elbows crack when doing pressups

[mr_man_2168]

yea thanks, I've been doing press-ups with knees for ages and not bad at them, but I can barely do 2 proper pressups. Have been doing a lot of dips off a chair and dorsal raise etc... have ADSC next month so need to keep on it

HRH, try doing pressups with your hands up on a bench or something so they're up off the floor. It puts more of the weight over your legs so you still get the full range of motion of a normal press-up and work all the muscles, but it's a bit easier. The higher the object, the easier it gets.

[HRH]

I will try doing that, thanks

Also have been trying to do chin up - so far cant even do 1 but I think girls just have to hang for 1 min and I can do that, have been practicing in the park and just hanging there looking like a nutter

[just_me]

Girls have to do proper heaves aswell, from what I can tell of the ADSC DVD.

[HRH]

Thats what I though but apparently not, Ive been told that long as u can hang there for a minute its ok. Went to a pre-ADSC and only 1 of the 5 girls could do a chin up but the rest of us passed it thru hanging there..

still would of course be a lot better if I could do at least one..

[luke-cameron]

i can do 11 chin-ups at the moment,41 pressups in a min,blitz the 1.5 mile run but i realy struggle with situps,any one got any suggestions?

really stuck

[Beast]

One important thing to remember peeps is to stay hydrated when training hard.

Try to drink at least 1.5 litres or more a day, certainly makes a difference.

Alot of people will experience the cracking noise when training, just take it easy and if you feel any pain please refrain from training too hard and visit your Doctor.

In most cases this cracking noise will soon disappear after a couple of months as you stretch and strengthen your joints.

If your that worried try cod liver oil capsules.

Luke, if your struggling with sit ups, try small crunches at first and build your repetitions up.
This will also strengthen your abdominal muscles.
When confident try full sit ups.

[just_me]

Try to drink at least 1.5 litres or more a day, certainly makes a difference.

What I do, and this helps me a lot, is to make sure I get enough water I just fill up a 1.5 litre bottle with water, stick it in the fridge and make sure it is empty at the end of the day. Obviosly the more you drink, the better.

[HRH]

yea I drink over 3 litres daily and it deffo helps with the running

do you have to do situps at ADSC?

[just_me]

Not as as part of any test but we did situps in our PT session.

[HRH]

oh right ok

the PT session is on the first of the 2 days I take it

Ive been told that usually people take about a minute longer than normal on the 1.5 miles because you do so much exercise on the day before?