Why don't elite soldiers and Navy SEALs have physiques like Dwayne Johnson or Vin Diesel?
The bodybuilder physique is good for two things, moving heavy weight and looking good on stage.
Soldiers, especially in Special Operations need to do much more than simply lift heavy weight. It is much more of an endurance event than anything else.
During my time in Special Forces, I went out on many combat operations, many of them were period of darkness raids with a helicopter infiltration
We would typically get dropped off 1–3k away from the objective then walk, with around 90–110 lbs of gear, to where we need to be. Once we get there you are clearing the objective with this weight on your back but at a slower pace. After the objective has been cleared and whatever the main objective of the mission is complete, you walk back to a Helicopter Landing Zone to be picked up.
This type of physical output is low and slow. You are carrying heavy weight but simply walking for hours on end and are under the 90–110 lb load for 6–8 hours depending on the mission.
The individuals who look like Dwayne Johnson or Vin Diesel do very poorly in this environment. Not because they can’t carry the weight (they clearly can) but they don’t have the endurance to maintain it over a long period of time, often in a very hot environment.
Excess muscle is very expensive when it comes to energy consumption and the ‘Ironman’ body-types perform much better in this environment.
为什么精英士兵和海豹突击队没有像德维恩·约翰逊或冯·迪塞尔这样的体格？
健美健美有两方面的好处，一是运动量重，二是舞台上好看。
士兵们，特别是在特种作战中，需要做的不仅仅是简单地举起重物。这是一项耐力运动，比其他任何项目都重要。
在特种部队服役期间，我参加了许多战斗行动，其中许多行动是在直升机的渗透下进行的黑暗袭击。
我们通常会在离目标1-3K的地方下车，然后带着90-110磅的齿轮走到我们需要的地方。一旦我们到了那里，你就是在清除目标，把这个重量放在你的背上，但速度要慢一些。在目标被清除后，无论任务的主要目标是什么，你都可以步行回直升机着陆区去接。
这种类型的物理输出是低和缓慢的。你是沉重的重量，但简单地走了几个小时的连续和在90-110磅的负荷下6-8小时取决于任务。
在这种环境下，那些长得像德维恩·约翰逊(Dwayne Johnson)或冯·迪塞尔(Vin国民经济)的人表现很差。这并不是因为他们不能承受重量(他们显然可以)，但是他们没有足够的耐力来维持很长一段时间，通常是在一个非常炎热的环境中。
当涉及到能量消耗时，多余的肌肉是非常昂贵的，而“铁人”体型在这种环境下表现得更好。
