Today many people opt for weight training alone for strength training but this does not provide the endurance related aspects of load carrying over distance and varied terrain of assault courses or Close Combat Training. Many such types of weight training on their own simply don't provide the combatant with the ability to carry or move their own weight or someone else's over great distances. Weights tend to be well balanced and designed for ease of holding whereas carrying packs, logs and the dead weight of a human body up and over obstacles is a very different type of training.
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