"Jack of all trades, master of none is better than a master of one" is a saying that always springs to mind when people talk about special forces training.
There’s a difference between an athlete and a soldier. Mental toughness and ruggedness are highly desirable traits for men who will have to do without in already rough conditions.
Forrest Griffin wrote a book, "Got Fight," that I highly recommend. In it, he says, "Train for the job you want." He talks about guys that lifted a bunch of weights and couldn't fight, cause they didn't train fighting. They trained weights.
Of course you should train with weights if you want to be good at fighting, you just need to also train fighting. There's nothing impressive or useful about a weak dysfunctional body
@@dinninfreeman2014 The point is, if you want to train for fighting, don't JUST lift weights. Take law enforcement, for example. Having impressive muscle mass has benefits. You look more squared away, looking large can intimidate suspects out of a fighting mentality, and you can be counted on to lift people or equipment or whatever the case may be. But you also need to work on cardio, arrest control, firearms, verbal communication skills, and other things if you want to be a more successful cop and a reliable teammate. What about foot chases? Carrying wounded? Firing a gun accurately after running 3 blocks wearing all of your gear?
@@dinninfreeman2014 There are professional fighters who've had successful careers without ever lifting weights. That just illustrates the point - do what you want to get better at and don't get dragged down side tracks unnecessarily.
Rucking was something I did to train multiple days a week before USMC Boot Camp. It made life much easier after the first 4 weeks as the phycological difficulty was greatly diminished because I knew what to expect.
I “rucked” to prepare for both of the 7- day desert events that I did. Thank you 4-Deserts for my experiences in the Gobi & Atacama deserts. Can’t wait for Antártica!
He had a guy at work who was 300lbs and we used to call him Rice Cakes. Every 6 months we do a PT Assessment and one thing we have to do is a 1 mile walk. My best was a 9 minute walk. That big dude was like a 9:15. I asked him how can he do that. He said "well when you're fat like me your legs get strong as f*** or you die." Lmao. Great guy.
Expect to be doing this hump in sand or gravel and uneven. Running is easier but you may not be allowed to run. If you’re short like I am, I had to keep up while walking the 12-20 miles. The best to you man.
The best most accurate advice I have heard on social media. SF is about carrying loads of weight that you can't eat or drink for miles in hostile country, over bad terrain, in almost absolute silence. It's not a glamorous job at all. But it gives one a great sense of achievement when what you set out to do is successful. Because you know that very few people in the world would be able to put up with that shit and still succeed. It's a very personal experience.
Just a totally random piece of information in case anyone is in the mood to learn a random fact: There is a condition that soldiers in the past have gotten when wearing absolutely excessive heavy rucksacks for excessively long periods of time. It’s often called “rucksack palsy” which refers to a traction an injury of the brachial plexus within the shoulder/neck, due to the heavy pack pulling the shoulders down, stretching the nerves running from the neck down into the shoulders. It often affects the long thoracic nerve, which is a nerve that runs from the fifth to seventh cervical nerve roots of the neck down into the serratus anterior muscle. Just in case anyone wanted to learn something random. Love your channel, Jocko!!
@@gottgainz6477 Use a waist belt to hold the weight at your hips, not just hanging off your shoulders from the straps. I do ruckwalks for fitness, at times up to 45lbs, and with a snug belt the shoulder straps are doing nothing more than keeping the ruck against my back. I've even fit a Condor Battle Belt onto mine to help with the dispersion. As for how well it would all work with the absolutely massive weights (and other gear) carried in deployment, I can't speak to - but for any personal training you want to do, the waist belt is the trick.
@plsfeedthepoor That's who pointed out the issue, I've since went back to doing trim carpenter, wildland fire fighting is a young man's job and I'm no longer young.
Yosef Gottlieb I’d say that just keep in mind that the more your shoulders are pulled down from the weight of the rucksack, the more stretch there is on the nerves running out of your neck, down into the arm and shoulder. So, whenever you’ve got your pack on and need to turn your neck to look left or right, just shrug the shoulders up just even the tiniest bit, which takes traction/stretch off of those nerves. It’s not practical to hold a small shrug the entire time while wearing something so heavy, but doing so just when looking far left/right can really help. Making sure your neck moves good can also help - if the joints feel stiff, could theoretically create more of an issue. But again, there’s not much to worry about as long as you’re listening to what your body’s telling you as you do your rucking! Get after it! Discipline equals freedom!
