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Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation 8.10.2017

It is Thursday and a heavy day of UBRR preparation with push ups, sit ups, crunches, and a longer ruck march. Keep a log of your times on your runs and rucks and you should be noticing a decrease in the times as we forge ahead.

Don’t forget your stretching and this is a great time to begin breaking in the second pair of boots. If anything happens t your best pair or they get wet when in Selection, (and they will), having a good broken in second pair is very important.

Training:

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It is Thursday and a heavy day of UBRR preparation with push ups, sit ups, crunches, and a longer ruck march. Keep a log of your times on your runs and rucks and you should be noticing a decrease in the times as we forge ahead.

Don’t forget your stretching and this is a great time to begin breaking in the second pair of boots. If anything happens t your best pair or they get wet when in Selection, (and they will), having a good broken in second pair is very important.

Training:

More Preparation for the UBRR:

100 x pushups (no time limit)

100 x sit ups (no time limit)

100 x crunches

3 x 12 dips or until muscle failure

25 x V-ups

6-mile rucksack march (45-pound minimum) over varied terrain, note your time

Stretch well after completion

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Steve is a SOFREP Senior Editor. He has served as a Special Forces NCO and Warrant Officer before injuries forced his early separation. He writes for SOFREP and covers the NFL for PatsFans.com and his work was regularly featured in the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and Grafton News newspapers.

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