Military Spec Ops

[Bigweight81]

Im getting ready to go to the Air Force Pararescue school. Its the AF's equivalent of the Navy Seals. Anyway, Just wondering what u guys think are the best ways to improve stamina and endurance rather quickly. Particularly Running and swimming. Any help would be very much appreciated.

 

[migity]

I'm no expert but I remember in anything from football to swimming and even biking that the best way to improve performance fast is sets of sprints. for football I used to do an old classic that always worked well. 10-100 yard sprints 8-80 yards 7-70 yards 6-60 yards and so on down to 10 yards. give yourself a minute and a half in between to start and cut ten seconds off that everytime you go down ten yards.

for swimming i could give you a workout but its been ten years since i have done a real swimming workout. but i would say the same sort of thing. lots of varying length sprints without too much rest in between.

at least that always worked for me to improve in a hurry. better than just slogging along for hours on end at a moderate pace anyway.

 

[Naudo11]

Sup! I am in the army and I constantly hear guys asking other people how they improve there stamina or endurance. Recently, the was in a eliptical contest at my local gym to see who could dock the most miles on the machince. Well during that month I had a physical fitness test. Prior to that month I was running around a 1635 2 mile which is the failing point for my age group. Anyhow, what I am try to say is that I did that damn eliptical machine twice a day for 30 minutes to an hour and ran 2 miles once a week. and when I ran my 2 miles for the test I ran a 1323 and even waited for my buddy catch up. I was amazed. My legs felt weightless!

 

[Bosnian_Brawler]

Try doing some HIIT......Also after you build endurance running or doing cardio, swimming should be fine.....For swimming you only have to swim a lot, to get used being in water for a long period of time and to get your muscles used to those movements in a water......Besides, most people that train hard beforhand have no problem passing SEAL physical part of training, psychological part is the tough one to pass....Good Luck and keep us posted...

 

[Stormbringer]

I trained for BUDS and a relative of mine is a Career Officer and Team leader for Special Ops from Nam to 1997 when he ret, as a Colonel. The point of this being said is, whether he was doing the Q course for SF, BUDS for Seal, PT w Delta or the other numerous Black Ops groups he was sent allover the world with, he instructed me to do three things for BUDS. I did this everyday in every weather condition for months. Wieghted rucksack runs in full gear with boots (and armed), in the woods, (mud and hills are important) for two miles daily. Did in the AM on empty stomach. In the evening three days a week, serious plyometric routine and sprints, still wieght trained 4 days a week Push, Pull, Off, then repeat. All High rep with a focus on Legs and shoulders. I was on evening shift where I worked at the time 4pm-12m. I would wake up at 5:30am, throw on fatigues and ruck, and luckily I lived next to a State Park that I could do my two mile run and come back, strip down, take a shower eat and go back to sleep from around 6:30am to 11am. I would awake, eat and then go do my gym routine. Come back home and be to work at 4Pm. You can alternate your Plyometric training and sprints with pool time (get scuba wieghts for your feet and wrists to swim with). I was not to concerned about the swimming piece, I am part fish. I can tell you a little about PJ training though, I hope you have experienced drowning or at least a simulation of such and get used to swimming laps with a mask. It will make your training a lot easier. They call this the fast track to Special Ops. Hope your ready. Also, just to let you know, most those guys are not very big. I do not know what your stats are but when I went for this I was 208lbs, 5'11' 8%bf and they thought this was big. Remember you have to pull all your muscle with you. Good luck Bro, as my relative used to say "Top of the Food Chain Bitches!" The Most Elite of the Elite. Well, he meant Delta, but your close enough if you make it. I think he told me they ate PJ's for Breakfast