@historyfellow3684 yeah running fast is not my specialty. About a 7 minute mile is best case scenario for me but then again I'm almost 34. I was faster at 20 🤣
Love it my dad is military and Thank you to whoever reads this that is in Active duty or a Veteran. Thank you God bless you and GOD BLESS AMERICA. Also, this is a very informative video.
What? Lol. I was worried. I thought “hand release” meant you had to take one or both hands off the ground like a clap or put one behind back. This is easy af. They actually made it simpler
Damn, it is harder, I can do 50 pushups the regular way in less than 1 minute give or take about 10 to 20 seconds for the last 3 to 4 reps, but this way, the first time I've ever seen it done this way before, I could only do 30 but I didn't time myself, it's pointless. I was shocked because at first it seemed easier but my muscles, my pecs, my arms, just got tighter and tighter towards the last 5 reps. Very interesting. This is the way I'm doing pushups from now on. I have to get back to 50. I wasn't as out of breath as I usually get, overall it wasn't as strenuous physically but the benefit is just undeniable. I feel more of a pump out of it. Like I got more with less.
Have you noticed any considerable changes in size/strength in your arms ever since doing push ups? Do your arms get sore now or are they used to the repetitions?
Im thinking about joining the military, i am currently unfit 21 years old 230ibs 5’10 im planning on working out and practice the army physical training like this push up. I’d appreciate some feed back from any active military person or veteran. Thank you and god bless America 🇺🇸
Not active duty but I'm currently working my way there, 6'1 230 pounds, for you you will need to bleed some weight and maintain, I go to the gym everymorning and walk/jog/run 2 miles minimum, after that 5 minute rest, no sitting down yet, find a rowing machine and try to aim for 1000 meters in 5 minutes, at first you may go for 2 and half for 500 meters but try to aim for the first one, after that whatever exercise for wherever you are lacking, as for nutrition sams club sell a 3 pound rotisserie chicken for 5 dollars, another 7 follows for rice and tortillas make a bunch of chicken and rice burritos the rotisserie is already seasoned sub your lunch for that every day, sometimes dinner you can prep the entire chicken for a month's worth, keep three in the fridge at a time, and freeze the rest, only thaw when down to one, drink only water, no more soda, if you are caffeine addicted, find a pre-workout that's fairly healthy with caffeine and use that once a day, but be prepared to kill your caffeine addiction before joining or basic will suck balls initially.
1. Carb Manager is your friend. 2. 30/60s-60/120s 3. You don't particularly need to lift, it can help. 4. Make sure you have good running form. If you don't and you aren't running before you leave. You will get shin splints. They hurt. A lot. 5. Remember it's all mental. Your drills don't hate you(unless you're a blue falcon), they are there to make you better. 6. Remember to enjoy it. If you don't take time every now and then to enjoy it you will be miserable. 7. The better shape you are in when you go, the more fun you'll be able to have. 8. Eat the cake in reception, don't eat it after.
20% of physical fitness is exercising. From your stats: 20-45 mins of physical activities 3-5 days per week. Walk, resistance training, calisthenics, etc. Always perform stretching exercises prior to and after. The other 80% are hydration, sleep, and diet. This is where the results begin. 2 qts to a gallon of water a day. 5-8 hours of quality sleep. Eat in moderation. Basically, eat what your body can pay for. Fast Food cost 100 push ups, 5 min plank, 75 pull ups, and 3 mile run to burn off. I cheat by eating unsweetened oatmeal with prunes, apples and bananas with a qt of lemon water 2 hours before I eat my meal. Don’t wait til you hungry. I hope this help. Good luck #AirAssault
Few things, cut your calories low for a couple weeks, and strength training and brisk walking or jogging. Up the calories slowly week after week for a few weeks, then cut them low again. Anytime your cutting, include some carbs, anytime your upping them, include less. High protein, lower carb the whole time. Stay active, lose 30 pounds and keep strength training. Follow a program. Get a pull-up bar, do push-ups through the day then right before bed so as many push-ups as you can in 2 mins!
You’ll be good. I was very out of shape when I joined, weighing at 250 & I’m 5’9. By the end of basic I weigh in at 205 now. Basic will definitely make you stronger with all the front leaning rest positions they’ll have you in lol Good luck & just stay positive & remember basic is only temporary, just focus on the end goal.
My thoughts “let’s add some bullshit movement to increase the amount of time one push-up takes to make it more equal so there aren’t pt studs blowing ppl out of the water with 100+ push-ups” they found their solution. Why must they change the resting position! It’s much harder to keep everything off the ground but your toes and hands!! 😂
Fr, this takes up so much time. Dunno why the did this, but I will admit it adds consistency, so improper form isn’t really problem, although that was kinda part of the discipline in a sense.
Big boobs. Women's pushups were especially hard if your boobs hit the ground. This solves that, sort of. Now you smash them to extend the arms. But at least it counts toward a rep. Women were losing reps for touching the ground, or not breaking 90degrees.
lol I think it’s more about “rapid generation of force” than PT studs. I see the idea they were going for. Maintaining tension is great, but you don’t shove something or someone with maintained muscle tension.
Better actually start to prepare, I thought the same thing to but I kept thinking well I still got 3 years well I got 2 years and now it kicked in I got 1 year so don’t lose track of time.
This is not what we had in 1988 basic training nor in my army career for the 7 years that followed until 1995. At no time during the PT test would the chest or any other part of the body ever be allowed to touch the ground. The only points of contact with the ground that would be allowed during the two minute test were both hands and both feet. This new "pushup" looks totally lame and looks too easy. For the army PT test we had old-fashioned "normal" pushups, sit-ups and two-mile run. No more.
I tried this test, and got significantly less push-ups in (49 less). My rear delts were burning from the lactic acid. You should try it, the full stop on the ground is also what makes this difficult.
This is a great exercise for four-count group PT, but for a PT test, it's classic Army anal retentive, OCD ridiculousness. All it tests is to see how well soldiers can follow procedures.
"seems" is the operative word here. Doing a pushup over and over again is easy. Dropping a load and picking it up over and over again drains you way faster than using your momentum to go into the next push.
This is a great exercise for four-count group PT, but for a PT test, it's classic Army anal retentive, OCD ridiculousness. All it tests is to see how well soldiers can follow procedures.
