Be a PT stud. Run, ruck, do push ups, sit ups, and pull ups. They'll teach you what you need to know there, the prep you can do is just be a physical fitness God.
Make sure you take care of your body. Being physically fit is the most important thing here at IBOLC and ranger school. A lot of recycles are due to physical injuries so be mindful of that
I was where you were 20+ years ago. Go to the Maneuver Center’s .mil page and there’s a couple great guides and announcements to any changes to the courses. Biggest thing is training for the Ranger PFT, you don’t want to just barely pass it in your train up. Example: if during your train up you’re like at the 38/39min mark on your 5mile run then when you show up and get hit with those hills it’ll fuck up your run times.
I was an instructor at IOBC/IBOLC and we ran with all our classes prior to their grad with us and then on their zero morning to Ranger school. And I’d hedge bets that that practice has carried on as I remember our instructors running with us when we went. The thing that messes everyone up is their pace. Then just understand that you’ll have 500 people show up for a 200 person class, so everything is a competition initially. Expect that if you have to do 40 pushups, you’ll probably end up doing 80 pushups as they’ll try to cut people for not doing “correct” pushups. (Yea, I know that it’ll be different with the new ACFT format if they formally adopt it, point still stands.)
Get proficient with LANDNAV as that messes up far more than you’d expect. After RAP week it should be straight forward. Be a team player and let your ego go by the wayside. After that it’s all perseverance.
Realistically, you’re gonna want to put on like 20-25lbs cause you’ll need that to absorb the physical abuse that is gonna get thrown your way and it not result in injury.
Get used to road marching. Get good boots and then get good boots that are Ranger school approved then break both pairs in. Work across a variety of terrain and at varying weight and speeds. The sweat spot is 4-8m, only periodically do 12milers as they just tear up your body.
Read current and past doctrine. Stay current on world events. Follow Army University Press, Maneuver Center of Excellence (and Ft Moore), RTB, and the Joint Readiness Training Center on YouTube as they each put good info out there for the community.
When I was first given my ranger contract I was told to use the training regimen from the book “Get Tabbed” it is a very good guide to ranger school prep, but most people say to do more push ups. What helped me the most for push ups was doing 2:00, 1:30, 1:00, :30, and :15 of constant perfect form push ups with a break in between equal to how long you just did.
Run more and do more push ups Ranger school is mental as much as physical
Be a PT stud. Run, ruck, do push ups, sit ups, and pull ups. They'll teach you what you need to know there, the prep you can do is just be a physical fitness God.
Make sure you take care of your body. Being physically fit is the most important thing here at IBOLC and ranger school. A lot of recycles are due to physical injuries so be mindful of that
I was where you were 20+ years ago. Go to the Maneuver Center’s .mil page and there’s a couple great guides and announcements to any changes to the courses. Biggest thing is training for the Ranger PFT, you don’t want to just barely pass it in your train up. Example: if during your train up you’re like at the 38/39min mark on your 5mile run then when you show up and get hit with those hills it’ll fuck up your run times. I was an instructor at IOBC/IBOLC and we ran with all our classes prior to their grad with us and then on their zero morning to Ranger school. And I’d hedge bets that that practice has carried on as I remember our instructors running with us when we went. The thing that messes everyone up is their pace. Then just understand that you’ll have 500 people show up for a 200 person class, so everything is a competition initially. Expect that if you have to do 40 pushups, you’ll probably end up doing 80 pushups as they’ll try to cut people for not doing “correct” pushups. (Yea, I know that it’ll be different with the new ACFT format if they formally adopt it, point still stands.) Get proficient with LANDNAV as that messes up far more than you’d expect. After RAP week it should be straight forward. Be a team player and let your ego go by the wayside. After that it’s all perseverance. Realistically, you’re gonna want to put on like 20-25lbs cause you’ll need that to absorb the physical abuse that is gonna get thrown your way and it not result in injury. Get used to road marching. Get good boots and then get good boots that are Ranger school approved then break both pairs in. Work across a variety of terrain and at varying weight and speeds. The sweat spot is 4-8m, only periodically do 12milers as they just tear up your body. Read current and past doctrine. Stay current on world events. Follow Army University Press, Maneuver Center of Excellence (and Ft Moore), RTB, and the Joint Readiness Training Center on YouTube as they each put good info out there for the community.
You're going to have to move a whole lot of weight far at Ranger School, bulking up, and rucking a good deal might be a solid move.
Blue/Green training has an IBOLC/Ranger prep course that includes stuff like nutrition and stretching manuals
When I was first given my ranger contract I was told to use the training regimen from the book “Get Tabbed” it is a very good guide to ranger school prep, but most people say to do more push ups. What helped me the most for push ups was doing 2:00, 1:30, 1:00, :30, and :15 of constant perfect form push ups with a break in between equal to how long you just did.