Also, keep in mind this wasn’t action shooting. It’s more or less a full-body workout or stretch session that is supposed to help you become a better shooter. With that in mind, I did find it interesting to see which muscles were focused on. I plan to copy them verbatim for your enjoyment. The manual states you should really limit alcohol consumption, and the writer of the manual should have taken that advice before describing these exercises. When I could, the exercises were often much different than what was described. In fact, I grabbed copies on from 1941 to the 1990s and couldn’t find most of these exercises. Most of the names have minimal results in Google to illustrate some of the bizarrely described exercises. Sadly the manual doesn’t have any form of illustrations to show some of these exercises, and the descriptions were written by someone under the influence of something.

The Pistol Team Daily Dozen - Forgotten Exercises The Army Pistol Team Dail Dozen Exercises are different than the original Daily Dozen. You do 10 reps of each movement once a day. It’s supposed to be somewhat easy and refreshing, with an emphasis on movement. The Daily Dozen is a calisthenic workout developed by Walter Camp and put in use during World War 2 with the military. If you are familiar with the Daily Dozen workout concept, you can skip ahead. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to follow and signup for notifications!Īccording to the introduction, the Pistol Team Daily Dozen Exercises were developed to target the muscles used in shooting a pistol. Toward the back, there is an entire section dedicated to physical health as a shooter, including The Pistol Team Daily Dozen Exercises. I found the Army’s Pistol Team Training Guide from the 1970s, and it was full of interesting information from the era. Some contain a lot of interesting information that helps put the training, technology, and threat matrix of the past into perspective. I like to stumble around old Army and Marine Corps publications and field manuals.

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