push ups

[snellinguk]

They say 20 min 60 max in 2 mins on prmc guide so say i did 40 in 1 min could i rest say 30 secs go back down and do another 20 ?????

thx

[BigFatCivvy]

I think you already know the answer now don't you?

[snellinguk]

what about holding the push up surely that would be ok ???

[Cronkilla]

Resting will result in a boll*cking from the PTI and you may be made to stop the test. As long as you are going up and down and do not rest(rest is more than 5 seconds stopping) they wont bother you too much.

[mattt_h]

Why dont you just slow youre rate just think ''1 up 1 down'' etc eg 2 secs per rep

[snellinguk]

its no prob i do 5 miles run then bang out 15 pull ups then 90 sits its just i can only seem 2 do 40 push ups after all that becouse i am hanging out i no i will pass i trained with my fat mate who went in when you had to do the endurance course and i could allways max him now he is based at 42 and he is still fat lol !!!

[snellinguk]

i changed to pyramid push ups i find they help more by the time you get to ten its back down !!

[Cronkilla]

You might like to try something ive been 'playing with'. Every song has a beat and you do pressups to that. Obviously if its some dance track your not going to do well ( unless you have arms the size of a gorilla), so you can go up and down to every other beat.

Bang up bang down bang up bang down. Another idea ive done is to keep to the beat above during the verse and on the chorus every beat means 1 pressups. I can assure you it works and conditions the body to working to different speeds and will improve. All i can say is try it.

Its also good for situps and i found eastenders tune to be good for pull ups going on every 'beat' .

[Maverick00]

You ought to try some techno or happy hardcore..now that would be funny to watch...

[faddius]

Best bet is to do them really slowly at one rep every 6 secs. Don't hold it anywhere and keep moving but slowly. It will really test your muscles and in time enable you to do it for the full 2 mins.

[ash2003]

Sticky is right. dont go down to CTC till you can pump out pressups for 2 minutes. One question which I think I already know the answer to... When you have hit 60 you can stop rite?

[El Prez]

You would have to pause, raise an enquiring paw and ask quietly, "I say Corporal old chap, is that enough to be going on with?"
Don't expect to be consoled and congratulated.

[ash2003]

hehe. Out of nowhere i've just had a huge increase on my press ups. I started doing em got up to 40 stopped wondering what the f*ck was goin on cos it was so easy lol. I could do 60 of the basic style pressups but wi armed tucked in I could only do about 28 in one set and at that my arms would be dead. May have summat to do wi me using pressup bars so my arms have been raised while doing the arms inward style push up. So when i did them without that they are so easy. Gonna make sure I can pump out 60 easily with no sign of tiredness before I go down

[davo141]

i got told, and maybe one of the guys who have recently had there PRMC that the guys who run it say before you start if you reach sixty.Stop? i cant see this been true but you never know?

cheers, dave