Why Don’t Elite Soldiers Have Physiques Like Dwayne Johnson?

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[@Dtp2296]

Soldiers are built for stamina

[@dalvinderdigpal8069]

Soldiers are built....different

[@Whisdagoat]

Hell yeah .But special operations soldiers are built different compared to their normal counterparts. These days in order to get a contract at any special operation carrier , they require anyone to be in pro athlete shape with high numbers.

[@ghostirq]

Strength and stamina

[@sukaenacornelius9285]

Fittest person I know is a Navy Seal who looks completely normal with clothes on and doesn’t like to swim but is still good at it😂 Even his friends say he was the fittest guy and the youngest guy and they all look like super fit NFL players trying to get on duck dynasty with their hair and beards. And the guy I’m talking about said he pretended to be average in training so not to put a target. Even said one time he pretended to struggle during pullups multiple times and pretended to pass out after finishing a run. I met him at a 5k, he ran with in clothes and hair looking like ace Ventura Hawaiian shirt, boots and cargo shorts with a big thing of Tobacco in his lip and ran a 15 minute 5k. I thought he cheated. But he was so nice, he thought I was Indian but I said half south indian half Iraqi. I can tell he had been to Iraq because he spoke near fluent arabic but spoke Iraqi terms that only north Iraqis know with Assyrian/Kurdish dialect. 🙂‍↔️ My man. Also, he drink a bunch of beers before this bars 5k too.

[@user-uf7uq6vc1f]

You need more than just stamina

[@hutti1987]

Overweigth in a trench is a death sentence.

[@TheMidwesternViking]

Overweight in general is a death sentence. Edit: perhaps not in a rear position like artillery or being an engineer, but fast action guys yeah you right, guys I've seen got that quarterback physical appearance big but trim enough

[@420OO0O0O]

​@@TheMidwesternVikingfew extra pound is not that dangerous you dont need to be under 5% bodyfat.. if you look like jabba the hut thats a different story.

[@dragospeta3812]

Yep ! You offer a bigger target to the drones. The fat ass on the other end of the drone control is smiling and order anothe Coke and chicken wings with salsa after blowing your arse off the screen. The problem is that you add one more blood liter every 10kg.... if you're fit, every kg is just dynamite. Steak is a big no no for your CARDIO ! When you have a x1.5 stress on your heart from the start you add 38kg of gear and just can't keep the cardio pneumo thorax pace with someone who's just fit. In France we call the Marine Troops and Drill Sergents from Marine Commandos ""skinny cats"". They are the best / nightmarish instructors.

[@user-hl3qv8qg2s]

@@420OO0O0Oyep. for war even a 18%-25% body fat is good.... believe it or not. being too lean, can make you weaker againts bullets, shrapnel etc. also in a real war, you will not eat like a princess like most guys do.... in the front you need body fat to live longer. a dude with 12% body far or below would starve in a couple of weeks

[@thanksmaybe4103]

@@TheMidwesternVikingbro we made guns to deal with the fast guys

[@sevenproxies4255]

Remember: every muscle that isn't mission critical is a waste of energy and bloodflow

[@thomasj7506]

This ☝️

[@alire1397]

Perfectly said

[@bastianbezon2687]

goofy ahh

[@PamirS-jh9oh]

10000% correct. Extra muscle plays a huge role in accelerating dehydration.

[@sevenproxies4255]

@@PamirS-jh9oh And starvation... Oh and causing extra exertion on the heart and lungs since the bigger you are, the harder your heart and lungs need to work to pump blood to every muscle and organ. Cardio helps to increase this ability, but a lot of gym bro's focus too much on muscle mass only. There's a reason why body builders have a six times higher likelyhood to get heart problems than people with more normal build.

[@Erakius323]

I remember seeing a picture of the guy who founded Delta Force. He looked almost nerdy. Some random jock in a bar would see him and think “I can take him.” Before promptly losing.

[@tonyanthony5105]

Charles Alvin Beckwith, this guy? He looks maybe slightly nerdy in his old age, but that was a rough and tough looking man in his younger days.

[@piotrszubert5139]

Sound more like Mike Vining, not a founder but signifiant individual

[@klayman2]

He didn't look nerdy when he was young lol, he looks like a normal middle aged guy when he was older.

[@EvilDoer839]

1. He didn't look one bit nerdy 2. Just cus they're Delta force operators it doesn't mean they're indestructible super humans. I'm sure they're trained in hand to hand combat but their main weapon is their rifle. Still better than the average guy but a civilian who specializes in that will do much better than the average Delta force soldier

[@EvilDoer839]

​@@piotrszubert5139yeah maybe he confused him with the guy of the meme mike vining

[@TheIronGabel]

The most effective Soldiers have the physique of a track athlete, not Rambo

[@danielsano3662]

Yeah and also a MMA Fighter Physique

[@TheSpecialJ11]

Track and field specifically. The strength of field and the speed and endurance of track. A good soldier should do well in a decathlon, but also be able to run a marathon.

[@nicobenji0248]

​@@danielsano3662MMA and Boxers mostly do cardio so it's basically the same. They're just runners with a lil more muscle definition

[@user-jd1vs9tc6z]

​@@danielsano3662Even better is a Buhurt fighter, fighting in medieval armor definitely builds up stamina

[@IbnRushd-mv3fp]

Rambo was actually pretty lean and mean

[@iamjason1279]

Some of these soldiers in civi clothes look like some of the most average dudes you’ll see

[@liammitchell2540]

Right? My uncle was in JTF2 and deployed to Bosnia during the Yugoslav war. Dude looks like a chartered accountant and I’m pretty sure he’s killed people

[@Ryeandr]

@@liammitchell2540JTF2 is badass

[@mikes2381]

Sure. Just with thighs for upper arms and beefy calves for forearms.

