The Air Force Special Warfare Initial Fitness Test Explained (Ft. Stew Smith)

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The Air Force Special Warfare Initial Fitness Test (IFT) is one of the first hurdles an AFSPECWAR candidate must face on their journey to selection. In this video, you will learn how to not only conduct the IFT, but to train for and ultimately crush it… all while getting some invaluable insight by former Navy SEAL Stew Smith.
The Air Force communities that use the IFT are: Special Recon, Combat Controllers (CCT), Pararescuemen (PJ), Tactical Air Control Party (TACP), SERE Specialists, Air Force EOD, Special Tactics Officers (ST), Combat Rescue Officers (CRO), and Tactical Air Control Party Officers (TACPO).
If you’re interested in joining some sort of Air Force Special Warfare community, you will have to pass the IFT.
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@GeneralDischarge Жыл бұрын

Start your journey to AFSPECWAR selection today and get *10% OFF* some solid gear at ATACLETE using code “GENERALDISCHARGE” at checkout: bit.ly/ATACLETE Who here is planning on, or already taken, the Air Force IFT?

@skolfd4494 Жыл бұрын

Planning on soon. PJ

@emmanuelawosusi2365 Жыл бұрын

Great channel

@LostKoda 9 ай бұрын

Planning 🫡

@ByronJames7 Жыл бұрын

Word of advice for guys looking to pursue AFSW, whether it be the STGA route or TACP. Since the IFT is the first "test" into the pipeline, as a general rule, you want to be able to pass this test on your worst day at any given time. That means even if you are sick, sleep deprived, hungry, freezing, etc... You should always be able to pass an IFT. A popular saying in the community is "exceeding the standard is the standard." Never shoot for the minimum, and wishing any of you who decide to pursue this career the best of luck.

@vendetta7012 3 ай бұрын

What if you hardly get sick? Lol maybe do it on sleep deprivation I work ems too so I'm always sleep deprived

@ByronJames7 3 ай бұрын

@vendetta7012 completely different kind of sleep dep

@vendetta7012 3 ай бұрын

@@ByronJames7 true

@fullerfitnessx3998 2 ай бұрын

Probably the best advice I've heard in a long time

@jerrod9009 29 күн бұрын

This changed my perspective thanks

@levidavis6101 Жыл бұрын

Stew smith is a legend when it comes to workout techniques and form when it comes to the CSS

@HaroldCornbreadCarter Жыл бұрын

Bro, funny enough the most stringent test I had to take. Moving from the Navy to the Air Force, the recruiting cadre were super anal about how everything was done. After busting out all my pull ups, I was told “no rep” for all of them because they wanted me to pull myself up over the bar and look down at the ground at a 45 degree angle. If you’re looking to do anything in AFSOC, get your form down.

@alan2052 11 ай бұрын

And I bet they didn’t even correct you while doing them lmao they waited until you were done

@TheSilentMajorityNation 10 ай бұрын

Legit doing my IFT now for the 3rd time. Form is everything!

@justsaiyan8678 10 ай бұрын

How many pull ups do you have to do?

@TheSilentMajorityNation 10 ай бұрын

@@justsaiyan8678 8 clean

@justsaiyan8678 10 ай бұрын

@@TheSilentMajorityNation thx boss!

@justinbranden5275 Жыл бұрын

You can limp through the calisthenics. That run followed by the underwater swims is where the test starts

@peytonstephens9848 2 ай бұрын

This helps a lot. I went from a 10:49 500m to a 8:27 swim. Trying out for AFSW as a CCT.

@mr.tree.6967 6 ай бұрын

The underwater was terrifying but I just spent a stupid amount of time in the pool and then it became light af

@GeneralDischarge 6 ай бұрын

Nice! What are you going for?

@mr.tree.6967 4 ай бұрын

@@GeneralDischarge CCT

@spelllingg Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing AF some love

@formwiz7096 Жыл бұрын

A lot of this is stuff so many guys who have to do a sport in high school (whether they make a team or not) could really benefit from seeing. I was always a pretty good runner in terms of form (as I was told on occasion), but a little short in the limbs so that was a handicap, but I never really thought about technique. This is the kind of thing that could make a mediocre athlete a lot better and Stew is a great counselor.

@GreenBlueWalkthrough Жыл бұрын

Yeah like 8 pulls, 80 push ups(Wall push ups at least) and the swimming stuff is something I can just do the rest I just can't but still interesting to see what the basic stuff an SF oper needs to be able to do.

@Webl638 9 ай бұрын

Stew smith workouts are legit. Did his pre ift push up warning order and increased my max by 20 push ups

@GeneralDischarge 9 ай бұрын

Yeah he's the real deal!

