you think you can finish "Hell Week" when it comes to BUD/s

[doughnutking]

When i was 18, yes. Today?... i'd probably die.

[ATT82121]

Hell no, I get pisst at people if I don’t have a good wank before at least 8 hours of sleep

[JohnnyRingo350]

I can barely finish a sentence let alone BUDS.

[BostonRockets]

Easily. Maybe if they reduced the sleep to 1 hour I might feel challenged.

- Typical Miscer

[Strawng]

I'm 99% sure I could if I didn't die in the process. Srs. I have an extremely high pain tolerance & get tunnel vision obsessing over goals because I've been horribly traumatized & pushed to my physical & mental limits my whole life. I'm also 24 years old & am naturally very athletic. I actually wanted to join when I was a young teenager. That being said, I would never join because I'm pretty certain somebody who already has PTSD joining the Navy SEALS is like somebody who already has Parkinson's starting a boxing career. I have mad respect for the SEALS though.

[MEDITATE]

Yeah well they aren't looking for people who can perform under perfect circumstances when they are well rested and well fed. They are looking for people who strive under adversity and have a never quit mentality. Lots of people make the cut physically, actually everybody there probably does. It's 99% mental.

99% mental my ass. when your muscles gives up on you , doesnt matter how mentally strong you are.... youll just fail... its mental and physical

[Austanian]

Yeah well they aren't looking for people who can perform under perfect circumstances when they are well rested and well fed. They are looking for people who strive under adversity and have a never quit mentality. Lots of people make the cut physically, actually everybody there probably does. It's 99% mental.

It is all mental true, but there is a chit ton of luck involved....

You could be a mentally disciplined master, but if you get sick or hurt you are basically done. This cuts out a good chunk of people that would have made it had the dice landed a different way.

I asked because OP asked "through hell week" which is much different than 3 weeks of buds and then Hell week.

[MEDITATE]

It is all mental true, but there is a chit ton of luck involved....

You could be a mentally disciplined master, but if you get sick or hurt you are basically done. This cuts out a good chunk of people that would have made it had the dice landed a different way.

I asked because OP asked "through hell week" which is much different than 3 weeks of buds and then Hell week.

yeah just hellweek, without the entire bud/s thingy

and why does everyone keeps saying its only mental, its physical and mental

[Austanian]

yeah just hellweek, without the entire bud/s thingy

and why does everyone keeps saying its only mental, its physical and mental

Because every single person that walks into BUDS is typically bad ass and already completely in shape.

Yet only 25% make it...

Thus you have a constant and the only thing different between most candidates is the mental aspect.

Then you add in the luck.

[Muztek]

Lol @ some people here who aren't military and think they have a chance. In what world do you think purely meeting a run time even qualifies you? You boys ever pack marched (rucking I think the yanks call it)? Ever done sleep dep and food dep only to have to fking keep doing physical and strenuous ****? These dudes take months to prep up after already (usually) having a good base understanding of regular military ****.

^ It's also true you begin seeing and hearing ****. Staring into pitch black for 7-8 hours straight after already not sleeping makes you see some wild ****, and you're there guarding your team while they rest. It's fked all kinds of ways, but builds you none the less.

Seal training would in my honest opinion come down to 2 things, the ability to prepare well enough, which probably doesn't happen at any normal unit/regiment due to never having a proper routine and you've got to really want it, it seems romantic and cool af to be these guys but when you do some basic **** you might end up fking hating it and think 'my god this is boring and ****. why would I do this.'

[MarinoMike]

I could. Yes.

See ottermode qualifications in avi

[MEDITATE]

Because every single person that walks into BUDS is typically bad ass and already completely in shape.

Yet only 25% make it...

Thus you have a constant and the only thing different between most candidates is the mental aspect.

Then you add in the luck.

yaaaaaaaaaa...no


watch from minute 11:15 onwards

[Joseph1990]

If I did not have exercise induced asthma for certain. With it, legitimately impossible for anyone.

[iloveus]

I would do it. Not sure if I'd make it until I tried.

[nn586]

I'd die trying

[Neuronecrosis]

its a major doorway towards becoming a Navy SEAL... they stay awake for 4 or 5 days with 4 hours of sleep

who of you think can pass this ?

Pretty sure I could before I got out. Nothing about EFMB or old standard Ranger school before repass fuked it in 2012 for his political gain was hard for me in the least. I'm fairly sure the vast majority of my old unit would have zero trouble with hell week. There is far more to being a seal than being physically tough, I am sure.

I made it through SFAS (special forces assessment and selection) and was denied purely because of my age and was told I should try again after age 25. I never did. Had a friend recently denied for the EXACT same reason, except he was 19. He will be going back and is currently national guard.

You would be REALLY surprised how many people in the regular marines, army, navy, etc would be able to stand up to the physical trials of hell week. The real issue is in proving you can act on your feet and under pressure, be a team player, and have heart without attitude.

Fort Bragg and Fort Carson are full of hard ass soldiers who could stand up to the physical trials of SFAS/BUDS barring stupidity.