I don't favor escaping from your problems, in fact, if you have more problems your life becomes interesting since you have more things you could solve.
Rucking or tabbing or yomping as it’s referred to by SAS/SBS is the fundamental level of fitness in UK special forces. The first phase of UKSF selection is exactly this, insanely large loads carried out extremely difficult terrain for an absurdly long period of time and distance.
Delta force selection does the same thing. Rucking heavy ass weight throug literal mountains during their extremely advanced land nav course (read about it from a book called inside delta force)
@@vividchilling2492eah I’m the us marines I had to carry 100-110 pounds for 13 miles was the worst pain in my life couldn’t feel my legs were cramped up like crazy every step was cramping
Had to share this video with several of my clients who are going for selections soon. They had to hear it from me and from Jocko in the way only he tends to inform and explain things. Kudos.
when i started running, there was this around-120kg-guy on the track (400m) - but boy that dude was fast as fuck ... probably a soccer player, but with his build and his speed he would have made a great football player. That guy - despite never talking to him - got me motivated to run more
We definitely are always looking for easier, more efficient, faster ways to learn and do things. Maybe it's time to put the cell phone down, stop going from one new thing to the next, overcome the indecisiveness, and just start doing it; and KEEP doing it.
Just came back from my mandatory military service. It's amazing how some people can march, others can't. I was happy to see that I had the endurance to be able to do it, most people were falling apart. I was also lucky with my feet I guess as I had no problems, even with those hard as fuck military boots. I really enjoyed doing it, I got used to it, even though it was 38 degrees outside.
I started rucking this winter and I love it. I have a soccer background so I’m good at running but if you prefer lifting, it will seem like you found the secret. Get built like a redwood
I started rucking a few months ago and I love it. It makes me SWEAT, it makes my muscles BURN and I genuinely feel like I am doing something AMAZING for my body and my health. I try to ruck 3 miles 4 days a week. My mantra is: Stop Thinking, Start Doing. So many questions and research and stats can be put into something, so much so that you never actually end up DOING whatever the hell you're talking about. Stop thinking. Start doing. I do 20lbs each time I ruck. My goal eventually is to do the 12 mile with a 40# ruck. I have lots of goals, but also lots of action.
For cardio long and medium distance runs flat and hills, then rucking is also a must. Then the classic pushup, dips, pullups, climbing the rope, situps, flutter kicks, planks, army crawls, dead hang on the pullup bar and high rep overhead pressing.
I have not trained for special forces, but I have trained for mountain climbing, which also requires carrying a heavy pack over long distances in whatever hellish conditions nature throws at you. Jogging with a rucksack sounds like a recipe for injury, but moving uphill fast is a good alternative.
His book Leadership Strategy and Tactics is a really good book , let’s put it this way , I finished one book my entire life (38 y/o) and the only book I ever finished was chocolate covered ants . That was in grade school , Im about 2/3 into it . It applies to both civilian and military. I plan on reading it multiple times until it’s embedded into my skull .
I suck at running so i decided rucking was my best course for hours and hours of cardio a day... my feet are regretting it, but it is a good workout. Especially going over huge hills
You wanna get good at seal selection test? Do push ups, pull ups, sit up, running... Do the first 3 all day. The goal is to keep working at an insanely high level of daily total reps until you get so hammered that you just HAVE to take a rest for a few days, like 2-3 days. So 10 days on 3 days off is a good way to go. Day 14 is a retest day and the beginning of a new 13 days cycle with improved max reps. First set till failure. Then a set every 30 minutes. Those subsequent sets are gonna be easy enough, that the second you feel any burn, you terminate that set. If you get to 30 pull ups in a row, you can just maintain it or take it easy on improving it. After that point just one set to failure a day is sufficient. However, push ups and sit ups, the more you can do before getting there, the better your chances for selection. Some guys get to 150+ strict push ups and 150+ full sit ups, and they get HUGE. They usually can bench twice bodyweight while fully fresh. Imagine, being able to do that, and weighing 300lbs (bulking there through food intake), you will be the most JACKED, muscular lean 300lbs guy on the planet with endurance to back it up. This is how they do it in the pen. This is why prisoners are huge and have beast stamina. The fact that you can utilize nothing but your own body to get yourself superstrong compared to your body weight, and then bulk up while maintaining the same relative strength, *essentially increasing your absolute strength through nothing but calisthenics and bulking....* Is amazing.
