Physical Readiness Training – Part 1

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Any warrior organization that intends to achieve full tactical readiness needs to survey, draft and perform training and leadership improvement through training that is done based on tasks, conditions and standards. In order to properly execute the task, one must measure up how skillfully they know the task and are able to execute it against the standard one needs in order to achieve tactical readiness, and any warrior organization needs to design a plan and training program that both aims to achieve sustainability in tactical readiness on an individual, unit and organizational basis, as well as improve upon existing levels of proficiency and task mastery.

Through this training, the warrior organization prepares physically and mentally with the skills required in order to achieve efficiency and lethality in combat that is often seen to be detrimental in combat environments. They are required to be able to adjust and adapt to various situations, using various methods, techniques and equipment that will go towards achieving mission objectives.

In physical readiness training, the warrior organization from the individual warrior to the unit and beyond are prepped to be able to withstand punishment, gain the strength, flexibility and agility required to navigate various obstacles and physical challenges of varying degrees, to adapt and persevere in sophisticated operational environments while using the tools necessary for the job, as well as to adapt to using tools that they are unfamiliar with.

Part 1 of these series of articles will examine the philosophy, avenues, structure and management of such a system.
Part 2 of these series of articles will examine the blueprint, curriculum, outline deliberations and specialized schemes of workout practice and habit development.
Part 3 of these series of articles will examine actions, how training programs are carried out, rehearsal and rehabilitation, durability and maneuverability, as well as stamina and flexibility.

Addendum 1 will cover the US Army Physical Fitness test as a standard of comparison.
Addendum 2 will cover climbing bars and the navigation of bar related obstacles.
Addendum 3 will cover posture and physiology.
Addendum 4 will cover cogitation of one’s surroundings.
Addendum 5 will cover the applicability of these exercises to navigate an obstacle course.

These series of articles are meant to:

  • Give guidelines to warriors as to the concepts to physical readiness training adopted by warrior organizations.
  • Inspiration from the experiences of those warriors who have come before and faced challenges, and using their experience and accumulated knowledge to devise theories and doctrines that withstand scrutiny and prove themselves time and time again to contribute towards the effectiveness of the system. This also includes new developments as it pertains to the human body and fitness and nutrition science geared for tactical readiness.
  • Ensures the survival, sustainability and endurance of the warrior organization, and for the principles, objects and people it is tasked with protecting and fighting on behalf of.
  • Ensures the preparedness of individual warriors is guaranteed to achieve optimum efficiency when it comes to conducting a wide array of operations that require physical prowess.
  • The examination and definition of program qualifications, quantifications and targets.
  • Presents directions and argumentation for why physical readiness training is a crucial and mandatory part of warrior organization training and leadership development.
  • Warrior unit leaders can take what is taught in these series of articles and adjust them to fulfill a variety of mission objectives and individual warrior tasks.
  • Serves to provide guidelines to the leaders of warrior units to cultivate and promote power, tenacity and flexibility in their subordinates physiques.
  • Exists as a database of physical exercises and individual tasks that serve to condition the body of the warrior until they are able to achieve peak performance and carry out the physically demanding activities required of combat environments and situations, while almost guaranteeing the avoidance of the dereliction of duties due to exhaustion or lack of physical readiness for physically demanding and high octane situations.

Philosophy:

  1. Avenues

Throughout time immemorial generals and unit leaders of warrior organizations and armies have recognized the reality that the effectiveness of their soldiers and warriors is often dependent on their physical capabilities and how good of a shape they are in.