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Top Reasons Why People Fail Special Ops
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I love getting email questions that require me to think and recall over the years some of my experiences to share. These questions are from a future SOF candidate, who asks a simple question, “Why is the attrition rate so high?” Here is his specifics: I was curious Stew, why are the attrition rates for SOF so high? It seems that to get into any SOF training program you have to pass a physical examination to show you can handle training, academic tests, and reach a pretty high level of fitness. Therefore; all those who start should technically be able...
Using Special Ops Selection Methods to Test Athletes
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A recent training opportunity with a high school baseball team allowed me to develop a challenge week with their coach. Not only was the Challenge Test a team building gut check, but it had a system built in that helped calculate overall winners. This system is the very same method we have used for decades to determine a total score in a physical screening test within the Special Ops community. This allows for the selection board to determine who has the overall best score as well as the winners in individual events. The screening test we use for Navy SEAL...
What is Tactical Fitness? New Book Available NOW!
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Book - Tactical Fitness - For the Heroes of Tomorrow / Today! Tactical Fitness is a new fitness genre, which I personally define as: The ability to perform military, police, fire fighting and other personal survival-related skills, such as running, rucking, swimming, buddy rescue, climbing, jumping, and equipment carry, which require full-body strength, muscle coordination, stamina, speed, agility, and cardiovascular conditioning. Tactical Fitness primarily applies and refers to the type of fitness needed to assist active duty military, law enforcement, fire fighters, and other first responders. However, it also applies to those seeking the first responder professions. We call them...
Navy SEAL PST Clinic: Build a Strategy To Ace the Test for BUD/S, SWCC, EOD, Diver, SAR Swimmer
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Weakness at BUDS
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This week I received similar emails from two young men who aspire to become SEALs one day. They both are athletic and involved with sports and asked the following question: The High School Question "I'm very uncertain about whether to do winter track or swimming and diving... Have there been BUD/S graduates from USNA who have learned how to swim AFTER they came to the Academy? I'm really not sure what to do and the deadline for sign-up is approaching. Please answer me ASAP! Thanks." The College Question "I am trying for an OCS BUDS billet after I graduate college....