeah I agree with this. >Keep in mind they want you to be useful past selection
I don't know anything about special forces, but I was in the Air Force and it was pretty typical for ranks e1-e6, or o1-o3 being the people who actually did the mission directly, and then roles turn much more administrative as you become a SNCO or field grade officer. This means that the bulk of the people doing the 'normal job" are age 18-30ish. I imagine it's similar in special forces, where most of the guys actually going out into the field are younger. I don't think they're intentionally trying to beat them up, but health and longevity also might not be prioritized as much as you imagine. It's kind of similar to being a pro athlete.
Nah, the average SF dude is like 35. The lowest rank possible in SF is e-5 but the typical team consists of a junior and senior of each position (e6 and e7 respectively), and a team sergeant (e8); and they're all in the field regularly
>I imagine it's similar in special forces, where most of the guys actually going out into the field are younger
Nah, the average SF dude is like 35. The lowest rank possible in SF is e-5 but the typical team consists of a junior and senior of each position (e6 and e7 respectively), and a team sergeant (e8); and they're all in the field regularly
Just to add for other lurkers:
Nowadays, the typical guy that goes through any selection team is typically post mid 20s with some college. These guys are smarter, more well-rounded physically, and have been through more stressful situations that develop them the physical and mental mindset to pass the school houses. Yes, the freak 18/19yo does get by, but it's rare.
It's also a game of who you know, too. If you don't have family legacy, you're already behind. If you're a sperg that never grew up playing sports and rough housing with the boys, good luck. It's much more about being a good fit for the fraternity than being good at the o-course.
I used to work out with a former SF guy. He was in insanely good shape. We'd meet up at 0430 and run around carrying 60lbs sandbags, wearing our IOTVs and ACHs carrying 8lbs sledgehammers sometimes (recreate weapon weight). Climb over 10 foot walls, climb to the tops of 6 floor parking decks, etc. Other days he'd be like "15 pull ups, 40 squats with the bag, sprints with the bag, repeat all that X number of insane times". I was pretty fit at the time I thought, but I could only do a 1/5th of what he could do.
This is the only guy in this thread who knows what he is talking about. I used to be in an SF unit. They do everything under the sun and they are just well rounded and really fit. Just do all kinds of random shit. Pretty much all of the GBs at the unit I was at did crossfit, because they had really good athletic trainers who made their programs for them. This guy's workout sounds fucking retarded, but they do stuff like that. I've even seen them running around with gas masks on and team lifting a big log, then just doing some jumping jacks.
Dig out a premolar with a knife and push a sewing needle or a safety pin into the exposed nerve. Hold it there for 30 seconds. Congrads, you will now longer feel broken bones or gunshot wounds as anything more than minor pain. Everything else is just cardio.
All that training and what’s the actual permanent injury and or death statistics on that job
can’t be great
if you’re not trying to do that job why expose yourself to long term or short term injury
do whatchu want fats I aint stoppin ya
Look up the UBRR, that's the standard fitness test; not the conventional side's bs test. UBRR with an 1100 score is minimum standard with 1200 usually being a team standard. Obvi every team has different specialties, so dive teams will have swim standards and mountain teams will have ruck/trail running standards etc. But the UBRR is standard across the regiment.
Should be able to sprint 400m in under 60 sec and 5 miles in under 38 mins, pull ups/30foot rope climb in kit. Shit like that. But obvi there's gonna be dudes who can deadlift a house and not run at standard, but will get a pass if he's legit fit in other aspects, and the same with marathoners who can't bench their bodyweight 20x . The average sf dude is better than most humans in most fitness aspects and expert level at a thing or two
lots of running and swimming.
they literally have routines you can find by simply googling your question
You could say that about literary anything posted here
one of the easiest paths to snap city - "I'm going to train like le speshul farces"
>run, swim, lift, calisthenics
>snap city
how fat are you?
Their actual training is very high intensity. Not all of it is designed to make their body stronger, some is to weed out people that don't have the willpower to stick with it.
You know they do train outside of selection and it isn’t designed to break them, stop autistically focusing on the least important part
>Their actual training is very high intensity
you do realize there's a difference between training and going through selection process, right? because I do
I think it's manageable, just focus on good recovery and don't do nonstop training like you are in boot camp, that type of training is just meant to weed out the physically and mentally unprepared, unfortunately that "boot camp training" mindset has infected contemporary fitness, to the point you see commercials of pregnant women doing battle ropes.
>nonstop training like you are in boot camp
el oh el
Whatever you know what I mean.
Power lifting is way more dangerous
Obviously lots of endurance and strength endurance work, as the above poster mentioned running and swimming, they will be training to make their bodies as versatile and durable as possible, so you'll want to have the ability to pull yourself overhead and climb hills, just general navigation of natural and man made environments, so probably throw some basic parkour into the mix.
Running with a heavy backpack until their knees blow up.
Cardio is king. You will hear that phrase thousands of times between recruitment and graduation.
Lots of endurance, lots of cardio, lots of mental fortitude.
One of the hardest parts of their training is developing the mental fortitude. You can comfortable run 5 miles, your brain wants to give up at 8, but you need to break those barriers down and force yourself to do 12-14mile trail runs.
You need to trick your brain into not caring about the potential for injury, so it lets you actually perform instead of struggle.
