Boots are an individual thing. No one boot will work for everyone. It's very important to always have at least two pairs of broken in boots that work for you. Socks are the same way. At selection is also not the time to start trying to figure out your winning boot and sock combination.
Would you mind doing a more in depth follow up on this, particularly on back, knee, ankle injuries The ones that occur most commonly from rucking so much
These are all good tips. Ultimately, Ranger School comes down to 3 things. 1. Mental toughness. Actually mental toughness is number 1, 2 and 3 tbh. 2. Physical fitness. Obviously. 3. Luck. You cannot prevent all injuries or who your APL might be on a very important patrol, or god forbid you draw a bad RI in every phase. Bonus thing about Ranger School, don’t get picked last in each phase for your graded patrol. Nobody ever mentioned that nightmare did they? Guess what, it happens all the time. I was picked last, just before the second chance guys every phase. That one fact was the most risk to my tab of anything that happened during my course. What can you do to change that? Nothing. Suck it up, kick your classmates in the ass, literally when you have to and lead.
I believe they are the Belleville ONE XERO 320 Ultra Light Assault Boots. I needed replacements in mountains and those turned out to be the best boots IMO. All the way!
I plan on taking an option 40 contract after high school and have just began physically preparing. I was just wondering if during Basic and OSUT, will I have enough free time to keep physically preparing for RASP so I don't go out of shape?
after OSUT you go straight to Rasp buddy, but you got plenty of time to prepare for an option 40 you have a long time to ship, i currently am preparing for RASP as I am shipping soon
Great content man extremely helpful tips. As for the boots you recommended , would you recommend training in those exact boots prior to Rasp? Or did you use a different pair of boots in preparation before going? New sub bro, grateful for this🙏🏾
Thanks brother welcome! I recommend breaking in the boots before you head to pre-RASP. If you're looking for a fairly light, comfortable and water resistant boot those are the best in my opinion. As for durability, they lasted through 2 ranger schools (myself and my friend), so they will last a long time.
i find myself afraid of injury as a freshman in highschool. i couldnt run for an entire month of my XC season because of random injuries that would come up
Good evening, I am 17 year old high school junior and planning on going as a 35F under the Option 40 contract. I am going to have the contract held onto me till after my senior year, but I am swearing in the second week of May next month. Physicality so far is going pretty good. 37 minute 5 mile, 12 pull ups in a row, 40+ push ups in 2 minutes, 40+ sit ups in 2 minutes, haven’t timed myself for the ruck but I’ve been rucking 50+ pounds 3 days a week each week. My questions for you are, What can I be doing now to do maximize my chances of soaring through RASP? Should I take a land Nav course before my ship date? Should I take shooting classes for the second part of RASP? (since I will be a 35F) Also what can I do to maximize my chances of getting selected? I appreciate all and every piece of output. Thank you and have a great rest of your day!
Hey brother physically you seem to be on the right track. I wouldn't sweat taking a land navigation course as you will learn that through basic, AIT, and have several practice iterations on Cole Range before you're actual test on yanky south (assuming they still conduct their tests there). Just make sure to take point during Basic and AIT as those will be in groups and its easier not to absorb how to land nav correctly. I was also a 35F and all sof mos's in Ranger Regiment don't need crazy high stress test scores. If a combat mos scores low on the stress test then they'll switch your mos or drop you considering your previous performance to my knowledge. However, as a 35F you'll be alright. I suggest you just focus just on your physical standards and the ranger creed for now. If you have further questions you can always message me directly. Link to my socials in the description.
The min requirements are: -58 push-ups -69 sit-ups -6< chin-ups -5 mile completed under 40 minutes -12 mile ruck completed under 3 hours -complete the Water Survival Assessment There is no max.
