Initial PT Test at RTC

FutureSailor316 · 12-23-2013, 07:06 AM

I love to run so that should not be a problem. I can do around 75 curl ups in 2 minutes. Doing the 100 push up challenge now so I can get good at those. I am in week 2 of the 100 push up challenge.

FutureSailor316 · 12-23-2013, 07:57 AM

How often do you push ups in basic? Everyday? 6 days a week?

LT Guppy · 12-23-2013, 09:09 AM

Push ups are a common IT exercise, so you will likely be doing them frequently outside normal PT.

FutureSailor316 · 12-23-2013, 09:57 PM

I see. Push ups is an area I currently struggle in but am working very hard at. I have already progressed quite a bit since I started doing them about a month a go. I have just now started a structured push up plan and am currently in week 2 of that. I just want to excel at both the academic and physical aspects of being in the Navy.

Diesirae27 · 12-23-2013, 11:17 PM

Remember to exhale on exertion. If you haven't already looked up proper form, there are vids via youtube. What does your pushup plans consist of? There are different ways do do push-ups. You are only as strong as your stabilization muscles. Therefore, using different forms of push-ups and other exercises will help you be safer, better and faster while training.

I had a bad habit of holding by breath on exertion which starves the body of much needed oxygen and increases the likelihood of a hernia during certain exercises.

FutureSailor316 · 12-24-2013, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Diesirae27

Remember to exhale on exertion. If you haven't already looked up proper form, there are vids via youtube. What does your pushup plans consist of? There are different ways do do push-ups. You are only as strong as your stabilization muscles. Therefore, using different forms of push-ups and other exercises will help you be safer, better and faster while training.

I had a bad habit of holding by breath on exertion which starves the body of much needed oxygen and increases the likelihood of a hernia during certain exercises.

My push up program is the One Hundred Push Up Challenge. I do this on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Basically I do body weight on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (push ups, curl ups, planks, flutter kicks, bicycle crunches, russian twists, leg raises, etc). On Tuesday and Thursday I do a kettlebell HIIT workout. I am not a huge fan of weight lifting. I run whenever weather permits.

12-23-2013, 07:06 AM	#1
FutureSailor316 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 38 Rep Power: 0	I love to run so that should not be a problem. I can do around 75 curl ups in 2 minutes. Doing the 100 push up challenge now so I can get good at those. I am in week 2 of the 100 push up challenge.

12-23-2013, 07:57 AM	#2
FutureSailor316 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 38 Rep Power: 0	How often do you push ups in basic? Everyday? 6 days a week?

12-23-2013, 09:09 AM	#3
LT Guppy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,858 Rep Power: 0	Push ups are a common IT exercise, so you will likely be doing them frequently outside normal PT.

12-23-2013, 09:57 PM	#4
FutureSailor316 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 38 Rep Power: 0	I see. Push ups is an area I currently struggle in but am working very hard at. I have already progressed quite a bit since I started doing them about a month a go. I have just now started a structured push up plan and am currently in week 2 of that. I just want to excel at both the academic and physical aspects of being in the Navy.

12-23-2013, 11:17 PM	#5
Diesirae27 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 127 Rep Power: 0	Remember to exhale on exertion. If you haven't already looked up proper form, there are vids via youtube. What does your pushup plans consist of? There are different ways do do push-ups. You are only as strong as your stabilization muscles. Therefore, using different forms of push-ups and other exercises will help you be safer, better and faster while training. I had a bad habit of holding by breath on exertion which starves the body of much needed oxygen and increases the likelihood of a hernia during certain exercises.