You cruise between a 3-5 pretty much nonstop. You get 8-9's a couple of times a day sometimes. 10's are the one's no one talks about after. When you get to chow and everyone is just staring silently at their plate, you know you just did a 10. Great thing is 10's quickly become 8's, and eventually 5's. Plus it's all subjective, someone might think your 10 is a 6.
How often do you get injuries (serious and minor) in BUD/S and in the teams that last with you your whole life time? A fear of mine is pushing myself too hard that I won't ever be tip top again after.
Well shit, that's impossible to answer. There are guys who get killed, so that would be an injury that last your whole lifetime. There are guys missing limbs and faces, TBI, broken backs. Guys with bum knees and bum ankles. You're putting your body on the line. I have some injuries that will last, but nothing major, and in exchange for those I got a lot of mental resiliency, so sometimes it pays off. Other guys were couch potatoes and now they're studs with no real injuries and so they've had nothing but improvement.
Yeah my bad I should have clarified. I meant more from the lifestyle and the training, working out a lot and being exposed to shitty conditions and stress all the time. Not combat.
BUD/S beats you up. I've heard Hell Week "takes a year off your life". SQT and the rest of your career, as far as physical training go, are mostly all good. They really are getting way way better, each and every year, about helping to keep guys strong and healthy. There's a lot of money for trainers, therapist, equipment, rehab facilities, etc. The old guys who think that you need to carry 120lbs on every hump are getting thinned out. Longevity is definitely the name of the game now. It's more of the accidents that will get you. Random things, like catching a wave peak on a zodiac during surf passage and sublexing your shoulder so that you can never quite raise it all the way again. Things like HGH and Test would go a long way to helping prevent and recover from these kinds of injuries.
I found that in different communities, theres different definitions of serious injury. In motocross, Ive seen guys dislocate their shoulders, have their buddy pop it back in and go right back to riding like nothing. If you dont have bones popping out of your body in motocross you didnt get hurt. Ryan villopoto raced 6 seasons with no ACL in his left knee. But in BJJ guys are straight pussies, guys pop their ACL and act like its the end of the world.
Did you find that in the Teams, given the fact that some guys are getting killed, others lose limbs, get shot, etc,etc, that the "definition" of a serious injury is much more extreme than in other communities. Like I couldnt picture a Team guy bitching about a torn ACL when one of his buddies is missing a leg. Reminds me of Bissonnette looking at an interviewer like he was a pussy cause he was trying to make a big deal about him getting shot in the shoulder.
Definitely. I know a dude who's been doing Smolov with no ACL getting ready for Crossfit games. You suck it up when you don't have a better option, but guys are getting wise to the reality that you can't continuously beat the shit out of yourself without consequence. I'd never hold it against a guy who said he wanted to take it easy on a run or something to tend to his sore ankle. Hurting yourself just to prove your manhood is stupid.
You cruise between a 3-5 pretty much nonstop. You get 8-9's a couple of times a day sometimes. 10's are the one's no one talks about after. When you get to chow and everyone is just staring silently at their plate, you know you just did a 10. Great thing is 10's quickly become 8's, and eventually 5's. Plus it's all subjective, someone might think your 10 is a 6.
That's very refreshing to hear.
How often do you get injuries (serious and minor) in BUD/S and in the teams that last with you your whole life time? A fear of mine is pushing myself too hard that I won't ever be tip top again after.
Well shit, that's impossible to answer. There are guys who get killed, so that would be an injury that last your whole lifetime. There are guys missing limbs and faces, TBI, broken backs. Guys with bum knees and bum ankles. You're putting your body on the line. I have some injuries that will last, but nothing major, and in exchange for those I got a lot of mental resiliency, so sometimes it pays off. Other guys were couch potatoes and now they're studs with no real injuries and so they've had nothing but improvement.
Yeah my bad I should have clarified. I meant more from the lifestyle and the training, working out a lot and being exposed to shitty conditions and stress all the time. Not combat.
BUD/S beats you up. I've heard Hell Week "takes a year off your life". SQT and the rest of your career, as far as physical training go, are mostly all good. They really are getting way way better, each and every year, about helping to keep guys strong and healthy. There's a lot of money for trainers, therapist, equipment, rehab facilities, etc. The old guys who think that you need to carry 120lbs on every hump are getting thinned out. Longevity is definitely the name of the game now. It's more of the accidents that will get you. Random things, like catching a wave peak on a zodiac during surf passage and sublexing your shoulder so that you can never quite raise it all the way again. Things like HGH and Test would go a long way to helping prevent and recover from these kinds of injuries.
I found that in different communities, theres different definitions of serious injury. In motocross, Ive seen guys dislocate their shoulders, have their buddy pop it back in and go right back to riding like nothing. If you dont have bones popping out of your body in motocross you didnt get hurt. Ryan villopoto raced 6 seasons with no ACL in his left knee. But in BJJ guys are straight pussies, guys pop their ACL and act like its the end of the world.
Did you find that in the Teams, given the fact that some guys are getting killed, others lose limbs, get shot, etc,etc, that the "definition" of a serious injury is much more extreme than in other communities. Like I couldnt picture a Team guy bitching about a torn ACL when one of his buddies is missing a leg. Reminds me of Bissonnette looking at an interviewer like he was a pussy cause he was trying to make a big deal about him getting shot in the shoulder.
Definitely. I know a dude who's been doing Smolov with no ACL getting ready for Crossfit games. You suck it up when you don't have a better option, but guys are getting wise to the reality that you can't continuously beat the shit out of yourself without consequence. I'd never hold it against a guy who said he wanted to take it easy on a run or something to tend to his sore ankle. Hurting yourself just to prove your manhood is stupid.
Is 10 during Hell Week or is there a better example lol
10 is first circle of death or boats on heads.
What's the circle of death?
It's a surprise. A shitty shitty surprise.
That first log pt was a ten.