I know the basics of how to do a pushup but whenever I do them something just doesn't feel right.  Can someone tell me the proper way to do a military push-up, including where your hands should be relative to your body, how far down I need to go etc.
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you're supposed to keep your back straight, legs together, hands, Drop to the floor and where your hands land is your most comfortable position for them go down to either the floor if you want to hyperextend a better range of motion and flexibility or to that of a toiletpaper sized roll under your chest, One touch down to the roll and up, that's 1 count.
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bicep curls and their negatives to balance... gotta do the negative/resistance part of the curls too! And yes more on triceps!\nBend at the waist and prop up a knee on something, going one arm at a time, put the weight behind your back and lift it straight out, checking your alignment. Then there is always pushups...give it some thought.
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Too damn lazy hoo'ah. As a United States soldier, I am in perfect shape. But my friends back in the states are not looking too good hoo'ah. Its not that hard to stay in shape. Walk a few miles after dinner, get the fellas out some some basketball instead of darts at the pub. Staying healthy is too easy hoo'ah. Aint nothin to it but to do it. United States ARMY, South Korea. Bring it on!!!
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Place your knees on an exercise ball (about 45 cm) and place your hands in a push-up position. Raise your hips into the air while allowing the ball to roll down to your feet. A good preparation movement would be to do the same position as above but tuck your knees in.
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In through the nose, out through the mouth. Make sure you're breathing from the belly, or else you will get abdominal cramps.\n\nA runner's breathing technique often involves "cadence breathing" where you breathe OUT on the left foot strike and IN on the right foot push off. That's where the military cadence comes from "left, left, left, right, left". If you say that while you run, you will help improve your breathing technique.
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It was probably a joke on his part.  Maybe 20 pushups.  Just joking, why don't you ask him.  See what kind of answer he gives you, if its something really stupid, maybe time to move on.
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I APPRECIATE, THAT YOU BENCH PRESS  A LOT, MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR YOU, AND SEARCHING FOR SITES. ARE YOU INTERESTED TO GIVE A FIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME YOU ARE  THROWING A CHALLENGE WHILE SEEKING AN ANSWER.YOUR PRIOR-TIES ARE MISPLACED FIRST LEARN AND THEN THROW A CHALLENGE, THAT IS THE WAY.
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When you do a tricep push-up, you put your body at a 90 degree angle and prop yourself up on a bench/chair.  Put your hands on the bench and lower yourself almost to the floor. This is what works your triceps!
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It is harder for taller people to do push-ups cause your arms are longer than that of a short person. So the actual distance that you would have to push yourself up from the floor would be substancially higher.
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Home exercises\nChest:push ups ten sets of as many as you can do until failure.Take around 60-120 seconds of rest in between sets.\nIsometric contraction for chest:place your hands together in front of you palms together.Pressinward as hard as you can for as long as you can,3 sets.\nTriceps(done on the same day as chest)Triangle pushups hands as close together as you can get them.\nLegs:standing squats with your feet shoulder width apart.Ten sets of 50-200.Calf raises,as many as you can do in 3 sets.Finish with wind sprints.\nBiceps:Standing dum bell curls until failure.\nAbs:Sit ups five sets of 50,side bends 3 sets of 20 and trunk twists one set of 20-200.\nUse the isometric forms for other body parts as well.This is how many martial artists train.\nEach body part is done on its own day and each body part is trained only once per week.Consume a surplus of calories every day and make sure you get plenty of protein.Meats,eggs,milk and fish are good foods but whey protein has the highest biological value in humans.\nThe discomfort you'll feel the next day or two is a result of microtrauma,not lactic acid.It's this microtrauma that causes hypertrophy(muscle growth).Each fiber that tears tries to grow back to a connection.One fiber becomes two with proper rest and protein.\nCalves and abs are the only two muscle groups that can be trained every day.
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I wish I could show you how to do it. The best way is to take smaller steps and push downward with a spring in the step. This is a technique used by the Israeli army and you can outrun everyone every time. Kind of a sideways motion.
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1. Stand upright with your feet shoulder width apart.\n\n2. Take a 2-3 foot step forward. Once the stepping foot is\nplanted, the upper body and the front knee should not move\nforward during the lowering and raising of the body.\n\n3. Keeping the upper body vertical, dip your lower body straight\ndown until back knee comes close to the ground.\n\n4. Hold the tension in the front of your leg, then raise your body\nstraight up and return to starting position.\n\n5. You may do repeated repetitions on a single leg before\nswitching or alternate legs.
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Keep doing push-ups.  Do as many as you can full body & then do as many as you can using your knees.  Do them every morning and every evening.\n\nPush-up mostly an upper body skill, so any weight lifting you can do that works your chest and arm would be very helpful.\n\nIf you have weight issues, work on dropping weight.  Less weight, less force needed to 'push-up'.\n\nWork on making fitness a life style change and not just doing it to beat the test.\n\nGood Luck!
