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How many push-ups can you do?
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Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »Just to expand on this. This is correct but it gives you an automatic Grade 4.
Anyone looking to go on a course, get a new contract, travel overseas or get promoted needs a Grade 3. A Grade 1 is the top grade, goes G1-G5.
That means no modified push ups/sit ups.
And I just have to show up with a heart beat now
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I think push-ups are over rated. Pull-ups are a better overall exercise.
Pull-ups are easy, I can do 500+ in a minute PROVE ME WRONG
Pull-ups and Burpee's are the real killers
All joking aside, push ups are just a test of local muscular endurance and have their place in fitness tests.
Pull ups are genuinely very hard, and burpee's are an PT's way of showing you who's boss.
The were originally developed by the US marines to simulate a soldiers movement in the field where he might find himself under fire and shifting position swiftly. Most civilians don't need them, 'nor can do them correctly.
I like them in Judo, BJJ and MMA classes.. Not so much in Judo these days as a Judoka isn't allowed to leg grab anymore but in BJJ & MMA burpee's are great for developing a fighters sprawl.0 -
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Freya Full Tuba wrote: »Pull-ups are easy, I can do 500+ in a minute PROVE ME WRONG
Pull-ups and Burpee's are the real killers
All joking aside, push ups are just a test of local muscular endurance and have their place in fitness tests.
Pull ups are genuinely very hard, and burpee's are an PT's way of showing you who's boss.
The were originally developed by the US marines to simulate a soldiers movement in the field where he might find himself under fire and shifting position swiftly. Most civilians don't need them, 'nor can do them correctly.
I like them in Judo, BJJ and MMA classes.. Not so much in Judo these days as a Judoka isn't allowed to leg grab anymore but in BJJ & MMA burpee's are great for developing a fighters sprawl.
Yeah, we do circuits for S&C for kickboxing. After Burpees and pull-ups, the push ups are like a rest round.0 -
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Not directed at anyone - but if anyone is claiming inflated figures and good techniques the only person they are fooling is themselves. Not worth getting in a tizzy over.
That's the truth of it, how did your parkrun go today?.
I beat the world record :pac:
But you're right, if someone is inflating their numbers its silly. But Fancy Pants and myself are in a job where push ups and fitness in general is a part of that job and its the norm to find very fit & healthy soldiers so we get it when civilians think they're spoofing.
There's all sorts of consequences for failing a fitness test in the defence forces. First off there's the slagging from the lads lol.. Then you can be medically downgraded, that has a huge negative effect on your career including losing your job, lack of promotion, loss of oversea's missions and the financial award they bring.
Before all that happens you'll be offered a 4 week health related fitness course to bring you back up to a military standard and pass your fitness test.
So taking all that into account what seems like spoofed up numbers to civilians is run of the mill stuff for lads in the job.
Now its not like that 365 days of the year. Lads like to switch off too, I piled on a few Kgs over the Christmas, other lads are very busy and don't get too much time to train or they might be injured, sick etc but in the weeks before a fitness test they'll be out busting the asses so get a good grade, no one wants grade 4 or 5.
As regards age, some of the fittest soldiers I've seen retired on age grounds!.
Right I've given way too much time to this. I ran my parkrun this morning entirely on the grass and trails, and I'm knackered and need a kip (a senior thing
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Fancy Knickers, see you soon :pac:0 -
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Freya Full Tuba wrote: »I had to google what a diamond push up's were, so I guess I just do your run of the mill push up.
But I'm tested by military physical training instructors. Those numbers wouldn't be amazing in the army, very good but not extraordinary.
I was only teasing.
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If you are heavier then body weight exercises are going to be more challenging for you.misterme123 wrote: »Can manage 30+ before I collapse, but only with push-up bars and no time limit.
Are people who focus on bodybuilding/strength training not able to do as many as less heavily muscular athletes or is it still more about strength than endurance?
I am small..not much to lift
But i can't lift heavy weights ...;)0 -
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