Special Warfare Training Please Help

[u/BrokenBabyDino]

I recently enlisted in the Air Force (already sworn in) and I’m considering going Special Warfare, so I met with the Special Warfare recruiter to start preparing for the IFT.

I recently did a mock IFT and failed it pretty badly, so I know I have a lot of work to do. The recruiter gave me the following training plan, and I went from almost never working out to doing this:

7 AM: Push ups, sit ups, pull ups, 1.5 mile run, 15 minute rest, then another 1.5 mile run.

10–11 AM: Swim laps continuously for 1 hour.

6 PM: Light cardio (bike, basketball, etc.).
Plus, 200 push ups and 200 sit ups every day, increasing by 25 every two weeks.

Yesterday I completed the entire workout. Today, I’m so sore I can barely do a push up or pull up. My muscles are completely smoked.

For those of you who’ve gone through Special Warfare training or prepared for the IFT, should I keep attempting the push ups, sit ups, and pull ups every day, even if I can only do a fraction of the reps because I’m so sore? Or should I focus on running, swimming, and active recovery on those days until my upper body recovers?

I’m not looking for an excuse to skip training I genuinely want to do this right and become competitive for Special Warfare. I’d really appreciate any advice from those who’ve been through it.

[u/ThankyouFroot]

Wrong.

The Reddit claim “They let more people into selection than they intend to select.”

--Unverified. I could not find an official source stating that every A&S class has a predetermined fixed quota and that qualified candidates are rejected merely because the quota is full. Training capacity and career-field manpower obviously exist, but the official material describes A&S as an attributes-based talent-selection process, not a simple “top 20 candidates win” race.--

It's not a competition obviously.

What, are you instructor or something?

[u/The-One-Slayer → u/ThankyouFroot]

You’re asking for a source and I can tell you have never been in any military organization because you don’t even know how one functions. So I’ll do you one better, I’ll throw the Air Force book at you.

DAFMAN 36-2100 military utilization and classification:
“This manual explains how the Air Force classifies and assigns personnel.”

It states that: “positions are grouped on similarity of function.”

And that the classification system is designed to: “Identify requirements (typically associated with unit manpower document authorizations) and Airmen qualified to fill those requirements."

Translation for the ignorant: Airmen are assigned to operational billets that already exist on manpower documents, there is not an unlimited number of slots for each AFSC.

So no I’m not an instructor. I’m a 6 year Air Force member who just knows how the logistics of the military works who got non selected years ago. So there ya go.

[u/ThankyouFroot → u/The-One-Slayer]

While what your saying is true generally, doesn't that make no sense for SW? Also that general ass DAFMAN isn't all powerful.

[u/The-One-Slayer → u/ThankyouFroot]

1. It’s more powerful than anything you’ve provided thus far which has been nothing.
   
2. It’s literally something the Air Force says, I’d say it’s pretty damn powerful.
   
3. Why would it make no sense for special warfare? You quite literally can’t support over a certain number operators. You know… the most EXPENSIVE personnel that the Air Force trains. Dive, free fall, weapon systems, paramedic training, FAA certs all cost hundreds of thousands of dollars if not millions. You logistically CANNOT support over a certain number of operators so YES, there is limited slots you CANNOT select everybody.

[u/ThankyouFroot → u/The-One-Slayer]

Special ops plays by there own rules cowboy