how many push-ups??

[cdrsniper]

89 here..( thats a record for me...)

 

[BackOrdered]

... oh yeah, no matter how many push-ups or curl-ups we did, the most we could record for the PRT was the maximum. 87 push-ups, 105 curl-ups.

That's an interesting piece of information. I'll probably maintain my 120 since it will act as a buffer if they take away any push ups on the IN-PRT.

 

[Kickflip89]

That's an interesting piece of information. I'll probably maintain my 120 since it will act as a buffer if they take away any push ups on the IN-PRT.

Do 105 pushups and take a knee on the IN-PRT. If you are on pushup #117 and are looking shoddy enough, it is possible that you could get zero'd out. Not very likely, but why take the chance?

As far as pushups not during the PFA? Basically your class will do pushups until no one can do anymore, then you'll "rest" in the up position while screaming your head off, and then you'll do some more pushups. Alternatively, you may "rest" by doing ab excercises, jumping jacks, running in place, or any number of interesting calisthenics.

 

[BACONATOR]

Do 105 pushups and take a knee on the IN-PRT. If you are on pushup #117 and are looking shoddy enough, it is possible that you could get zero'd out. Not very likely, but why take the chance?

As far as pushups not during the PFA? Basically your class will do pushups until no one can do anymore, then you'll "rest" in the up position while screaming your head off, and then you'll do some more pushups. Alternatively, you may "rest" by doing ab excercises, jumping jacks, running in place, or any number of interesting calisthenics.

Or you can do 84 (or whatever the #) good ones and stop.

 

[a_m]

293

 

[skim]

I'm up to 120 in under two minutes, but yeah, after 80 I get shaky.

It helps to think in two sets of 60 rather than just 120.

120 under 2 minutes?? how is your form? I was able to do like 70 in a minute, but once I started to break 90 degrees with my elbows and chest to deck, my number dropped to about 70 in 2 minutes.

 

[Morgan81]

On all of the PRT I graded or was in, as soon as you hit 87 you took a knee.

 

[BackOrdered]

120 under 2 minutes?? how is your form?

120 is the record and I have to be fairly rested to do it under 2 minutes. Tried this morning and couldn't make it consistently, my chest and arms were burning from yesterday's attempt. Form needs work and I have a few more months to work on it. I can bust out 60 with perfect form in under a minute, rest a second, squeeze another 30, then struggle to 120. The whole goal is I know I can do 60 fine, but if I have to, I can repeat it during the same 2 minutes. That's my push up prep for OCS. Plus, trying to do 120 when I'm a little beat from the other day simulates the beating waiting at OCS and builds some tolerance.

 

[utak]

Don't be stupid man. Overall fitness is the key, not just pushups. If you do 120 pushups and 120 situps, then fail the run, it won't matter how many pushups you did. You still failed the PRT.

I was a PRT Coordinator before I went to OCS. I was also stashed at NRD giving pro-recc'ed candidates PRTs for their final select paperwork. I saw too many people go all out on the pushups and situps, then drag ass on the run.

Look at your age group and find the maximums. Do it perfectly, till you hit the max, then take a knee and move on to the next. Your objective is to hit your maximum pushups and situps, after you run a quarter mile, do dynamic stretching (jog in place, etc etc), bearcrawl to the track, do another quarter mile of jogging forward/sideways/backwards and lunges *then* you start the pushups and situps.

And of course, the run is right afterwards too, which makes or breaks people's overall performance. So you want to have some energy left over for the run. You're gonna get the same pushups score as a 22 year old whether you do 107 pushups or 87 pushups, keep some gas in the tank. There's gonna be a time when you'll need it. For me, I really needed it for my out PFA. I was hacking and sick like a dog that day, infecting everyone else in my class. I did max pushups/situps, then 9:20 on the run, got 295 out of 300 for my age group plus an individual achievement for Physical Fitness.

Also, I might want to add that when you get beat, pushups are the least of your worries. Anyone can do pushups. It's the other exercises that induces pain, no matter what shape you're in - it's gonna hurt. Bearcrawling, starjumpers, 8-counts, burpees, monkey fuckers. Jog in place holding your M1 rifle right in front of you, straight arms (that sucks!).

 

[Coldnavy]

Plus, trying to do 120 when I'm a little beat from the other day simulates the beating waiting at OCS and builds some tolerance.

I hate to be the one to break the news to you on this one, but there is nothing you can do to "simulate" a beating at OCS...

There is nothing you can do to prepare yourself for the crap you have to do. You just have to gut it out once you get there. Even the most conditioned person is worn out after 30+ minutes of Bear Crawling, Star jumping, Crab walking, Monkey F'ers, Dirty dogs....

 

[jagrow]

Where was everybody at for the number of pushups and 1.5 mile time before going into OCS? How fast does the number of pushups you can do go up?

 

[schwarti]

Number of pushups can go up VERY fast. I wasn't working at it too hard, and I added thirty or so in two weeks. Less, maybe. Situps, too. They aren't hard, they don't require money and they take very little time. You just have to do them consistently.