I just moved heavy ass furniture up and down stairs for six years. being a mover ain’t no joke man plus long hours and no health insurance. good money but not good enough. I stopped a few years ago . I liked it but it’s just not worth it anymore.
I was a Gymnast in High School, that helped me through SF Training and PJ training. Also, I did 200 push-ups, 200 Jumping jacks, and 200 sit-ups every morning while in the Navy. I was Navy 1964-68, Army (SF & Spec Ops) 1968-78, USAF (PJ) 1978-84
My father used to say that the french special force train thugs. You needed to be endurant, therefore skinny. Tests were mostly forced marches/ running. Now, with the kind of protection and equipement soldiers carry, they need to bulk up. This comes to the detriment of endurance and speed.
Same here, during my 6 years in the (Dutch) Marines. I was basically a mule ;-). Not exceptionally good at running or sprinting, but carrying a rucksack on long marches. Bring it, could do that all day.
Rucking SUCKS! However, once you are comfortable with being uncomfortable you will always prevail!! I walked at a 12 - 13 min pace in the infantry. I ran pretty good, but not fast. I was an endurance guy and good go all DAY! Like you said sir "It takes practice" even for me.
I recently had surgery on one of my fingers that was fractured in two places and dislocated. Rucking has definitely helped me a lot and has offered a simple and easy explanation to still find a way to get after it
Dead bugs, crunches, good mornings/rdl's, straight leg add/abductions, train your tibialis muscle. Get yourself a massage gun, any 4 channel basic electronic muscle stimulator and kinesiotape for recovery. Keep your posterior chain (especialy lower back) flexy. Warm up hip flexors, hamstrings, calves muscles before rucking. As a physio I would recommend the above stuff. It can speed up recovery, improve performance, prevent cramps and strains. Good luck, train hard, GET SOME!
Did you suffer from many injuries and how did you deal with phatigue. My body has been super durable I haven't had any injuries from my kettlebel workouts or from work but woke up after work with a pulled lower back have you any advice on avoiding/recovering
Havent been able to do pull-ups since elementary school.. come over a decade later can do a single one.. and It starts from there. embracing the grind is a big part of reaching goals, you need to slog thru a whole bunch of stuff to reach the end.. Id see it as in a sewage tunnel going after some high ranking officer and having to slog thru the literal shit to get to the goal.
Wish i had actually made the effort to not worry about the paperwork and paid attention to the training and or had the mentorship that informed me on the beautiful topic of rucking ... thank god i hiked with some weight and ran and played hockey or i wouldnt have made it .... if youre going into the military ...get your RUCK on and start slow and increase weight and pace and do interval training to get a solid pace ... shits not fun but its not fun when your 5'5' and given a 240 ... if youre smaller plan on that happening talking here to the 11X and 11B boys
I had a similar experience, I hated every timed run, was usually bringing up the rear. But when it came time to hump and cover some distance while carrying a shitload of military crap, man I could do that all day. Just as long as I didn’t have to run it. 50lb sounds light though, at times we had weights (webbing plus pack) that were better than 50lg. Those were less fun For reference, I was in no way associated with anything to do with special forces.
Lol friggin Tremors. I bought my dad the whole collection for his birthday and he lit up like a Christmas tree. Jocko is one busy dude to not know about the “worm” movie.
Question - is the fitness required for Selection different to that of actual operating? Take BUD/S for example, huge cardio and calisthenics. Is that how the teams then continue or do they change to evolve to different physical requirements such as strength?
I would assume that if you’re training for the SEALS you’d want to do a ton of swimming and be a strong confident swimmer who is comfortable in the water. That doesn’t hold as true for something like Army SF or Rangers.
@@MG21778 Yes they do. For Army Special Forces you’re going to be doing all kinds of physical activities that you need to have high standards in: calisthenics, running, rucking, swimming. Now while their training does consist of some swimming and water related events, it will primarily consist of ground events that you really want to be good at.