@ThorandSharon Жыл бұрын

While never had serving in the U.S. Military, I am a serious obstacle course racing athlete and Stew Smith assisted me in improving my performance. He is an excellent coach/trainer and among the best I've worked with! You won't be disappointed.!

@raygood7986 Жыл бұрын

This is like absolute best video you've made to date !

@silvestregarcia3755 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible information and very motivational. I appreciate the real talk. 🙏🏻

@ConnorTheDJ24 Жыл бұрын

Stew Smith has the best advice for anyone wanting to pass the IFT when they are doing Air Force Special Warfare.

@iancarpenter-lw2ej Жыл бұрын

Very Informative, thank you

@tazer.so9 Жыл бұрын

This is what I need. Thanks!

@emmanuelawosusi2365 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@abdulsharif6541 9 ай бұрын

Great Video

@mrshovelbottom7475 Жыл бұрын

Should do the Operator Fitness Test (OFT), it is what they have to do to maintain. It is way different from the IFT.

@123vict5 Жыл бұрын

Another great video. Can you please make a video about the South African Recces?

@resipsaloquitur13 Жыл бұрын

The PJ puts his 1-2-3's in just like every other joe... the only diffrence is, once those 1-2-3's are installed- he helps.. um... .. dudes live. Thats good enough for this Army Pathfinder.

@resipsaloquitur13 Жыл бұрын

6 Silent Men. F Co. 4-101 PFDR Forever grateful. "That Others May Live"

@azdesertnews7563 Жыл бұрын

Thx good stuff.

@connorallgood0922 Жыл бұрын

Can you please do a video on the White House Military Office? I'd love to learn more about this organization and how to get in, as well as different jobs they have.

@SRTPCC Жыл бұрын

Thanks General Discharge #1

@Your_Mother881 11 ай бұрын

It’s sobering once you practice it at a gym to see if you can, and you can only hit the BARE MINIMUM on two of them. Lot of work ahead of me.

@justsaiyan8678 10 ай бұрын

What are the requirements for run, pull ups and swim?

@Vakator-29 2 ай бұрын

@justsaiyan8678 did you find out? On the website it just says you must do everything in under 2 min but UT doesn't say how many

@bryanlopez4562 Жыл бұрын

Passed my last two ift's, I'm hitting the minimal standards on the pull ups so I have a month and a half before I ship out to get 12-16

@newjerseypoontappa1026 4 ай бұрын

You make selection?

@MrWiskytango 3 ай бұрын

EOD does test sit-ups and pushups so be aware.

@HondoMcChando 17 күн бұрын

Thanks, brother.

@mr.2d749 Жыл бұрын

Stew Smith was 5-star

@king_z3053 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a focus on Air Force pilots like you did for naval aviators?

@Dallas702 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on Florida highway patrol and show all of their special units, Just like how you did CHP?

@yuvalwaizer8935 Жыл бұрын

Can yall do a video on the Yamam unit of the Israeli special forces. I am a huge fan and would love to see your take on the Yamam

@helios-152 Жыл бұрын

Got to talk to stew once, cool guy.

@Private_Day Жыл бұрын

Hey General Discharge, could you make a video on the United States Marine Corps Counter Intelligence/ Human Intelligence?

@jeanluisriveraricard4753 Жыл бұрын

Please do video on CBP SRT

@blakekomprood9660 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on the tour for SWCC training.

@adamcaza879 Жыл бұрын

I know they are not as high speed as the regular army but Can you guys do a video on the state guard/ state defense forces

@owstoronto 8 ай бұрын

The standards for 500m and 1500m swims are much slower than i expected. I thought it would be like sub 9:20 and sub 22:00.

@ninjawarrior1838 Жыл бұрын

can you do special missions aviators next?

@elliottdavid7405 Жыл бұрын

Sweet

@servandovillela1092 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on the U.S. Army Old guard?

@saint4105 Жыл бұрын

Failed the swim 6 times I think , demolished everything else .

@Gasman2576 Жыл бұрын

Can you explain more of the marsoc pipeline and kind of do it the way this video was?

@LofiHopix 7 ай бұрын

It would be good to have information about Air Force cybersecurity and requirements so many videos but nothing about cybersecurity or other cyber pipeline

@smccaull Жыл бұрын

Crazy how the standards get lower. Knew a lot of people in the pipeline say this years ago. interesting.

@almightybryce4988 Жыл бұрын

Does the AF Have a 18x type option

@wed_ward Жыл бұрын

Man.. 30-minute rest to hydrate and shower? In 1984 we went straight from the run to the pool in mid-December and hopped right in. I cramped up halfway through and they yanked me. I could have used that 30 minute break.

