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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Mil Veterans Health. 2020 Jul;28(3):23–34.
Week Monday Wednesday Friday
1 Boots & Utilities (This workout will be used as a baseline measurement. It will appear again in weeks 5,9, and 12. The goal is to do more rounds each time you do this workout.)
Complete as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes
440 yd sprin
Pull-ups × 5
Push-ups × 10
Squats × 15
Front and side planks 30 seconds each position
Green on Green (PT gear)
5-minute warm-up jog, run six 440 yd sprints with a 1-minute break in between.
3 rounds for time
Pull-ups × 6
Squat to press ×10 with 25lbs sandbag
Lunges × 10 each leg
Seated twist × 20 each side
Planks are done after the rounds. Planks (all positions) × 30 seconds
Boots & Utilities
Complete 1 round of the below exercises (warm-up).
Squats × 8
Push-ups × 8
Lunges × 8 each leg
Pull-ups × 6
Woodchoppers × 10
Side toss × 12 each side
Crunches × 20
After completing the warm-ups negotiate the obstacle course twice for time. Time starts at the first log and ends when top of the rope touched 2nd time.
*If no obstacle course is available do 1 burpee +1pull up for 50 repetitions for time.
2 Green on Green
2 miles
Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes
Crunches × 10
Woodchopper × 10 each side
Thrusters × 10
Bent-over rows with ammo cans × 10
Lunges with ammo cans × 10
Boots & Utilities
After a 5-minute warm-up jog, run four 440 yd sprints with a 1-minute break in between.
Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes
Pull-ups × 7
Buddy squats × 8
Push-ups × 12
Lunges × 12 each leg
Woodchoppers × 12
Russians × 12
Combination hyperextensions × 12
Boots &Utilities
Obstacle course suicides (run to each obstacle, complete the obstacle, run back to start and start the course again. Each suicide should be one obstacle longer than the previous suicide)
*If no obstacle course is available do 1 burpee +1pull up for 75 repetitions for time.
3 Boots & Utilities
Complete as many rounds as possible in 25-minutes
Overhead press × 12 (with barbell or ammo can)
Buddy Squats × 12
Bent-over rows with ammo cans × 12
Lunges × 12 with ammo cans in each hand
All plank positions 30 seconds
Run eight 440 yd sprints with a minute and a half break in between sprints.
Green on Green
Front squats 4 sets of 5
Back squats 4 sets of 5
Bench press 4 sets of 5
Seated rows 4 sets of 5
Note: This is to be done in a weight room with a barbell and weights. Choose a comfortable weight to start with. Your first 2 sets are warm-up sets and your last 2 sets are work sets.
Boots & Utilities with flak
After a 5-minute warm-up jog, run eight ½ mile sprints with ¼ mile recovery runs between sprints
3 rounds with flak:
Push-ups ×20
Lunges × 20
Buddy dead lift ×12
Combination hyperextensions × 20
Sandbag partner toss × 20
4
Unloading week.
Boots & Utilities
After a 5-minute warm-up jog, run eight 440 yd sprints with eight 440 yd quarter-mile jogging after each sprint (recovery)
3 rounds of:
Push-ups × 10
Squats × 10
Pull-ups × 5
Lunge and reach × 10 each leg
Woodchoppers × 12
Planks × 20 seconds
Green on Green (PT gear)
2 miles (easy pace)
3 rounds of:
Overhead press with 40lbs ammo cans × 10
Squats with 2 forty lbs ammo cans × 10
Pull-ups with flak × 5
Walking lunges with ammo cans × 10 each leg
Russian twists × 10 each side
Swimmer combination hyperextensions × 10
Boots & Utilities
2 miles (easy pace)
3 rounds
Lunges × 12 each leg
Combination hyperextensions × 12
Wall ball × 12
Pull-ups × 6
Side and front shoulder raises with 5 pounds each hand
Sandbag partner toss × 14 each side
5 Boots & Utilities
Complete as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes
Pull-ups × 5
Push-ups × 10
Squats × 15
Front and Side Planks 30 seconds each position
Boots & Utilities
3 miles
3 rounds as fast as possible
Dive bombers × 15
Squats × 15
pull-ups × 8
Lunges × 15 each leg
Overhead press × 12 (with sandbags)
Boots & Utilities
After a 5-minute warm-up jog, run eight 440yd sprints with 440 yd jogs between sprints
Complete as many rounds as possible in 25-minutes
Pull-ups × 8
Squat to press with ammo cans × 15
Reverse lunges × 12 each leg
Planks × 30 seconds
6 Boots & Utilities
For time run the obstacle course 3 times. Time starts as you cross the first log and it ends when you touch the top of the rope for the 3rd time.
*If no obstacle course is available do 1 burpee +1pull up for 75 repetitions for time.
Boots & Utilities (Wednesday)
5-minute warm-up jog run six ½ mile sprints with six ½ mile jogging after each sprint (recovery)
Complete as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes
Rope climbs × 3
Buddy squats × 8
Push-ups × 12
Lunges × 12 each leg
Sit & reach × 12
Buddy leg raises × 12
Boots, Utilities & Flak
5-minute warm-up jog, run six 440 yd sprints with 1-minute recovery between sprints
Complete as many rounds as possible in 27 minutes
Tire flips × 8
Squat to press with ammo cans × 8
Lunges × 8 each leg
L-Pull-ups × 6
Woodchoppers × 10
Planks 30 seconds
Russians × 20
7 Boots & Utilities
Run the obstacle course 3 times for time.
