Extreme Conditions Training
It doesn’t matter if you are S.W.A.T., Fire & Rescue, Medic, Spec Ops, Rangers, etc. Every operator knows damn well that chaos seldom happens in a nice climate controlled environment. This Fact is an integral part of the Warrior Training GroundSM course design. Extreme Conditions TrainingSM (XCT) is NOT simply a train in the heat ’cause you have to work in the heat program. Just deciding that today’s “WOD” is going to be outside to make it extra grueling is about as bad of a decision as always training in a comfortable 68º Air conditioned gym. Developing a familiarity with intense physical output under extreme environmental conditions is crucial to high level individual and team performance during most operations. The key is how this familiarity is developed so the training does not become more dangerous than the mission. XCTSM is a meticulously constructed process that very carefully designs and progresses the training evolution based on each particular environmental stress. In other words, you will not see the same evolution design on a 35º rainy day that you will when it’s sunny, humid and 101º at go time. As our motto states, “Warriors are not born. They are forged.” If you heat the blade the right way at the right temperature the steel becomes harder and harder. If you do it the wrong way, it becomes brittle.
