Strength Training for Military 

In my humble opinion, what Dane is pointing out here makes sense: tactical athletes should strive for all-encompassing fitness. A service member that is good at calisthenics, is strong (doesn't need to be power lifter or olympic lifter strong, but can carry or drag a 100kg teammate on their back, on the ground, or on a litter) and has the endurance to breeze through a 5 mile run in under 40 minutes will be a way better asset than anyone who does ultramarathons but can't pass a pushup test, let alone carry an injured teammate. I've seen guys who are 5'4" and 135 lbs all the way up to 6'4" 240 lbs do all that. These are all very attainable goals and that fitness can be gained and maintained at relatively the same time without breaking yourself. Further, Dane's point about dudes not having explosiveness is absolutely on point. Even if you're not actively being explosive doing patrolling, the people who are explosive, flexible and fast (in short, athletic) tend to move better under load in the sticks or through buildings. Those who don't have those qualities tend to be stiff and slow moving through doorways and rounding corners, or coming up from the prone with a ruck on their back. To your credit, shooting is not emphasized enough. All the best shooters have backgrounds in competitive shooting or just shoot a lot on their own time and dime in addition to service-related training. Granted, everything changes depending on your country, branch and your specific job, i.e. if you're staff, service support, or a barrel-chested freedom fighter.

Right, but it’s easier to ruck 15km when you’re strong. It takes less effort to carry things when you’re strong. When you’re strong, everything is easier. Nobody said you’ll have to bench press in war. A barbell is just a tool to increase strength. Build resilience. Or better yet, use a log. Atlas stones. Sandbags. Train for strength and explosive power. AND keep on top of your cardio.

The strong always better then the weak

Lifting things is a way to make a muscle stronger. It literally is not more complicated than that. If you're response is seriously "well you don't bench press in war" then you definitely aren't a very bright individual sorry. There's a near infinite number of situations in single day where have stronger muscle fibers are more beneficial than weaker. Not rocket science

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Wow

Wow. Very impressed well done

Numbers?

@@Topsealguy numbers what

What about the Plank and 2mi run? How many days a week are you lifting?

@@xNulg PPL 6 days a week(I kind of wish I did an Arnold split instead). Did battery runs 3x a week. Never trained plank because planking is not hard

Sup bro did you get selected

@@noalane3626 Yeah man. I’m waiting to either go to SUT or SERE now.

Keep it to ur self

​@sz4965 it's to late the recruiter has already pin pointed his location

Good luck! Wishing you the best.

Join the army

Good luck! Lots of respect, honor, and love from Miami, FL. Make yourself proud. Keep going and never give up!!! Go. Get. It. Done. Marine.

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They didn't, but they were good at attaching IEDs to children and having them kindly approach soldiers

They didn’t train themselves physically, they just did heinous shit.

@@jamesb.russell2942that is insane to think about. Like wtf. Did you serve in the military??

@NicoleBermz I did (and still do) but I never saw it myself, just heard stories from my senior NCOs.

​@@jamesb.russell2942 that's sad and hard steps to kick your b*tt outa Afghanistan

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