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yo, calm down, man. what's wrong with you, acting like you lost your testicles....hahahaha... \n\nAight, man.. best way to do this is by the text book. You got a layer of fat, which is not bad. you'll be doing this at home, so you're limited to some exercises, but i like ya, man, so i'm gonna help ya. Aight, how bout we both race to the six pack? my girlfriend has been buggin me for a couple months to get them, so i'll race you to it, email me on July 24th and tell me if you got em.\n\nhaha, ok, so for your pecs, you're going to want to do a lot of pushups and butterflies. Do your butterflies in the doorway of your room. Lean into the door way and and place your hands on the sides of the doorway, lean in and get a good stretch then push back until your arms are straight, then lean forward again. this should be in a nice rhythm, 1 second up, 2 seconds down. Same with your pushups. What i do with my pushups is for my pecs, my elbows are out away from my body and for my triceps i keep my elbows tucked in to my torso. trust me, you'll feel the difference. Once, you start getting good, after a week or a week and a half, place your feet up on your bed, sofa or chair, the higher you place them the harder it is. but start them at the level of a chair, and do the sam thing. you'll feel it much more, if you're already good at pushups and can do, 40-50 in a row, start your pushups off this way. Also, instead of placing my hands on the floor, i grab dumb bells and do pushups, that way i am a little off the ground and can get a better strecth.\n\nAight, for the six pack, i hear that the bicycle situps work the best and the burn the most too, you'll feel the burn. Also, i have a swiss ball that i do my situps on, you'll be able to find a whole bunch of exercises for that. But, i do crunches on my swiss ball and i sometimes do them with a weight that i hold over my head so that my abs have to pull more weight, man it burns like a.... anyway, the most important thing is that you contract your ab muscles and not push or jerk your body up. bring it up slow, 1 to 1 and a half seconds, then down 2 to 2 and a half. when you are letting your ab muscles go, that's when it burns the most. if you've been doing situps and crunches already, maybe you are ready for a weight to either hold over your head and do crunches or to put on your chest. but don't forget reverse situps either, man, they're really important.\n\nAfter all of this, man... you have to run. Cardio after a werkout burns more fat than if you do cardio before a workout. and you got a layer of fat on you, i don't know what your body fat % is, but you need to get under 10% to be able to see them ab muscles, man. I was at a 9.8 when i ran the philly marathon and i could barely see them... i'm maybe at 11.5% now. but, i suggest running maybe 3-4 miles every other day and then upping it every week. Also, if you don't got some barbells, get em to work out your biceps and you may want to werk out your shoulders a little too.\n\nDieting- I don't believe in dieting that much, i eat whatever, or at least i used too, but diabetes runs in the fam, so i had to learn all that stuff, so, when i was running a lot last year, i would eat a lot of high protein stuff. Salmon, salmon is great for your abs, almonds are awesome for your abs too and supply energy for running, i eat yogurt, fruit on the bottom stuff. Also, try and drink a lot of water, if you don't like water, like me, drink propel, they got a bajillion different flavors. \n\nbut hey, you need anymore help, contact me. And like i said, i'll race you to the sixpack, i got to get in shape for modeling anyway, for my girlfriend, if you know what i mean?\n\naight man, i hope i helped.
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It takes a different amount of time for different people. For me, it took very long, longer than it did my back handsprings or back tucks! But once you get it, it's easy!\n\nIts natural for your wrists to hurt because of the way you are using them and the weight you are putting on them is not normal. I can't be sure you are doing them correctly since I cant see you, but that is normal and just be careful and remember to rest and not push yourself too hard.\n\nHere are my tips on doing back walkovers:\nWhile you are going back you have to be pulling your leg back at the same time. Otherwise it is choppy and MUCH harder to get over. Start with your leg up (make sure you have your balance), its easier.\nWhen first practicing, do it on a mattress or better, a trampoline.\nMake sure you KEEP YOUR ARMS OVER YOUR HEAD. Many give out and then PLOP on your head and it hurts!\nHave someone spot you first, arching your back.\nMake sure you have your bridge first, or trying to do a back walk over is crazy! Practice your back bends a lot.\n\nAnother exercise is to do a bridge with your feet up on something(a couch, bed, etc). Then, kick your legs over your head. To strengthen your back, do this same exercise, only try to use your back to pull your legs over, instead of kicking. \n\nGood luck!
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First, before you go have it in your mind that YOU WILL NOT EVER GIVE UP! That's what is going to get you throuh.  Rememberthat Basic Training isn't really as hard as it is going to seem like and millions of other American Soldiers have completed the training.  You can get through it- you just have to keep trying and keep a positive additude.  Never quit when you feel like quitting, and you will have times when you feel like quitting.  Erase from your brain that quitting is even an option.  Your mental and emotional state needs to be solid before you get to Reception- it will help everything else fall into place.  Leave your relationships back home on a good note; try not to levae any unfinished business that you'll have to go back to. It will only make you worry about other things when you need to concentrate on training.\nOnce you get that prepared. . . .\nRun, Run, Run, Run, do push- ups and sit-ups, and then run some more.  Most females have the toughest time with push-ups and running, so make sure that you are as prepared as you can be. That being said, you will still get smoked, no matter how good of a shape you can work yourself up to, the Drill SGTs will push you harder.  Remember that this is a good thing and take something from it- teh Drill SGTs will make you better than you thought you could be, if you let them. This will be a chance for you do to things that you never expected and will teach you that your limits aren't as low as you thought the were.  Overall, it's a positive experience; one that you can be glad of.  Try to enjoy the challenges, but take them seriously- you will probably have to use what you learned someday soon.  \nI'd advise keeping your hair at least long enough to pull it back into a bun.  Shorter hair requires constant maintence to keep it within the regulations, and you won't have much time for that, and you don't want o have to worry about a dozen bobby pins every day. Don't expect long showers, or many chances to shave your legs either, but you'll get used to it, and make the time if it's important to you.  Good luck!\nOh- one last thing- start getting used to drinking lots of water!
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the good old push-up and sit-up till you drop routine. works for every military man in the world, why not you?\nthere are several ways to vary the work outs, but really they are all the same, do them till you drop and GET BUFF!