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Peaches is stuck at home with FOMO while the boys are at Operator Training Summit Pennsylvania, and somehow that turns into exactly what candidates need to hear again: you are probably not running enough.
Trent and Peaches start with OTS updates, CrossFit Hershey, Pennsylvania, Miami University in Ohio, and Vegas in December. Then Peaches brings up something he has been noticing online: everyday recruiters and MTIs are putting in real mileage. Not candidates training for one of the hardest pipelines on the planet. Recruiters. MTIs. Air Force members with normal jobs who are running 20, 25, even 40 miles a week because they care about fitness, mental health, professional image, and being ready for life.
Which raises the obvious question: if they can do it, why are pipeline candidates still acting like a mile and a half is the finish line?
The boys break down the difference between passing the test and preparing for the life. Air Force Special Warfare candidates need more than a passing Initial Fitness Test. They need the aerobic base to absorb long days, recover, move under load, ruck, run, swim, train again, and not fold when volume stacks up.
They also talk about why OTS exposes people so quickly. It is not selection. It is not a pipeline smoke session. It is two days of coaching: land day, water day, running, rucking, mobility, pool work, instruction, and mentorship. And still, people get absolutely smoked. That should tell you something.
Then the conversation swings into MTIs, BMT, cones, cadre wakeups, student shenanigans, Air Force investment in Basic Military Training, and why trainees need to understand that MTIs are not the enemy. They are the people trying to turn 60 random civilians into Airmen in seven and a half weeks.
Bottom line: minimum standards are not the goal. If you are serious about Air Force Special Warfare, stop training like a normal person trying to pass a test. Build the engine. Run more. Recover better. Stay consistent. And quit acting shocked when the people around you are outworking you.
Links:
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Chapters:
- Ones Ready Intro
- ATACLETE and Partner Discounts
- Jared Pietras Sent You a Discount Code
- Ohio and Vegas OTS Updates
- Christmas OTS in Vegas
- Peaches Has Pennsylvania OTS FOMO
- What’s Happening at CrossFit Hershey
- The Podcast Must Go On
- Missing OTS Hits Different
- New Guest Instructor at OTS
- Are Candidates Running Enough?
- OTS Alumni Keep Hearing the Same Message
- Recruiters Are Putting in Work
- 40.9 Miles in One Week
- Running for Mental Health and Life
- MTIs and Recruiters Training Hard
- Hyrox, Running, and Real Fitness
- Grandma Is Outworking Pipeline Candidates
- Why Are Normal Airmen Doing More?
- Professional Image Matters
- Stop Making Excuses for Looking Unprepared
- What Started Their Fitness Push?
- Why OTS Breaks People Into Mileage Groups
- Your Numbers Become Your Identity
- Getting Around Fit People Is Sobering
- Fitness Is for the Rest of Your Life
- OTS Is Not Selection
- Why Candidates Are Starving After Land Day
- Some People Do Not Come Back for Day Two
- Long Days Expose Low Volume
- Cadre Wakeups Are a Gift
- Clear Instructions and Megaphones
- Cone Lives Matter
- Everything Cadre Do Is for You
- Old-School Cadre Visits
- Triangle Girls and Keesler Shenanigans
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent
- Can Trainees Escape BMT?
- The McDonald’s Sign at Basic
- MTIs Are on Your Side
- Imagine Managing 60 Random Civilians
- Air Force Investment in BMT 3.0
- Cut Your MTI Some Slack
- How to Find an Air Force Recruiter
- Find a Recruiter Putting in Miles
- Ohio, Vegas, and Christmas OTS
- Like, Subscribe, and Go Run
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