Will enhance the physical abilities required to perform Spec Ops mission-related physical tasks, promote long-term cardiovascular health and physical fitness, prevent injuries, accelerate return to duty, and maintain physical readiness under deployed or embarked environments. Includes an overview of physical fitness and addresses: SEAL mission-related physical activities, cardiorespiratory conditioning, running, swimming, strength training, flexibility, calisthenics, load-bearing, training for specific environments, training and sports related injuries, harmful substances that affect training, etc. Illustrated.

Developed to help Navy SEAL trainees meet the rigorous demands of the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community, this comprehensive guide covers all the basics of physical well-being as well as advice for the specific challenges encountered in extreme conditions and mission-related activities. With a special emphasis on physical fitness, everyone will benefit from these tried and true methods of honing your body for peak physical condition. Topics covered include: Conditioning and deconditioning Basics of cardiorespiratory exercise Open water training Weight and strength training gear Flexibility stretches Training for specific environments and their problems Dozens of workouts Dealing with training and sports injuries Compiled by physicians and physiologists chosen for their knowledge of the NSW and SEAL community, this manual is a unique resource for anyone who wants to improve his or her health, strength, and endurance.

The Navy SEAL Physical Fitness Guide is an encyclopedia of knowledge regarding SEAL physical training. This book is a classic reference guide and was developed specifically for application in the SEAL training environment. In its pages you will find examples of cardiovascular conditioning exercises and drills, warm up and flexibility routines, swimming, calisthenics, injury prevention, load bearing considerations, suggested PT programs, and much more. The Navy SEAL Physical Fitness Guide is a valuable addition to your SEAL and SpecOps training library. There is much to be gleaned from this breakthrough publication that is relevant to this very day. Whether you are swimming through icy waters or doing laps in your local pool, marching for miles in the desert or running along the beach, The Navy SEAL Physical Fitness Guide will make sure you are up to the task. For physical fitness on all levels, there is no better training program in the world than SEAL training. Navy SEAL training is not easy. It takes commitment, hard work, focus, and the right routines. Let The Navy SEAL Physical Fitness Guide be a companion on your journey.

Membership in the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community requires an extraordinarily high level of total body physical fitness. A combination of muscular strength, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness is essential to carry out assigned missions.To train most effectively for these physically demanding tasks, SEALs and others within the NSW community need clear, concise, and authoritative guidance on physical fitness training regimens. This manual, The Naval Special Warfare Physical Fitness Guide, has been written to meet this need.Not just for training Navy SEALS, however. This guide can be used by anyone to bring their physical strength, endurance, and training to the next level. The reader will be walked through:?An Overview of Physical Fitness?SEAL Mission-Related Physical Activities?Cardiorespiratory Conditioning?Running for Fitness?Swimming for Fitness?Strength Training?Flexibility?Calisthenics?Plyometrics?Load Bearing?Training for Specific Environments?Training and Sports Related Injuries?Other Training-Related Issues?Physical Fitness and Training RecommendationsIn the Appendices, the reader will learn weightlifting techniques, common anatomical terms and diagrams, foot care for load bearing, and have numerous informative tables available for reference.Following the advice in this guide will enable Navy SEALs, and others, to prepare for the physically demanding missions to which they are assigned.

The Navy SEAL Physical Fitness Guide has been prepared for the SEAL community with several goals in mind. Our objective is to provide you, the operator, with information to help: Enhance the physical abilities required to perform Special Operations mission-related physical tasks; Promote long-term cardiovascular health and physical fitness; Prevent injuries and accelerate return to duty; Maintain physical readiness under deployed or embarked environments. If this guide is able to achieve those goals, it will be a major success. Being a SEAL is a tough job and requires enormous physical strength and stamina. Injuries, both chronic and acute are occupational hazards, but there are training measures and precautions that can be used to decrease the incidence of these injuries. Understanding the basics of physical fitness can go a long way to achieving these goals.

Membership in the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community requires an extraordinarily high level of total body physical fitness. A combination of muscular strength, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness is essential to carry out assigned missions. To train most effectively for these physically demanding tasks, SEALs and others within the NSW community need clear, concise, and authoritative guidance on physical fitness training regimens. This manual, The Naval Special Warfare Physical Fitness Guide, has been written to meet this need. The authors of this comprehensive guide, physicians and physiologists, were chosen because of their special qualifications in the area of physical fitness and their knowledge of the NSW and SEAL community. Their expertise ensured the guide would be written with the unique requirements of the NSW community in mind, and that our goal of expanding the individual Navy SEAL's knowledge of attaining and retaining a high level of fitness would be achieved. I commend The Naval Special Warfare Physical Fitness Guide as a superb source of information. Following the advice in this guide will enable SEALs and other members of the NSW community to prepare for the physically demanding missions to which they are assigned in the future.