ManOfTheYear posted:

A lot earlier in this thread there was the link for the article "Why army wants me weak?" and it was about the importance of strength training for modern warfare. I've been watching the documentaries "Two weeks in hell" and "surviving the cut" and most of the PT that any of the people did in any of the episodes was running, swimming and calisthenics, and they did that poo poo a lot. I've also been reading Mark Lauren's "You are your own gym" bodyweight fitness book and the author is a Navy Seal and he preaches on calisthenics.

How come the article and all that special forces stuff are opposites of each other? I understand that a nomal soldier's job is very different from those other guys, but still, why such bare bones training is enough for these green beret dudes but regular soldiers are in need of heavy lifting? I think the only people who werte mentioned of lifting weights were the PJs, but there were no footage of them with barbells or anything.