SAS selection the diet

hell, alot of marines / para's smoke yet are damn fit!! it just makes things a **** load harder...

 

For the benefit of our American cousins,I think,what the OP refers to as chips are more like soggy French Fries than American chips.What you call "potato chips" we call "crisps".

UK Crisps, US potato chips

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UK Chips,US French Fries

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BTW a high-energy 'junk food' diet didn't seem to harm Michael Phelps....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7562840.stm

"For breakfast: three fried egg sandwiches, with cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, fried onions and mayonnaise, followed by three chocolate-chip pancakes; a five-egg omelette; three sugar-coated slices of French toast and a bowl of grits (a maize-based porridge), washed down with two cups of coffee.

For lunch: half a kilogram (one pound) of enriched pasta; two large ham and cheese sandwiches on white bread smothered with mayonnaise, washed down by energy drinks.
For dinner: Another half-kilogram of pasta, perhaps with a carbonara sauce, followed by a large pizza and more energy drinks.


That combination may not sound very healthy, and at a staggering 10,000 calories, would feed five average men for a day."

 

Without doubt the SAS/SBS are the best SF. The Para and RMs would be right up there with the best infantry units.

Royal Marines training is the most gruelling of all infantry units in the world, but nowhere near as tough as SAS/SBS selection which is INSANE and delivers around a 2%success rate from already super fit and super tough soldiers.

 

Theres alot of **** on this thread from people talking about stuff they don't know about.

1. The FFL is a conventional force. They are not special. They are trained to the same standard as most regular infantry forces of the world. They have to deal with hardships not usually imposed on those in the regular infantry, however, these have been largely removed. Comparing the FFL to a SOF is like comparing RRJ to a knockabout low level fighter.

2. The Royal Marines Commando's may very well be the conventional light infantry force in the world (thanks to a 32week basic). However, they are a conventional force and are not special forces.

3. The SAS does not have a <5% pass rate. I dont know where this comes from. Normally ~20-30% will get through the endurance phase. Through the phases of continuation there will be more drop outs, however, ~15-20% would be a very normal pass rate.

 

Yea in the Army, and other military forces around the world im sure as well, they dont practice the same kinds of traditional diets. ****, when I was in they would feed us close to 5,000 that the other guy said, and encourage we eat salts and calories to retain water and put out energy. If your in reasonably good shape all ready, eating the fried cauliflower and bacon and sausage isnt going to hurt you in youre military training. There training and diet is about efficiency and stamina. Not similar to trying to come in at a minimum weight for combat sports.

 

No their diets are bad. But good food usually cost more than bad food. They eat a lot of crap and simple carbs.


Why are they so fit? because of all the exercise. They take in a ton of calories but they also need them because they work their asses off in training.

Their diet isnt optimal at all they are just able to get away with it. It would be better for them to eat better but good food costs money and its a government program.

 

Lost a bet I hope? :yep

 

Drinking 2 pints of Guiness would not be good, it does not contain loads of IRON thats is aload of bull.... Guiness like any other form of alcohol is a diuretic so would dehydrate you more than anything.

Also the chips although not to good would just give you a load of carbs and fat so would give you energy but its not the best source...

SAS n SBS are best special forces in world.

Andy Mcnabb is a bullshitting arsehole and a discrace to the SAS, says anyone that served along side him....