Should every man train like a soldier?
Training like a soldier = low intensity cardio and rucking to (meniscus) failure
>>76781200Yes.>>76781278Only since the last months of WW2. Before that, it was mostly explosive strength with an emphasis of close quarter combat skills, just like the meta we are returning to nowadays since Ukraine.It's quite a good read to research this. After-ish WW2, the US invented an endurance based regime with low intesnity cardio and high rep calisthenics and exported it everywhere. Back in the 80s, first doubts to its efficiency arose when the Americans lost more and more close combat-heavy missions, for example in South America. Read up the memoirs of some mercenary veterans from the era.
>>76781200why? who are you going to war against? tyrone and his goon squad after they take your gf?
>>76781283>all these claims>zero citationsI also don't think there is any recorded loss of Americans to Sudacas, ever, nor has there been any direct conflict with any of those states (what Americans wrongly call "countries") since the 1965 invasion of the Dominican Republic.
>>76781283The regimen exists because the standard combat load, per current western doctrines, is simply heavy as shit, and the soldiers need to be able to march on foot for long distances. Basically you want your soldiers to be able to "go" and sustain a decent pace for as long as possible, with minimal breaksExplosiveness barely matters beyond having a decent 40yd dash and being able to quickly climb a short wallClose-quarters combat is something we've basically perfected during GWOT, but it's not particularly fitness-intensive
The mysticism of "army workouts" is so funny man. Have you ever been in the army? It's a bunch of lugging shit around without care for your own body because you're an expendable resource. Human fodder. Close to worthless if not for your utility.But yeah go ahead and ruck in full kit you fucking loser.
>>76781311This, it's so fucking stupid. Why would you willingly put yourself through that shit when you can train in more enjoyable and efficient ways?
>>76781200Just did a 12 mile ruck 35 lbs 2:58:00 everything in my body aches lmaoGood training but this will put a toll on your body
>>76781283So much bullshit lol>>76781278Alternating between HISS/LISS is good though. High incline on a treadmill. But yeah rucking is a fucking stupid way to train. No soldier likes that shit and anyone shilling it is only doing it for clicks.>>76781359>this will put a toll on your bodyThen it's not good training. There is no beneficial adaptation to this, it's just extra wear on your body for no reason. Training is for development. You don't need training to carry a heavy ruck. This shit reminds me of the sit-ups versus plank experiment the army did. They were tired of the excessive spinal injuries they were getting, theorized it was from excessive amounts of sit-ups. So they wanted to see what TRAINS for sit ups better. Had one group of soldiers train for the test with situps and the other with planks. Plank group smoked the situp group.
>>76781491For anyone interested>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19812508/They didn't improve much over the situp group but did still have a significantly higher pass rate. Point is, training should always aim for the most development with the least wear.
>>76781200There's a lot soldiers do right and a lot they do "wrong". A strong base built on lots and lots of LISS cardio is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Calisthenics conditioning is also a great base to build off of. Both lend themselves to moving your body through space for long periods of time with minimal fatigue and are heavily emphasized in the military. Where they get it wrong (for anyone not military/professional) is the volume. Look at professional fighters. They train all the time, but the last 12-16 weeks before a fight is when they really hammer it. It's called "fighting shape" for a reason. You will be in god tier shape ready to rape and pillage, but it comes at a cost. It's unsustainable and does permanent damage to your body every single camp. A high level fighter may do this 1-4 times a year and retire after 10-15 years. Soldiers try to stay in this kind of shape for their entire military careers, and it's why so many of them are completely fucked by the time they're out. It's necessary for them, you can't ask the enemy to give you 12 weeks to hone in. But it absolutely has negative impacts long term. THEY need to train like that because it's necessary. YOU are never going to need to ruck a 90lb pack 15 miles into mountainous terrain, so YOU don't need to train like that>Tl;dr, no. The average person shouldn't train like a soldier. We should build a large, balanced base. And if the time ever came where you needed to be in combat shape, step it up then
