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Navy Seal Competes in Fitness Skill Challenge
Staff members from the Naval Special Warfare Group 2 (NSWG2) Human Performance Program (HPP) held a Commodore's Cup Fitness Competition at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va. Aug. 21, for the benefit of Sailors assigned to a soon-to-deploy Navy SEAL team.
The Commodore's Cup is an Olympic-style competition, which reinforces the Navy's culture of fitness and bolsters healthy competition among participating personnel. The event was an extension of the normal activities associated with the HPP Program.
"The competition was designed to develop inter-team competition and determine who is excelling in fitness in our SEAL teams," said Dallas Wood, the HPP program manager for NSWG 2. "The HPP offers a goal oriented, holistic approach to fitness for the operators. We also offer individual help, testing and nutritional support."
Although the competition is designed to measure the fitness of personnel assigned to one command, other East Coast-based SEAL teams are planning their own Commodore's Cup competitions when schedules allow.
"We will test each team individually and compare their average scores to see which SEAL team has the best performance standards," said Wood. "This is a good measure of their readiness."
After a brief and a warm-up, participants competed in a number of events including a sandbag throw, a bench press max, a five-kilometer run, a one-mile swim and a pull-up competition during which each athlete did as many pull ups as they could with a 25 pound weight attached to them.
The results were impressive, according to Wood.
"The command master chief of this team did twenty-nine pull-ups with the weights on," said Wood. "I think that's pretty good anywhere you go."
Organizers from the HPP provided water throughout the events as well as an on-site medical staff to deal with potential injuries and other concerns.
"We provide electrolyte recovery and water because after all those events, there's fatigue involved," said Wood.
"Taking care of the operators while they undertake these tasks is vital to ensuring a smooth evolution."
The Commodore's Cup fits in the Navy's culture of fitness by emphasizing a vital part of mission readiness maintaining fitness to prepare for future challenges on the battlefield.
"Fitness to the Navy SEAL operator is the most important part of their training," said Wood. "Their success in everything comes from their fitness."
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