[sleepyhead4]

Here's my personal opinion on the ideal body type for SFAS and Q course and crossfit vs. weight training.

First off, I've always been a smaller guy. I graduated high school weighing about 125 lbs at 5'9". All through college I was no heavier than 130 lbs. I even went through ranger school weighing less than 130 lbs, 128 lbs to be exact. However, I never had issues with rucking and keeping up with the small or big guys during training and deployments. This continued on with SFAS and the Q course. Even though I tried to gain weight by lifting more and running less, I never got past 150 lbs because of the Q course schedule. Needless to say, I completed the course without much physical disadvantage even with the lack of "mass." So after this long winded explanation, my opinion is that there is no ideal size for SF, or any MOS for that matter.

As for crossfit and weight training, I've been mixing both for few months with more emphasis on weight training. So far, I've seen gain in strength, power, and mass but that's pretty easy in my case since I basically started out with none of those. I've also maintained or increased my overall fitness level. I attribute that to crossfit. By putting emphasis on what I think is more important to me, I've seen improvements without overtraining. Like anything else, I don't think you can have you cake and eat it too. So decide which one is more important to you and do a little more of that than trying to achieve balance, which can lead to overtraining and less improvement.