Tactical fitness= all around fitness-strength, speed, power, endurance. Don’t need to be the best at each but need to be good at each.

I just love it when Echo makes a movie reference and Jocko doesn't give a crap about it. Gold.

"Accept the challenge so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."(George S. Patton) Words to live by.

Forrest Griffin wrote a book, "Got Fight," that I highly recommend. In it, he says, "Train for the job you want." He talks about guys that lifted a bunch of weights and couldn't fight, cause they didn't train fighting. They trained weights.

Rucking was something I did to train multiple days a week before USMC Boot Camp. It made life much easier after the first 4 weeks as the phycological difficulty was greatly diminished because I knew what to expect.

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ― Oscar Wilde

Special Forces passed Jocko selection

Just a totally random piece of information in case anyone is in the mood to learn a random fact: There is a condition that soldiers in the past have gotten when wearing absolutely excessive heavy rucksacks for excessively long periods of time. It’s often called “rucksack palsy” which refers to a traction an injury of the brachial plexus within the shoulder/neck, due to the heavy pack pulling the shoulders down, stretching the nerves running from the neck down into the shoulders. It often affects the long thoracic nerve, which is a nerve that runs from the fifth to seventh cervical nerve roots of the neck down into the serratus anterior muscle. Just in case anyone wanted to learn something random. Love your channel, Jocko!!

The best most accurate advice I have heard on social media. SF is about carrying loads of weight that you can't eat or drink for miles in hostile country, over bad terrain, in almost absolute silence. It's not a glamorous job at all. But it gives one a great sense of achievement when what you set out to do is successful. Because you know that very few people in the world would be able to put up with that shit and still succeed. It's a very personal experience.

He had a guy at work who was 300lbs and we used to call him Rice Cakes. Every 6 months we do a PT Assessment and one thing we have to do is a 1 mile walk. My best was a 9 minute walk. That big dude was like a 9:15. I asked him how can he do that. He said "well when you're fat like me your legs get strong as f*** or you die." Lmao. Great guy.

If I don't see Echo when he talks there's no way I believe he has arms like those.

My partner is a SF 22 veteran,warrior soul and durable.Health wise not too good but every day gives life 100% and I love him dearly.

Literally have the thirty days out checklist next to me and my ruck set up for the morning and I got this notification perfect timing

I love Jocko's method for getting good at stuff. Works for everything.

Had to share this video with several of my clients who are going for selections soon. They had to hear it from me and from Jocko in the way only he tends to inform and explain things. Kudos.

Rucking or tabbing or yomping as it’s referred to by SAS/SBS is the fundamental level of fitness in UK special forces. The first phase of UKSF selection is exactly this, insanely large loads carried out extremely difficult terrain for an absurdly long period of time and distance.

The fact that Jocko has a relevant reference to Tremors on his podcast just shows that this is one of the best podcasts on Earth.

Jocko - “I was a radio man.” Me too, brother. Forced ruck marches aren’t appreciated until you’ve enjoyed it with a PRC-77 added to the ruck.

Just came back from my mandatory military service. It's amazing how some people can march, others can't. I was happy to see that I had the endurance to be able to do it, most people were falling apart. I was also lucky with my feet I guess as I had no problems, even with those hard as fuck military boots. I really enjoyed doing it, I got used to it, even though it was 38 degrees outside.

How to get good at anything? Just do it!

I started rucking a few months ago and I love it. It makes me SWEAT, it makes my muscles BURN and I genuinely feel like I am doing something AMAZING for my body and my health. I try to ruck 3 miles 4 days a week. My mantra is: Stop Thinking, Start Doing. So many questions and research and stats can be put into something, so much so that you never actually end up DOING whatever the hell you're talking about. Stop thinking. Start doing. I do 20lbs each time I ruck. My goal eventually is to do the 12 mile with a 40# ruck. I have lots of goals, but also lots of action.

when i started running, there was this around-120kg-guy on the track (400m) - but boy that dude was fast as fuck ... probably a soccer player, but with his build and his speed he would have made a great football player. That guy - despite never talking to him - got me motivated to run more

I need some Jocko Willink in my life, this man eats discipline for breakfast.

We definitely are always looking for easier, more efficient, faster ways to learn and do things. Maybe it's time to put the cell phone down, stop going from one new thing to the next, overcome the indecisiveness, and just start doing it; and KEEP doing it.

everbody is gangsta until Short guy can bench more than Jocko

Echo is like the child that’s an absolute unit, and Jocko is his dad 😂 Jocko can make dad jokes and Echo will laugh at all of em

No surprise Jocko was good at rucking. He's got the right natural build for that kind of slow, grinding endurance.

