Are there any navy seals or soldiers on here that can rate my strength?

Question

Do you think that I can get into the navy seals by 25 years old?
I am 15. I can do 12 pullups, run 1 hour straight, do 50 pushups, 50 situps, do 2.5 hours exersise a day easily, I bike 30 min., I can squat twice my body weight, I make straight A's, I skateboard for ballance, I play soccer, I am a team player, I curl weights, I can run 2 miles in 12 minutes, and I am walk with 35 pounds in a backpack and I jumprope. Does anyone think I have a chance, I plan to exerise like this for the rest of my life. Do I have a pretty good chance? I know I can handle a lot more, I have no limits.

Answer 1

You're on the right track physically but you need to bear a few things in mind.
Sleep deprivation. A lot of your testing won't happen at 0800hrs when you're nice and fresh. It'll happen at 0400 when you had 2 hours sleep after a night navex or something similar.

Don't stop, whatever they throw at you just put your head down and do it.

Don't draw unnecessary attention to yourself. Particularly watch what you say.

Don't let your mind defeat you. A large number of guys actually fail themselves because they go in with unrealistic expectations and end up mentally defeated.

Remember, they have fitness criteria for a reason but what they are looking for are team players who won't quit no matter what.

Answer 2

You're off to a decent start. Let me tell you what I told someone else. It's not just physical torture, there is a lot of mental torture too. Read this:

I would start training by getting a back pack and filling it with about 80 lbs of weights. Then put on your heaviest boots, strap the back pack on and RUN 10 miles in the softest soil you can find and uphill. Then while that back pack is still on your back do a few hundred push ups then a couple hundred flutter kicks. Take a heavy tree stump, hold it high over your head and hold it there for as long as you can. 20-30 minutes continuous should be a good start. Then go for a 10 mile swim in the local lake. Practice holding your breath underwater. 3-4 minutes is good. After that, sit in an ice cold bath tub for a few hours. These exercises must be done one right after another. NO RESTING BETWEEN. Get two hours of sleep where ever you can, and then do it all over again. Keep this up for six months or so then you might pass BUD/S. Oh, I forgot to have someone yell at you through a bullhorn the whole time. So make sure you include that.

Answer your question? Good luck!!

Answer 3

My platoon shared a berting area on ship with the SEAL team that travelled with us. We all hung out together, played dominoes and spades. They were great guys.

I asked one of them what SEAL school was like. He told me that it was 5% physical and 95% mental. It doesn't matter how good of shape you are in, the mind games are what eliminates most people.

The SEALS take the top 1/10th of a % from the military. Even then, only 30% of that top 1/10th of a % make it through training. That kind of lets you know exactly how bad@ss they are.

We were in the berting one evening talking about the mission they were going on that next day. After talking a while, they invited me along for the ride. I was a radio operator, so I was going as their radio operator. I will say this, it was the most intense few hours of my life. I considered myself in very good shape, and couldn't keep up. They were running full sprint through the jungles of Okinawa wearing night vision. They did their thing, and we were gone. We were back on the Zodiac heading out to sea, when out of nowhere a CH 53 basically stuck its @ss in the water, and they drove the boat right up into the helicopter. It was awesome. Those guys are for real.

So, you need to be in shape, and ready for every mind game in the book. So, being boderline crazy is also somewhat a requirement.

Answer 4

your okay.... Dont hurt yourself though or you will end all of your chances. Skateboarding? I saw a guys bone come out of his leg one time he had to get all kinds of pins and stuff. He couldnt join the military after that. Your mind has to be stronger than your body. Also you didnt mention swimming. You need to be very proficient in that area. Good Luck. Best thing for you to do is enlist into the seal program and choose a MOS with a long school so you can train the whole time cause after you complete your a-school is when you will go to buds. Anyone out thereknow otherwise? If so please correct me. Im a Marine.

Answer 5

you are on the right track but you also need to start doing some of your exercises in the sand since working out in sand is alot harder and that is where they train. also a strong swimmer is a must also about an 80 pound pack at a fast march for about 5 miles with little sleep. good luck have you watched the show on discovery channel that shows them when they are trying out? very informative. Good luck with that goal.

Answer 6

If you want to be a SEAL you'd better figure out how to get used to sitting in cold water to the point of near hypothermia. The water gets more of them to drop than the physical requirements do. I was stationed for 6 months at NAB Coronado (not a SEAL) on COMNAVSURFPAC's staff and saw how a lot of the training works and talked to a lot of instructors.

Answer 7

You are on the right track.

Now you have to start thinking about the emotional strengths needed.

I am talking "Capture & Interrogation." You ned to be able to withstand a massive amount of pain, ridicule, torture (when captured by hostile elements) and YET be strong to concede that speaking to the enemy = mission compromise.

You can find more information (under SEAL Health...):
http://www.navyseals.com/

Answer 8

Your doing great. The main test though will be heart. It takes all you have

Answer 9

as long as you don't have any chronic medical diseases, impediments, or psychiatric visits in the past, you should be good.