Ending linear progression; programming conditioning
Ladies/Gents,
I'll be attending the US Army Ranger School at the end of this year and wanted to gather some of your feedback.
I've read through some of Justin L's threads on training for military schools and he recommends focusing on strength until a few weeks/months out before your school date. I suscribe to this philosophy and will probably move to some intermediate strength training for awhile before implemting conditioning work.
I'll still incorporate lifting in my routine (of course) but will need to get some rucking, running, and pushups/situp work in.
1. How long out would you recommend before focusing my training towards my given course? I'm thinking around 12 weeks. Anybody's personal experience would be great.
2. Any general advice y'all recommend? Obviously I don't want to injure myself or break myself down before reporting, that would be the suck. Lift maybe 2-3 days a week focusing on squats, presses, DLs, and chins/pulls. Then incorporate some bodyweight conditioning like sprints, intervals, that good stuff.
3. I'm thinking ruckwork only once a week to get my back/shoulders/feet used to it. Maybe alternate a longer ruck with a shorter, more intense march every other week?
I'm still several months out so I'm not trying to mindfuck this thing too bad, just have some general plans before I get closer to leaving. Thanks.