How important is Anaerobic conditioning?

[dinatalepepe]

I see mostly Aerobic training on this website, because obviously to get in to the program and be competively you have to be able to run 4 miles in 28 minutes, do 100 pushups, 20+ pull ups, etc.

But how important is Anaerobic conditioning?

[deadly nedly]

do you mean strength training? We do tons of anaerobic stuff. We have a strength day every now and then, mostly in the form of weighted chins and oly lifts. At BUD/S, there are not many occasions where a high level of max strength is asked, but mostly it's just high "reps" and lots of "cardio" to make people quit. During the actual job, who knows what you'll run into so everything is important just in case.

But you need to clarify your question. Doing 20 pullups is anaerobic, as is 100 pushups. In fact the whole PST should be anaerobic, and many of the WODs are unless you're slow. You have to know how to pace yourself and put out during any mode of physical exertion at a high intensity.

[jdoleac]

Many of the activities such as push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, etc. lie somewhere in between aerobic and anaerobic depending on the duration. You need to breathe properly in order to do 100 push-ups or your going to fold, period. But exercises like that also require, in the first 15 seconds or so, the use of the Adenosine-Tri-Phosphate/Phosphacreatine system, after that your body continually relies more and more on your aerobic conditioning to get the job done.

Hypoxic swimming is a good example of anaerobic conditioning. Fighting of any kind (the actual engagement) will condition you anaerobically. Wrestling, jiu jitsu, grappling, etc because establishing a breathing pattern is difficult. And as said above, the short, explosive nature of heavy lifting relies on the ATP/PC system. It's the system that allows most humans, even in mediocre shape, to go bttw for about 15 seconds. If you ever watch a fight between regular joes, if no one gets knocked out and they end up in a clinch or something or wrestling on the ground, the fight will usually lose its intensity after about the first 30 seconds to 1 minute, then it will depend on who's in better shape. So the big guy's got the edge in that first few seconds, after that the runner, if he can avoid the haymaker, probably has the edge.

But you should also understand that these WODs, for instance, are often explosive in nature, even though they're high reps many times, they're working anaerobic training as well. They are a good balance of what you need.

And you'd have to ask one of the teams guys or guys in the pipeline, but I don't think their anaerobic conditioning is keeping them up at nights. Ultimately, when you're extremely well conditioned aerobically, anaerobically you will be also.

[bud/s 184]

I see mostly Aerobic training on this website, because obviously to get in to the program and be competively you have to be able to run 4 miles in 28 minutes, do 100 pushups, 20+ pull ups, etc.

But how important is Anaerobic conditioning?

Bro: I could legal bench press 385lbs!! In fact I tore my pec while in the Teams doing set's of 4 with 345lbs!! I was 5'11" 195lbs....I also was the fastest 4 miler in my class!! There are a lot of evolutions where strength is very important....hell the O-Course...Log PT.....rope climbs, IBS surf passage....all my close friends in the TEAMs....where very strong....we competed in Bench Press...and Power Cleans....mostly.....if you couldn't clean 275lbs you....were not a player...in the weight room!! So to answer your question....I think both are valuable....moderation is the key to life....you want a good amount of both!!