Rigor Mortis
Level 1 Valued Member
Hello everyone,
So my goal is to get through Army special forces selection in my home country. Selection is following:
Phase 1:
5km run with 10kg rucksack (in about 22 minutes)
PFT (pushups, situps, chins, somekind of get ups, back extensions)
200m swim
diving test
10km skiing test
And the best candidates get to the second phase.
Phase 2:
5 days of torture in the woods
-lots of running with gear, rucking, orienteering, crawling, hand to hand combat, shooting etc.
-sleep deprivation, not enough food, stress etc.
My backround:
I served 12 months as a conscript and 2,5 months as “instructor” in the army. Last autumn I got selected to university to study to become an officer in army, and also to police academy .
I chose to start studies in the police academy. So now I study law enforcement, but want to same time prepare these two years for army Special forces selection.
I don’t have any competition level sport backround, so I feel like most of the “prepare for sfas” etc. programs are too much for my recovery abilities at this point.
I’m pretty skinny, 21 years old 178cm/70kg male. I could run last summer 3km in 12minutes, do +20 chins and do 1 one arm chin with both arms. I also run half marathon distance in boots and camelback on my back on last winter, just to test my mental side.
So I’m average with bodyweight stuff, but my strength with loads, endurance and work capacity has to get MUCH better.
I have read Nate Morrisons “Those who dare” and “The Morrison system”, and Joseph Martins “Get selected for special forces”. There is lots of important information in the books, but the physical routines are just too much for me at this point.
I have also read Pavels “ETK” and “Easy strength”. The problem with kettlebells are my tight right hip and hurting L2-L3 disk. Even with swings.
I think “easy strength” and “easy endurance” principles would be really good for my purposes, but I just can`t figure out the intelligent routine on my own.
I have also payed for the strength coach to design a plan for me, but I was disappointed with it too. I didn’t see how the bodybuilding routine I got, would have helped me achieving my goals, and it actually didn’t.
I know that on this forum here is lots of knowledge on “tactical athlete” type training and it would be GREAT if you can help me with this challenge.
I know that I have to start small and progressively build my work capacity to the point where I can do even 3 training sessions a day, because selection and the job will be 24/7 physically demanding. How the hell can I do it intelligently?
Is there going to be more information on “tactical” part of the strongfirst page? Few of my friends have been in afganistan, and I would really want to know how “suddenly the hindu kush was easy”?
Sorry for the long first post, and my bad English.
Thank you for your time, and possible answer. Have a nice weekend!
So my goal is to get through Army special forces selection in my home country. Selection is following:
Phase 1:
5km run with 10kg rucksack (in about 22 minutes)
PFT (pushups, situps, chins, somekind of get ups, back extensions)
200m swim
diving test
10km skiing test
And the best candidates get to the second phase.
Phase 2:
5 days of torture in the woods
-lots of running with gear, rucking, orienteering, crawling, hand to hand combat, shooting etc.
-sleep deprivation, not enough food, stress etc.
My backround:
I served 12 months as a conscript and 2,5 months as “instructor” in the army. Last autumn I got selected to university to study to become an officer in army, and also to police academy .
I chose to start studies in the police academy. So now I study law enforcement, but want to same time prepare these two years for army Special forces selection.
I don’t have any competition level sport backround, so I feel like most of the “prepare for sfas” etc. programs are too much for my recovery abilities at this point.
I’m pretty skinny, 21 years old 178cm/70kg male. I could run last summer 3km in 12minutes, do +20 chins and do 1 one arm chin with both arms. I also run half marathon distance in boots and camelback on my back on last winter, just to test my mental side.
So I’m average with bodyweight stuff, but my strength with loads, endurance and work capacity has to get MUCH better.
I have read Nate Morrisons “Those who dare” and “The Morrison system”, and Joseph Martins “Get selected for special forces”. There is lots of important information in the books, but the physical routines are just too much for me at this point.
I have also read Pavels “ETK” and “Easy strength”. The problem with kettlebells are my tight right hip and hurting L2-L3 disk. Even with swings.
I think “easy strength” and “easy endurance” principles would be really good for my purposes, but I just can`t figure out the intelligent routine on my own.
I have also payed for the strength coach to design a plan for me, but I was disappointed with it too. I didn’t see how the bodybuilding routine I got, would have helped me achieving my goals, and it actually didn’t.
I know that on this forum here is lots of knowledge on “tactical athlete” type training and it would be GREAT if you can help me with this challenge.
I know that I have to start small and progressively build my work capacity to the point where I can do even 3 training sessions a day, because selection and the job will be 24/7 physically demanding. How the hell can I do it intelligently?
Is there going to be more information on “tactical” part of the strongfirst page? Few of my friends have been in afganistan, and I would really want to know how “suddenly the hindu kush was easy”?
Sorry for the long first post, and my bad English.
Thank you for your time, and possible answer. Have a nice weekend!