how long does it take? SEALs Please

[reich10]

i am 18 and currently in the DEP program. im am originally going into OS but i want to become a SEAL.
i leave for boot camp Sept. 20. should i start the workout that is on this page now(march 4) or wait till further on down the road. i was wondering what the process was from when i leave Sept, 20 to getting accepted into BUD/S.

[McCloud]

I AM NO SEAL... But just to offer friendly advice from what I've heard from SEALs. As soon as you reach the age to where your body is developed enough to train. (Roughly around 13 - 18 or so) Its never to early to start the training program on this site. The sooner you get started on it, the more conditioned your body will be, and if you push yourself further... Your only that much closer to becoming a SEAL. Lots of luck bro.

[platinumike]

START NOW. Dont waste any time. Find were you fit in on the warning order and start the routine immediately, you wont believe how fast time flie. Im not a SEAL or in the military, but from what i've read/heard the process appears to be: BAsic Training(complete the tests there)(8 weeks or so)->A School(however long it is)->BUD/s indoc(2 weeks to a month)->BUD/S

[Dreadnaught19]

The sooner you get started on it, the more conditioned your body will be, and if you push yourself further... Your only that much closer to becoming a SEAL. Lots of luck bro.


I'm sorry bud, but I don;t think that's true. I mean, I know if you're mor conditioned, you're probably in better shape for the workout regime of BUD/s its self. But remember, having a strong body and a strong mind are 2 completely different things, and supposedly BUD/s is 90% mental and 20% physical. I'm no SEAL and I aven't gone to BUD/s, butIt seems that during Hell Week, it's you're the people that want to be there that stay, reguardless of strength or hoe conditioned you are.

Because when you're in that really cold water of Coronado, after running 4 miles and you haven't slept in 4 days, it's not how strong you are or how much you ran in the months/ years before you came to BUD/s, it's how bad you want to be there and how set you are on being a SEAL.

Good Luck to all of you.

[OddBall]

Because when you're in that really cold water of Coronado,


Really ! Try jumping in off Cape Ann right now.
If you don`t bounce you will wish to be in Coronado

[bustafood]

I'm no SEAL and I aven't gone to BUD/s, butIt seems that during Hell Week, it's you're the people that want to be there that stay, reguardless of strength or hoe conditioned you are.



Strength and being conditioned are still a key part of BUD/S. Just because you want it doesn't mean you're going to get it, especially if you didn't take the time to prepare before. Conditiion as much as you can before you get there.

[nospin29]

and supposedly BUD/s is 90% mental and 20% physical.


im sorry, but 90%+20%=110%, lol. what they mean by the 90%-10% is that IF YOU ARE PHYSICALY PREPAIRED FOR BUD/S, then its just a matter of 90% mental and 10% physical. this is coming straight from Stew Smith

[ZeroAll]

Ok, we need to stop going over this. Lets just say it once and for all what the 90%-10% is, so EVERYONE is clear.

10% physical = If you have the physical prowess of a god, you wont be in such things as the goon squad, or get as much pressure on say, PT. In that sense, some things will naturally be easier for you.

90% mental = People aren't quitting because they physically can't do it, it's because they WON'T do it. They dont have the resolve needed, or mental toughest, whatever you want to call it.

I know most of you know this already, but for you guys who are still slipping through the cracks and dont know what the hell I'm talking about, read on.

There are a couple reasons for the imbalance of percentages; first of all, anyone can get in great shape given long enough. If thats all it took to make it through BUD/S, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Secondly, I think mental toughness has to be defined, or at least described clearly to get the point across. Drop down and do pushups until "failure", dont get up yet, wait a second, can you do one more? How about one more? Are you physically failing or are you stopping because it hurts? That's what the 90% is all about. It doesnt matter if you have the physical ability to stay up a week, or make the run times, or complete the evolutions at BUD/S, if you arent willing to DO it. The ones who make it are the ones who are willing to do what a DOR wont. Thats mental toughness.

I hope this helps everyone.

[nospin29]

to add to what Zero said, strength is in your head. endurance is in your head. pain is in your head. look at this, i saw something on tv where these monks sat there and meditated in nothing but a toga on some mountain and the tempature ouside was like, 0 degrees and they sat there for like a whole day. everyone said that they would freeze to dead, even doctors. they proved them wrong. if you cant physic out your mind into telling it that pain is all in your head, then you wont make it far. if you can block out pain, everything will come easy to you

[ZeroAll]

Once again, someone has to come change what I say. It'd be great to hear a SEAL come in here to comment on this. I am convinced that you can never BLOCK OUT pain, it's about dealing with it and working through it regardless. You're telling me the monks weren't freezing their asses off? Any SEALs have a comment to make on this?

[A62]

I am not SEAL but have pushed the envelope. Your definition is the same as "blocking out", just word games.

A62 out