[@darkleome5409]

Even more so for soldiers working in offices Source: myself

[@neruba2173]

@@darkleome5409 In my experience soldiers working in offices are either women or all extremely ripped to the point of being non-functional probably to overcompensate the fact that they handle paychecks and logistics. Also they have more free time and are, statistically, the number one risk of you getting cheated on while deployed.

[@haveaday1812]

They’re not looking for the best guy, or the strongest guy, or the meanest guy. They’re looking for the right guy.

[@tannerrich2388]

its 100% a mindset thing. not sf but i know some dudes and the training is meant to push your physical to the point it becomes mental. those mfs want it.

[@saloona_]

Respect Spetsnaz

[@EchosTackyTiki]

Dudes in these units are no-quitting types who despite not looking like Arnold did in the 80s are literally of the best trained and most effective and creative warfighters in the world, they are almost never built for max exertion over short spans, they're built for necessary exertion over extended periods in harsh environments. Basically, they're the Energizer bunnies of as whooping, and they will whip ass all the way to the objective and back.

[@nudaveritas8195]

You forgot one important thing. Special forces guys must have moustache. It gives them superhuman powers.

[@Jackmonkey66666hghinnv]

Don’t spill the secret sauce bro wtf man

[@jeffduncan9140]

Hell yeah!

[@yayagazab4449]

Who wants a mustache ride?

[@AmelMuminovic-ow4qu]

Wait I thought Hitle- at first

[@joemama69448]

No lie detected 😂

[@wahiawamang6622]

I’d like to add the military probably won’t let Dwayne Johnson bring his steroids along either 😆

[@skytrooper8888]

Actually that’s not true lol

[@notreallyafamousartist695]

Oh boy you have no idea

[@DeutscherGospel]

​@@notreallyafamousartist695 It's true. They would provide the official ones so he doesn't need to bring his own.

[@gusjeazer]

I think there's plenty of steroid use amongst soldiers, especially in elite units.

[@jordanleonard6540]

This video is kinda bogus. Yeah the biggest focus for military in general is stamina/endurance/cardio, but dude you cant be weak. You have to be able to fireman carry a dude around your size and in good units they'll let you lift weights for pt some times. The higher you go the better the pt is. Like the rangers had a whole ass gym designed for good training with ropes and everything. I wont touch on PEDs, if you know you know.

[@monsieurlaphant603]

Just like camp. They dropped us off in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night and told us we had 6 hours to make it back to base camp. Our instructors disappeared into the dark and watched from a far. It's about endurance not physical strength.

[@BmoreEliteBullies]

You'll never call a mastiff to do the job of a Pitbull

[@ghostoftheuchiha309]

"I don't lift weights to look good. We train to kill." - SEALs vs bodybuilders 💀

[@thepatriot7639]

Exactly bro. I just happen to be ripped. It's not for glamour. It's for guts and glory!!! Semper Fidelis!!!!

[@VladimirGitcherocksoff]

Y'all sound so f#ckin queer.

[@kevindoesgaming77]

Realistically that's not a flex

[@kevindoesgaming77]

​@@thepatriot7639you got that good propaganda in you

[@craigoliver8712]

Seals kill fish to eat,what the hell are they meant to do?they don't have pockets to carry a wallet,so supermarket is out of the question 🐟

[@ronaldparvanian6949]

I worked out with a Vietnam Era Seal team 6 member for three weeks. Daily we would lift heavy then run. We are now in our 70s and still train.

[@Salman2323Putera]

Have he been to any southeast asia countries

[@qubek533]

I'm sorry sir if my question turns out to be disrespectful. How does it feel to still work out at that age? You got stronger over time and long excessive work or Mr's age got you weaker? Are daily activities easier because of you being fit, or harder because your body got overworked by this time? I work out myself, I am thinking about joining the military or cooperating with it any way, like being a reserve, or at least trying some military training, so I'll be in a boot camp one day, thus I wonder what is going to happen to me when I age

[@MAHONEYDRO]

Hell yeah 💪🏼

[@gutz323]

Didn't realise Vietnam was still going on in 1980 when Seal team 6 was created???

[@gtoolejr]

There was no SEAL Team 6 in the Vietnam era. Marcinko formed Team6 years after Vietnam.

[@PDitty757]

Watching this slender looking PJs rucking around base with 100 lb sacks was always wild

[@olusegunfeyisetan1127]

"It is not the size of the dog in the fight, it is the size of the fight in the dog". 👌

[@Randomfactsofwar]

A way I heard a former royal commando describe his work was “we weren’t there to have a fair fight, we were there to win”

[@PorchBandit]

Canadian Army motto circa: before the Geneva conventions existed.

[@myparceltape1169]

I heard a man complaining about his lack of hunting success. In Canada I think. His brother killed one by shooting it in the back. His brother was a Commando.

[@reetasingh6297]

​@@myparceltape1169 😅 Please phrase your comment a little better next time around I had to do multiple retakes of your comments with a heart attack. (P.S. those who didn't understand he's talking about someone who wasn't able to achieve hunting success but there brother did by shooting a animal in the head from behind and that person was a commando)

[@myparceltape1169]

@@reetasingh6297 Sorry, I told it the way the brother told me. But I don't think he said "head". What he had done was to choose a position where he could succeed. I hope your heart is still beating. You have shown me how something can be taken in face to face without any worries about the situational possibilities. Our eyes and knowledge of our surroundings tell us much more. From the video it seems that people aspiring to join the SAS must be much more aware than most of us. According to some books the SAS were founded from people bored waiting to do something in Egypt or Lybia. Meanwhile the Long Range Desert Group were going behind enemy lines and drawing maps.

[@cwardziegler5969]

In Fallout terms: They have endurance maxxed out

[@randomcontent789]

Yep

[@Alec-jo7ic]

If you're in a good unit than you'll be able to order your own gear, and if you do the research and take polyethylene armor than other types. You'd be better equipped in armoring and be less than 23 times less heavier than steal or ceramic plates alongside the helmet.

