Special Forces RUNNING workouts to become a cardio BEAST while maintaining size & strength

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00:00 Intro
03:35 2 mile run
08:20 endurance supplements
10:00 5 mile run
14:50 12 mile ruck
18:50 ACFT 2 mile run
22:00 weekly splits

[iker]

Keep these fitness videos coming!! Even for people who don't have SF aspirations they're very informative and it doesn't hurt to be the fittest dude in the office 😅

[raymondwade]

Excellent! 59 year old LEO/CRT/Negotiator chiming in. Not a small guy either. I currently use most of the training methods mentioned here. (No access to a rower). My current 2 miler is -15 minutes (barely); latest 12 mile ruck 12:40 (Sept.19). I also do heavy short rucks: 60-80 lbs for 5-6 miles, and long light rucks: 20-30 lbs for 15-20 miles, incorporating shuffling. I also do ruck step-ups on an 18” box, usually 500 reps followed by air squats or lunges.

[Not_So_Common_Sense]

"Tactical fitness" or not I approve those workouts and tips from a runner's perspective.

[ccodzkp]

Most comprehensive SF channel on YT. Cheers Nate 👍

[Clowncentral]

Just took my PICAT today and verified my scores, got a 96 overall with a GT score of 135. I’m going 68W Option 40 and it’s my dream to go to SOCM. Your videos have inspired me and informed and educated me since the idea to go Ranger first dawned on me. Not all of us have dads that we can look up to or trust to steer us right. Thank you for all that you do!

[michaelsudsysutherland]

Thanks for sharing the wisdom! I'm an older guy (42 y.o.) with no desire to do the SFAS (my active duty time is long past... My ETS was in 2007), however I want to keep close to operational shape to accomplish endurance events with a ruck. These are great tips I'll be incorporating into my 50 Mile March (an annual event starting in Lincoln NE and ending in Omaha NE), and other ruck event training just to survive. Nothing's more functional fitness wise like operational fitness!

[amburn]

Long time runner here, but with no military experience - solid breakdown. I'd recommend adding in hill workouts too. Presumably these military runs aren't all on a flat track, and even if they are, adding in hill runs and repeats can really add strength, endurance, and added cardio benefits to your system.

[bruceyung]

As a former full marathon runner…any distances you run 5, 10, or 26.2 or humpings…or any sports oriented stuff you have to constantly eat! I always fed my body with nutrients like dried fruits, Gatorade, beef jerky, creatine, peanut butter and jelly, peanuts, etc. I constantly used to snack. Power bars are good too. Just my 2 cents. I used to eat potatoes or pasta for energy day prior to doing anything physically demanding too for carbohydrates. Drink lots of water prior to doing crazy stuff the next day.

[daman]

Love that breakdown of the 2 mile test! Did it for a long time even at peak condition I had to focus so much on my pace and speed hate that distance so much! Just give me a long distance or sprints!!

[bradleygonzalez]

Recon guy here, good video bro, nice to see your channel grow and you thrive in this space bro, you have a gift, keep thriving and doing your thing. Funny story, at jump school they send us Sailors and Marines on the thursday before the monday it starts, why? Because on friday morning the Marine Liaison has a do an Army PFT. So many of those black hats were "failing" non Army guys on the situps and pushup with "zero" or 10-15 count. We all know it was BS. So there was proof that we could pass that easy test and not have them send us home. All glory to the Lord Jesus Christ!!!

[calebb]

Took your advice from that previous video and started taking creatine. Boosted my muscle endurance tenfold and feels like my muscles are filling out a lot more.

[GentiluomoStraniero]

1 mile is my limit where I have to walk for a bit before I get going again. I'm working on stretching that out to two miles. I am also turning my weight lifting into aerobic circuits. I've lost 3lbs in the last month alone since switching. My goal is to get from 290lbs to a shredded 240lbs. Keep the great content coming!!! All the preparedness and tacticool gear is useless if you can't climb a few flights of stairs without passing out! 🤣😂

[LRNick]

I did start with 10x10 squats like 2 months ago, didnt liked it so much, that i now even do trap bar dead lifts 10x10. I usually change the way i squat from box squat to normal, or switch front and back squat. Usually i go for 90 - 100% of my BW. I gotta say, that i did noticed changes after about a month into the training. Especialy in stuff like running to stairs, or running in the hills. It does help a shit ton. Thanks for the tip.

[dione_oliveira]

I never benn in a special ops environment, although I learned how to run in the 82nd. It was a long journey tho. My PR for 5 miles for instance 30:43 and 6 miles Ruck in 1 hour with 46 pounds dry. I think fitness is 100% mindset and how bad you want to be better.

[frederickzoreta]

As a 1ok and 21km runner, who's also into lifting, rucking and hiking ;thanks very much for sharing your tips.
This is HIGHLY APPRECIATED sir!

Also noticed the Philippine flag behind yah.

[butters]

I love your no bullshit straight to the point approach to fitness. Reminds me of Iron Wolf’s style to fitness videos. Although his workouts are straight brutal and are more about endurance than anything else.

[jhezy]

I was horrible in school because I wanted to be that big buff guy but I've learned it's more than that

[JGtheDOG]

15:08 all the old breed everywhere collectively gasp at that concept...

So true though. You can get better at rucking without rucking all the time. Great content, keep it coming

[fren]

I see that Filipino flag on the top left, regular viewer here from the Philippines!

[Npfernandez]

nice! saw the Philippines flag patch. Long time subscriber here man. I'm from the Philippnes, though not a service man, I learned a lot from you. Thank you