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Resources on how to get ready for SOF selection and improve human performance. Building the Elite blog article topics include physical and mental components essential to success during Special Operations Forces selections and deployments.
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How to Prepare for FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) Selection
How to Prepare for FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) Selection Training for the FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) selection ...
Training When Sick
“I’m getting sick; what should I do?” We field this question daily. While the answer is obvious if you’re ...
Land Navigation and the Three Rules of SFAS
Land Navigation and the Three Rules of SFAS - Dr. David Walton Always look cool. Never get lost. If ...
How to Prepare for the Australian Army Special Forces Entry Test (SFET)
Introduction Preparing for the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) and Commando(CDO) units' selection process is a formidable challenge. ...
Training Around Injuries
"Training Around Injuries" By Jonathan Pope Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it — ...
Conditioning 101: A Guide for Special Operations Selection Training
The traditional conditioning model is antiquated and inaccurate. In this article, we'll introduce how to implement a new model ...
Paradoxical Intention: A Look into SOF Selection Mental Training
SOF selection requires that you develop a close relationship with pain. This doesn’t just mean lots of dramatic grimacing ...
How to Change your Relationship with Pain and Fatigue
"How to Change your Relationship with Pain and Fatigue" by Craig Weller Take away your opinion, and then there ...
Unlearning Fear
* The process outlined in this article isn’t a replacement for working with a skilled mental health practitioner. If ...
How to Use Stress to Your Advantage: Stress Mindset
We don’t perform at our best or live to our fullest by simply eliminating stress. Our stress responses are ...
On Motivation
Everyone wants to know the ‘secret’ to motivation. Like most topics, this isn’t as simple as repeating cliches like ...
Back in the Box
In the footnotes of one of his books, Dr. Robert Sapolsky includes a note on people with "Type A" ...