Navy Special Ops / EOD Training

Navy Special Ops / EOD training questions...

Hi Stew, I am planning on joining the U.S Navy after summer, around August or September. It depends, I need to talk to my recruit. But I am emailing you because I have been looking up workouts and exercises to do to prepare myself for boot camp and possibly something further after boot camp. I read on military.com that usually older/more mature people are involved in Special Forces/Operations. Would it be possible to join a Special Operations group just coming out of boot camp if you were 18?

YES, YOU CAN JOIN THE MILITARY AT THAT AGE AND BE GOING TO THE SCREENING AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL OPS SHORTLY AFTER BOOT CAMP - BUT STATISTICALLY YOUNGER GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO FAIL OUT OF SPECIAL OPS... USUALLY 22+ ARE THE MAJORITY OF GRADUATES.

Also, what specific workouts should I work on, or practice, or be looking forward to if I was looking at the EOD Special Ops as a Navy career in my future?

YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO ACE THE NAVY SEAL / EOD PST WHICH IS:

500YD SWIM, PUSHUPS, SITUPS, PULLUPS, AND 1.5 MILE RUN

COMPETITIVE SCORES ARE:

500YD SWIM - IN 8:00
80-100 PUSHUPS IN 2:00

80-100 SITUPS IN 2:00
20+ PULLUPS
1.5 MILE RUN IN 9 MINUTES

Stew Smith CSCS
www.stewsmith.com

Stew Smith is a former Navy SEAL and fitness author certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. If you are interested in starting a workout program to create a healthy lifestyle - check out the Military.com Fitness eBook store and the Stew Smith article archive at Military.com. To contact Stew with your comments and questions, e-mail him at stew@stewsmith.com.

Comments

[#1 Posted by: Air Man]

Hi Stew,
I'm in the process of training for the army. I will be going to Basic in Late March, early April. I will going into the Diver program 1st & then Volunteering for Ranger once completed. Reason being is so I will have a skill. Reason being if I decide not to make the Army a career I will have a skill to use after. I'm 39 and in great shape and an althalete, I will pass all the training w/ flying Colors. The one thing I want to increase is my push ups, I have always just done 25 to 35 as the norm for me as a work out warm up. I need to improve this Quickly. I have been haveing problem getting over 50. I am the type of person that wants to be at the TOP of all that I do & to not be able to increasse this amount is starting to realy bother me..... FAILURE IS NOT AN OPITION I will not fail. I would like some help from someone who is an Expert with this your background to point me in the right direction, with a work out that will make me break on through to at least 80 if not 100 reps...... THANK YOU for your HELP in this very important Issue that I am facing
Mike(Air Man)Buonomo

[#2 Posted by: stew smith]

The Army SF dive school is no joke and neither is Ranger school as you know...you will need a mix of Navy SEAL workouts followed by a ranger workout..

The difference is:

Navy SEAL workout - more swimming, PT, running

ranger workout more running / rucking leg PT along with upperbody PT but is very leg challenging...

stew@stewsmith.com

[#3 Posted by: David]

Stew, I am a junior in high school as well as a sea cadet. I am planning on attending the week or two long nscc winter seal training depending on its location(either florida or VA and im hoping on it being in VA because im in Maryland) and when I have off school for winter break. I am in pretty good shape in terms of running(doing a half marathon this summer) and pt and plan on being in the reccomended levels of fitness for buds by the time of the trainingexcept for swimming. I know how to improve on running, push ups, pull ups, sit ups, and a little bit of how to improve my swimming which im weak at currently. My question is how do you prepare for the log pt? Does it come naturally by doing regular pt or do I need to add certain weight training techniques into my workout?

[#4 Posted by: David]

Stew, I am a junior in high school as well as a sea cadet. I am planning on attending the week or two long nscc winter seal training depending on its location(either florida or VA and im hoping on it being in VA because im in Maryland) and when I have off school for winter break. I am in pretty good shape in terms of running(doing a half marathon this summer) and pt and plan on being in the reccomended levels of fitness for buds by the time of the trainingexcept for swimming. I know how to improve on running, push ups, pull ups, sit ups, and a little bit of how to improve my swimming which im weak at currently. My question is how do you prepare for the log pt? Does it come naturally by doing regular pt or do I need to add certain weight training techniques into my workout?

[#5 Posted by: Stew Smith]

Here is what I do for log PT and swimming prep...see videos:

You can do one man log PT - see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bad0A10mwTk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CM4vCf5rJA

You can do military presses and power cleans - but you do not need to go heavy - usually with a team of 5-6 you can push a 200 lb log with about 35-40lb effort...

stew

[#6 Posted by: Tory Blakes]

I have always wanted to become a navy seal but everyone tells me that there is no point.They say that im just going to join and fight for a country who doesnt care what should i do?