You wanna get good at seal selection test? Do push ups, pull ups, sit up, running... Do the first 3 all day. The goal is to keep working at an insanely high level of daily total reps until you get so hammered that you just HAVE to take a rest for a few days, like 2-3 days. So 10 days on 3 days off is a good way to go. Day 14 is a retest day and the beginning of a new 13 days cycle with improved max reps. First set till failure. Then a set every 30 minutes. Those subsequent sets are gonna be easy enough, that the second you feel any burn, you terminate that set. If you get to 30 pull ups in a row, you can just maintain it or take it easy on improving it. After that point just one set to failure a day is sufficient. However, push ups and sit ups, the more you can do before getting there, the better your chances for selection. Some guys get to 150+ strict push ups and 150+ full sit ups, and they get HUGE. They usually can bench twice bodyweight while fully fresh. Imagine, being able to do that, and weighing 300lbs (bulking there through food intake), you will be the most JACKED, muscular lean 300lbs guy on the planet with endurance to back it up. This is how they do it in the pen. This is why prisoners are huge and have beast stamina. The fact that you can utilize nothing but your own body to get yourself superstrong compared to your body weight, and then bulk up while maintaining the same relative strength, *essentially increasing your absolute strength through nothing but calisthenics and bulking....* Is amazing.

Amazing how Echo can always throw in a movie reference!

I started rucking this winter and I love it. I have a soccer background so I’m good at running but if you prefer lifting, it will seem like you found the secret. Get built like a redwood

For cardio long and medium distance runs flat and hills, then rucking is also a must. Then the classic pushup, dips, pullups, climbing the rope, situps, flutter kicks, planks, army crawls, dead hang on the pullup bar and high rep overhead pressing.

The fact that echo referenced my favorite movie series tremors is amazing😂

Jocko that's the most classic movie ever. Must watch!

I recently had surgery on one of my fingers that was fractured in two places and dislocated. Rucking has definitely helped me a lot and has offered a simple and easy explanation to still find a way to get after it

Can we do a podcast just on Tremors? Echo has to tell the entire story and use a whiteboard to try to sell Jocko I’m watching it

You guys need to do a Jocko reacts to tremors.

I suck at running so i decided rucking was my best course for hours and hours of cardio a day... my feet are regretting it, but it is a good workout. Especially going over huge hills

Green berets "buoyancy is for the seals " Seals "I'd rather be a 4x4 than a porche "

Stop thinking about it, just do it. See what you have to to and do it to the max to be the best candidate, the best asset to the team.

I have not trained for special forces, but I have trained for mountain climbing, which also requires carrying a heavy pack over long distances in whatever hellish conditions nature throws at you. Jogging with a rucksack sounds like a recipe for injury, but moving uphill fast is a good alternative.

Wanna be good at listening to Jocko? Listen to Jocko

His book Leadership Strategy and Tactics is a really good book , let’s put it this way , I finished one book my entire life (38 y/o) and the only book I ever finished was chocolate covered ants . That was in grade school , Im about 2/3 into it . It applies to both civilian and military. I plan on reading it multiple times until it’s embedded into my skull .

God Bless all of our Special Forces 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

My father used to say that the french special force train thugs. You needed to be endurant, therefore skinny. Tests were mostly forced marches/ running. Now, with the kind of protection and equipement soldiers carry, they need to bulk up. This comes to the detriment of endurance and speed.

I got a decent dose of "rucking" at Fort Benning in '85 and'86. I agree wholeheartedly with the assessment here.

Jocko doesn’t cry, he sweats out of his eyes

FYI, the watch Jocko Willink is wearing here is a Timex Ironman Triathlon Flix. One of the best looking and toughest watches you will come across. Gives a good run to Casio watches.

Tremors is a MASTERPIECE! Burt Gummer is an American hero.

The Tremor movie reference was brutal to listen to 😂😭

When I was a PJ, we used to run up and down bleachers with a 45-pound pack... Great for building up your legs... HooYah...

Practice makes perfect but suffering prepares you to deal with things others would see as death.

I like to wear my 45 pound weight vest while going for jogs and sprints.

Just so we're on the same page, you're suggesting Pilates right?

Havent been able to do pull-ups since elementary school.. come over a decade later can do a single one.. and It starts from there. embracing the grind is a big part of reaching goals, you need to slog thru a whole bunch of stuff to reach the end.. Id see it as in a sewage tunnel going after some high ranking officer and having to slog thru the literal shit to get to the goal.

Same here, during my 6 years in the (Dutch) Marines. I was basically a mule ;-). Not exceptionally good at running or sprinting, but carrying a rucksack on long marches. Bring it, could do that all day.

A Tremors reference. Damn, never thought I’d see the day.

Lol friggin Tremors. I bought my dad the whole collection for his birthday and he lit up like a Christmas tree. Jocko is one busy dude to not know about the “worm” movie.

you can be strong, fast, agile have endurance etc. but to be a warrior grit, courage, stamina, and intellect are essential

Jocko is the only ASMR I need.

He's totally spot on. Timed 50kg marches are essential.