I just love it when Echo makes a movie reference and Jocko doesn't give a crap about it. Gold.
lol what was the point of mentioning tremors i didn't get it
They used a machine in the movie called "the CAT"
@Joe Schmoe Jocko gives us solid life advice, and in return he gets excellent movie recommendations!
Was probably busy with something else when the movie was out, just sayin’......
Would’ve been funnier if Echo hadn’t ruined it by referring to a Caterpillar dozer as a Bobcat skidsteer. 🤦🏼♂️
Tactical fitness= all around fitness-strength, speed, power, endurance. Don’t need to be the best at each but need to be good at each.
"Jack of all trades, master of none is better than a master of one" is a saying that always springs to mind when people talk about special forces training.
FACTS!!!
What if you actually be the best at everything?
Is that make u a super human?
There’s a difference between an athlete and a soldier. Mental toughness and ruggedness are highly desirable traits for men who will have to do without in already rough conditions.
@@shane43639 *Jocko of all trades😁
"Accept the challenge so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."(George S. Patton) Words to live by.
Love it
Thanks for this
And if you fail at least you were a man in the arena. 😏
Need that on a t shirt
@@Michael-4 and that should be the back.
Forrest Griffin wrote a book, "Got Fight," that I highly recommend. In it, he says, "Train for the job you want." He talks about guys that lifted a bunch of weights and couldn't fight, cause they didn't train fighting. They trained weights.
Love Forrest Griffin didn’t know he wrote a book will have to check it out
Not my mother tongue, didn't know Forrest was an actual name besides Forrest Gump. Good.
Of course you should train with weights if you want to be good at fighting, you just need to also train fighting. There's nothing impressive or useful about a weak dysfunctional body
@@dinninfreeman2014 The point is, if you want to train for fighting, don't JUST lift weights. Take law enforcement, for example. Having impressive muscle mass has benefits. You look more squared away, looking large can intimidate suspects out of a fighting mentality, and you can be counted on to lift people or equipment or whatever the case may be. But you also need to work on cardio, arrest control, firearms, verbal communication skills, and other things if you want to be a more successful cop and a reliable teammate. What about foot chases? Carrying wounded? Firing a gun accurately after running 3 blocks wearing all of your gear?
@@dinninfreeman2014 There are professional fighters who've had successful careers without ever lifting weights. That just illustrates the point - do what you want to get better at and don't get dragged down side tracks unnecessarily.
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde
Rucking was something I did to train multiple days a week before USMC Boot Camp. It made life much easier after the first 4 weeks as the phycological difficulty was greatly diminished because I knew what to expect.
I “rucked” to prepare for both of the 7- day desert events that I did. Thank you 4-Deserts for my experiences in the Gobi & Atacama deserts. Can’t wait for Antártica!
Thats awesome
Are you supposed to walk or do a slight jog?
@@TheExpertGuruspeed walk don’t run you’ll get fucked up
Special Forces passed Jocko selection
Don't be ridiculous. It's grossly under-qualified 😂
NO FACTOR
i mean yeah they passed him xD he made the training they passed him
Haha so funny overused comment hahah FUNNY
Funny since he failed a run.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
Is that a Jocko quote? Wise words.
@@estebanb7166 John Quincy Adams quote
If I don't see Echo when he talks there's no way I believe he has arms like those.
He had a guy at work who was 300lbs and we used to call him Rice Cakes. Every 6 months we do a PT Assessment and one thing we have to do is a 1 mile walk. My best was a 9 minute walk. That big dude was like a 9:15. I asked him how can he do that. He said "well when you're fat like me your legs get strong as f*** or you die." Lmao. Great guy.
9 min mile is a jog lol
Idgaf what u say ur not walking a mile in 9 minutes thats some bs lol
Literally have the thirty days out checklist next to me and my ruck set up for the morning and I got this notification perfect timing
Sincerely, wish you good luck brother
Expect to be doing this hump in sand or gravel and uneven. Running is easier but you may not be allowed to run. If you’re short like I am, I had to keep up while walking the 12-20 miles. The best to you man.