That's the hardest part, and basically the most important thing you can get out of boot camp.
Running, rowing, swimming, etc just a lot of cardio.
You check out their gyms they just have like rowing machines, skiergs, assault bikes, treadmills, and so forth
start with basic military bootcamp. Those guys didn't start at special forces - they went through basic like everyone else.
Like others have said though
- running
- rucking (with full gear)
- swimming and diving
- weapons training
- combat
And this doesn't even get into the situational stuff like water combat or halo jumping or jungle trekking etc
cardio x failure
calisthenics x failure
high stress situations (someone yelling/shooting/harassing you) while doing cardio/calisthenics x failure
> yelling/shooting/harassing you) while doing cardio/calisthenics x failure
Imagine a civilian doing this to get into speshul force shape
Take the shooting pill IST
the entire point of special forces selection is that it's unsustainable torture that weeds out all but the mentally and physically toughest. the candidates get injured all the time and they're almost definitely starting out in way better shape than you are now.
if you want to do something similar that's not going to destroy your body, unironically start crossfit or triathlon training and throw in some lifting or calisthenics 3 or 4 times a week
>that doesn’t destroy your body
>do CrossFit
Lol
i've never been to a crossfit gym before, i just assume that if middle aged dads and soccer moms can do it, it's not that brutal
I used to go to one and it’s scaled to your individual level of fitness. Amap’s will be different for a e0 year old vs a 60 year old and people get fucked up because the workouts are retarded and no one teaches proper form. Op should just run swim and do calisthenics. People autistic focusing on selection stage are fucking retarded, they actually do maintain a level of fitness after they make it through and those involve workouts that don’t break your body. Keep in mind they want you to be useful past selection
Amraps*
>Op should just run swim and do calisthenics
Yeah I agree with this.
>Keep in mind they want you to be useful past selection
I don't know anything about special forces, but I was in the Air Force and it was pretty typical for ranks e1-e6, or o1-o3 being the people who actually did the mission directly, and then roles turn much more administrative as you become a SNCO or field grade officer. This means that the bulk of the people doing the 'normal job" are age 18-30ish. I imagine it's similar in special forces, where most of the guys actually going out into the field are younger. I don't think they're intentionally trying to beat them up, but health and longevity also might not be prioritized as much as you imagine. It's kind of similar to being a pro athlete.
Nah, the average SF dude is like 35. The lowest rank possible in SF is e-5 but the typical team consists of a junior and senior of each position (e6 and e7 respectively), and a team sergeant (e8); and they're all in the field regularly
alright i stand mistaken
>I imagine it's similar in special forces, where most of the guys actually going out into the field are younger
Just to add for other lurkers:
Nowadays, the typical guy that goes through any selection team is typically post mid 20s with some college. These guys are smarter, more well-rounded physically, and have been through more stressful situations that develop them the physical and mental mindset to pass the school houses. Yes, the freak 18/19yo does get by, but it's rare.
It's also a game of who you know, too. If you don't have family legacy, you're already behind. If you're a sperg that never grew up playing sports and rough housing with the boys, good luck. It's much more about being a good fit for the fraternity than being good at the o-course.
I used to work out with a former SF guy. He was in insanely good shape. We'd meet up at 0430 and run around carrying 60lbs sandbags, wearing our IOTVs and ACHs carrying 8lbs sledgehammers sometimes (recreate weapon weight). Climb over 10 foot walls, climb to the tops of 6 floor parking decks, etc. Other days he'd be like "15 pull ups, 40 squats with the bag, sprints with the bag, repeat all that X number of insane times". I was pretty fit at the time I thought, but I could only do a 1/5th of what he could do.
This is the only guy in this thread who knows what he is talking about. I used to be in an SF unit. They do everything under the sun and they are just well rounded and really fit. Just do all kinds of random shit. Pretty much all of the GBs at the unit I was at did crossfit, because they had really good athletic trainers who made their programs for them. This guy's workout sounds fucking retarded, but they do stuff like that. I've even seen them running around with gas masks on and team lifting a big log, then just doing some jumping jacks.
Dig out a premolar with a knife and push a sewing needle or a safety pin into the exposed nerve. Hold it there for 30 seconds. Congrads, you will now longer feel broken bones or gunshot wounds as anything more than minor pain. Everything else is just cardio.
All that training and what’s the actual permanent injury and or death statistics on that job
can’t be great
if you’re not trying to do that job why expose yourself to long term or short term injury
do whatchu want fats I aint stoppin ya
Look up the UBRR, that's the standard fitness test; not the conventional side's bs test. UBRR with an 1100 score is minimum standard with 1200 usually being a team standard. Obvi every team has different specialties, so dive teams will have swim standards and mountain teams will have ruck/trail running standards etc. But the UBRR is standard across the regiment.
Should be able to sprint 400m in under 60 sec and 5 miles in under 38 mins, pull ups/30foot rope climb in kit. Shit like that. But obvi there's gonna be dudes who can deadlift a house and not run at standard, but will get a pass if he's legit fit in other aspects, and the same with marathoners who can't bench their bodyweight 20x . The average sf dude is better than most humans in most fitness aspects and expert level at a thing or two
Forget specops. Take the bodybearerpill.
Plus your absolutely guaranteed to be stacking bodies if you join these guys
bro!