Challenge Yourself with the MARSOC Short Card and Long Card
Ever hear of MARSOC and their famous MARSOC short card workout? United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is the Marines component of the Joint SOC. They’re basically the baddest of the bad in the Marine Corps fraternity, formed straight from the Recon Marines. See if you can keep up with their awesome workouts.
The MARSOC Short Card (sometimes: Recon Short Card)
- 30 Push-ups
- 30 Air squats
- 30 Crunches
- 10 Burpees
- 10 Windmills
- 30 Push-ups
- 30 Mountain climbers
- 30 Flutter kicks
- 10 Burpees
- 10 Cherry pickers (4-count)
- 30 Push-ups
- 30 Star jumpers (or jumping jacks)
- 30 Back Extensions (“supermans”)
- 10 Burpees
- 10 Chain breakers
- 30 Push-ups
- 30 Lunges
- 30 Hello dollies
- 10 Burpees
- 10 Trunk twists
- 3 Max sets of dead-hang pull-ups or flexed-arm hangs
Recon Long Card
- Side Straddle Hops 30-4
- Half Jacks 30-4
- Trunk Rotations 10-4
- Wind Mills 10-4
- Push Ups 50-2
- Chest Press Flings 15-4
- Dive Bombers 20-2
- Boat House Boogie 15-4
- Wind Mills 10-4
- Tricep Push Ups 25-2
- Up Back and Over 10-4
- Cherry Pickers 15-4
- Push Ups 50-2
- Bend Fore Aft 10-4
- Sit Ups 200-2
- Trunk Rotations 10-4
- Push Ups 50-2
- Leg Lifts 30-2
- Half Sit Ups 50-2
- Sun Gods 10-4
- Quad Stretch 1 min
- 8 Count B Builders 50
- V-Ups 20-2
- Lunges 20-4
- Trunk Rotations 10-4
- Flutter Kicks 300-4
- Hello Dollies 100-4
- Bend Fore Aft 10-4
- Push Ups 50-2
- Press Chest Flings 15-4UDT Flutter Kicks 50-2
- Crunches 50-2
- Inboard/Outboard 10-4
- Up Back and Over 10-4
- Trunk Rotations 10-4
- Neck Rotations 10-4
- Tricep Push Ups 25-2
- Boat House Boogie 15-4
- Dive Bombers 15-2
- Steam Engines 30-4
- Boot Slappers 20-4
- Standing Hamstring Stretch 1 min
- Squats 30-4
- Calf Raisers 2 min
- Calf Stretch 1 min
- Star Jumpers 20-2
- 12 Count Bodybuilders 25
- 3 Mile Run
Good luck on these tough workouts! If you’re brave enough to try them, feel free to comment below to say how you fared.
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