Sitting in the parking lot getting ready for my workout
@Leann Logan dont worry about it,that's his business
you must be going in aug if you're going to selection
The best most accurate advice I have heard on social media. SF is about carrying loads of weight that you can't eat or drink for miles in hostile country, over bad terrain, in almost absolute silence. It's not a glamorous job at all. But it gives one a great sense of achievement when what you set out to do is successful. Because you know that very few people in the world would be able to put up with that shit and still succeed. It's a very personal experience.
Just a totally random piece of information in case anyone is in the mood to learn a random fact: There is a condition that soldiers in the past have gotten when wearing absolutely excessive heavy rucksacks for excessively long periods of time. It’s often called “rucksack palsy” which refers to a traction an injury of the brachial plexus within the shoulder/neck, due to the heavy pack pulling the shoulders down, stretching the nerves running from the neck down into the shoulders. It often affects the long thoracic nerve, which is a nerve that runs from the fifth to seventh cervical nerve roots of the neck down into the serratus anterior muscle. Just in case anyone wanted to learn something random. Love your channel, Jocko!!
Makes perfectly good sense, I carried a chainsaw for a couple of years, now my shoulders don't sit on a level plane.
How should one avoid this if they also want to train hard with rucks?
@@gottgainz6477 Use a waist belt to hold the weight at your hips, not just hanging off your shoulders from the straps.
I do ruckwalks for fitness, at times up to 45lbs, and with a snug belt the shoulder straps are doing nothing more than keeping the ruck against my back. I've even fit a Condor Battle Belt onto mine to help with the dispersion.
As for how well it would all work with the absolutely massive weights (and other gear) carried in deployment, I can't speak to - but for any personal training you want to do, the waist belt is the trick.
@plsfeedthepoor That's who pointed out the issue, I've since went back to doing trim carpenter, wildland fire fighting is a young man's job and I'm no longer young.
Yosef Gottlieb I’d say that just keep in mind that the more your shoulders are pulled down from the weight of the rucksack, the more stretch there is on the nerves running out of your neck, down into the arm and shoulder. So, whenever you’ve got your pack on and need to turn your neck to look left or right, just shrug the shoulders up just even the tiniest bit, which takes traction/stretch off of those nerves. It’s not practical to hold a small shrug the entire time while wearing something so heavy, but doing so just when looking far left/right can really help. Making sure your neck moves good can also help - if the joints feel stiff, could theoretically create more of an issue. But again, there’s not much to worry about as long as you’re listening to what your body’s telling you as you do your rucking! Get after it! Discipline equals freedom!
How to get good at anything? Just do it!
and give 110%
Not necessarily... take suicide for instance 😂
I don't favor escaping from your problems, in fact, if you have more problems your life becomes interesting since you have more things you could solve.
it depends on what u call “ problems “.
yeah it’s been interesting for sure. but if anyone gives me problems I got a violent solution.
Jocko - “I was a radio man.” Me too, brother. Forced ruck marches aren’t appreciated until you’ve enjoyed it with a PRC-77 added to the ruck.
Rucking or tabbing or yomping as it’s referred to by SAS/SBS is the fundamental level of fitness in UK special forces. The first phase of UKSF selection is exactly this, insanely large loads carried out extremely difficult terrain for an absurdly long period of time and distance.
What's the top weight carried then in the tests.
@@Michael-4 starts around 30kg up to 80kg I believe
Delta force selection does the same thing. Rucking heavy ass weight throug literal mountains during their extremely advanced land nav course (read about it from a book called inside delta force)
@@pauliemc2010 80KG = 176 Pounds
Insane amount of weight
just putting it in pounds as not everyone knows KGs
@@vividchilling2492eah I’m the us marines I had to carry 100-110 pounds for 13 miles was the worst pain in my life couldn’t feel my legs were cramped up like crazy every step was cramping
My partner is a SF 22 veteran,warrior soul and durable.Health wise not too good but every day gives life 100% and I love him dearly.
Had to share this video with several of my clients who are going for selections soon. They had to hear it from me and from Jocko in the way only he tends to inform and explain things. Kudos.
I love Jocko's method for getting good at stuff. Works for everything.
everbody is gangsta until Short guy can bench more than Jocko
Being short is actually an advantage in benching, less distance for the barbell to travel.
