Push ups
Frank LaFleur
have a ship date yet) and I need to work on push ups. In basic Ill need to
do 45 push ups in 2 minutes, when I first started pushups about 3 weeks ago
I could do about 32 and then fail, it seems now after practicing Im worse
off, can only go up to ~25. I started out doing several sets in the morning
and several at night before bed. Thinking maybe my muscles need more time
to heal, I started doing them every other day, but more sets. It seems even
after a day of rest they feel sore and like I said its up to about 25 then
excruciating to get any more out. Should I just keep this up? Any other
suggestions. Im on a high protein, low carbohydrate diet too, if it makes a
difference. Thank you very much for any suggestions.
Frank
Roy Schestowitz
Clearly you have exhausted yourself and you need to get more rest.
Alternatively, you can work on different muscle groups or perform similar
types of exercise. As time goes on, this exhaustion will no longer be felt.
Your recovery time will decrease and you will be able to do a high number
of pushups much more often.
Roy
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Blair P. Houghton
>Hello everyone, Im training right now for Air Force basic training (dont
>have a ship date yet) and I need to work on push ups. In basic Ill need to
>do 45 push ups in 2 minutes,
Don't worry about it.
One of their jobs is to train you to pass that test at
the end of Basic.
They expect people who can't do 2 pushups to pass by
the time they're done with them.
And, it's the Air Force, not the Marine Corps. You're
in better shape than most of them now.
--Blair
"Do us proud."
Jim Seymour
Two things occur to me, but first a disclaimer: I'm neither a health
nor a fitness expert.
It's my understanding that to gain muscle strength, you need to work
them to "temporary failure." That is: Repetitions until you can do
no more. Rest 45 seconds, go again. Two or three sets like that.
Then your muscles need 2 days, on average, to recover and to gain
from the exercise.
You should be eating a balanced diet. A low-carb diet, in
particular, is counter-productive when strength-training. Carbs are
broken-down into glycogen, which is stored in the muscles and liver.
It is glycogen that is called-upon first during high-intensity
strength-training demands. (Ever hear weight-lifters talk of
"carb-loading?" Now you know why.) If the glycogen isn't there, the
muscles will start "eating themselves." This happens for two
reasons: 1. Your system cannot switch from glycogen-for-energy to
fat-conversion-for-energy fast enough to satisfy the demands being
put on it and 2. Usually, in strength-training and contests, you've
gone well past your anaerobic threshold, so you can't get enough
oxygen to burn fat anyway.
Hopefully, if I've got any of this wrong, somebody will be along to
correct me :).
And thanks for serving!
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Frank LaFleur
carb diet (Atkins) and while I still watch carbs now Im much more liberal,
Im basically eliminating sugar. Some days I eat close to 100 grams of carbs
and since I dont gain any bodyfat I seem to be maintaining. Most of my
carbs come from vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. I still dont know
when my ship date is for basic training but Im training a lot and feeling
pretty confident to do my best for this great country.
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goes as follows. You do three types of pushups shoulder width apart, narrow,
and wide arm. You do three sets of each. The first set you do for 1:30, the
60sec, the 30sec. In between sets rest about 45 secs. Also alternate situps
in between types of push ups. This program will get your numbers up. When I
went into basic training I could do 20 push ups, by the end I could do 64,
My first PT test 30 days after basic I did 79. You will perform worse in
basic then you will in school because your body will be exhausted from all
the other work you are doing. Good luck with your time in the military.
NYC XYZ
anything -- in which case you can "relax" and just do like 20 rep-sets
for now. The 42/45-pushups-in-two-minutes is for passing basic, and
you'll easily achieve that inside the four weeks of AF basic.
jim
http://hundredpushups.com/week1.html
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