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And the PRT changes yet again
- Thread starter nittany03
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Keep doing pushups with that regularly, that is very good for overall basic strength and conditioning.
Another tool one can buy that are easy to store but allow for lots of exercises is a set of exercise bands.
I have a set of exercise bands but to be honest I haven't made good use out of them. Do you have a go-to set of exercises you'd recommend?
For exercise bands, I'd do the basics, like pushups (if no weighted vest), overhead press, rowing, squats, and hamstring curls (if you have a decent spot to anchor them). Look up videos for techniques on how best to use them for these. For example:
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
The dynamic warm-ups this year got a lot of "wtfs" and laughs. They are now filled with exercises that you probably never heard of and would make a funny "I can't believe people do this at a gym" compilation.
Talk about spending money to fix something that wasn't broken.
Talk about spending money to fix something that wasn't broken.
That’s the nice thing about being an O-5 on the verge of retiring. I do my own warmups and stretches, and nobody bothers me.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Yeah, I hear you. But if doing odd dynamic movements makes the CFLs life easier (who was laughing with us) then whatever.
Yeah, I do theirs, and then do mine, or vice-versa. I don’t really get a lot out of the Navy’s PT “warmup”.
Rings are probably the best all-around upper body strengthening tool there is. You may "think" you are strong until you try doing stuff on the rings, and then find your chest feels like its going to rip. Which actually can happen, you have to be very careful when beginning on the rings. You can tear tendons and ligaments. Just holding the very top position of dips on the rings can be a major struggle for a beginner. However once you start doing ring dips, you'll find dips on parallel bars become silly easy. But if you're strong enough for rings, I wouldn't even bother with planks, just hold a front-leaning rest with them.
I can hold myself upright on rings (i.e. elbows at my side, rings at my waist) for.. 20-30 seconds? Maybe a little bit longer before I start to get the wobbles?
Rings are incredibly humbling.
Either do planks with your hands in the rings and your feet on the deck kind of like you do ring push ups or put your feet in the rings and your hands on the deck. It'll work your core in a similar manner.
I actually kind of like them. Our CFL gave us the option of doing the dynamic warm up or not and I chose to. I think it warms you up just enough and kind of brings back the nostalgia of doing warms up prior to practice and football games in HS and college.
I'm not sure anyone has ever
I’ve always thought PFA was more ORM than force-shaping, but could be both in the venn diagram.