Pulling G’s With Joe Rogan

It feels like I have been in continuous travel mode for the last month. I traveled by both commercial airline and long-distance driving. My various travels were for work and family stuff.

Nothing that resembled vacation time. I often listen to Joe Rogan Experience podcast episodes when I have a long driving day. Many of the episodes are tremendously interesting and can make three hours of driving go by quickly.

During one episode, Rogan talked about when he flew with the Blue Angels and his experience with pulling g’s. Joe was proud of the fact that he had stayed conscious in a 6.5 g turn. Rightfully so, 6.5 g’s is a serious load. In my F-16 days, the Airman of the Month would get a backseat ride, and we were under strict orders not to exceed 5.5 g on those rides.

Rogan also said that he passed out during a 5.0 g turn that caught him by surprise.

Joe’s final comments were about how the Blue Angel pilots were all in great shape from lifting weights. The implication was that strength training enables pilots to better survive high G maneuvering. That part gave me a chuckle.

In the 1980’s, the heaviest lifting we did was the beers out of the beer machine after the last flight was down. Weightlifting was not a thing in the 80s. It’s my opinion that the best way to train for high-G flying is to do high-G maneuvering every day. It worked for us.

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