Loved rucking, when first started feet wouldcbe bleeding so you had to learn tomtape them up. Then bergan would rub back raw and had to tape that as well . Wa awsome when sorted out technique for feet and could just bang out 40 miles and feel good enough to turn round and go back to start

Home boy talking about tremors like it’s a documentary

Dead bugs, crunches, good mornings/rdl's, straight leg add/abductions, train your tibialis muscle. Get yourself a massage gun, any 4 channel basic electronic muscle stimulator and kinesiotape for recovery. Keep your posterior chain (especialy lower back) flexy. Warm up hip flexors, hamstrings, calves muscles before rucking. As a physio I would recommend the above stuff. It can speed up recovery, improve performance, prevent cramps and strains. Good luck, train hard, GET SOME!

“4x4 durable” = goals

Was in the Army....never went Special Operations. Was a Sapper/Light Engineer....Light Engineer MY ASS !!!!!!! HAHAHA, good times

Great video, perfect for someone like me guys. Thanks you for all you do 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Rucking SUCKS! However, once you are comfortable with being uncomfortable you will always prevail!! I walked at a 12 - 13 min pace in the infantry. I ran pretty good, but not fast. I was an endurance guy and good go all DAY! Like you said sir "It takes practice" even for me.

The best part of this clip, is Jockos confusion over the movie reference

PERFECTLY STATED a 4x4. Covers all SF! 0317 SEMPER FI

I would assume that if you’re training for the SEALS you’d want to do a ton of swimming and be a strong confident swimmer who is comfortable in the water. That doesn’t hold as true for something like Army SF or Rangers.

In the song Juke box hero, I always hear rucking instead of rocking. Makes the song even better.

One of the greatest movies to ever be written in the history of United States cinematic

I couldn't stop staring at his forearms throughout the entire video

echo talking about tremors made my day.

Pull-ups and running in boots. Do pull-ups and run in a something heavier than shoes with a backpack if you want. Pull-ups and more pull-ups.

I recommend the dry hump - a five mile ruck hump with no water

Wish i had actually made the effort to not worry about the paperwork and paid attention to the training and or had the mentorship that informed me on the beautiful topic of rucking ... thank god i hiked with some weight and ran and played hockey or i wouldnt have made it .... if youre going into the military ...get your RUCK on and start slow and increase weight and pace and do interval training to get a solid pace ... shits not fun but its not fun when your 5'5' and given a 240 ... if youre smaller plan on that happening talking here to the 11X and 11B boys

Forced road marches. Been there done that. I loved road marches. 11B!

Stew Smiths book for training is excellent. Got me and my buddy more than ready for SEAL/S and EOD.

Just waiting for someone to make censors to the rucking monologue

A hero Mr wilinck.

Sharing from Moncton New Brunswick Canada 🇨🇦 Buddy as always!

Road marching is a gut-check. Period. You have to endure blisters on your feet, raw spots in other random places where the ruck rubs, and the pain. You get soreness in spots where you can only get soreness from rucking. If you haven’t been under ruck for days at a time, you cannot appreciate what an ass kicker it is. In SFAS, we had this kid that took his socks off after a day of land nav and they were soaked in blood from his blisters. His feet were fucking raw in places.

Main take away: If you want to be good as something, do it until you're good at it. Also, watch Tremors

The wear and tear on the crotch from long humps, wore biker type shorts to keep boys up and out of the way, OOHRAH!🇺🇸

I appreciate Echo's Tremors 1 reference. That was Kevin Bacon's greatest cinematic masterpiece. Also, rucking sucks. Take care of your feet.

An epic analogy by Echo Charles

A “Tremors” reference, haha. Loved that movie as a kid.

But what kind of workouts do special forces guys do on their own after they’re in the special forces?

The hardest training in the USMC was those forced marches. The packs were a bit more than 50 pounds my friend.

ya those midsize, stocky guys are built for Rucking.

It’s always a good idea especially if there is a career path that can benefit after service.

I’m 5’7 and on the skinny side but also athletic build. Played baseball WR or LB in football and played basketball (not for a official school team) so I’ve always been athletic but never close to the best player bc, you know, genetics but I made up for it with will power determination and hard work. I practiced longer and harder more hours in the gym. I’m the smallest guy in my PLT but I can do more pull-ups out ruck and hold a plank longer than anyone in my gym PLT as far as my peers go (junior marines (a boot). Determination never say die and will power will eventually surpass and keep with or out perform someone (in certain aspects) than someone who genetically superior. Have the mindset of the hardest working man in the room and you’ll do fine

Im with jocko, there's always that one guy who will proved U wrong, its like meeting a cross-eye soldier who has better aim then half of the unit lol.

This is perfect timing im looking into becoming a army ranger. Does anyone have any tips

Who knew "simplicity" is the secret!

Jocko is fitness.

After boot camp and marine combat training my feet looked like hamburger. Rucking was no joke.

The law of specificity in training. To address why Jocko was good at rocking. The shape of the pelvis and angle of the femur will affect your skillset. Most people will have femur angles built for general use, but others have angles for squatting or for marching. Sounds like we know what kind Jocko has.