[@joaquinalegria8371]

Average US special forces Strength 9 Perception 8 Endurance 10 Charisma 1 Intelligence 7 Agility 8 Luck 10

[@seanw-bl7xn]

@@joaquinalegria8371 looks like my average New Vegas build

[@yoshizack7737]

Endurance, intelligence to

[@omarkhan9646]

2 miles? SAS: Hold my beer

[@wonkybomb1865]

When I was a soldier I was probably the leanest I’d ever been but the most capable at the same time.

[@joeavent5554]

During the mid '70s, Dad read in Reader's Digest: the first Soldiers to die during the Baatan Death March were the big, bulky athletic types. They were accustomed to more caloric intake. The thin Soldiers that didn't die from thirst tended to survive to the end of trek.

[@SnifferSock]

That's interesting. They had more energy available for the body to consume but probably not enough time to break it down.

[@paulmartinez7163]

We have a prisoner from the Death March alive in our community. 104 years old. Valdamar DeHerrera Sr.

[@frankjennings4489]

@@SnifferSockMaybe they died from thirst sooner because their big bodies would overheat and sweat more profusely.

[@WhatIsThatThingDoing]

More volume relative to surface area may be a factor here too

[@cardinalbob1]

It’s amazing that Motts Tonelli survived The March. He played for the Chicago Cardinals before the war.

[@cultural_lettuce1]

You know what it takes to be a good weightlifter? A lot of food, rest, and sleep. You know what SOF units don’t get a lot of? Especially in training.

[@Finlandia207]

Yea because they are training to fight wars and not lift dumbbells. In war you can't get much rest because you need to be aware and the enemy can attack any moment and operations can be done any time of the day. Also food won't always be an obvious thing when in circumstances like that

[@poseidon808]

@@Finlandia207 aye, pretty common practice across armies of different nations is to use sentries, you take turns sleeping so there’s always someone watching

[@user-lg8hj5px7k]

even then always too much that needs done, not enough time.

[@oscarjoselopezdiaz89]

It is not efficient to have more muscle than needed in real life.

[@attnielthomas7856]

Also illegal performancing enhancing drugs.

[@shanecunningham305]

My dad was in the SEALs, he told me that he and his team buddies referred bodybuilders as “a Ferrari without an engine.” So yeah they look good, but what good are you if you can’t move?

[@aaronsanborn4291]

I was at my absolute physical peak as a Scout in combat. 5'11" and 205 pounds with very low body fat in Iraq in 04-05...working out for strength and stamina in the gym and essentially doing the same thing while out on missions lugging around 70 pounds with body armor, ammo, weapons, water and other miscellaneous bits of combat kit for hours

[@austingardiner6880]

Its functional strength vs vanity muscles, same reason most farmers and construction workers could lay a whupping on most gym bros.

[@Finlandia207]

​@@Shawn-gw7nshow can you claim bigger muscle always produces more strength. Also his point was that hypertrophy training isn't functional and will not directly help to all things you do. Carrying around a big and heavy objects that are not shaped like a barbell is a whole different thing than what you do in the gym

[@420OO0O0O]

​@@Finlandia207more mass harder the hit.. but you need good form and technic, it dont really metter what you do.. lifting plates or working in fields, if you dont know any form of martial art you not going to punch like a trained guy.

[@yeeters2347]

@@Shawn-gw7ns Thanks for proving his point lmao. Fucking gay ass gym bro

[@ohhhSmooth]

True. Farmers and construction workers are beasts.

[@MagklJellyBeanPastelLucidDream]

Strength doesn’t equate knowing how to fight. George St Pierre for example, dude is rock solid. Same goes for Yoel Ramiro. Btw, a “city slicker” has no reason to fight. It’s called civilization for a reason.

[@Gibraltinator]

As someone whos been in the infantry for 9 years and knows SF operators, some of them are infact yoked out of their minds.

[@steve00alt70]

Wat

[@Gibraltinator]

@@steve00alt70 yoked as in jacked, built, muscular.

[@jamesb.russell2942]

Oh yes, some most definitely are. But there are no doubt many string beans in there as well.

[@PorchBandit]

Plenty of the crunchies I knew were jacked too...but they were the outlier in their unit and in society in general because they WERE some of the few yoked dudes you'll ever meet that can do a proper standing backflip, because they trained for both. Most bodybuilders aren't training for acrobatics.

[@Gibraltinator]

@@PorchBandit haha im half crunchie myself. Afrikaans/English Zimbabwean. lived in Canada most of my life though. My Dad was Rhodesian SAS. Most of those guys were/are, as you know, bean poles. Deadly soldiers though.

[@onebaddj]

Average sized dudes, chow and hydration is constant. Always outside the box. 🤣

[@joehatten9171]

Yes hydration.....man i fell out once in afghanistan my hearing went out furst then black circle started closing on me....next thing i got a IV saline drip with my medic there. After that i didnt play with the hydration. If we woukd of been in a TIC (troops in contact) i wwoulda been done for i got lucky

[@skittledispenser]

They raised my uncles house. All he did was donate to Canada?

[@conora.1192]

Soldiers aren't built for show, they're built for action.

[@KristieBradley-zc8je]

Just like the pitbull 65lbs bullies 100 plus stamina is king.

[@gamingbad1332]

bidens soldiers are built the clown show ask austin and his pansy mask

[@cwardziegler5969]

I've seen 240lbs guys that broke down after 10 miles and i've seen 150lbs dudes that were able to walk for days. Single most important thing is endurance

[@ethanchaney1139]

Hello that’s me, I’m the 240 pound guy. Come to the artillery side of life and try to sling these 100 pound rounds all day without your muscles giving out. Different jobs select for different bodies.

[@cwardziegler5969]

​@@ethanchaney1139 Exactly what i'm saying. Special Forces have different expectations and challenges than other jobs in the military. All the guys i know don't even look like they lift with clothes on, they are just superhuman runners bred for endurance.

