Building the Elite blog
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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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" ...
Average Fails Everyone
Military aircraft technology evolved rapidly in the years after World War 2. With the introduction of jet engines, planes ...
Concurrent Programming: How to Organize Training for SOF Selection
Programming is tough. It is hard to figure out how to organize training for SOF selection. There are a ...
A Treading Water Guide for SOF Selection Candidates
Being comfortable in the water is a generalized skill, but treading water efficiently is a very specific essential skill ...
Underwater Knot Tying
Underwater Knot Tying Most maritime special operations programs involve some form of underwater knot tying. This is a way ...