Fitness

Historically, the Army Rangers have utilized a longer-than-average timed run for their assessment test into Army Ranger School and the Ranger Battalions/Regiments screening program, the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP). This five-mile timed run is the longest assessment tool in the U.S. military to enter these special training programs. They require excelling in running and rucking, as the miles each week in training accumulated are high.

Here is a question from a winter treadmill runner starting to make the transition back to the outdoors as the weather is breaking in his area...

Historically, the Army Rangers have utilized a longer-than-average timed run for their assessment test into Army Ranger School and the Ranger Battalions/Regiments screening program, the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP). This five-mile timed run is the longest assessment tool in the U.S. military to enter these special training programs. They require excelling in running and rucking, as the miles each week in training accumulated are high.

Push-ups are the most common exercise we will ever do. It is likely the first exercise you ever did as a kid. Then you played around with one-arm push-ups. Applying "variety" to push-ups seemed natural, even from a young age. Here is a question from a gentleman who wants to get better at push-ups (without getting bored)...

Setting fitness performance goals is a fun way to help you stay consistent with your weekly training.

Here is a question about the different levels of training needed between fast swimming without fins and longer-distance swimming with fins:

Staying active as we age is as essential as eating food and drinking water. Some need to start with daily habits of moving more than yesterday, while others need fresh ideas to make their activities more interesting. Here is a great question from a retired gentleman asking for ideas for his already active life...

A certain level of water confidence needs to be developed by those wishing to be successful with any of the assessment and selection programs the military special operations/special warfare communities offer. When selecting swim workouts to do, pick the options that you are the most uncomfortable doing. The No. 1 rule is never to practice any of these drills alone. Either swim in a pool with a lifeguard or have a partner swimming alongside you, especially when under water.

Here is a question that prompted a thought-out discussion topic we all need to have with ourselves...

If you are years away from serving, this time can be invaluable for your preparation and decision-making process. Here is an email from a young man who has a few years to decide on becoming an Air Force Tactical Air Control Party, or TACP, specialist or Army Ranger:

There appears to be a generational shift from purchasing cardio equipment to more strength training equipment.

Fitness intensity can be one of the most subjective areas of working out.

This combination of exercises is a way to work in some basic strength-training lifts with typical calisthenics and cardio events seen in military testing.