@ByronJames7 Жыл бұрын

On paper, it is a 30-minute rest, in reality, there is no 30-minute rest period... It's straight into the pool for the underwaters and 500-meter swim after the run... the developers usually want to get through the IFT as quickly as possible

@TheSilentMajorityNation 10 ай бұрын

Just took mine, they took us from the run to the lockers to change and into the pool. It was about 30 min but definitely not enough time to shower or any of that.

@specialopsguy1121 Жыл бұрын

Hello sur thanks you i have answers to my questions and one more thing Sir just wanted to ask you who do you call commando

@chizobamejingiri2917 Жыл бұрын

Love your channel. can you make a detailed video on U.S rangers. i will be one

@todrickburks8904 Жыл бұрын

They already have

@Jared-gh3ex Жыл бұрын

Are you guys out in the civ div now?

@peanutbutterman8280 Жыл бұрын

How does the contract work if you’re prior service?

@175clearedhot Жыл бұрын

Does anyone else remember that channel kind of like this where the guys voice is less hidden but no one knows who it is but he was previous mil and made these vids and how to prepare?

@locked_pup Ай бұрын

Late reply, but SOFprepCoach?

@juleslol904 Жыл бұрын

Q & A next?

@hirumbiffidum9145 Жыл бұрын

SWOV-E ? Not like "Swoveback" as opposed to Momback ?? Sorry General Discharge, I'm on a different program ...

@Serbz03 10 ай бұрын

I have a question about the running intervals. How many days a week should this be done?

@domeinic7354 9 ай бұрын

in my training program we do it just once a week

@Steady_Infuzed 7 ай бұрын

It's weird I'm that guy that'll clime a vertical mountain with a single harness and roping like nothing but for some weird reason I can't physically perform pull ups off a bar it's crazy

@Theblobmma 8 ай бұрын

I’m livid right now, I can pass all those fitness tests fairly easily except I just learned how to swim, it’ll be impossible for me to swim 500M

@evilincarnate2245 Жыл бұрын

I might've missed the video but I havent seen anything covering Underwater Construction Team (UCT) yet. 🤔

@GeneralDischarge Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g850hddzrqfOnXU.html

@HanielPineda 10 ай бұрын

Why does the right dude on the thumbnail look like Michael Stevens from Vsauce?

@harmonykane1525 Жыл бұрын

What are mp gear

@xKiernan Жыл бұрын

Does Height matter cause im 5'7 and think that just cause of my height i can't make it, or there's a list that has a height requirement?

@February_ Жыл бұрын

Most special ops aren’t tall you got it homie, former marine btw. If you’re tall enough to join(which you are) you can do special ops

@ByronJames7 Жыл бұрын

not at all, most of the cadre are about 5'7/5'8

@aj7765 11 ай бұрын

gotta be tall enough to grab the pull up bar, sorry

@erics362 Жыл бұрын

For your next video, you should have a former PJ explain how to pass the SEAL initial fitness test.

@johnkamot3237 Жыл бұрын

I was gonna say why have a former seal talk about AfSpecWar IFT. Not saying hes not qualified, he most likely is, but there isnt a former CCT/PJ that can talk about it.

@MistaP13 Жыл бұрын

@@johnkamot3237thought it was weird too. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@johnkamot3237 Жыл бұрын

@@MistaP13 He must have been a CCT/PJ washout then swore he would learn everything about AFSPECWAR IFT to help the future Airmen 😆

@ITIRICI 11 ай бұрын

28 pull ups 117 sit ups 143 push ups (79 in 1 min) 7:51 in 1.5 mile (I could of went faster, but I paced myself wrong) 25m swims are easy if you have swam most your life and practice form and practice holding your breath in the deepest end of a pool to help push your lungs to cooperate. My running I trained by working up to over 20 miles at a time. Day off of running and swim. Sprint work to help running and a shorter run of around 5 miles after sprinting. Pool day next day and then next day 20+ miles and running the last mile backwards as it really feels crazy and helps your legs condition then sprint work again and 1 day off to recover I did Cals every other day to start and added climbing trees with arms only up and down and later went to a peg board and did bear crawls, planks, side planks, hanging as long as I could on pull up bar, dips slow and controlled, walking on my hands, lunges, flutter kicks (ankle weights) I added weight some days to my push ups. Those numbers above were my test results. Leave your ego at home. Know you're training so that others may live.

@TheSilentMajorityNation 10 ай бұрын

That's definitely the best numbers I heard. Dude in my test did a 7:50 run too. I'm guessing you're doing PJ?

@shahzebnasir4692 10 ай бұрын

There’s no way you’re doing all that running and weight training and not breaking down your body or ending up sick? What do you eat? Like 6000 calories a day?

