R Day Fitness Prep

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Hey everyone, with R Day rapidly approaching, fitness is taking an ever more important part of the path to it. I'm wondering what would be the best way to prepare in terms of fitness. Currently, my regimen is very run-heavy with not too many "gym type" workouts besides squats, deadlifts, and bench press. Would it be better to run A LOT, do push-ups, pull-ups, and crunches exclusively until we're red in the face, or take on a more traditional fitness program involving weights and dumbells with the running toned down a bit?
 
Define “run heavy”.
There are a few types of runs which you will do in the Army and at West Point.
1. Long anaerobic runs. Think 1.5-2.0. These are long sprints. Do 220s, 440s, 880s. Fartleks. Remember:l, anything less than about 3 miles is a sprint, not long distance.
2. Longer, slower runs. 5 miles. Slower pace than than the 2 miles.
3. Hills. West Point is built on a fjord. From the Hudson River to the top of Victor Constant ski slope is about 4 miles but 1100’. That’s steep. If you don’t have hills do stairs to prepare:
4. Beast is not Special Forces qualification or Ranger school. They are training to the lowest denominator. But the better prepared you are the better you will do.
5. Look up Stew Smith ACFT. That’s the new Army fitness test. Train for it.
 
UHBlackhawk said:
Define “run heavy”.
There are a few types of runs which you will do in the Army and at West Point.
1. Long anaerobic runs. Think 1.5-2.0. These are long sprints. Do 220s, 440s, 880s. Fartleks. Remember:l, anything less than about 3 miles is a sprint, not long distance.
2. Longer, slower runs. 5 miles. Slower pace than than the 2 miles.
3. Hills. West Point is built on a fjord. From the Hudson River to the top of Victor Constant ski slope is about 4 miles but 1100’. That’s steep. If you don’t have hills do stairs to prepare:
4. Beast is not Special Forces qualification or Ranger school. They are training to the lowest denominator. But the better prepared you are the better you will do.
5. Look up Stew Smith ACFT. That’s the new Army fitness test. Train for it.
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I was thinking heavy in terms of sheer weekly mileage. Appreciate the great resources. I’ll be looking over them
 
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