[@joehatten9171]

Yup id out ruck the bigger guys lol im 5 9. 165

[@joehatten9171]

​@@ethanchaney1139ywah if ur a 11c or art like u guys seemed bigger then me and my 19d 11b ect.

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

And combat soldiers rely on endurance whereas a guy like Dwayne Johnson relies on steroids.

[@richardmapa2585]

Actual Spec Ops guys look physically like the Master Chief from that GI Jane movie.

[@grant3933]

I remember a fire fighter friend telling me about a guy who joined the service. Guy was huge, never out of the gym. First fire he went to required the team to wear BA (breathing apparatus) to get 2 people out of the burning house. A few minutes in the guy collapsed from the heat and weight of his kit and had to be dragged out by his own team. The guy could lift heavy stuff with his massive arms but when it came to moving around with weight on his back, he had absolutely no stamina since he never bothered to do any cardio.

[@steve00alt70]

Define huge?

[@Aaron-fb6mb]

I hope he learned from it.

[@ThomasBoyce5000]

*cough* Mike Vinning. The dude looks like the nerdy accountant who invites the neighborhood to a cookout, but he can end you 67 different ways with a Vienna Sausage can.

[@giohouse643]

Sheet … ha ha yup

[@sidlittlegamer]

Real

[@the-lenny-dood7502]

I play the vienna opening with 1. e4 🗿

[@ImperadorLucius]

Because the best body is a All-rounder. Not excel in one thing. But be above average in everything.

[@BlazerK1914]

Special Forces soldier: “I don’t show off my physique, only use them to handle my Gear and weapons.”

[@dogg92]

Damn, bro went hard at the end there. You can tell he has a bit of a vendetta against body builders 😂

[@quententrollipart1985]

Clearly. And he’s the type of guy that flexes the special forces thing as an ego booster. But oh no bodybuilders are the show offs. Meantime so many dudes who are/were military are egoistic AF and act as of they are all fine heroes meantime many of them do it for the flex. We get it OP… 😂 I see many of you and know many of you…

[@miragemain4001]

@@quententrollipart1985Butthurt nerd

[@Bvggerffpls]

A lot of people really have a bone to pick with bodybuilders, like they have a need to prove that they are better. It's common in martial arts circles as well. Textbook insecurity 😂

[@vidicuss3933]

@@quententrollipart1985Well they are military members, they’re kinda entitled to it especially if they’re sf

[@idsnfiskienmdiscss]

He def small LOL

[@user-uf3qv9yy8u]

This is real stuff. Participated in this obstacle course with this buff dude and he couldn't even jump over the wall. It had me cracking up 😂.

[@PorchBandit]

More muscle means more weight, you can lift more and carry more. you need increasingly more muscle to jump high the more muscle you have, it's why basketball players are by and large lean as fuck.

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

In new Zealand? 😮

[@speedmaster001]

“SEALS aren’t there to have a fair fight” poetic truth.

[@rayraysss]

It's more fair to compare with actual athletes lol

[@jacobtakas2846]

I have buddies at work always asking me why i dont try to get bigger, and I always tell them, you really think being 250 lbs is ideal for the apocalypse?

[@sevenproxies4255]

Tell them that you also want to be able to scratch your own back. Which excessively big dudes simply cannot do.

[@mrRunist]

Strength > scratching your own back. But if that's your life goal, go ahead ​@@sevenproxies4255

[@uzezisparks]

😂😂😂 Dude mehhnnnn......U cracked me up with that wisecrack😂

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

😮

[@nerychristian]

Being 250lbs and muscular will make you less of a target.

[@originalhuggies9740]

80% of it is mental.

[@user-um4sy6gw4x]

That's what my friend in the special force in the army told me, physically there is nothing a normal guy would not be able to do, but everything is mental strength

[@wundex6065]

It depends, physical limitations are just physical limitations. Your mental is not going to let complete the test if your body cant. But yea it still is true since even with the body its still 80% mental. If that makes sense.

[@Finlandia207]

​@@user-um4sy6gw4xthere definitely is physical demands. I couldn't even pass the first tests although I have been lifting for almost a year active and doing some other sports weekly and generally active. I just don't have that endurance

[@GMM_munkey55]

100% of it is mental fitness. If you don't have the mentality then you don't have the physicality. It's a double edged sword. Which side are you going to get hit with?

[@thepatriot7639]

Tell that to my bununs

[@bhaveshvispute4283]

Its like saying why dont spy drives car same like james bond😂

[@chrisnocket9701]

Ah yes, I remember assaulting objectives with my fully loaded ruck all the time.

[@tacklefatkids1195]

Yea that's def bs. They fs hike most the distance with it on, but then I imagine they dump most of it in a secure location/building if they're hiding out in one and go in as light as possible

[@bodybybobby9440]

Yeah, no duh. It's like asking why a seal wouldn't win a bodybuilding competition. That's not what they train for 🙄

[@Ash_Hudson]

You say this, yet most of the Navy Seals look like bodybuilders for some reason.

[@markkump9344]

​@@Ash_Hudsonhave you ever seen a navy seal and a body builder, theyre Both muscular But they look nothing alike

[@foxtrotsierraproductions8626]

​@@markkump9344Bodybuilder looks like only muscles, SEAL looks like healthy fit

[@justjoe5373]

​@@foxtrotsierraproductions8626Fun fact: as a body builder, your job isn't to be fit but to grow muscles

[@Eduardo8olvera]

Navy Seals are good with numbers. Not the number of weights.

[@stevehutchinson4824]

Every one of the team guys I ever worked with set a priority on legs, core, and stamina. A few of them told me that all that gym muscle and extra weight is murder on the joints and when you’re in full kit, which weighs an additional 80 pounds or so your only tempting the gods and will eventually blow something out. Your body is just another piece of equipment that has to be maintenanced to keep it at a tier one readiness level. If you don’t take care of your equipment, it will not take care of you when you really need it.

