sidewinder01
Junior Member
One of my close friend in China recently passed what they called "Living Hell" 4 mouth selection and screening and became a member of the Chengdu Military Region Special Forces.
We talked on MSN the other day and he briefly told me their everyday basic trainning (not including specialised trainning and any other classifed trainning methods.)
1. Day starts at 5: 30 with a 10km cross country run with 25kg and rifle( the weights will be carried through most of the trainning during the day)
2. A brief break is giving after the morning run for tooth-brushing and any other morning-cleaning procedures.
3. Breakfast is served at 6: 30
4. Trainning resumes at 7 with 100 to 150 pushs and 400 to 600 sit-ups in 15 to 18 mintues, and 800m obstacle course 3 times( each has to be complete in under 4 minutes? cant remmeber very clearly)
5. After the obstacle course, each member has to pick up a handiful of raw rice that are spreaded out in front of them(This build up patience and psychological tolorence because after intense exercise, our hands are in a shaky mode and picking up become very difficult.
6. After the rice-picking trainning, each member shots type-95 and various other standard special force weapons for one and half hours in different position and range, each shoting session is timed and recorded for accuracy, constantly failure to meet the standards would result in a discharge from the special force unit.(all weapons are disassembled before practice and the shoting practices sometimes starts before dawn or near dawn.)
7. Speclised trainning and lessons were taught to members that speclise in them.
9. Lunch is served and a after lunch-nap time is given.
8. Another 10km run with 25kg and rifle(May in forest or mountain area)
10. Some more push ups, sit-ups and obstactle courses were required under the time-limit.
11. After a brief rest, a daily rock/mountain climbing course has to be done within a required time period along with weight-lifting on different muscles of our body.
12. An after-noon snack is handed out(usually fruits with other mini-chinese snacks)
13. Another 10km run with 25kg and rifle
14. Dinner is served
15. All members are required to gather and watch the 7:00 CCTV-1 News.
16. Some more push ups, sit-ups and relaxing/after workout trainning.
17. Night-time shotting is done every week or every three days depending on the season of the year.
18. Free time followed by sleep time.
once a week, a 30km to 50km cross country run is served at a random time period. And once a month a wild survival trainning is served in different geographical regions of China, where each member is released into the wild with no food or water for days.
This is the only basic every-day physical trainning for each chinese SOF member, which does not include speclised trainning or any other trainning methods.
Sidenote: My friend told me that during his first month in the Chinese SOF, he pees blood almost everyday for a month. And the new member has their hands tied to a rope and were dragged on by squad and deputy squad leaders if they were not able to keep on with the group during the cross country runs during the first month. He also said in order to survive one has to have a will of iron and a courage makes them a SOF. Every year, only 1 to 6 recurits are selected from each infantry regiments or ground units in the military region to particpate in the selection, and that the rate of passing the selection is very low.
I just want to ask everybody's opinion here on whether is it effective to train you ass off everyday like this?? Is it still needed in the modern warfare today???
We talked on MSN the other day and he briefly told me their everyday basic trainning (not including specialised trainning and any other classifed trainning methods.)
1. Day starts at 5: 30 with a 10km cross country run with 25kg and rifle( the weights will be carried through most of the trainning during the day)
2. A brief break is giving after the morning run for tooth-brushing and any other morning-cleaning procedures.
3. Breakfast is served at 6: 30
4. Trainning resumes at 7 with 100 to 150 pushs and 400 to 600 sit-ups in 15 to 18 mintues, and 800m obstacle course 3 times( each has to be complete in under 4 minutes? cant remmeber very clearly)
5. After the obstacle course, each member has to pick up a handiful of raw rice that are spreaded out in front of them(This build up patience and psychological tolorence because after intense exercise, our hands are in a shaky mode and picking up become very difficult.
6. After the rice-picking trainning, each member shots type-95 and various other standard special force weapons for one and half hours in different position and range, each shoting session is timed and recorded for accuracy, constantly failure to meet the standards would result in a discharge from the special force unit.(all weapons are disassembled before practice and the shoting practices sometimes starts before dawn or near dawn.)
7. Speclised trainning and lessons were taught to members that speclise in them.
9. Lunch is served and a after lunch-nap time is given.
8. Another 10km run with 25kg and rifle(May in forest or mountain area)
10. Some more push ups, sit-ups and obstactle courses were required under the time-limit.
11. After a brief rest, a daily rock/mountain climbing course has to be done within a required time period along with weight-lifting on different muscles of our body.
12. An after-noon snack is handed out(usually fruits with other mini-chinese snacks)
13. Another 10km run with 25kg and rifle
14. Dinner is served
15. All members are required to gather and watch the 7:00 CCTV-1 News.
16. Some more push ups, sit-ups and relaxing/after workout trainning.
17. Night-time shotting is done every week or every three days depending on the season of the year.
18. Free time followed by sleep time.
once a week, a 30km to 50km cross country run is served at a random time period. And once a month a wild survival trainning is served in different geographical regions of China, where each member is released into the wild with no food or water for days.
This is the only basic every-day physical trainning for each chinese SOF member, which does not include speclised trainning or any other trainning methods.
Sidenote: My friend told me that during his first month in the Chinese SOF, he pees blood almost everyday for a month. And the new member has their hands tied to a rope and were dragged on by squad and deputy squad leaders if they were not able to keep on with the group during the cross country runs during the first month. He also said in order to survive one has to have a will of iron and a courage makes them a SOF. Every year, only 1 to 6 recurits are selected from each infantry regiments or ground units in the military region to particpate in the selection, and that the rate of passing the selection is very low.
I just want to ask everybody's opinion here on whether is it effective to train you ass off everyday like this?? Is it still needed in the modern warfare today???