OBJECTIVE

I have designed this page to serve as my training log in order to free myself from the restrictions of the software I have so far been using. Though in the past I have designed plans to prepare for certain triathlons, half and full-Ironman races, ultramarathons and other events, my current training plan is designed around one goal: BUD/S. If anything you see here appears at all random to you, rest assured there is a very specific method to my madness. This plan is a collaboration between myself and my primary training partner, Brian S., and is a culmination of years of experience developing and executing advanced-level training plans designed to produce world-class fitness and performance.

There is no undertaking in the world as comprehensive or demanding as BUD/S. Put simply, you have to be able to do it all, and at an extremely high level of proficiency. BUD/S is not a boot camp; it is a 6 months long endurance test designed to find indestructible men who can do the impossible, and weed out the rest. Only the toughest and fittest applicants the country has to offer even make it in to BUD/S, and once there, 90% routinely fail to survive past the first of three phases. The SEAL Teams have the highest fitness standards of any military unit in the world, and we have developed this plan to prepare ourselves to meet those standards, guided by the uncompromising principles held by those passionate about preparing for war. From here until I ship out to the Navy, there will be no more deliberately easy workouts. I intend to push the envelope in my best effort to become as prepared as possible for the rigors of BUD/S. And seeing as BUD/S is the sole focus of this webpage, I have included some related videos for my motivation and your edification.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

WEDNESDAY 12/28

CLIMB: Sport Rock Alexandria

Nailed a couple new V3s, tried 3 or 4 times to send a V4-, kept falling one hold from the top due to shitty footwork. Left outer elbow started complaining loudly afterward, so held off on the high walls for today.

PT: Abs

"Well-rounder"

40 Twister Knees-to-elbows
50 Knees-to-elbows
20 Station Knees-to-chests
20 Station Leg Raises
50 Sit-ups
50 Atomic Sit-ups
50 16kg Kettlebell Twisters
50 Bicycles
50 Leg Levers
50 Crunches
50 Oblique Crunches Left
50 Oblique Crunches Right
50 Flutter Kicks
20 32kg Kettlebell Windmills Right
20 32kg Kettlebell Windmills Left

For good measure and to break up the ab set I also threw in:

50 Supermans
15 Deadhang Chin-ups
2:30 Strict Leaning-Rest Hold
20 Dirty Dogs Left
20 Dirty Dogs Right
20 Mule Kicks Left
20 Mule Kicks Right

Notes: Ended up being 620 abs. Most individual ab exercises were easy, I think it's time to jump up from 50 reps. In total however I definitely feel this workout--I'm not quite back to the shape I used to be. Getting close though.

TUESDAY 12/27

SWIM: Freestyle Technique Re-familiarization

Warm Up: 300m freestyle moderate, 100m Combat Side Stroke, 2x25m underwater


Form focus:

50m catch-up drill

50m freestyle

25m streamline kick drill

25m freestyle

25m streamline kick drill

25m freestyle

50m one-armed drill

50m freestyle

25m streamline kick drill

25m freestyle

25m streamline kick drill

25m freestyle

50m fist-swim drill

50m freestyle


Notes: Outer left elbow still giving me shit and is being a huge obstacle to my getting back into swimming. Form felt pretty good, was moving pretty fast.

LIFT: Upper Body

Incline Bench Press Machine: 170lbs, 4 sets of 6 reps (Did 25 flutter-kicks after each set)
Half-hammer, half-trad Dumbell Curls: 50lbs, 4 sets of 6 reps
Standing Dumbell Tricep Raises: 65lbs, 4 sets of 6 reps
Chest Fly Machine: 170lbs, 4 sets of 6 reps (Did 50 oblique crunches after each set)
Bent-over Dumbell Rows: 75lbs, 4 sets of 6 reps
Dumbell Military Press: 45lbs, 4 sets of 8 reps
Ab-crunch Machine: 150lbs, 4 sets of 10 reps
Preacher Curl: 135lbs, 4 sets of 6 reps
Tricep Rope Pull-down: 85lbs, 4 sets of 6 reps
Bench Press: 215lbs, 3 sets of 6 reps
Lat Pull-Down: 165lbs, 3 sets of 6 reps