[@cpK054L]

My back, shoulder and hip have all been currently denied by the VA. I guess they missed the part of NY claims where I told them I was carrying OVER 100 lbs of gear for months at a time and have fallen from heights of 10 ft aka... collapsed mud roofs. It's no joke.

[@stevehutchinson4824]

@@cpK054L The VA always denies everything because 99% of the people that are evaluating your claims. I’ve never been in the military or done anything physical. You have to go and get a lawyer who specializes in this and they will handle it all and only get paid and you’re out of your backpay owed to you

[@acuralee]

Straight facts... we had an LT in our unit who looked like a body builder but had zero stamina. He could barely hold his own body weight. Let alone with the added load of mags and rucksack.

[@HotelCharliHill]

They also eat thousands and thousands of calories and protein to maintain that mass and it’s not only unsustainable in the rations but they’ve trained their bodies to function only when receiving such a high caloric intake. They also rely heavily on creatines and other stimulants to maintain energy levels, conditioning their own body to no longer do this naturally with any efficiency (not to mention the steroids etc). I know this because i trained for the special forces selection and stayed away from supplements for six months and was one of the fittest guys in my selection cadre…. But i couldn’t breathe underwater…

[@FERNANDOGONZALEZ-pb6re]

My late cousin who tried out for special forces said that during the screening process, it is not only to find out who are unfit, but also those that cannot recuperate quickly under physical and mental duress.

[@stark5449]

Bodybuilder lifts weight and the soldiers lifts souls ⚔️

[@Eduardo8olvera]

Yes Sir.

[@javiermijares2927]

AMAZING WARRIORS..THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE..

[@zaygfazinetto]

In other words, someone like Goggins would outperform The Rock... any day of the week 💯 🚫🧢

[@alessandrocanale6189]

Its not just about strengt its also about endurance

[@MPerfect92]

I have a saying that I live by: If you can’t drop everything you’re doing and run 3-5 continuous miles nonstop, you aren’t in shape (5 for us military folk, and 3 for civilian). It doesn’t matter how jacked you are, what your bench press or deadlift is. Cardio is just as important as strength. And yes, I’m in army SOF.

[@doublepiedavid8908]

I would say cardio is more important than strength. Humans invented tools to overcome lack of strength, but nothing can make up for no cardio.

[@stealthcone]

@@doublepiedavid8908you can’t make a useful soldier without both so it makes sense from a military perspective

[@JohnSmith-im8qt]

​@@doublepiedavid8908we do have tools for that too. Bikes, cars, planes, boats.

[@doublepiedavid8908]

@JohnSmith-im8qt vehicles help with transportation, but cardio is helpful for things other than transportation (literally anything physical) and a vehicle greatly limits where you can go and what you can do when you are currently using it.

[@vtac7627]

I have a saying that I live by: nobody cares what saying you live by.

[@teanistillmon3341]

I am so in agreement with this. Police, Security, and EMS should have this mindset.

[@matthewtaylor6835]

Great video. I'm totally into getting a phone case that I can hide stuff in! I'm going to start planning out my EDC more intentionally now! Crazy thing I thought during this video is how prepared women with purses are with all the small amounts of necessary materials they carry. I appreciate this video immensely

[@Mobius-one]

My buddy was was infantry explained this to me a long time ago, long story short the big strong muscle guys can’t run as long as us little guys. When I asked about how does someone my size take out someone his size? He told me most special forces operators carry a primary and secondary gun. He got real close to my face and said “you’d pull your gun out and shoot me, not there to have a ufc match with someone my size” 😅

[@technofilejr3401]

As old 2A dude I feel the same way. I’m not having a bare knuckle brawn with a burglar in the night.

[@bigwill9421]

​@@technofilejr3401 ❤❤❤❤

[@booshallmighty]

When I signed up years ago I was asked at the interview fittnes I do. I told him I was lifting weights and stuff. He said lifting weights just makes your body look pretty and that is no good for us. I never forgot that. Sure enough once in, lifting weights was not part of the training. I only lifted weights once when I was injured and couldn't run. Big guys can't run, they carry too much weight

[@Samuel-gv9rc]

Fair enough, although I think if you’re lifting weights and running it helps a lot. I stopped lifting weights when I joined, then after about a year in I started lifting weights as soon as work was off. That made me faster, stronger, and able to carry more weight, and I was about 170 lbs during that time.

[@KhamTVinc]

I was a big guy who could run 2 miles in 11 minutes. I was about 270 pounds, granted I am 6'5" and carried it well. The reason I couldn't see me advancing my training wasn't that I couldn't keep up. It was the fact that at my size, if I went down, I couldn't be so easily extracted by the team. On a funnier note, I was my platoon's pack mule up until I got promoted.

[@user-jf8oz2vh8d]

at this point shit has changed, at least in norway it has.

[@bahaha2012]

Not sure what your MOS was but most of us combat arms dudes spent 5 or 6 days in the gym lifting weights. My platoon Sargent was 6’2” 250 and could run a 11 minute 2 mile. I’m 5’7” and was 200 lbs by the time I got out at around 10% body fat. When we were in country we came up with whatever we could to lift while we were there. Being strong objectively makes you a more dangerous combative. The little skinny dudes who could run 5 minutes miles may be fast, but how the fuck are you gonna move a casualty if you can’t deadlift 300+ lbs easily? There’s a reason they’ve implemented the ACFT vs the old PFT. Running fast is easy if you’re small. Running fast while still being strong enough to beat a combatant to death with their own MG (shout out cpl Woolridge, that’s a badass MOH citation if you want to look it up) is hard

[@antw9827]

Who ever told u that’s a lie u need to lift weight to carry weight

[@beerussama7093]

Laguerta hitting on Dexter is so hilarious, especially with the events of season 7 🤣

[@Darkineer]

Operators are built for stamina and stealth so they can finish the mission either speedy or stealthy and are NOT built for heavy lifting but operators do carry heavy equipment as they MAY need it during combat. More specificly their ammo and their NVGs if theyre doing a mission in the dark

[@user-he5so4gz4r]

Muscles get very stiff and slow in cold weather, we also found the biggest guy in the squad wasn't necessarily the best for humping any support weapons, we also referred to them as bullet magnets.

