Monday, November 23, 2015

Military Exercises


Testing-
Situps - 2-minutes timed...or to exhaustion
Pushups - 90-seconds timed...or to exhaustion
Pullups - max...to exhaustion

Pyramids-
Pullups - 1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1
Pushups - 3,6,9,12,15,12,9,6,3
Situps - 5,10,15,20,25,20,15,10,5
...alternate with NO rest from one exercise to the next

Superset-
Sets x5
1 - Pullups Max
2 - Pushups x20
3 - Dips x5
4 - Situps x30

Ladder (Downward)-
Situps - 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5
Pushups - 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5
...alternate with NO rest from one exercise to the next

Reps (Paced)-
Situps - 8 x 25 (30 seconds on, 30 seconds off - if you get to 25 early, you get extra break time)
Pushups - 8 x 20 (30 seconds on, 30 seconds off - if you get to 25 early, you get extra break time)

Situps-
Do Situp Testing - don't do any sets that are more than 3x your max
i.e. - 50 situps in 2 minutes = sets of no more than 150 for now
i.e. - 80 situps in 2 minutes = sets of no more than 240 for now

Situps - 300
30 x 10 sets recommended

Situps - 250
25 x 10 sets recommended

Situps - 200
20 x 10 sets recommended

Situps - 150
25 x 6 sets recommended

Situps - 100
25 x 4 sets or 20 x 5 sets recommended

Pushups-
Do Pushup Testing -  don't do any sets that are more than 2x your max
i.e. - 40 pushups in 90 seconds = sets of no more than 80 for now
i.e. - 65 pushups in 90 seconds = sets of no more than 130 for now

Pushups - 200
20 x 10 sets or 25 x 8 sets recommended

Pushups - 150
15 x 10 sets recommended

Pushups - 120
20 x 6 sets recommended

Pushups - 100
20 x 5 sets recommended

Pushups - 80
20 x 4 sets recommended

Pushups - 60
15 x 4 sets recommended

Pullups-
Do Pullup Testing - don't do any sets that are more than 5x your max
i.e. - 1 pullup max = sets of no more than 5 for now
i.e. - 5 pullup max = sets of no more than 25 for now

Pullups - 50
5 x 10 sets recommended

Pullups - 40
4 x 10 sets recommended

Pullups - 30
3 x 10 sets recommended

Pullups - 20
2 x 10 sets recommended

Pullups - 10
2 x 5 sets with short rests + 5 x 30-sec flexed arm hangs

Pullups - 5
1 x 5 sets with short rests + 5 x 30-sec flexed arm hangs

Improve your pullups - 3 exercises:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ95J5o_UGY
1 - Scapula Pull
2 - Eccentrics
3 - Bodyweight Row

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