if people can’t go 3 days without sleep, how can Navy SEAL trainees do an entire Hell Week of strenuous physical activity with only 4 hours of sleep?

Question

if people can’t go 3 days without sleep, how can Navy SEAL trainees do an entire Hell Week of strenuous physical activity with only 4 hours of sleep?

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Answer 1

Not a SEAL and never ran in those circles but my understanding of Hell Week is that it’s looking for people that are extremely motivated and won’t give up, so they put them through 5.5 days of unrelenting physical exertion combined with a lack of sleep and the candidates are encouraged to quit constantly. The ones who are left at the end are the type of person they want.