Zirdante negative, the best bench pressers in the world are 6ft plus.
are steroids involved
Sebastian sevilla Much easier to bench with shorter arms. Shorter arms = shorter range of motion. Short people usually have shorter arms
u don’t have to be on gear to be strong 💪 bub
Echo is like the child that’s an absolute unit, and Jocko is his dad 😂 Jocko can make dad jokes and Echo will laugh at all of em
when i started running, there was this around-120kg-guy on the track (400m) - but boy that dude was fast as fuck ... probably a soccer player, but with his build and his speed he would have made a great football player. That guy - despite never talking to him - got me motivated to run more
A 120kg soccer player? Was he 2+ meters tall?
@@Sealed_Chamber playing soccer as a hobby with a german beer belly ;)
The fact that Jocko has a relevant reference to Tremors on his podcast just shows that this is one of the best podcasts on Earth.
Jocko that's the most classic movie ever. Must watch!
Amazing how Echo can always throw in a movie reference!
We definitely are always looking for easier, more efficient, faster ways to learn and do things. Maybe it's time to put the cell phone down, stop going from one new thing to the next, overcome the indecisiveness, and just start doing it; and KEEP doing it.
I need some Jocko Willink in my life, this man eats discipline for breakfast.
Just came back from my mandatory military service. It's amazing how some people can march, others can't. I was happy to see that I had the endurance to be able to do it, most people were falling apart. I was also lucky with my feet I guess as I had no problems, even with those hard as fuck military boots. I really enjoyed doing it, I got used to it, even though it was 38 degrees outside.
Is that Celsius or FA?
@@Jonerod Celsius.
I thank doing construction, digging trenches and crawling through sh*t water for 9$ an hour in the southern heat for making me more durable.
No surprise Jocko was good at rucking. He's got the right natural build for that kind of slow, grinding endurance.
I started rucking this winter and I love it. I have a soccer background so I’m good at running but if you prefer lifting, it will seem like you found the secret. Get built like a redwood
I started rucking a few months ago and I love it. It makes me SWEAT, it makes my muscles BURN and I genuinely feel like I am doing something AMAZING for my body and my health. I try to ruck 3 miles 4 days a week. My mantra is: Stop Thinking, Start Doing. So many questions and research and stats can be put into something, so much so that you never actually end up DOING whatever the hell you're talking about. Stop thinking. Start doing. I do 20lbs each time I ruck. My goal eventually is to do the 12 mile with a 40# ruck. I have lots of goals, but also lots of action.
Great video, perfect for someone like me guys. Thanks you for all you do 🇺🇸🇺🇸
For cardio long and medium distance runs flat and hills, then rucking is also a must. Then the classic pushup, dips, pullups, climbing the rope, situps, flutter kicks, planks, army crawls, dead hang on the pullup bar and high rep overhead pressing.
The fact that echo referenced my favorite movie series tremors is amazing😂
And Jocko just not caring made it all the funnier
I have not trained for special forces, but I have trained for mountain climbing, which also requires carrying a heavy pack over long distances in whatever hellish conditions nature throws at you. Jogging with a rucksack sounds like a recipe for injury, but moving uphill fast is a good alternative.
Sharing from Moncton New Brunswick Canada 🇨🇦 Buddy as always!
His book Leadership Strategy and Tactics is a really good book , let’s put it this way , I finished one book my entire life (38 y/o) and the only book I ever finished was chocolate covered ants . That was in grade school , Im about 2/3 into it . It applies to both civilian and military. I plan on reading it multiple times until it’s embedded into my skull .
Stop thinking about it, just do it. See what you have to to and do it to the max to be the best candidate, the best asset to the team.
I suck at running so i decided rucking was my best course for hours and hours of cardio a day... my feet are regretting it, but it is a good workout. Especially going over huge hills
You guys need to do a Jocko reacts to tremors.
An epic analogy by Echo Charles
Jocko is the only ASMR I need.
He's totally spot on. Timed 50kg marches are essential.
This video is so great!
You wanna get good at seal selection test?
Do push ups, pull ups, sit up, running... Do the first 3 all day.
The goal is to keep working at an insanely high level of daily total reps until you get so hammered that you just HAVE to take a rest for a few days, like 2-3 days.
So 10 days on 3 days off is a good way to go. Day 14 is a retest day and the beginning of a new 13 days cycle with improved max reps.
