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Adding Workouts to Spec War Prep or Roll-Back / Recycle Training
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To ADD Workouts to Spec War Prep Training Or Not? Photo by D. McBurnett See website The Special Ops Training Pipeline within the military often begins immediately after boot camp. Depending on the branch of service (Navy / Air Force) you will be pre-screened for Special Warfare (NSW / AFSW) while the Marines and Army have a few more schools or time in service required to screen for the SpecWar / SpecOps Training. Some Guidelines to Help You Focus Here are some rules when you are ALREADY on an official training program in the pipeline as to what you should...
Two Programs That Turn Weaknesses into Strengths
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Turn Weakness into StrengthNo Matter What Your Athletic History Is Tactical Fitness Block Periodization Model I know you - in fact I have been you. Your dream is to Make it TO and THROUGH an advanced level spec ops training program and become a member of a special ops team. It does not matter what branch of service you want to join, all of the selection programs are tough and yield a 50-80% attrition rate. You will need to bring your A game to the table and be honest with yourself. Assess yourself and discover any weaknesses you may have because...
No Excuses Mindset - Get It Done
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What's Your Excuse? Build Habits That Are Excuse Proof! Not Every Day is Perfect Weather with Enough Time to Train Do you find yourself making excuses to miss a work out? It’s pretty common. Are you a master at skipping workouts? Or just occasionally fall off the habit of training? And we all have those days. Some days the excuses win - some days you win. We are all human so give yourself a break when an excuse not to train wins, but try to keep the win to loss ratio higher in the win column. Limit "excuses" to REAL...
Test Taking Tips to Crush Basic Testing to Spec Ops Testing (and everything in between)
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Typical Strategies Given During Recent USNA Summer Seminar Event (2nd session) The loss of the sounds system caused a different style of workout that was more doing than coaching. Usually I am able to give the following pieces of advice when it comes to preparing to get TO and THROUGH any type of future training program you seek to endure. First you have to get accepted INTO the Service Academy (in this case, the US Naval Academy) by crushing your grades, tests, medical qualifications, sports, leadership positions, and the fitness test called the Candidate Fitness Assessment (CFA). It consists of...
How Many Miles Per Week Should You Run Before BUD/S or Other Selection Programs?
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How Many MIles Per Week of Running Should I Be Doing Prior to BUD/S / other Spec Ops Selections? I get asked this question so often but I have not written an article about the answer because there is no one size fits all on this answer. The range of anywhere from 25-40 miles is logical BUT it depends on many factors. Many have called this journey into special ops a "running man's game." You will be running a lot in any military spec ops selection program. Preparing for such volume is key, but there is no one answer that...