[StarFox]

Psh, hell week at my fraternity was harder than that ****. We got about as much sleep AND had to watch Rambo First Blood part 1 on repeat until the dvd broke









Not srs, couldn’t do BUD/S at all

[Amp30]

lol no. I'm straight up retarded with less than 6 hours of sleep

[meenman83]

Anyone ever spend time with a SEAL? I used to mountain bike with a guy who was active in the late 90's. He had let himself go physically but still had that "must not quit" mental attitude and would attempt to keep up with the fastest guys which typically resulted in him projectile vomiting or making a fatigue mistake and taking a hard digger. Dude was a true animal.

Yeah but they're a different breed not much to say as we just bullschit about normal stuff like normal people. Also cousin was now does PSD he was always the sports star, turbo Chad and high speed at risk taking growing up.

[Neuronecrosis]

Yeah but they're a different breed not much to say as we just bullschit about normal stuff like normal people. Also cousin was now does PSD he was always the sports star, turbo Chad and high speed at risk taking growing up.

It isn't BUD/S or before BUDS that necessarily makes them a different breed. To be relevant in many SOF units your initial training is only a small part of the equation. For instance, the 2 year Q course for 18D (special forces medical sergeant) is the bare minimum for standards. When you hit your ODA there are a dozen classes and courses to attend. You hit the ground running. All SF soldiers are ASOT II and SFAUC qualified minimum.

There is this weird prevailing misconception that it is the initial entry training that is toughest. It isn't. But the learning curve exists in such a way that by the time you hit your unit, your maintenance training seems easier than the initial entry. It isnt.

[wincel]

I would break first day. I do not have that kind of loyalty to my country. I simply don't care enough about other people to put up with that chit. Mad respect to those who can. I ain't putting my life on the line for Chad's kids. Also, the physical reqs are quite intense as well especially on limited sleep and food. I can't function at the gym if I didn't eat and rest well day before. Can't imagine doing that iron man chit on like 800 cals of field rations and 2 hrs of sleep. Takes a special kind of person to do that stuff.

[faxanadu]

Pretty sure i could survive hell week. When it comes to physical tests and the mental anguish associated... I simply don't know how to quit. I'll crawl to the finish line if i have to. Whether or not they'd let me pass (admin drop) seal training in its entirety ... that I have no clue.

I have no doubt Hell Week is brutal chit. But... I've put myself through some really tough chit that is probably comparable if not worse.

[JigPig]

Pretty sure i could survive hell week. When it comes to physical tests and the mental anguish associated... I simply don't know how to quit. I'll crawl to the finish line if i have to. Whether or not they'd let me pass (admin drop) seal training in its entirety ... that I have no clue.

I have no doubt Hell Week is brutal chit. But... I've put myself through some really tough chit that is probably comparable if not worse.

You simply have no idea do you. That’s literally what every single candidate for BUD/S or any special forces selection tells them self yet fails.

[MEDITATE]

Pretty sure i could survive hell week. When it comes to physical tests and the mental anguish associated... I simply don't know how to quit. I'll crawl to the finish line if i have to. Whether or not they'd let me pass (admin drop) seal training in its entirety ... that I have no clue.

I have no doubt Hell Week is brutal chit. But... I've put myself through some really tough chit that is probably comparable if not worse.

hellweek is described as , running 10 miles, doing 50 jumping jacks,100 pushups, 30 pull ups resting for 10 minutes then doing it all over again repeatedly for the next 4 days ... so yeah..unless youre one of these special breed brahs, it aint happening

[faxanadu]

hellweek is described as , running 10 miles, doing 50 jumping jacks,100 pushups, 30 pull ups resting for 10 minutes then doing it all over again repeatedly for the next 4 days ... so yeah..unless youre one of these special breed brahs, it aint happening

Having mountain biked from Canada to Mexico and hiked from Georgia to Maine... I can tell you that I've put myself through some physical/mental suffering that 99% of the population wouldn't even entertain. I'm way harder on myself than anyone has ever been to me. I do the chit I've done because I believe I'm weak.

[OutdoorsBrah]

Good thread.


To make it through hell week, you need to be able to reliably go to a "certain place" in your mind to exist when all the pain, fatigue, near death (controlled drowning, hypothermia, exposure, over exertion) and starvation kick in.... on top of being completely broken down mentally as a person to the most fundamental level by being shouted and abused the entire time.





That mental "place" and the ability to access it on command it is only realized by 1% of the population...if you can't access it, you WILL break during hell week, which is good. Because the chit tier 1 operators do, would break you even worse than hell week.





















































If you don't understand what I'm getting at... your in the 99% and there is no shame in that.

[Critter5592]

nah bro I am sweet, don't like being cold.

[badreligion]

Enemies is is considered torture but for recruits it's "training" makes sense .

[bobbydigitaloa]

LoL @ thinking anyone here could.

[MattyMiscer]

Anyone ever spend time with a SEAL? I used to mountain bike with a guy who was active in the late 90's. He had let himself go physically but still had that "must not quit" mental attitude and would attempt to keep up with the fastest guys which typically resulted in him projectile vomiting or making a fatigue mistake and taking a hard digger. Dude was a true animal.

I left a lot of sweat and puke on the beach and pool deck in Coronado