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Hey, i'm half through my A2 levels and will be wanting to join the army not long afterwards. My only worry about this is my press-ups. i can pull off about 100 situps in 2 minutes, run 1/5 miles with a 0.5 mile warm-up in 8.56minutes and do quite a few pullups/heaves

However i find it diffcult to reach 15/20 pressups without having to stop for a few seconds. does anyone have any advice on strengthening my back/triceps/shoulders to aid my press-ups apart from having to just keep going and i'll soon be able to make it.

A reply would be great,
thanks.

There is one exercise which really helps my pressups, get 2 chairs then put them just a bit further apart than your legs are long with the backs facing away from each other. Now put your feet on one and your hands on the other and lower yourself till your butt hits the floor then press yourself back up without pushing your legs down. It does tris chest shoulders and back and (IMHO) rocks.

I find it better for increasing my pushup amount than actual pushups.

thanks alot i'll give it a whirl in an hour or so. just letting my body recover slightly as iv just done my max load of pressups 5 times with 1 minute break imbetween.... ouch

I found the best way to improve pressups is just to do them whenever you can throughout the day. any spare 2 minutes, get down and start pushing.

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Pyramids are good too. 25, then 20, then 15, then 10,9,8,etc etc, then back up to 25 again. Its even better if you vary the types of pressups. So do diamond pressups for one set, then do wide-arm, then normal, then tricep pressups (Marine style) etc etc. To make it even harder you can put your feet up on a chair and then do the pyramids. Standby for pain with that one

thanks, i'll give it a try.
i'm thinking i'll do a regular amount every time i finish in the toilet (haha) so i can fit training in perfectly in any schedule. and i'll vary between every hour a pyramid 10-1 and 5 sets of 6-8 pushups

Hi Gazeibo,

i'm thinking i'll do a regular amount every time i finish in the toilet

The best person to speak to about this is Doc. Not only does he have a specific lavatory-based fitness routine worked out, he can also assist if things go awry. He's a Doctor after all.

Good luck with all you try and do - especially bog-wise.

Regards,

CS

P.S - Doc - if you read this - I think Mens Health/Ideal Standard are interested in speaking to you...

Did you know that the human body wasnt designed to shit sitting down, and its whole structure is designed to squeeze one out when squatted.

In arab countries where rag heads squat to shit, there is lesser occurances of bowel obstruction than western countries (diet may have a thing or two to do with it though)

Anyway the purpose really is to outline yet another exercise for the toilet, from my forthcoming book "no just for shitting and pissing - the Chris Ryan Manual of toilet Fitness Techniques, with Doc from Mil forums"

We are working on a more catching title. But "SAS fitness whilst squeezing one out" is looking good.

The exercise, entitled, shit squats, are like normal squats, but on the completion of the lowering phase of the exercise over the pan, you squeeze your bowels, on hearing the splash you complete the exercise to return to the standing postion.

As in my other post these are intially leg exercises, but I have also worked my abs/neck muscles well in certain cases of "post compo" visits to the shithouse!

Coming next from paragraph two, one arm bicep exercises whilst stood over the bog and home made protein shakes!


PS I aint a doctor, I failed my eleven plus so ended up a medic