Workout for navy seals?
Posted Monday, September 7, 2009 by admin
what kind of workout out programs do seals use or people use to train for the seals i know you can buy like an ebook type thing off the navy website with their pt workouts in it but i dont want to pay for
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Join the Navy. They will show you.
they are the best of the best! when training they have whats called hell week, which is usually the 4th week when you arent allowed to sleep!
here’s a link to a site that outlines their workout schedule
We had a couple of Navy seals come to our high school and run us through their daily workout in our physical education class. As long as you’re in decent physical shape, it’s not too bad. It’s definitely vigourous and demanding, but not unbearable.
there are some good workouts for the seals on youtube, I do them everyday, but Im going into airforce security forces. I’m way over qualified for the job, and I want to do para rescue or seals, but my swimming is terrible.
Dj, I urge you to not listen to Jason who claims he is “ex-army special ops.” Any member of the Army Special Forces would never refer to it this way, and in his doing so he reveals his untruthfulness and lack of knowledge. Jason is a Sgt. 8/101st Avn Bn(Air Assault). This is hardly “special-ops” but you should be proud of your service, Jason, and stop making claims that are un-true.
To answer your question, do NOT run 8 miles a day as Jason says. Instead, start out slowly alternating between running, swimming, or biking for your cardio workouts. Do a lot of upper body strengthening including chest, biceps, triceps, and core work. Push ups, sit ups, and pull ups are a given. If you want to run 8 miles, work up to it, but do not run 8 miles every day as you will increase the chances of injuring yourself. One necessity for BUD/s is strong legs and a very strong core. Make sure you do a lot of leg work, whether it be lifting in the gym, ruck marching, or biking. Lunges and squats are key. Whether you are training to be a SEAL or just getting in shape, it is important not to over train. Take a day off every week and plan your wok routs so that your muscle groups are given a chance to recover. For more ideas, google “Stew Smith.” He is a former SEAL and is spending his time now promoting his workout plans. Other than that, I am not a SEAL and these recommendations only reflect my knowledge of what is required from the SEAL candidates. Good luck.
Edit to add: Hmmm, wonder who gave my answer a thumb’s down? Jason, was it you? Oh, looks like you deleted your own answer Jason. Probably a smart thing to do….
Run, Forrest, run.
Swim – no racing strokes; ****** stroke, side stroke, and elementary back stroke only
Tread water for long periods of time
Pull ups are the exercise that disqualifies the most applicants during the initial Physical Qualification testing – which is nothing but a warm-up once you get to Coronado.
Weight training, but strength without flexibility is useless.
So…
Run, Forrest, run.
Depends on why you want the programs. If it’s just to get into shape, as you’ve noticed, that kind of stuff is posted all over the Internet.
There are also lots of books.
But you’re not going to get into any kind of shape reading a book.
If you can find a copy of the BUD/S “Warning Order,” that’ll give you what you need to be able to do to stay in the program.
There’s also a short, Reader’s Digest version of BUD/S, I think it’s about a week long… kind of like a summer camp. Check with a recruiter.
If you’re really interested in becoming SEAL, there are also guys who specialized in SEAL/SWCC recruiting and training. I believe they’re called mentors or motivators. They’ll put you through the mill.
Be advised that any requirements you see are MINIMUM requirements. You’re expected to be able to exceed them.
John Wayne pretty much hit the nail on the head, good advice and also, Stew Smith is a former Team Guy with a lot of good info for BUD/S prep. You should also know that you do not go to BUD/S anymore right out of Boot Camp, you go to the Naval Special Warfare Prep School at Great Lakes and stay there for an average of 10 weeks to prepare for BUD/S. They have dumped a ton of money into the program and it just got stood up last fall, they are hoping it will up the number of grads from BUD/S. They will train you pretty hard before you go to BUD/S and will not let you leave until they think you are prepared physically for the program. You will have access to Div. 1 and 2 Swim, Lifting and Track Coaches while at the prep school and with that kind of input you will be good to go for the selection. There is no way to prepare for the cold water and other things that will go on there, it is all mental. Just take each evolution one at a time.