[@ethanchaney1139]

Bigger guys are better at artillery, from my experience

[@user-he5so4gz4r]

@@ethanchaney1139 well their tasks are all humping shit, shouting and claiming for deafness when get medically discharged

[@ensnaredbyflesh1030]

Every single human has muscles....and they all get stiff and slow in cold weather bud.

[@steve00alt70]

Bigger guys are also easy targets

[@user-he5so4gz4r]

@@steve00alt70 bullet magnets

[@MS-hw3xt]

True. All the big guys fail on day 2, when their body does not get enough fuel to function.

[@TheRoyalBavarian]

Total respect for special forces.

[@harshubhaiya269]

They dont know me son

[@user-em6qu2bb2s]

True my past military experience there was a saying- Lean mean Fighting Machine!

[@vanguardraidcommand2285]

Not just endurance, either. But also maneuverability and the ability to adapt to the environment. Someone who is huge isn't going to be able to do much compared to someone who is slim and fit

[@ecowashmk4323]

Soldiers have "a mentality" that is built by discipline, hard repetitive training and trust in your mates, after all they are training for life or death situations - not for a trophy. Basic training would wipe out half the b.builders so forget Sp.F training. 👍

[@tidefanyankee2428]

If you see a very muscular guy in the military, chances are they are in supply, or admin.

[@withcheeseproductions]

@@tidefanyankee2428right. When I was in the Air Force the ideal male body waist was 30 inches in circumference any bigger and you start losing points on your pt test. That includes the Air Force combat controller, pjs, and tacp.

[@vennsim71]

@@tidefanyankee2428 quite accurate. When I was in my army days, the admin clerks and store men were some of the strongest looking ones. Whereas us in the fields looked way like very fit regular people. Some looked more like clerks than them… 😂 but they are some of the mentally and physically toughest guys to last in the fields and dense jungles.

[@steve00alt70]

Even a powerlifter?

[@PuckChudkins]

no one, SOF or otherwise, clears the objective with 100 lbs on their back 😂

[@dimitriosmeimaridis9034]

Bodybuilders are only equipped to lift heavy weights until a strong man appears.

[@yayagazab4449]

That’s why the military PFT demands you run a timed 1.5 mile run because on average that is the distance you have to run to meet a helicopter at the extraction point.

[@jamessandifer3405]

3 miles for USMC. 20 pull ups then 80 sit ups in 2 minutes. semper fi

[@travisdurham29]

⁠@@jamessandifer3405I think the test has changed now.

[@ensnaredbyflesh1030]

​@@jamessandifer340520 real pullups or shitty half rep pullups?

[@NathanYado]

Army is 2 miles but we only just run 2 miles during tests

[@travisdurham29]

@@yayagazab4449 oh and by the way that’s a lie it has nothing to do with meeting a helicopter at an extraction point…lol

[@JohnPatrick8242]

As someone whose done a lot of bodybuilding; any bodybuilder will tel you that they are never at their strongest when on stage, in fact, that’s usually when they feel fatigue, their joints hurt, they’re dehydrated and nauseous. It’s when they’re on the bulk that they feel and physically perform the best, their joints and sinews work better, and they can move the most weight for longer periods of time.

[@brunoderkameramaa8005]

So not fit at all Why are BBs breathing like damn Steamships even after sleeping for 4h and chilling I dont get it, if your body does sounds like this in restmode you clearly dont be fit Even Rühl says it, if you wana be healthy you dont do bodybuilding

[@JohnPatrick8242]

@@brunoderkameramaa8005 If you really want to have a good physique and athletic performance for military and law enforcement careers, strongman work and CrossFit are what people coming from these fields tell me serve them best.

[@DanielCrossBoss]

@@brunoderkameramaa8005 you can do bodybuilding/strength training along side any kind of cardio and you will be in great shape. BB's alot of them are not in good shape because they choose to skip cardio

[@lashedandscorned]

​@@brunoderkameramaa8005Frank Zane & similar were likely very healthy, but modern bodybuilders are the complete opposite.

[@mattsmith1039]

@@brunoderkameramaa8005the roids affect their heart

[@wormsali]

I've seen Seals and other troops swole as hell but yeah it's not mandatory

[@nightrider85]

Think of it this way, a boxer prepares for a fight through gruesome training and dieting over several weeks at a time. If he does not prepare for battle then he will be exposed. Body builders belong in their field not in the military.

[@SwaghettiYoloneses]

Try 15 miles with over 100 kg in the middle of the night.

[@JareBear-vx8nn]

Yeah I’m aware of two main varieties: very long distance infiltration and straight up landing on the roof.

[@AntiMason]

220 lbs for 15 miles?

[@sickkunt1573]

Doubt it would come close to 100kg. And why mix metric and imperial?

[@alexandercruz4766]

@@AntiMasonyes. I was around 220 when k first enlisted army. But fortunately I ran a lot in my younger years so my body was already used to endurance training. I was overweight big time and barely made H/W. But I kept up and even led most of the runs and rucks. Now I’m just trying to get jacked and lift as much weight as possible and hit new PRs. But cardio has to be there. All we do is sprints and long distance walks as infantry

[@Cordite842805]

For some units, that's just a warmup

[@orrlicht3718]

You do need stamina but knowing sof guys, alot of them ate jacked. You csn be fit and jacked at the same time and its even beneficial for rucks and sof shit

[@E2Dima]

In training, you need to abide to the law of specificity, a lot of the lifting machine work, that body builders do, are way less functional for people who are working on their feet.

[@orrlicht3718]

@@E2Dima yea I agree, you need to also wprk on stability and stabilizing muscles, but machine work usually translates pretty well to free weight.