A LOT of guys do poorly on the PT test and get over use injuries because they come in over trained. Whether it was trying cram it because they weren't prepared or they had no programing and ran themselves into the ground before the first day. Come in close to your peak, not past it
@@JRT140 Respectfully I disagree. I’ve seen a lot of you guy’s workouts and 9 times out of 10, the workouts you guys do are not nearly enough. Now if an individual suddenly swaps to a program with a lot more volume before their body is ready, and without proper warm ups. This is where a lot of injuries and shin splints can come from. I always tell people to build up volume for the first 2-3 weeks before you put more miles on your runs, more sets and exercises during your lifts. Now I get that individuals can overtrain in the gym, but there’s no such thing as running too much. My TL when training up for BRC was running about 100 miles a week. Definitely an extreme example but it’s possible. It just means a. Your body wasn’t prepared for the volume yet and you need to gradually put more miles and sets into your program each week and warm up properly. Or b. Your recovery process is lacking somewhere; you need more hours of sleep and better nutrition/supplements. Or both reasons. You’re going to increase the volume anyways when you get to Regiment.
@jstewthompson I think we are on the same page except with the running part. Because too much too soon is definitely what I meant by cramming. Also I'm not saying dont worry about building up milage, because you're absolutely right about that, but what I am saying is if one treats every run like a time trial then they will show up with dead legs and more prone to injury. I should have been more specific. Great content BTW. If you keep doing this a microphone will sound a lot better.
Boots are an individual thing. No one boot will work for everyone. It's very important to always have at least two pairs of broken in boots that work for you. Socks are the same way. At selection is also not the time to start trying to figure out your winning boot and sock combination.
Would you mind doing a more in depth follow up on this, particularly on back, knee, ankle injuries
The ones that occur most commonly from rucking so much
These are all good tips. Ultimately, Ranger School comes down to 3 things. 1. Mental toughness. Actually mental toughness is number 1, 2 and 3 tbh. 2. Physical fitness. Obviously. 3. Luck. You cannot prevent all injuries or who your APL might be on a very important patrol, or god forbid you draw a bad RI in every phase.
Bonus thing about Ranger School, don’t get picked last in each phase for your graded patrol. Nobody ever mentioned that nightmare did they? Guess what, it happens all the time. I was picked last, just before the second chance guys every phase. That one fact was the most risk to my tab of anything that happened during my course. What can you do to change that? Nothing. Suck it up, kick your classmates in the ass, literally when you have to and lead.
Thank you for sharing, I definitely took note .
What make and model of Belleville boots ?.. do they run true to size ?.. I wish they had these boot options when I was in !! rangers lead the way
I believe they are the Belleville ONE XERO 320 Ultra Light Assault Boots. I needed replacements in mountains and those turned out to be the best boots IMO. All the way!
Most boots nowadays are true to size with the exception of basic standard issues that I can think of.
Thank you Joshua! great information. Thank you for your service brother All the way !! 🇺🇸
Would you recommend trail runs in combat boots if youre already a 40-60 mile week runner injury free
Thank you!
Talk about your exp in battalion. Like what its like when you first get there and what your day to day was like?
I got you brother!
I plan on taking an option 40 contract after high school and have just began physically preparing. I was just wondering if during Basic and OSUT, will I have enough free time to keep physically preparing for RASP so I don't go out of shape?
after OSUT you go straight to Rasp buddy, but you got plenty of time to prepare for an option 40 you have a long time to ship, i currently am preparing for RASP as I am shipping soon
drop a preparation video bro
Great content man extremely helpful tips.
As for the boots you recommended , would you recommend training in those exact boots prior to Rasp? Or did you use a different pair of boots in preparation before going?
