How to Train For Navy SEALS?

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[quote]landmonster wrote:

but I am not 100% sure what it truly takes, nor am I 100% commited to the notion yet… since I don’t really know what it requires.

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I’m sorry but you have already failed. The instant you second guess yourself the seed of doubt is planted. I was hell bent on NAVY spec ops since I was 13. I never even had a shot at BUDS because of poor vision. The SEAL teams aren’t about the biggest or the strongest(quite often they are the first to washout). It isn’t about looking cool or bragging rights. There has to be an unstoppable driving force deep within you that not even 20 mile runs and 10 hours of wading water can stop. There is no weight limit as long as you can preform and don’t hinder you team. If you’re worried at all about losing muscle or strength then it’s not for you. You have to be ready to sacrifice A LOT more than muscle for the good of your team members.

I could further elaborate but I don’t see a need because honestly you just don’t want it bad enough. It isn’t something you say “Well yea, that looks fun I think I’ll try that”. And during hell week it’s 2 hours of sleep TOTAL for the 5 days not each night. Sorry for the harsh truth but if you really are determined then this post and all the other negatives will mean nothing and only help fuel the fire.

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There is no such thing as a competitive score right now, if you can pass the minimums(obviously you would want to do better than that), and you pass all the other screening requirements(ASVAB, age, med screening, etc), you will basically be waiting on orders.

There is no max allowable weight limit for SEALs. I know several frogs who are well above 205. There are height/weight standards for the Navy, but even if you are above those due to being muscular, no problem. Just don’t be fat. To go through BUD/S you would want to be carrying as little extra weight as possible. Forget aesthetics, you can always gain it back later. Hell, once you’ve gone through the training, you might learn that you don’t want to be a behemoth, being athleticly muscular is perfect.

There is a website called specialtactics.com, it is dedicated to PJs/CCTs, but they have workouts on the site which would be perfect for getting ready for BUD/S, in fact I used ‘the workout’(that is the name) to get ready for SWCC…then I went to SERE en route to SWCC and lost all the progress I made. But I still made it through training. Another good resource is ‘8 Weeks to BUD/S’ by Stew Smith. That is a kick in the arse. I actually quit doing that workout because it is all calisthenics, which I find extremely boring if I don’t have at least one partner. The PJ workout I mentioned above combines weights, cals(BWE), running, swimming, and rucking into an 8 week program.

As far as mental, just convince yourself that they will have to kick you out before you quit. That was my motivation, that and thinking about the rust-encrusted sub tender I was stationed on when I first joined. But it never entered my head to quit, they were going to have to get rid of me before I was going anywhere. Once you are at BUD/S, just focus on the evolution at hand. Don’t think about the coming afternoon, don’t think about tomorrow. Just take it one evolution at a time. My OIC is a frog, he said he would just think about getting through the next 10 minutes during Hell Week.

And about the ‘MOS’ thing: that used to be true, but as of Oct this year, SEALs, SWCCs, Divers, and EOD will each become a separate rating. So Oct 1, I will switch from GM1(Gunner’s Mate 1st Class) to SB1(Special Boat Operator 1st Class). Your selection training(BUD/S) will be considered your A school, and SQT will be your C school. Don’t know when they will start sending recruits straight from Great Lakes to BUD/S.

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Thanks for all the help guys.

How many miles a week of running & swimming should I build upto… so that that part of BUDs will be easy for me?

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