[@E2Dima]

@@orrlicht3718 that's true, it's very useful as a base for a lot of functional goals. Especially when movements are close to the machine movements. But the usefulness can end there. Especially if the more the needed functional movements are less kin to the machine movement.

[@E2Dima]

@@orrlicht3718 so yeah, it always depends, you need to know what sof guys do exactly to judge it really

[@orrlicht3718]

@@E2Dima I only know what sof giys do in my country, but for my understanding american sof is more strength heavy. Its also dependent on the unit and what they're specialty is.

[@muhammadadityarachman8395]

One's built for showmanship, one's built for survival. Simple as that.

[@spearthumb68]

Some elite soldiers absolutely bodybuild, some are slender some are stocky. some are tall some short. Because it's what's between an elite soldiers ears, and in his chest that makes a soldier Elite

[@Michael-fb1rl]

As a current serving soldier in the Army, and as someone who has lifted heavy but also trains cardio, this is definitely true, overall physical strength is a lot more than just how much you can lift and or carry, you must also work on stamina and long-term endurance, this is a concept that unfortunately the majority of people in society don't really legitimately have a clue about, they look at "athletes ", like crossfiters and runners and think they know how strong soldiers are. They don't really have a clue, especially when they try to talk about soldiers like myself that have always been very serious about excersizing and legitimately lifting heavy consistently for 20 years, and this video showcases the very real difference between stage "bodybuilder, strongmen", and Combat trained warriors who are not just physically fit but also legitimately quite a bit more physically conditioned and stronger in the long term, rather than just in the short term, of which is what most civilian, "gym, strong men", are they can be quite strong in the short term but most don't have the stamina to keep it up in the long run. Hence the necessity for training.

[@robertrobinson7269]

❤ Brother Mike, I thank you, sincerely, for your exclamation about fitness. Hondo 🙏🏾 The Peaceful Headhunter

[@Michael-fb1rl]

@@robertrobinson7269 Of course, I enjoy it and always tell anyone who will truly listen and learn. I do appreciate your respect thank you. I hope you're doing well.

[@jmgonzales7701]

can a steve reeves build do well for soldiers or is it too over weight?

[@Michael-fb1rl]

@@jmgonzales7701 It depends on your unique physiology, plus the "standards", the military uses are actually very antiquated literally, they use the exact same scale from the 1920's to gage height weight, so to put that in perspective back in the 1920's if you were not over 6' and you weighed more than 180Ibs you were considered "fat", this scale literally doesn't take into account decades of excersizing and or lifting and cardio training and definitely not specific physiology, it tries to make generalized categories and make certain "groups" of body type meet a particular generalized "standard", I just did my height weight, I'm 5'11 current 203-204Ib, but my body fat percentage is legitimately just under 9% , my neck circumference is right at 16", and my waist is right under 34", somewhat lean but I do have a decent high amount of muscle mass and quite low fat percentage for my height and body type. And I can still pretty easily lift 400+-600+Ibs and run a 15min 33sec 2 mile after doing all four leg excersizes in the ACFT. So yes it is possible you just have to train and most importantly keep cardio up. I've been excersizing and heavy weight lifting for 20 years, and always do some cardio, it's not always running but I always do some cardio. And I've also been on one meal a day period for over two years.

[@ethanchaney1139]

As a current soldier, being big makes field artillery work easier. Really depends on your job homie

[@JoanneVasquez-xc8on]

The discipline, confidence these individuals who challenge themselves to their mental, physical emotional levels is something I'll never know. I'm just happy mostly because knowing they're on my side... I feel safe. Soilders: Thank you for having the guts to do what I can only imagine! Proud & thankful are pitiful words to express

[@grnsouth1204]

I remember a conversation I had when I took a training class with a former SEAL, that was reiterated later in another from a Delta guy. Physique is not a good indicator of whether or not someone has what it takes to make it in SOF, it's the absolute lack of quit in the candidate, and that they had guys pass selection with physiques ranging from bookworm, marathoner, and yes even powerlifter/bodybuilder. Never think that because someone is skinny or jacked or short or tall that they can't do something, it's the strength between their ears and in their guts that matters in these groups.

[@DerivativeDan24]

Mike Vining is a great example. Real sleeper, that guy.

[@stevenserna910]

Imagine a welterweight boxer. Muscular, but not overly muscular. Long lighting fast arms, huge knuckles on his hands, wind stamina for breathing economically. Accustomed to running miles of roadwork, and punching both a speed bag, and a heavy bag. Uses his body weight to aide his punches. I would imagine combat soldiers do allot of the same things during their training, along with the mastery of their weapons, & equipment.

[@nasty.habits]

I was alrdy thinking this. Boxers, mma fighters the majority are not bulky, all that bulky muscle taxes your body harder. I remember being a little kid like 7yo and there was some body builder sht on the TV, I said something like dang that guy looks really strong and my grandpa (was SF in Vietnam) he said "all those big bodybuilders muscles were just for show, they're no stronger than a guy who's dug ditches and worked construction since they were 18". Functional strength. If you can't already, you should build the strength needed to move your body where you want it to go. You can build functional strength with just body weight work outs. Push-ups, pull-ups, dips, squats, sit-ups, burpees, mountain climbers and all the variations, ex: neutral grip pull-ups, wide grip pull-ups, close grip, palms fwd, palms Inward etc etc same goes for most other bodyweight work outs, they have a bunch of variations, which each work a dif muscle.

[@Jackmonkey66666hghinnv]

Spot on mate honestly enjoyed reading this comment, dj Shipley is a ex devgru guy who explained in one of his shooting videos that they use a stance very similar to that of a boxer in close combat/ room to room clearing ect. The human body imo really does tend to have a default set of posture fundamentals that are the gold standard across virtually every single realm.

