Fitness Log

[Tblock1]

Lol, I'd be careful saying seals suck on land. They get deployed in all kinds of environments.

Typical BUD/S training if I remember right has them running 6 miles a day IN sand with boondockers on in addition to a retarded amount of other things.

Army rangers are awesome. Marine Force Recon are awesome. Seal training is the hardest. Many army rangers and recons have tried and failed seal training.

I have studied up on the training of all the elite branches of the military and I knew a recon before I went to boot camp.

Air Force Pararescue are some badass mofo's.

I'm gonna have to disagree....I knew a guy that did BUD/s, RIP (Ranger indoctrination program), ranger school, and special forces selection. He said that his favorite unit was Special forces by far, and that many SEALs couldnt handle ranger school because they were not used to the type of patrolling involved, and got some horrible blisters and had to recycle the class. BUD/s is hardcore (I'm gonna admit something I hate to admit right here) but Force Recon was BY FAR the hardest unit to survive in.

Here's an article posted in my log from a couple days ago:

Force Recon PT

Also read the required preparation:

Training to Be a RECON Marine

You should be doing 20 mile hikes with 4-5 mph pace with 50+pounds. That's crazy speed. They always ran 20 miles a day, plus thousands of bodyweight exercises, topped off with a swim for shits and giggles. I think marines are arrogant motherfuckers but damn that is some badass shit.
And honeslty SEALs do not have a very good reputation in the army. SEALs are best in water though, only because Force Recon no longer exists, and everyone knows marines get crappy gear. I've read lots of books and SEALs consistenly shoot everything to shit. One story where they were guarding a dignitary a guy tried to stab the dignitary, and a teenager tackled the attacker, and they lit all 3 of them up like a Christmas tree.

Still this is so useless for people to be arguing which is best, ya gotta do em all to find out ahhhaa

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

I've known Navy Seals and been around them.

I know what the requirements are for Force Recon. They are badass mofo's.

I have no clue what the deal with Seal's having issue's with pack patrols or blisters is. Sounds like a serious load of bull to me. Seals deal with major blisters as par for course. They spend their time training predominantly in a mixture of water and sand.

It also takes an incredible will to deal with the exposure to some of the cold water drills they do.

It's kind of apples and oranges, but I have known a recon and he didn't take Seals lightly.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Im gonna do marine recon, ill let you guys know. They areALL hard and more importantly they are fighting for our country and our freedom, i dont care which one is a little harder, they are all hard

 

[Tblock1]

Im gonna do marine recon, ill let you guys know. They areALL hard and more importantly they are fighting for our country and our freedom, i dont care which one is a little harder, they are all hard

good point man! The thing I hate though is how because of the navy's use of Navy SEALs for recruitment purposes and the huge pr campaign they have everyone thinks Navy SEALs are the end all of the universe, like a huge team of chuck norris's or some shit. They train primarily for water so of course they are not going to be nearly as good at patrolling and overland warfare as the army. The navy gets plenty of fresh meat aboard their ships as young rambo's try out unprepared and quit. Army's finally learning though and they are starting to do the same thing.

Gladiator: Are you thinking about going into the marines again man?

I guess the point is every unit in the military is elite at the thing they do. I'd consider the bomb disposal guys very elite at what they do, fuck the janitors are great at what they do

 

[the.gladiator1987]

yea try being a bomb diffuser. that shit is more intense than anything.

yes i plan on goin to marines again as recon nigga!

 

[Tblock1]

yea try being a bomb diffuser. that shit is more intense than anything.

yes i plan on goin to marines again as recon nigga!

recon like 1st recon battalion, or marsoc? you're not crazy enough for marsoc man

 

[the.gladiator1987]

I'm doin marsoc brah. Ill start specific training after football if I don't go anywhere like D2, until then its all about strength

 

[Tblock1]

I'm doin marsoc brah. Ill start specific training after football if I don't go anywhere like D2, until then its all about strength

wow you better get ready to drop strength and size though. The training you'll be doing for marsoc is literally the COMPLETE opposite of what you are doing now. I wish I had some one near me though that was interested in training for some special ops, I like lifting too much I've been running and doing pushups and situps for 4 days week now but it would be great to train with someone. You should find someone where you live who wants to train it'll keep ya motivated.

BTW, did you read those 2 articles about force recon I posted a little back? Force recon is basically the same as marsoc:
Training to Be a RECON Marine

That one above is what you should do to prep.....running 4-5 times a week, swimming 4-5 times a week, rucksacking a minimum of once a week plus rucksack runs (hardcore shit)

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Dude that article is sick! Im doing that for sure. Ive always had good leadership and im motivated as hell, the only hard thing will be 18:00 3 mile run

 

[Tblock1]

Lol, I'd be careful saying seals suck on land. They get deployed in all kinds of environments.

Typical BUD/S training if I remember right has them running 6 miles a day IN sand with boondockers on in addition to a retarded amount of other things.

Army rangers are awesome. Marine Force Recon are awesome. Seal training is the hardest. Many army rangers and recons have tried and failed seal training.

I have studied up on the training of all the elite branches of the military and I knew a recon before I went to boot camp.

Air Force Pararescue are some badass mofo's.

I just watched your pullup vid and I'll give you some critical advice. I don't want to come off sounding like a dick and my standards were based off a Navy Seal watching me do my pullups.

You should aim to touch your sternum at the top and a full hang at the bottom. Granted, you are in a doorway, but these details are important. I will admit I do not know what the Army's requirements are for pullup form, but the Seals demanded full chin over the bar, not just to it with a slight pause and a full hang without relaxing the shoulder blade.

That said you have good pullup potential for your height and weight.

I noticed a WTF on your workout log in regards to your bench. Don't worry about it. You won't be benching in basic boot camp nor in Army Rangers training. You'd be better off dropping weight lifting in general imho and building up to workouts doing circuits of pushups, pullups, dips, situps and leg raises until you can do like 20x25-30 pushups, 20x10 pullups, 15x10 dips, 20x30 situps and 20x30 leg raise with ZERO rest between exercises or circuits.

That is a cardio workout in itself. Build up your running base to 5 miles a day to the point where you can do it in your sleep. Take rucksack marches 1-2 times a week for 10-15 miles.

Your potential is good. I just think you would be better off being more specific about it.

Hey man I just saw the second part of this post, didnt see before. Yes I realize these are not deadhang, I'll post up my most recent workout of pullups I did all deadhang, they were harder and I got a great burn in my muscles. I COMPLETELY agree with you about dropping lifting.....but lifting is seriously like cigarettes for me....it's addicting getting stronger and I hate the idea of other guy my age getting super strong while I'm getting weak but fit