I'm 67 and a 20year + retired Infantry Soldier. I use a hex bar and it is very safe for multiple rep RDLs to maintain explosive strength. I also do band work and farmer walks in addition. These build functional Soldier strength to lift, carry and pull on the battlefield. Love your videos and what a great training asset you provide! Your experience is vast and you explain it all in a no BS straightforward manner. RLTW.
About 2 weeks ago I was approached by my new CO and asked if I wanted to go to ranger school in January... like 2 weeks from now. I of course said yes and have been scrounging to get everything off my packing list together. I was just about to get a rangerpack and I saw that you had uploaded this video, I watched it when it was newly posted "1 hour ago" and thought to myself. Nah I shouldn't comment, probably won't win. But my wife is pushing me to, thankfully I have her. Hoping to knock out ranger school then middle of next year go to SFRE then on to SFAS. Best wishes, thanks for all the tips.
I would call the garage gym “Batcave” but that’s only because I’m a Batman nerd although it’s fitting for a gritty soldier! Thanks for the quality content as always brother!
So I’ll be taking the ACFT in about 6 months at DCC for AMEDD. I’m 6’4 250lbs , 41 y/o (old man) ex college football player. Not worried about maxing out the DL Bc I have been doing this training for years. Can you make some recommendations or videos for bigger guys like myself who aren’t the most agile with harder things like the knee tuck, etc. Love the video, can’t wait to finally get in the army. Thank you for your sacrifice and what you do
Thanks man, I'm going into the rangers myself when I enlist in the army in two years, I'll take this video into account and alter my training to accommodate the info, sua sponte brother!
Maybe try something like Nike Metcon if you’re not sold on using weightlifting shoes for weightlifting. For me, I buy pretty nice running shoes and lifting weights in them significantly takes away the life of my running shoes. But after joining an Olympic weightlifting gym and using weightlifting shoes, I’ll never go back.
What’s the benefit of maxing the acft in army? Sorry if this sounds selfish, but should I be asking for something if I max the acft? The last things I have to max are the run and the deadlift
I’ll be out at Gwinnett County SWAT School Nov 29th-December 3rd. I’ll try to email you a graduating class picture when I’m done. Probably will be the troops around a bear cat
So I’m 145lbs, rn I’m lifting around 280-290 straight bar . Training for that acft 340, that’s almost 2.3 times my body weight. Seems kinda unfair, for training should I start using a belt (seems counterintuitive since I’m training for the acft)
I’d say no if you’re already lifting without it. You’re right, you won’t have on during the test, so you shouldn’t start getting used to using one now.
Sir I’m about to pcs into my first duty station Fort Carson, do you think the elevation (about 6K FT) will affect my running? If so how bad? Thank you 😀
It will at first but if you keep training hard in it you’ll see a benefit from training in the elevation, you find it easier to breath when you PCS to another station, so use it while you can!
Honestly there's a lot of fat that can be cut out in this video. You said it straight and simple at the beginning of the video. To get good at trap bar deadlift, do trap bar deadlift. Then the lifting straps thing was kind of bad. You really should use lifting strap when you require it to lift X amount of weight so you can build those lifting muscles as fast as possible. At the same time you should also dedicate some time in the gym to grip training. So even though you're not building grip strengh during the deadlift/trapbar deadlift, you're still building grip strength from movements dedicated to grip strength. However this is why I like that you pointed out doing farmers carries and using fat bars for pullups. Deadhangs are also a fantastic option for grip strength. My last criticism is on the weight belts. They're great for helping you lift more weight. It's better during training. So when you're setting a goal for MDL get your belted MDL to 370 pounds or so then when you go to take the ACFT you'll be fine doing 340 beltless. The point I'm driving home here is lifting gear is required if you want to develop your main mover muscles as quickly as possible. This is all coming from a background of general strength training. But ye if I had to pick the best thing about your video it's that your tips on footwear is 100% solid.
I have a question unrelated to the video, but I am in the national guard and am marrying an active duty soldier. Would both of us get BAH or would we just collect a single BAH?
