Key Points
Nick Norris served as a Navy SEAL from 2003 to 2013, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan..
The hardest part wasn't the exercises that pushed me to my physical limits or being brutalized by staff, it was the bitter cold which is ironic given I now voluntarily do cold water therapy for my health...
Hell Week is the third week of BUDS training and the most notorious part, but it's actually only a small part of the Navy SEAL selection process..
If you don't embrace being a team, you get in your own head and start second guessing yourself and your ability, and that's when people quit.. Former Olympians and athletestry to becomeNavy SEALs, and obviously they all have the fitness to get through it you don't have to be physically superhuman but I've seen these people quit..
"Naval Special Warfare's selection, assessment and training pathways, including Basic Underwater Demolition School (BUD/S), have high-risk training elements that are carefully designed to develop candidates' mental and physical stamina and leadership skills..
