Questions about PRMC

[Mheyda]

Questions about PRMC

Pull ups - Do you have to hold yourself up for 5 seconds when your chin is above the bar?

Sit ups and press ups - Can you just do them in your own time ( fast or slow) or is there a set times between each one with beeps or somthing signalling when do do the next press up??

Oh and away from the topic......

What keeps you lot motivated after when you feel like you ran really bad and you give up to easily?? Cause when ever I do any running and I feel i give up to easy i always say to myself "Am i f@#k waking up tomorrow to do this". But i always get up anyway.

[Butch]

A simple answer- Don't give up. Decide what distance you are going to run and don't stop until you finish it, even if you are almost walking towards the end. I find that the feeling of achievement I get from finishing a 7 or 10 miler is more than enough to make me want to get up and do it all again the next day. Also, you might be running too far too early on. Start off with a short distance and then build it up gradually. In no time you'll be running further than you ever thought possible. In terms of motivation, I keep my POC guide and other RM stuff out in my room and whenever I see this it just makes me want it more.

In response to your other questions, I'm not too sure about the pullups but I believe that the pressups and situps are done in time with bleeps but I'm not sure of the timings of these. Other posts have more information on this.

Stick with the training and good luck.

[Mheyda]

Thanks for the reply.

I find myself slowing down to a walk if not completly stopped somtimes on a 15 minutes steady run but i always just start running again. Its just the feeling, that cause you stopped or walked a little bit you havennt got the determination, which i thought I had.

Anyway Im just going to stick with it and hope it gets easier which I think it should. Ive allready started seeing improvment from the first day i started running So thats a good point.

[ph1l]

also to avoid getting completely bored of running vary your route and some das try smaller distances quite fast and other days try longer distances slower, its how i stay enjoying my running and motivated.

[Smilie-man'81]

To keep motivated i run with my brother or my friend. I hate finishing last or being the first person to stop on a run so when theres only two people i have to keep going.

[Cronkilla]

Pullups are done with 2 other candidates on the bar (in number order and same bib colour). The orders are 'bend' and 'stretch' which means up and down. You go up when your told and down when your told. Its usually 2 seconds or so after the last man. Id advice you pull up and hook your chin on the bar

Sit ups and pull ups are in your own time but your advised to keep to the pace the PTI showed you before you began.

My motivation has always been the following green beret,getting out of lncoln,better shape,better chanes of more and more attractive women, and of course a brilliant life when in the corps. You may as also suggested try reading a recruiting books regularly. Even browsing it in under 15 seconds is enough to get me out the door.

[lodgi]

Mheyda, I used to find myself stopping because I was knackered and coulnd't carry on, sounds to me like you're pushing yourself too hard. Slow down, try and go at a pace where you can keep jogging the whole way round your course.

I used to get really p*ssed off with myself when I stopped for breath and I know exactly what you mean when you say it makes you feel that you havn't got the determination. All I'd advise is don't go too fast to start with and give your body time to rest. If you've just started running theres no use in running every night/morning as your body wont have time to mend its self.

[Adam86]

yea I dont really know how to block that feeling that says to you 'shit me this hurts' so I struggle with that a bit but its down to personal stuff, paula radcliff (spelling) she just repeats a 1-100 count seems to have worked for her

[lodgi]

When I first started running I struggled with blocking out thinking about stopping. I said to myself "yeah this hurts but so what". Anyway that didnt work as I always over-rided it with "well If I walk for a bit it wont hurt". Anyway now I just think clear my mind and dont think about anything. I just switch of and day dream as I run.Alternively I sing a song to myself in my head but I sometimes find it upsets my breathing and I end up breathing to the tune of the song which isn't very clever. Also, my mate told me I should breath in through my nose and out through my mouth, I tried it and its shite, I can't get enough air in through my nose. Is it just me or is this technique bullshit?

Going running in a bit, going to try that counting to 100 over and over thing.

[oban3]

i've seen a few post now with comments on breathing through the nose and out through the mouth - you should only use when you get a stitch - it regulates your breathing for the stomach or something like that - i just remember a gym instructor telling me about it.

[rabby]

Breathing through the nose is bollocks full stop. If you get a stitch, slow to a fast walk and put hands on head and take big, deep breaths through the mouth. Never breathe throught the nose, it just aint big enough to supply oxygen to the lungs. PTI said so.

[Jon]

Personally, I believe that you should concentrate on your breathing when running. Concentrate on anything else and you will gget knackered far sooner - your breathing rate will probably stay to low, even if it does feel fast.

Breath in through your mouth and out through your mouth. Your nose will not beable to inhale the required amount (ignore that crap about the air going to the stomach - it goes down the same tube into your lungs, so you might as well breath through a larger opening) If you get a stitch, dont stop. Just breathe deeper and faster and you will recover - if needed slow down or even walk but never stop as this will make your legs stiff. If you do stop, you will probably need to do a bit of stretching again.

If you do f@#k up during a run and loose your motivation for the next day, go jogging with a friend. Talking to someone while running will prevent you from getting mentally tired. If you are competitive, try to go longer than your friend - you will find that if they stop before you, your confience will improve (plus you will get a rest while waiting without the hardship of actually giving in).

On hot days, it also helps to carry water or orange squash with you. Despite the inconvenience of having to take it with you, it will help you to overcome tiredness, dehydration and that awful salty taste that builds up in your dry mouth.

Just look straight ahead about 10 meters in front of you and think of happy thoughts. Even rewarding yourself will work.

[Maverick00]

Best advice on this is as mentioned before, just 'zone out', staring straight ahead, thinking about nothing but slow rythmic breathing. Concentrate on a purposeful stride pattern, the feeling of the wind in your face, the envious looks of all the people in their cars wishing they were fit enough to run like you are, think about the end result of where you want to be.

Basically, think about anything and nothing, positive self talk works best. If you think about negative things the body will react in a negative way. Think positive and you'll get the best out of yourself.

[lodgi]

I had to stop today while I was running, I'm a bit pissed off with myself to tell you the truth. The hill I run up is like that / though. The feeling that caused me to stop wasn't pain or discomfort, it was more of a weak and dizzy feeling. I think I run better in the evening when I've had plenty of food and liquid.

What time do you lot go running?

[-Danny-]

I go running in the morning and afternoon i normaly get up about 7 and have some breakfast and a few glasses of water and then go running about 9 and in the afternoon i go about 6