The calisthenics increased in blocks of 100 or 50 if I recall. I would typically do pyramids to 10 and back down, since each of those would be a total of 100 reps. It was typically abs rather than just situps, so I would start with situps and then do other ab moves such as side raises, flutter kicks, etc.
It’s been about 13 years since I screened, but if I recall my test numbers were in the 60s and low 70s. I’m hearing you have to have really good numbers now to be competitive, but they said that back then and I still got orders. But higher numbers will always look better regardless. The sucky thing is you will get in tremendous shape doing this program, and then you will go to boot camp and likely lose most of it because you are stuck doing what they want you to do - at least until you pass the screen test in boot and begin going to the dive motivator PT sessions in the mornings (if they still do that). Best bet is just figure out how to put out like a mad man so you can go hard when necessary, but don’t completely kill yourself in every workout. You’re going to be tired prepping like this, but going balls to the wall every single time is a recipe for disaster (injuries, overtraining, fatigue, etc).
Another note on the program (guessing you have found it): for some reason dude wrote it using pulldowns rather than pullups. Whenever you see pulldowns in the routine, do pullups. Add weight if you can, that can only help. I believe the minimum for pullups is 8, but remember that is after the swim, pushups and situps. Get as strong in pullups as you can (just like the rest of the cals).
because of women in combat arms
dod was ,is doing a study of pt test standards versus passing a course or school
some people with high numbers fail some with lower numbers pass they are trying to find out why,how much pt test standards matter
They won’t find anything. NAVSPECWARCOM has been studying BUDS for years, trying to find a way to predict who will pass and who won’t in order to streamline the process and get a better value for the money spent on training and selection. In 50+ years, they have been unable to find any way of predicting success. They may have found some correlations (without direct causation) and they can probably use certain flags to predict who will fail, but nothing near what you would call accurate.
Dudes that make it are the ones who 1) make their own luck, 2) don’t make excuses, 3) don’t know how to quit. No amount of testing or studies will determine who makes it through selection courses, but within a week of being there you can tell who has it and who doesn’t.
i read everything i can find on this subject people have opinions on why some make it and some dont
but i have not been able to find anything definitive
during the video buds class 234 one of the instructors during hell week stated that some people they thought would make it ,don’t
he stated you just dont know where their head is at
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No you’re right in the context of enlisted as there are a lot of billets available so you don’t technically have to be a PT stud an it’s the officers competing for much fewer shots who have to really blow PT out of the water.
I have never done BUDs but I help train prospective candidates and I hear the same message they get from their mentors. I can’t claim to have the most current info.
I’ve never done buds either. I had wrestled for 9 years and ran track for a few, plus swimming since before I could walk so the physical stuff was cake. In d.e.p. we would do group runs with the head recruiter, a beach master, and a couple of local retired seals. The mentorship was great, but a fluke injury a week before my ship out date left me unfit for service.
So, do you have any former trainees that have made it through buds/divefare?
I honestly don’t know; I was not involved enough to get to know people who were in and out. A couple guys I used to train with went on to serve in the Ranger Regiment but that was quite some time ago. At this moment I’m working with some kids so maybe I can so say I have helped a current team guy. These guys get on a program and that’s what they do but we hook up through the social media part of it. SOFLET seems to be the program of choice right now. Wes Kennedy is a great resource too.
My main job is preparing people for the police academy and I run a program at one. It’s frustrating because these people have vastly different levels of motivation. We’;re limited on what we can do because I’m expected to get them to pass certain tests and anything else is extraneous.