[highlander282]

I've been following the military/ mountain athlete 8 week ruck based selection program. It's designed by a guy named Rob Shaul, and he has all kinds of workouts that help build core strength and prevent injuries, especially injuries you might get from humping a ruck. His website is militaryathlete.com and he has countless instructional videos on YouTube.


He has several events that he has determined to be a good test of fitness before heading off to any type of military selection.

55 80lb sand bag get ups in 10 minutes
8 mile run in 64 minutes
10 unbroken rounds of 5 pull ups, 10 dips, 15 push-ups and 20 sit-ups with good form
18 mile ruck with 50lbs in 4.5 hours on hardball, 6 hours trail.


Not to be performed at the same time obviously.

I managed to knock all of these out just prior to heading to sfas next week, I'm sure they're good tests to see where your at according to this program, couldn't hurt. Also understand that this guy has never been to selection, and being able to do these events has nothing to do with you being mentally tough enough to be selected. Ill post a review of how helpful this program was once I get back in a little less than a month if anyone is interested, if so PM me.