New sub bro, grateful for this🙏🏾
Thanks brother welcome! I recommend breaking in the boots before you head to pre-RASP. If you're looking for a fairly light, comfortable and water resistant boot those are the best in my opinion. As for durability, they lasted through 2 ranger schools (myself and my friend), so they will last a long time.
i find myself afraid of injury as a freshman in highschool. i couldnt run for an entire month of my XC season because of random injuries that would come up
Good evening, I am 17 year old high school junior and planning on going as a 35F under the Option 40 contract. I am going to have the contract held onto me till after my senior year, but I am swearing in the second week of May next month. Physicality so far is going pretty good. 37 minute 5 mile, 12 pull ups in a row, 40+ push ups in 2 minutes, 40+ sit ups in 2 minutes, haven’t timed myself for the ruck but I’ve been rucking 50+ pounds 3 days a week each week. My questions for you are, What can I be doing now to do maximize my chances of soaring through RASP? Should I take a land Nav course before my ship date? Should I take shooting classes for the second part of RASP? (since I will be a 35F) Also what can I do to maximize my chances of getting selected? I appreciate all and every piece of output. Thank you and have a great rest of your day!
Hey brother physically you seem to be on the right track. I wouldn't sweat taking a land navigation course as you will learn that through basic, AIT, and have several practice iterations on Cole Range before you're actual test on yanky south (assuming they still conduct their tests there). Just make sure to take point during Basic and AIT as those will be in groups and its easier not to absorb how to land nav correctly.
I was also a 35F and all sof mos's in Ranger Regiment don't need crazy high stress test scores. If a combat mos scores low on the stress test then they'll switch your mos or drop you considering your previous performance to my knowledge. However, as a 35F you'll be alright.
I suggest you just focus just on your physical standards and the ranger creed for now. If you have further questions you can always message me directly. Link to my socials in the description.
You need to work on push ups and sit ups. 40 is below the minimum.
@@doom4067 roger that👌🏼I’m at 80+ now for sit ups push ups lol.
Do you know what the min/max is for the fitness test in RASP?
The min requirements are:
-58 push-ups
-69 sit-ups
-6< chin-ups
-5 mile completed under 40 minutes
-12 mile ruck completed under 3 hours
-complete the Water Survival Assessment
There is no max.
@@jstewthompson do you know what a really good score is?
@@luke75201 I would say a good score would be at least ten reps cushion for each muscular endurance test (68 pushups, 79 sit-ups, 16 chin-ups),
@@jstewthompson Thanks bro
Rft is 41 hand release pushups, 3 min plank,
hey man, i'm shipping for rasp here shortly, is there any way I could get into contact with you with some questions and what not? I'd appreciate it.
Sure man hit me up on insta: @jstewthompson
What Bellevilles model did you have?
Belleville ONE XERO 320 Ultra Light Assault Boots
A LOT of guys do poorly on the PT test and get over use injuries because they come in over trained. Whether it was trying cram it because they weren't prepared or they had no programing and ran themselves into the ground before the first day. Come in close to your peak, not past it
@@JRT140 Respectfully I disagree. I’ve seen a lot of you guy’s workouts and 9 times out of 10, the workouts you guys do are not nearly enough.
Now if an individual suddenly swaps to a program with a lot more volume before their body is ready, and without proper warm ups. This is where a lot of injuries and shin splints can come from. I always tell people to build up volume for the first 2-3 weeks before you put more miles on your runs, more sets and exercises during your lifts.
Now I get that individuals can overtrain in the gym, but there’s no such thing as running too much. My TL when training up for BRC was running about 100 miles a week. Definitely an extreme example but it’s possible.
It just means a. Your body wasn’t prepared for the volume yet and you need to gradually put more miles and sets into your program each week and warm up properly. Or b. Your recovery process is lacking somewhere; you need more hours of sleep and better nutrition/supplements. Or both reasons.
You’re going to increase the volume anyways when you get to Regiment.
@jstewthompson I think we are on the same page except with the running part. Because too much too soon is definitely what I meant by cramming. Also I'm not saying dont worry about building up milage, because you're absolutely right about that, but what I am saying is if one treats every run like a time trial then they will show up with dead legs and more prone to injury. I should have been more specific.
Great content BTW. If you keep doing this a microphone will sound a lot better.
@@JRT140 Thanks you. I gotcha. I'm definitely looking to invest into a nice microphone!
Do you have a instagram?
Check the description.