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/r/ing an army training routine.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Do a HIIT run every day, and do a lot of pull ups and push ups.
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>> Anonymous
Army doesn't do too much HIIT. They do very far distance runs, and very long marches on rough terrain while carrying heavy packs on their back.

There's next to no weight training; all of it is stuff like push-ups, pull-ups, and crunches.

Long-term endurance is key. The ability to sprint very fast for a minute or lift huge amounts of weight over your head has almost no practicality in combat environments.

Military physical training is not good for looking ripped with large and well-defined muscles. They train to fight, not to look good for a bodybuilding competition.
>> Anonymous
>>80327

That's exactly what I want.
>> Anonymous
>>80298
Join the fucking army. Best army training routine out there.
>> Anonymous
>>80330

I'd suggest joining the Army then...

What's the point of training to be fit for a combat environment if you're never going to be in one?
>> Anonymous
No wtf don't join the army!!!

If you want all the benefits of an army workout but don't want to get shot at/possibly die/kill other people, join a Drumline or Drum Corps.

Literally the exact same shit. Marching hours a day with heavy shit strapped to the front of you, lots of pushups (Do something wrong? You get pushups. Do something right? You did it wrong. Do some pushups) and lots of dedication.

Arms are worked by constantly drumming.

I fucking hated drumline, and I've never hated myself more in my life than when I was in it, but I will admit it gave me more endurance and discipline. Plus while I was in it I could do 1 arm pushups.
>> Anonymous
PROTIP: Army guys aren't like space marines, they look pretty normal. Why? Because they focus on being able to shoot things with guns and not get shot because that's how modern warfare is. If we lived in the middle ages then sure, army people would be the fittest people on the planet.
>> Anonymous
>>80355
For those of us not still in fucking high school... yeah, what then smart guy?
>> Anonymous
There is some major bullshit going on in this thread.

Believe me, professional soldiers are fit, their lives depend on it. Never before in history has fitness been so important to an infantryman as it is now.

An infantryman in Iraq or Afghanistan will carry weapons, armour, ammunition, radios and equipment with combined weight of about 70 pounds, for hours or even days at a time.

Basic bodyweight exercises like sprints, pull-ups, dips and squats, with very little rest are a great start. Add weight (in webbing or a bergan). Running whilst carrying objects (e.g. your friends) will also put you in another dimension in terms of conditioning.
>> Anonymous
>>80403
That's army bullshit, the average marine is a fat cholo guy who hides behind his humvee and calls in airstrikes
>> Anonymous
>>80355

Gotta be a troll, because nobody would be stupid enough to think that a drummer in a marching line goes through the same things and is as physically fit as a trained soldier.

Professional soldiers for most of the part are more physically conditioned than even a civilian that exercises regularly. A civilian will not have an angry guy (or guys) yelling at him the whole time he exercises, and will not be physically conditioning himself on the premise that his life may be in danger one day. A civilian will most likely not be doing extended exercise in terrible conditions with sleep deprivation and hunger. But as said before, soldiers train to fight and to survive, not to look good. Look at any real soldier and you'll see that he will not have the physique of a male model or bodybuilder, but he will most likely outdo a male model and certainly a bodybuilder in many physical challenges.

People who think that modern warfare is just waving around guns and riding around in helicopters need to stop playing Call of Duty 4.
>> Anonymous
>>80375
Uh, college dumbfuck.
>>80412
Closest thing to an army workout you can get without enlisting. I promise.
>A civilian will not have an angry guy (or guys) yelling at him the whole time he exercises
Yeah you probably think drumline is like that shitty Nick Canon movie, eh? I had a marine screaming in my face the entire time. Outside of practice he was nice and an awesome guy, during I hated myself and did whatever I had to to get him to stop screaming at me. And he never did.

While you're absolutely right that army soldiers get a much better training because their lives depend on it, but if you want something that gives you the motivation, dedication, and closest thing to an army workout, look no further than drum corps.
>> Anonymous
>>80459
Hahah... like I said, what do you suggest for the adults?
>> Anonymous
>>80410

GTFO nigger
>> Anonymous
>>80459
this guy speaks real truth right here. our high school drum corps was more fit than the varsity basketball, soccer, baseball and football teams combined. not more ripped than golf tho, those motherfuckers were hardcore.
>> Anonymous
I totally respect what the army guys training routines are like, the endurance, the power of will etc

If you want to emulate military style training, a few good ideas:
Long distance runs, 5k+
4-5 minute sprints, increasing speed, get a weight vest, slowly add more weight.
Alot of bench press (not pushups, although they work the same thing, the bench will give better results, if you had 2 people training for 100 pushups, the dude who did it using the benchpress would beat the person doing them on the floor)
alot of chinups
Alot of squats, but once you get to around 135lb (that's a full sized bar + 2 plates, not nickels or dimes, plates) start working on trying to get to 100 reps, once you get to 100 reps, up the weight a bit, work to 100, repeat. Similair to how fighters train their upper body.

So a week may look like:

Monday:
5km run
Benchpress (7 sets, 5 reps, train HEAVY)
Include some stretching here if you want, but you wont be training much, because the army guys don't train with alot of exercises like builders.

Tuesday:
10 sprints, all 1 minute in length. Increase weight or length, but always do 10.
Chinups (5 sets of as many as you can do)

Wednesday:
Off

Thursday:
Bench (this time do 5 sets of 20 reps, to build the endurance)
Squats (method described above)

Friday:
Chinups (1 set, as many as you can do)
Crunches
bodyweight lunges (Work on getting the reps to 100, then add weight, similair to squats)

Saturday:
10km, fastest pace possible. Increase speed and weight, not distance.

Sunday:
Nothing.
Something like that would simulate alot of the results.
>> Anonymous
>>80467
lol whut old people don't use the internet

I'm assuming OP is high school/college age. Though in my area there are community drum corps. Probably not as intense but I'm sure there are other, more professional ones around.
>> Anonymous
Crossfit
>> Anonymous
>>80501

This is so full of fail.

100 reps of SQUATZ?

i mean, SQUATZ are wonderful, but OP should strength train to at least 2x BW before ridiculous shit like that.
>> Anonymous
>>80758

That is because the army is full of fail
>> Anonymous
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I'm American. Our army is kind of ass, when you say army you mean infantry. The other hundredbillion MOS's don't even fucking know which end the of the rifle the rounds come out of. The Army PFT tests the 1.5 mile run which (if you have any shred of willpower in your fucking shell of a body) is possible for just about anyone.

Just do lots pullups, dips, pushups, handstand pushups, run a lot for speed (or for distance but keep your stride long because if you start to shuffle you'll just tear up your knees), swim, do shittons of ab exercises (hanging leg raises, windshield wipers FTW) and SHUT THE FUCK UP. Just go torrent the Navy Seal workout book.
>> Anonymous
>>80767

The APFT tests the 2 mile, dumbass.