[Technology might have advanced, but infantry is still jumping fences...]
According to this news article, the U.S. army is changing their training program.
Why?
For two reasons:
1) Their training is out-dated, soldiers need to be able to sprint now. Not just run.
2) This generation of Americans is more obese and overweight than ever, and the military needs to adjust it’s training to first get their soldiers into decent shape, and THEN worry about the rest.
Here’s a quote from the article:
“We don’t run five miles in combat, but you run across the street every day,” Palhoska said, adding, “I’m not training long-distance runners. I’m training warriors” who must shuttle back and forth across a back alley.”
The article then goes on to explain how the new training also focuses on getting overweight soldiers to lose weight and into great shape.
Personally, I think this is a good thing. I agree from my time in the IDF as a combat medic that soldiers need to worry about sprinting with weight – not long distance running. And more than that, I agree that any good military needs to worry that its soldiers are in shape and not overweight.
Something interesting to note about this, is that while the U.S. military just updated their training this year – the Israeli Defense Forces has been using this kind of fat loss specific training regimen for over 60 years!
I’m going to speak more about this topic in the next few days, and it also involves a HUGE announcement that I’m going to be making here.
P.S. I know that it looked like I abandoned this site for a bit, but I was really busy with a few things. And you’ll understand one of the things that I was doing in the next few days…
P.S.S. Leave a comment so I know you’re all still around. 
-Rafi
