Conor Harrington

right as sum of you know i will be in the army(paras) by august
i have taken my first adsc and failed on running time which i have got covered now
but am struggling on pull ups and push ups

is there certain techniques
and best things to make me better at them

will swimming help at all.

cheers
conor

xr2wishy

iTrader: (2)

just keep working on pull ups and push ups pal.
if you focus on the excercise in hand then that will improve.
all excercise is better than nothing afterall.

CliffRS4

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I do press ups & weights etc when I am in my room watching telly.

Not a para; I'm a chef

Conor Harrington

hah cheers for the input im doing the same pull ups sit ups push ups etc just evryday for a little whiel i need to be able to do 9 pull ups sounds simple enugh but it really isent haha

i think it is one of these persistant things jsut to keep going and jsut dont stop jsut wanted to knwo if there is a certain technique or ways of making it easyier hah

RS Grant

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One of my friends has been in the Paras for the last few years, can ask him for some tips if you like? .....although I'm sure its just a case of focusing on the areas that you weren't up to standard and seriously concentrating your training around those and building up the relevant parts of your body to reach the required level.


Cheers,
Grant

Conor Harrington

yeah mate would liek that if you could get sum tips or they ways he does it now or what ever it would be great mate

i know it is jsut keep going and dont stop jsut a necver ending battle that 1 day i will win

PhilM

For pushups, try doing this challenge (has a training program on there you can follow). http://www.hundredpushups.com/

100 Pushups will be plenty to get you ready for basic training I'd have thought, however be very careful with your form. They will hammer you for poor form, so make sure you do them right from the start

CliffRS4

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Do close to your maximum and then drop one each time you do it after a minute of rest. This way you are doing more but doing less each time. Like a reverse pyramid with the most first. That way your mind has the psychological thing that you are getting closer to the finish as the reps are getting lower.

I do this when I go to the gym. Also make sure you are properly warmed up. Your body will perform better when you are warm.

Conor Harrington

will have alook at that push up thing and i have alittle warm up before any work mate so thats alrite and yeah what count down instead up of cso it makes the midn think yeah i got it haha

Pushrod

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Keep the palms of your hands facing you and cross your legs.
Try some short arm, before going long arm and loose a lot of weight.
Keep at it every day. Join something easier.

Ollie.

Jeez man if your that unfit should you really be going into the paras?

No real techniques just practice. Try some bench press or dumbell press' to build up your chest for press ups.. how many of them do you need to do? For the pull ups etc try some pull downs to build your lats.

focusest1.8

I'm in the army mate, not the paras though, this is just a suggestion that works for me, just break it down into sets with reps of 20-30 and then max out, keep trying to beat it every day/week, you get 2 min, practise pushing out as many as you can without stopping, you'll find you'll piss it easy. Same with the pull ups just keep at it and try and beat your last amount, come the test you'll be able to do 9 easy. This works for me, i'll do 70 press ups for a pft well before the times up, we only have to do 45, I wont knacker myself for the run. I'm not tested on pull ups but find by crossing you legs and keeping them as still as possible so you don't rock makes it easier. Hope this helps and good luck with it.

Rsmat

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im ex para came out 18ish months ago after 9yrs.... gutted for ya mate failing adsc...BUT keep training and ull get naturally stronger ill give ya a little example of how fit i was when i went in i ran the mile and half in 7mins 52 seconds.

and believe me your going to get thrashed young joe!!!.

if ya have any probs give us a pm and ill advise ya.

atb mat.

Conor Harrington

cheers for all the advice and rs mate i think i will be calling on you haha

im not unfit jsut need extra training and gettinto into shape i am have got laods of time they have brought a a day thign to test you knowledge got to do that first then another adsc and then there is a long waiting list to i will be fit as anythign buy the time its my turn haha

jammerrs

why cant you do 9, are they different to regualar pull ups or something, like 1 handed or something?

id do the ones your struggeling with so do pull ups and push ups instead of other training methods to build up the muscles used in that action.

maybe go to a gym or get somebody to help you so your form is right, the difference between proper pull ups and cheating pullups is huge, same with push ups.

i found hands close together and legs straight helped me to do more, found bent legged harder

Conor Harrington

many differnt ways of it
and i need to make sure i can do 9 in the correct way so i will have to just keep going at it and i will also be going a gym of sum sort to help out on other aspects aswell haha