Group: New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself

New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 1539, Messages: 27038

Officially introduce yourself to the community by sharing your goals, obstacles or accomplishments. Don't be shy.. we're all here for the same reason. The more support we share the easier it will be to reach our goals!

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need lots of help

bethymay
bethymay
Posts: 3
Joined: 2010/08/08
United States
2010/08/08, 08:48 PM
I am in the military and I need to pass a PT test in OCT. Before my last child I could bearly pass. but I need to pass this one so I can get a promotion. need to lose thirty pounds and be able to do 14 push ups, 42 sit ups, and 2 miles in 21 minutes. this might seem like an easy task for some and the only problem that I really have is the run. any suggestions would be great.
nsmith529
nsmith529
Posts: 2
Joined: 2010/08/11
United States
2010/08/11, 10:18 PM
Hi. This sounds like the PT test for the AF. I just got discharged a few months ago. One thing a friend told me was just do however many of push ups and sit ups as you can and record it. Then try to just do one more every day or every other day. You'll eventually be able to do what you need to do. Same with the running. Do what you can first and then just try to go a bit farther every time you run. You can even interchange the running with sprints. This will help with getting your time down. Good luck with this.
venomous1
venomous1
Posts: 10
Joined: 2010/08/06
United States
2010/08/13, 04:16 PM
Another military type here, I've had struggles with run time upon my initial entry, one particular excercise helped me go from around 18+ minute 2 mile to closing in on my 13, this was over a 3 month span. I'd recommend working out outside, depending where you'r stationed of course might have differences with the weather. stick to you'r military movement drills, and throw in 30-60s, and 60-120s. movement drills work really well to develop leg muscles, and your stop and goes, considering you run as fast as you can will help you'r breathing... When you run as fast as you can you'r breathing tends to become more involuntary and in turn should help with any cramping problems, as well as exhaustion. I wouldn't do more than a 1 mile continuous unless you'r just checking you'r status, and every couple days at that, its just detramental to you'r legs.