
Spec Ops Prep - the answer is IT DEPENDS on your athletic background if you really need to train with weights. See when it is most important to add extra weights to your 1–2 year preparation routine prior to Special Ops training in the article below: Focus more on your graded events in the pool, runs on the beach and mixing in obstacle simulation training like this workout:Ĩ Count Pullups - This is a great way to simulate the runs in between a pulling / pushing event of obstacles.Īs a former power-lifting football player, it was tough to give up weights to train for BUDS, but I was more than prepared physically for the log PT, boat carries, and other heavy laboring events. Over-preparing for something that only occurs first phase (prior / during Hellweek) is not necessary. Any event at BUDS or other special ops training can get you kicked out if you are completely bagging it and not putting out as a team member, so being prepare for everything is smart. These events will beat you down and get you boarded out of BUDS if you are not prepared for the stamina / endurance of training. But you are graded daily on runs, swims, obstacle courses, PT performance on the grinder. But there were many days I wished I had run more to prepare for the daily mileage of timed runs, beach runs, and chow runs. To be honest, I never once wished I had lifted more weights while I was at BUDS. Many students will devote way too much time of their preparation months lifting weights daily. If you notice in the video it helps to get the legs involved in these lifts over head.

#SPEC OPS TRAINING HOW TO#
Push presses are a good exercise to learn how to use the legs when doing these over head presses.