First set till failure. Then a set every 30 minutes. Those subsequent sets are gonna be easy enough, that the second you feel any burn, you terminate that set.
If you get to 30 pull ups in a row, you can just maintain it or take it easy on improving it. After that point just one set to failure a day is sufficient.
However, push ups and sit ups, the more you can do before getting there, the better your chances for selection. Some guys get to 150+ strict push ups and 150+ full sit ups, and they get HUGE. They usually can bench twice bodyweight while fully fresh.
Imagine, being able to do that, and weighing 300lbs (bulking there through food intake), you will be the most JACKED, muscular lean 300lbs guy on the planet with endurance to back it up.
This is how they do it in the pen. This is why prisoners are huge and have beast stamina.
The fact that you can utilize nothing but your own body to get yourself superstrong compared to your body weight, and then bulk up while maintaining the same relative strength, *essentially increasing your absolute strength through nothing but calisthenics and bulking....*
Is amazing.
Really resonated with this
In the song Juke box hero, I always hear rucking instead of rocking. Makes the song even better.
A hero Mr wilinck.
I got a decent dose of "rucking" at Fort Benning in '85 and'86. I agree wholeheartedly with the assessment here.
Can we do a podcast just on Tremors? Echo has to tell the entire story and use a whiteboard to try to sell Jocko I’m watching it
echo talking about tremors made my day.
When I was a PJ, we used to run up and down bleachers with a 45-pound pack... Great for building up your legs... HooYah...
that’s so sick dude, PJ is a helluva career field. Must have tons of stories!
I just moved heavy ass furniture up and down stairs for six years. being a mover ain’t no joke man plus long hours and no health insurance. good money but not good enough. I stopped a few years ago . I liked it but it’s just not worth it anymore.
Definitely will try this but with lighter weight lol can't do that yet
Thanks for your service and the idea, need to find a good weighted pack.
I was a Gymnast in High School, that helped me through SF Training and PJ training. Also, I did 200 push-ups, 200 Jumping jacks, and 200 sit-ups every morning while in the Navy. I was Navy 1964-68, Army (SF & Spec Ops) 1968-78, USAF (PJ) 1978-84
My father used to say that the french special force train thugs. You needed to be endurant, therefore skinny. Tests were mostly forced marches/ running. Now, with the kind of protection and equipement soldiers carry, they need to bulk up. This comes to the detriment of endurance and speed.
you can be strong, fast, agile have endurance etc. but to be a warrior grit, courage, stamina, and intellect are essential
Great video.
It’s always a good idea especially if there is a career path that can benefit after service.
Wanna be good at listening to Jocko? Listen to Jocko
A Tremors reference. Damn, never thought I’d see the day.
Green berets "buoyancy is for the seals "
Seals "I'd rather be a 4x4 than a porche "
Same here, during my 6 years in the (Dutch) Marines. I was basically a mule ;-). Not exceptionally good at running or sprinting, but carrying a rucksack on long marches. Bring it, could do that all day.
Rucking SUCKS! However, once you are comfortable with being uncomfortable you will always prevail!! I walked at a 12 - 13 min pace in the infantry. I ran pretty good, but not fast. I was an endurance guy and good go all DAY! Like you said sir "It takes practice" even for me.
Thanks for the tips!
One of the greatest movies to ever be written in the history of United States cinematic
I like to wear my 45 pound weight vest while going for jogs and sprints.
Practice makes perfect but suffering prepares you to deal with things others would see as death.
Forced road marches. Been there done that. I loved road marches. 11B!
Jocko doesn’t cry, he sweats out of his eyes
I recently had surgery on one of my fingers that was fractured in two places and dislocated. Rucking has definitely helped me a lot and has offered a simple and easy explanation to still find a way to get after it
Props to you! Not lingering of what you can't do but finding what you CAN do! stay hard bruv!
@@user-we9uy1nw6w 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
PERFECTLY STATED a 4x4. Covers all SF! 0317 SEMPER FI
A “Tremors” reference, haha. Loved that movie as a kid.
Stew Smiths book for training is excellent. Got me and my buddy more than ready for SEAL/S and EOD.
Whats it called
Just so we're on the same page, you're suggesting Pilates right?
Hot yoga
Chair Pilates
Tremors is a MASTERPIECE! Burt Gummer is an American hero.
