The New U.S. Army Basic Combat Training designed to create “Warrior Athletes”

March 17, 2010

The next generation of U.S. Army soldier will be exposed to a basic Combat Training program that has been radically re-designed to make him/her:

Faster
Stronger
More Powerful
More agile/mobile

Less likely to suffer from overuse injuries
More likely to rebound quicker from acute injuries
And more capable of performing the tasks required of a modern soldier

In essence, the new training program is designed to create Warrior Athletes.
No more…

long distance runs
bayonet drills
and high rep sets of chin-ups and push-ups while being screamed at by this guy

Instead, the new BCT program has recruits doing…

Interval sprint training
Low rep / High Power/Speed sets
Timed sets
circuit training
maximum of 30 minutes of running per session
hill sprints
shuttle runs
hand to hand combat using pugil sticks
“core” training
anaerobic endurance training
while being screamed at by this guy

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Soldiers need to be able to move quickly under load, to be mobile under load, with your body armor, your weapons and your helmet, in a stressful […]

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