Major Gérald Michiara, the head of the Sports Office of the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE), the Motherhouse of the French Foreign Legion, has already become a YouTube star. Meet this guy a bit and see other more or less known videos with him.
Foreign Legion: Useful back exercises with Major Gérald
In his another great video published by the official French Foreign Legion channel on YouTube, Major Gérald, the head of the Sports Office of the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE), presents very useful basic workouts for strengthening your postural muscles. This very important training prevents you from several types of injuries of your back and help you to maintain a good posture.
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Foreign Legion: Abdominal exercises with Major Gérald
Watch another useful video published by the official French Foreign Legion channel on YouTube to improve your core strength. This video is dedicated to simple and effective physical training techniques for developing your abdominal muscles. They are, as always, presented by Major Gérald (the most senior warrant officer), the head of the Sports Office of the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE), the Legion’s HQ.
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Foreign Legion: Basic fighting stance & movement training with Major Gérald
See another interesting video published by the official French Foreign Legion channel on YouTube. It is the sixth video of a series dedicated to simple and effective physical training techniques for developing a military close quarter combatant. They are presented by Major Gérald (the most senior warrant officer), the head of the Sports Office, 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE), the Legion’s HQ.
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Foreign Legion: Military close combat basics with Major Gérald
See another interesting video published by the official French Foreign Legion channel on YouTube. The fourth video of a training series shows the fundamental basic techniques of close quarter combat. They are presented by Major Gérald (the most senior warrant officer), the head of the Sports Office, 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE), the Legion’s HQ.
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Foreign Legion: Explosive training exercises with Major Gérald
See an interesting motivational video published by the official French Foreign Legion channel on YouTube in late November. The already third video of a training series shows simple and effective physical training techniques for developing your explosive strength. They are presented by Major Gérald (similar to the rank of Sergeant Major in the US + UK, the most senior warrant officer) from the Sports Office of the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE), the Legion’s HQ located in Aubagne.
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2e REP: Sporting activities at the regiment
At the end of the year of 2017, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), the only airborne unit of the French Foreign Legion, launched a vidoclip to present its sporting activities taking place at Camp Raffalli, the home base of the regiment in Corsica.
Sports in the French Foreign Legion
French Foreign Legion sports. You are good at boxing and would like to continue training even in the Legion. Are you able to do so? Besides obligatory running, pushing-up and pull-ups, which sports activities are supporting by the Foreign Legion?