He's an anti-gun pacifist that's probably vegan.
German Mann der entthront the character or the actor Michael Gross? I’m talking about the character. You can separate the actor from the role.
@@GryphonIndustrial I don't like separating a character from an actor, seems kinda weird.
@@MoarteaLunii so you'd be an asshole to people who played asshole characters?
@Austin Butler funniest line out of nowhere 🤣
I am rocking at my guitar all day long.
“4x4 durable” = goals
Was in the Army....never went Special Operations. Was a Sapper/Light Engineer....Light Engineer MY ASS !!!!!!! HAHAHA, good times
Run, run, and run some more.
Get some!
The best part of this clip, is Jockos confusion over the movie reference
The Tremor movie reference was brutal to listen to 😂😭
Dead bugs, crunches, good mornings/rdl's, straight leg add/abductions, train your tibialis muscle. Get yourself a massage gun, any 4 channel basic electronic muscle stimulator and kinesiotape for recovery. Keep your posterior chain (especialy lower back) flexy. Warm up hip flexors, hamstrings, calves muscles before rucking.
As a physio I would recommend the above stuff. It can speed up recovery, improve performance, prevent cramps and strains. Good luck, train hard, GET SOME!
Become durable and go the distance!
I recommend the dry hump - a five mile ruck hump with no water
Get fit is *lit*
jocko fucking love you dude.
God Bless all of our Special Forces 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That's a misnomer
Did you suffer from many injuries and how did you deal with phatigue. My body has been super durable I haven't had any injuries from my kettlebel workouts or from work but woke up after work with a pulled lower back have you any advice on avoiding/recovering
Havent been able to do pull-ups since elementary school.. come over a decade later can do a single one.. and It starts from there. embracing the grind is a big part of reaching goals, you need to slog thru a whole bunch of stuff to reach the end.. Id see it as in a sewage tunnel going after some high ranking officer and having to slog thru the literal shit to get to the goal.
Good luck bro.
Just waiting for someone to make censors to the rucking monologue
Wish i had actually made the effort to not worry about the paperwork and paid attention to the training and or had the mentorship that informed me on the beautiful topic of rucking ... thank god i hiked with some weight and ran and played hockey or i wouldnt have made it .... if youre going into the military ...get your RUCK on and start slow and increase weight and pace and do interval training to get a solid pace ... shits not fun but its not fun when your 5'5' and given a 240 ... if youre smaller plan on that happening talking here to the 11X and 11B boys
Who knew "simplicity" is the secret!
The hardest training in the USMC was those forced marches. The packs were a bit more than 50 pounds my friend.
I had a similar experience, I hated every timed run, was usually bringing up the rear. But when it came time to hump and cover some distance while carrying a shitload of military crap, man I could do that all day. Just as long as I didn’t have to run it. 50lb sounds light though, at times we had weights (webbing plus pack) that were better than 50lg. Those were less fun
For reference, I was in no way associated with anything to do with special forces.
Lol friggin Tremors. I bought my dad the whole collection for his birthday and he lit up like a Christmas tree. Jocko is one busy dude to not know about the “worm” movie.
Jocko is fitness.
Jocko would you advise wearing a military vest when rucking?
Question - is the fitness required for Selection different to that of actual operating?
Take BUD/S for example, huge cardio and calisthenics. Is that how the teams then continue or do they change to evolve to different physical requirements such as strength?
Im with jocko, there's always that one guy who will proved U wrong, its like meeting a cross-eye soldier who has better aim then half of the unit lol.
I would assume that if you’re training for the SEALS you’d want to do a ton of swimming and be a strong confident swimmer who is comfortable in the water. That doesn’t hold as true for something like Army SF or Rangers.
Don’t green berets also go through Dive School?
@@MG21778 they do, and the army dive school is no joke
@@MG21778 Yes they do. For Army Special Forces you’re going to be doing all kinds of physical activities that you need to have high standards in: calisthenics, running, rucking, swimming. Now while their training does consist of some swimming and water related events, it will primarily consist of ground events that you really want to be good at.
@@MG21778 Only some go to dive school. It isnt a mandatory part of their training
How has this man never seen tremors. It's one of the only videos that's on VHS during his era.