Cadre DS, aka Dan Skidmore, is back with Jason and Rich in Episode 018 to talk about training. The previous part of the conversation (Episode 017) covered in more detail DS’s history and high level of physical preparedness as an Air Force Combat Controller. In this part, he dives deeper into how he trains, the origins of becoming a coach while on deployment in Afghanistan, his methods of inspiring more people to be active together, and the GORUCK Sandbag & Ruck Training program.

Post military service, Cadre DS was a CrossFit and endurance competitor as well as coach to athletes of all abilities. He focuses on strength plus endurance - ready for anything - especially lifting odd objects and building overall work capacity outside the pristine environment of a gym. Training yourself is different from training others and DS talks about that evolution for himself and how he continues to be inspired by those he teaches. Throughout, with his “hard-charger” energy he pulls the lessons from his own training and deployments, from the DEAD diet to self discipline to MILES, to show others what they can do, build better teams and teach others to train to be tested. Simple, but not easy.

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018 - Cadre Dan Skidmore (DS), GORUCK’s Director of Training and former Air Force Combat Controller