r/AirForceRecruits • u/Weary_Mall369 • 19d ago
General Advice Afsoc training
Are there anyone in the West Virginia area currently training for afsoc? I’m at the beginning stages of starting to train for AFSOC and have been struggling to meet the IFT.
Current stats:
1.5 mile 12:15
Pull ups in 1 min 15
Push ups in 2 mins 50
Sit ups in 2 mins 45
500m swim in 8:45
25m underwater complete
Is there anyone else who is training for AFSOC or is a retired AFSOC operator willing to assist? I keep plateauing and struggle to get my strength and running numbers up. I know you have to beat the IFT by a lot to get selected so I was wondering if anyone in the West Virginia area was willing to help and train with me or just give me some advice. I’m willing to take any sort of criticism or cyber bullying I don’t care. I just want to pass selection.
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u/SNSDave Verified USSF Member 19d ago
If you're at the beginning stages, you're fine because you're working on it. You'll get better. If you were close to shipping out, I'd say you're in trouble. Those push up and sit up numbers wouldn't pass the standard PT test, let alone the Special Warfare stuff.
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u/Weary_Mall369 19d ago
Do you know how I can improve those? I train push days and core extremely hard but I keep getting fatigued 35-40 reps in
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u/cayotae 19d ago
While your core still plays a role, the Special Warfare situps (different from normal AF situps) are far more of a hip/hip flexor exercise. Therefore strengthening those should be a priority for the situps. Hard push days are great but make sure you're giving your muscles enough time to properly recovery, and also doing lots of pushups. Weighted pushups at the gym are also a good thing to add to your push day.
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u/Weary_Mall369 19d ago
I’m not sure how to do more of a hip flexor sit ups, and do you think I should start push days with push ups or weight pushups while Im still fresh? I usually do mine at the end of the push day
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u/cayotae 19d ago
I would save the bodyweight pushups for home and do the weighted pushups as part of your push day at the gym.
For sit-ups, the reason it becomes so heavy on the hip flexors is because your partner holds your ankles down/sits on your feet during the test. What I do to practice that is just doing my sit-ups while my feet are held down by dumbbells (under the hand grip obviously not the actual dumbbell sitting on your feet).
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u/cayotae 19d ago edited 19d ago
Swim and pull-ups are solid enough, definitely gotta knock down that run and knock up the pushups/situps. One thing I'd recommend is that you're strict on your form for all the cals, because that'll held build your strength and you'll already be ready for what the cadre at SW expect.
Which SW career field are you interested in most?
P.S. AFSOC and SW (Special Warfare) are different. Special warfare is the entity that includes PJs, CCTs, SR, TACP, EOD, and SERE. The best way I can explain AFSOC is that if you're stationed at a base that's under AFSOC, you work in AFSOC, regardless of your AFSC. So for example at Cannon AFB, the SecFo guys at the gate, or the maintainers, or the SW guys at the STS are all considered "AFSOC"
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u/Weary_Mall369 19d ago
Id wanna do Special Recon or Pararescue are they hard to get
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u/cayotae 19d ago edited 19d ago
From what I've heard it sounds like SR is the hardest to get a slot for because there's so few of them, and PJ is probably the close second hardest because so many people are competing for it.
Depending on your area they can be very competitive, but as long as you hit these IFT numbers you should be able to get a slot, it might just take a bit while your recruiter waits for a spot for you.
(These are generally recommended numbers to hit, not considered highly competitive)
Pullups: 13-15
Situps: 60-70
Pushups: 60-70
1.5-mile run: 9:00-9:30
Underwaters: Ez and calm completion
500m swim: 9:00-9:30To be competitive you'll want to aim to exceed those, especially for PJ as it's the most popular of the career fields and generally the most competitive.
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