*If no obstacle course is available do 1 burpee +1pull up for 100 repetitions for time.
Boots & Utilities
3 miles
With flak
Max push-ups in 2 minutes
Max squats in 2 min
Lunges (as many as you can get in 2 min)
Max pull-ups
Woodchoppers (as many as you can get in 2 min)
Boots & Utilities
5-minute warm-up jog, sprint ½ a mile then jog ¼ mile. 4 rounds of sprints
Push-up challenge (every 30 seconds do one more push-up than you did before ex. 1 push-up wait 30 seconds 2 push-ups until 12 push-ups have been reached). Note: you stay in the lean and rest position when waiting.
Pull-ups challenge (without dismounting the bar do 1 pull-up then wait 30 seconds do 2 then 30seconds do 3…. Until you cannot do one more than you previously did)
7 Overhead squats with barbell
8
Unloading week
Green on Green (Pt gear)
3-mile run (easy pace)
4 rounds
Windshield wipers × 14
Push-ups × 14
Squats with ammo cans × 14
Pull-ups × 8
Lunges × 14 each leg
Green on Green (Pt gear)
5-minute warm-up jog, run eight 440yd sprints with 1-minute recovery between sprints
4 rounds of
Overhead press with pack or barbell × 10
Bent-over rows with pack or barbell × 10
Squats with 2 forty-pound ammo cans × 10
Farmers walk with ammo cans for 30 yards
Russian twists × 14 each side Romanian dead lifts × 10 (if bar bell is not available use ammo cans)
Green on Green (Pt gear)
2 miles (easy pace)
4 rounds of
Front squat to press with ammo can × 14
Reverse lunges with ammo cans × 14 each leg
Bent-over rows with ammo cans 90-degree abdominal crunch
Woodchoppers × 14
9 Boots & Utilities
As many rounds as possible in 40 minutes
Thrusters ×10 (Exercise is done with 45lbs ammo can or barbell. If this is too easy and you can add weight.)
Pull-ups ×5
Box jumps ×10
Plyo push-ups ×5
Mountain climbers ×20
Front & side planks 30 seconds each position
Green on Green
Front squats 4 sets of 5
Back squats 4 sets of 5
Bench press 4 sets of 5
Seated rows 4 sets of 5
Note: This is to be done in a weight room with a barbell and weights. Choose a comfortable weight to start with. Your first 2 sets are warm-up sets and your last 2 sets are work sets. You should be able to lift more than week 7.
Boots & Utilities with flak
After a 5-minute warm-up jog, run eight ½ mile sprints with ½ mile recovery runs between sprints
3 rounds with flak:
Push-ups ×20
Lunges × 20
Buddy dead lift ×12
Combination hyperextensions × 20
Sandbag partner toss × 20
10 Boots & Utilities with flak
Run the obstacle course 4 times for time.
Boots & Utilities with flak
After a 5-minute warm-up jog, run twelve 440yd sprints with 1-minute breaks in between.
Complete 6 rounds of
Pull-ups max set
Squats max set
Push-ups max set
Planks max time
Boots & Utilities with flak
As fast as possible:
3 miles for time
Overhead press with ammo cans × 16
Squats with ammo cans × 16
Pull-ups × 12
Farmers walk with ammo cans for 30 yards
Windshield wipers × 16 each side
Sit & Reach × 16
11 Boots & Utilities
After a 5-minute warm-up jog, eight ½ mile sprints with ¼ mile recovery runs between sprints
5 rounds with flak
Push-ups × 16
Squats with ammo cans × 16
Pull-ups × 13
Lunges × 16 each leg
Ammo can pick up with 6 cans
Woodchoppers × 16
Boots & Utilities
After a 5-minute warm-up jog, run twelve 440yd sprints with 1-minute breaks in between
Complete as many rounds as possible 35-minutes
Planks 60 seconds
Ammo can press × 16
Walking lunges for 30 yards
Bent-over rows with ammo cans × 16
Squats with ammo cans × 16
Woodchoppers × 16
Boots & Utilities
3 mile run for time
Complete as many rounds as possible in 35-minutes
Buddy drag for 25 yards
Stretcher press (with groups of 4 to 6 Marines lift a stretcher containing one Marine and lift up as if doing a press) × 10
Pull-ups × 14
Woodchoppers × 18
12
Unloading week. Last week of the program.
Boots & Utilities (Monday)
(At this point in training you should be maxing out the number of rounds you can do in 30 minutes)
Complete as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes
440 yd sprint
Pull-ups × 5
Push-ups × 10
Squats × 15
Front and Side Planks 30 seconds each position
Boot & Utilities
After a 5-minute warm-up jog, run six ½ mile sprints with ½ recovery runs
2 rounds
Pull-ups × 6
Squats × 12
Push-ups × 12
Lunges × 12 each leg
Sit & reach × 12
Windshield wipers × 12
Green on Green
2 miles (easy pace)
2 rounds
Planks 30 seconds
Push-ups × 10
Squats × 10
Pull-ups × 6
Lunges × 10 each leg
Crunches × 12
Woodchoppers × 12