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Barbell Shrugged

Special Warfare: Do You Have What it Takes w/ Tyler Christiansen, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Coach Travis Mash - Barbell Shrugged #568

Apr 14, 2021
01:13:00

To become a member of the U.S. Air Force’s elite Special Warfare team, you have to be a part of the top one percent of the top one percent. 

 

And no one knows better about what it takes to do that than Tyler Christiansen, Human Performance Director for the Special Warfare Training Support Group. 

 

On the latest Barbell Shrugged podcast Anders Verner talks with Tyler about the intense training these Airmen go through and how the Air Force prepares them both mentally and physically for the types of missions no one hears about. 

 

These specialists are often embedded with other special ops teams like the Navy Seals and Army Rangers so they have to be able to do everything they can and then some. 

 

To learn more about Special Warfare, visit at airforce.com and make sure to check out the latest Barbell Shrugged podcast available at barbellshrugged.com.

 

In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:

 

  1. How do you prepare for special warfare training
  2. What performance metrics are monitored by try USAF
  3. What lifestyle metrics are tracked
  4. How to build a strength training program for special warfare
  5. How is that program built for performance with such a broad skill set

 

Anders Varner on Instagram

 

Doug Larson on Instagram

 

Coach Travis Mash on Instagram

 

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