spurgeonryan said:
MOS Combatives Level PT test scores Marksmanship etc. |
I'm a 35P, Korean cryptologic linguist. Almost two years time in service, but I'm still in language training, though - get to do that for two years after all's said and done, THEN go to AIT. Then I get to live in Korea for three years.
Currently not combatives certified because I'm still in training with a family and frankly, I don't have time for that kind of stuff right now. But I intend to get combatives level 2 at least and go to Airborne school.
PT test, I'm sitting around 220 to 240 - nothing that great, but I'm also working on that with a new workout regimen I picked up off of a Ranger. And because I'm the kind sort of manly man, I'll post part of that regimen at the end of this post.
Marksmanship, I'm a Sharpshooter. Once again, when I'm out of training, I plan to train myself up to Expert, and see about getting a handgun qual under my belt.
Now for the awesome, surefire-to-make-you-feel-like-a-man pushup workout! A couple things to note for laymen - a proper pushup involves a straight body all the way from shoulders to ankles, MAYBE with the waist slightly bent. No dipping/slouching/sagging! And when you go down, you practically have to touch your chest to the ground. I usually do, just because some sergeants love to be picky about whether you went down far enough. And when you come back up, extend your arms ALL THE WAY.
(1) Start with 30 seconds of regular pushups (arms about shoulder-width apart) as quickly as possible. Try to rock out at least twenty pushups.
(2) Rest ten seconds, then do it again.
(3) Repeat steps 1 & 2 (so you'll do 3 sets of 30-seconds after this step).
(4) Now do steps 1-3 with close-arm pushups (try going with a diamond-shape with your hands if you can).
(5) NOW do wide-arm pushups for steps 1-3.
(6) Here's where it gets fun. You need space to do this one. You'll start with doing a regular pushup, but when you come up, pop your body hard to turn about 45 degrees to the left. Do another pushup, then pop another 45 degrees. Do this in a whole circle - you should finish with 8 pushups and end up facing the same direction again. Do this, again, three times, with a short rest in between.
(7) Same exercise, but to the right now. Three times.
(8) Now, go to a regular pushup position, then stick your butt way up in the air to make a really high arch. WITH YOUR BUTT IN THE AIR, do a pushup and touch your forehead or the top of your head to the ground. This works your shoulders primarily. Do this ten times (fifteen if you're feeling strong). Rest ten seconds as per usual, do the exercise three times total.
(9) Set of ten 8-count pushups. You'll probably be pretty stinking smoked by now, but rock it out anyhow. If you don't know what an 8-count pushup is, you start from the position of attention. Drop down to the pushup position, do two pushups, then back to the position of attention. Done properly it's 8 different movements. All of that counts as one rep. As I said, do ten of 'em.
(10) Finish it off with a 90-second plank. If that's too hard on you, do one 60-second, rest about fifteen seconds, then one 40-second. Yes, that's ten more seconds. The rest in the middle calls for that. Planking is where you are on your elbows and toes, with the rest of your body forming a straight "plank" all the way. No sagging, once again! This strengthens your core, which is important for doing proper pushups that don't "wave".
You all may now thank me for making you into truer men.
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