[@oshadhagamage8821]

Muscles actually slows you down. Which is why most boxers dont lift weights. Look at ali he did calisthenics but he was a fuckin unit

[@Bear-kb4kt]

Body builders require a lot of calories, a special forces soldier is usually a lot thinner which is a plus cause they can survive without a lot of water/food and can be behind enemy lines for weeks.

[@ScottCutrer]

You mean lots of steroids

[@masamune2984]

And this is why, especially coming from a special forces military family, most SEALs and Green Berets I know are short and thin, and unassuming, but STRONG AS HELL.

[@anasyabdallah6967]

Not there for a fair fight, love it. 💯

[@Admiralofthedeeps]

Theres a big difference between being fit and being a body builder. Gym bros aint fit. Endurance runners are fit.

[@Jake102OG]

Ok but as someone who actually went to selection , endurance runners would die if they had to drag a 200plus man half a mile , or lift 50lb ammo boxes over there head to hand them to the gunner during restock . You have to have strength and endurance because without the other is futile

[@jmgonzales7701]

can a steve reeves build do well for soldiers or is it too over weight?

[@jmgonzales7701]

problem is endurance runners are weak

[@jrm8206]

I dont agree. Most of these Endurance runners cant do 10 push ups.

[@Admiralofthedeeps]

@jrm8206 I've never met one who can't. They aren't that heavy, and they are still muscular. I can do ten push-ups, and I'm neither a runner nor a gym bro.

[@tonytaylor5461]

I thought Seals were there to write books and have podcast interviews. My bad.

[@PorchBandit]

Ooh damn. He's out of line but he's right, goddamnit.

[@elg281]

Special Forces with No Gear vs an elite athlete with no gear. Nothing "Special" about that force. 😂

[@StagonRatedE]

Facts. Don’t focus of strength but rather endurance if you want to be fit for SOF.

[@lucasroche8639]

I worked with an ex SAS (I know, nor did I till he brought in proof to work, it was a, physical job) and he was 4 foot 6 but sooo solid, made like rock. And he puffed joints and drank like Billy-o. He was a positive person in my life who I still miss.

[@Blackthorn869]

The minimum height allowable is 5 foot 1 inch.

[@saltymonke3682]

​@@Blackthorn869today's SAS yes, older SAS didn't have that requirement

[@rorkeslayer3925]

For someone so short that's expected as the body mass accumulates.

[@darthonly5664]

Based on my personal experiences, mostly physical courses in SF pipeline are gearing towards endurance but we don't abandon the burst and explosive elements either since a raid in urban environment need it.

[@masterburgoid24]

When I was at the army assessment center in the UK there were a lot of men there who were frequently bodybuilding, whereas I was walking for at least 2 hours everyday while also doing push ups and sit ups to prepare. When it came to the beep test (or shuttle run), they barely managed to get past stage 7. I talked to one of them afterwards and he was pretty disheartened by it, saying he was probably just going to bodybuild a bit more.

[@PushpendraKumar-bq4pb]

Military build is something else💪

[@NivekH1977]

Lean & Mean

[@GIJoeishere]

Thank you so much for this explanation. I'm 82nd AIRBORNE. I am so sick of people (civilians) looking at me like I'm a weakling and must be lying about my service. You have brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much. Peace.

[@vennsim71]

Hulks don’t last in the fields and jungles. Get them to do an exercise or operation out there for 1 month on rations they will be reduced to more of less our size. Combat fitness that’s all.

[@vaunb2003]

Same thing applies to hand to hand combat also I compare it to peacocking hence the peacocks large vibrant feathers are literally good for nothing and the ones that are most influential towards females and mating, are more likely to be caught by a predator because it henders much needed movement

[@vaunb2003]

Its quite humorous when these things are proven publicly on a egotistical gym head who is overly confident but a guy half his weight and size predicts the outcome prior to the 'challenge' . I don't know if you guys heard of Bradley Martin and the crap he spews about being 260, saying he'll "break people" and a 150lb fighter laughs and confidently sends a rebuttal and a offer for a friendly bout but is silently declined by the former 😂

[@imjudeau2156]

@@vaunb2003Bradley Martin tried to sell me some black tar heroin

[@zharakov]

that must be so annoying having people actually say such things to you.

[@Jarzula]

It’s not about looking good, it’s about feeling good when your body is telling you otherwise

[@jsmith5479]

It doesn't matter about muscle, it's about how mentally strong you are.

[@cwardziegler5969]

If you can run for 24 hours without stopping you probably have a chance of 50% of making it through any selection phase of SF

[@iker8010]

Interesting way to put things ☝🏼

[@skizochad]

nahhh you can't just straight up lie, no animal can run for 24 hours straight without stopping and still be effective at hunting

[@razorramon2786]

Yeah of course haha

[@najwan2358]

Though there are people who can achieve such an extreme task like this. It is a very rare occasion that normal human can do this. If someone can even run as fast as they can for 12 hours is already impressive enough. But well, idk much about SF eligibility. So please enlighten me with a legit information and justification for it.

[@hama.fernandes]

No human can run for 2 hours,pacing sure but stop lying on the E.

[@heatherbenson1663]

Being overly built is not attractive. Being built for endurance and action is. Very grateful for the time and sacrifice.

[@kylelaughinghouse1893]

U would be surprised at how many sf guys are over 250lbs

[@bobtehdinosaur]

That's subjective.

[@evil1143]

Speak for yourself

[@OK-yy6qz]

That's very subjective. The most attractive look on average though is lean with abs and visual muscles. Just look at almost any model,you know the guys who are basically paid to be attractive

[@hampdog5716]

@@kylelaughinghouse1893having served with 3rd SFG, there wasn’t very many honestly. More like 225

[@Justapilot_9700]

I tried once to do a few laps around a cardio track with a friend of mine that was doing it frequently. On the last lap my body was giving up on life but my friend still had enough energy to not only finish but SPRINT the whole lap! 🤯

[@kfirgoboom8654]

Getting dropped off 2 miles away from an "objective" is unbelievably generous