"Merlin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Hi i work in law enforcement in Australia and am looking at joining
our elite unit which is similar to SWAT.
What im after is advice information on training for the physical
aspects of the course.
The selection is a 4 day intense course with minimal sleep, lots of
pack marching up hills, lots of mind games and several other things to
try and break you.
Does anyone have any advice or a program to help condition the body to
withstand the rigours of such a tough selection program, alternatively
direct me to a site with such help.
Also lastly Im having trouble doing chin-ups / heaves / pull-ups. I
work out regularly and dont seem to be able to make much progress as
far as lifting myself above a bar. Any help here would be greatly
appreciated.
Many thanks
Simon Forsyth is your man. Here's his instructor page at
DragonDoor.com.
http://www.dragondoor.com/cgi-bin/instructor.pl?ipage=136&rm=mode2&kbid=1022
He's worked in law enforcement and intelligence, and he's just the
person to get you ready for this if you want a trainer to help you, and
I'm sure he'd be happy to talk to you even if you don't. Please tell
him I say hello if you contact him. He is, of course, located in
Australia.
You might also want to post a message similar to this one on the
DragonDoor discussion site here - you'll need to register with a userid
and password before posting.
http://forum.dragondoor.com/training?kbid=1022
Specifically, I'd be sure to train all aspects of fitness - include some
limit strength work, some strength/endurance work, and some simple
endurance like running in your program. Consider
http://www.crossfit.com as the basis for what you do. Another approach
I like is Bryce Lane's "50 in 20" - pick a heavy, compound movement,
e.g., a sandbag clean, a barbell clean and press, a barbell deadlift,
weighted pullups, etc. - even a simple circuit works here - and try to
perform 50 reps in the space of 20 minutes. When you can get 50 reps,
up the weight and start over. For this one, set/rep/rest is completely
up to you.
In short, there are many approaches you could take, none of which are
guaranteed to work, but all of which will do a pretty good job getting
you ready in so much as it's possible to get ready for something like
this.
-S-
http://www.kbnj.com