@shadooks4774 10 күн бұрын

Bro didn’t do it right or is capping 💀

@recon0x7f16 Жыл бұрын

Does usaf Cct do ocean swims like seals in the beach ?

@IGY6Brah Жыл бұрын

Yes. They go through the combat dive course

@speedracer2336 Жыл бұрын

Yes they do unless it’s changed they had to complete the Army combat diver course. As far as I know all spec ops are proficient in air, land and sea ops.

@ByronJames7 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they do it in Pre-dive, in a large lake in Texas. Then in Combat Dive they hit the ocean

@baileyayyy5085 10 ай бұрын

god if I ever do go through with this im so excited for the run being a hs and hobby runner feels kinda like a cheat edit: just watched it he said a 6 minute pace is good holy fuck they would love me 🤣too bad im dogshit at pushups

@Blackowl44 10 ай бұрын

20% physical 80% mental

@mr.n.e.d4717 Жыл бұрын

The 5th door. Is Security Forces.

@TheSilentMajorityNation 10 ай бұрын

Sere and EOD

@sunderrajan2007 Жыл бұрын

How can I join us army special forces as a foreigner

@shahzebnasir4692 10 ай бұрын

You can’t.

@Blackowl44 10 ай бұрын

Do dudes realize this is just the beginning lol the real training happens later

@Eddyag1998 7 ай бұрын

Yea but is it timed like this afterwards? The calisthenics is a joke to me but that run and swim has me worried. I take my asvab next week

@Vakator-29 2 ай бұрын

@@Eddyag1998did you make it?

@soapcang696 Жыл бұрын

I'll graduate from university this June 20th, and I'm certain that my trash GPA has barred me from the officer route (only a 2.77), so should I sign on with a Delayed Enlistment, and take 2 or even 4 months to physically and mentally prepare myself for the IFT?

@Token_Black_Guy Жыл бұрын

Don't join .mil is gay

@soapcang696 Жыл бұрын

Someone replied me and I can't see a darn thing, gracias YT, many thanks :(

@clownworld360 Жыл бұрын

you will be given time to take tests and for mentally and physically 😂

@soapcang696 Жыл бұрын

@@clownworld360 you mean like through a delayed enlistment or even regular enlistment would also give u the time u need?

@clownworld360 Жыл бұрын

@@soapcang696 you go to fat camp and learn stuff before you actually train just think of it like before boot camp like before the tutorial of a video game

@pumitriii6160 Жыл бұрын

Why not just do underwater dolphin kicks for the 25m underwater??

@colinrucci3598 Жыл бұрын

You can add them in although they prefer keyhole stroke as they find you incorporate less strokes, therefore burn less energy.

@pumitriii6160 Жыл бұрын

@@colinrucci3598 interesting. thx

@ByronJames7 Жыл бұрын

It's not allowed. You can do 2 dolphin kicks at most then the cadre will instruct you to stroke.

@TheAphelionsWrath Жыл бұрын

Kinda embarrassed to say this but I am NOWHERE able to make these scores. Is there any way to get closer to making to these scores maybe go past it?

@todrickburks8904 Жыл бұрын

Workout everyday

@soapcang696 Жыл бұрын

Same here bro, what I'm thinking is that I'll sign on through a delayed enlistment and strictly follow the workout schedule/plan my recruiter sent me once I graduate from university

@TheAphelionsWrath Жыл бұрын

@@soapcang696 That sounds like a pretty good idea

@ConfidentMelon Жыл бұрын

incorporate EMOMs with supersets into your workouts. A quick workout for me would be a 30 minute emom with 3 exercises (5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, 3 navy seal burpees) with 1-2 mile warmup run and a 1 mile cool down. This way you total about 3 miles of running, 150 pull-ups, 300 push-ups, and 90 burpees. Also, I recommend always working out with a stopwatch to make sure you're not resting too long between sets, and trying to add weight to your pull-ups, sit-ups, dips, and push-ups. (weight vest or dip belt). Like the video said, give yourself mock IFTs where you do the exercises in a row with the same rest times so you're not surprised on test day.

@alonsoaravenacuevas2780 Жыл бұрын

Do the exercises and add weight when you start progressing, it'll be easier when you don't use extra weight.

@MaxwellPerret Жыл бұрын

This whole voice disguise thing seems a little excessive

@TriggerHappy. Жыл бұрын

I don’t know why he disguises his voice when it’s all information from the internet, and for the past 2-3 years the pitch of the voice changer is always different the only people you’re stopping from from finding your voice is the 0.1% of the population that knows you personally.

@xanshen9011 Жыл бұрын

I think he’s doing it just to fit a “covert/blackops” theme on this channel.