Topic: Starting to get fit for the military

Maytime · January 15th, 2008

I would increase the number of repetitions in both your push ups and sit ups, gradually. Start doing 15-rep sets, then 20, going up so you can do more and more each time. By the time you're doing 5 sets of 30-40 push ups, you're well on your way. Once in a while, test yourself by doing 2 minutes straight of push ups or sit ups. If you can do more than 65 in 2 minutes, you're doing well. More than 75 sit ups in 2 minutes is also considered good (by US Army standards for 17-21 year olds).

Now once you train your upper body, you have to train the lower. For the infantry, rucking is the name of the game. I'll let the infantry guys fill you in on that. If you can, run run run run. The more you run, the better you will feel every day, and it will help with rucking long distances. Throw in some stairs or hills to better prepare for a rucking regimen.

January 15th, 2008
Maytime Centurion	I would increase the number of repetitions in both your push ups and sit ups, gradually. Start doing 15-rep sets, then 20, going up so you can do more and more each time. By the time you're doing 5 sets of 30-40 push ups, you're well on your way. Once in a while, test yourself by doing 2 minutes straight of push ups or sit ups. If you can do more than 65 in 2 minutes, you're doing well. More than 75 sit ups in 2 minutes is also considered good (by US Army standards for 17-21 year olds). Now once you train your upper body, you have to train the lower. For the infantry, rucking is the name of the game. I'll let the infantry guys fill you in on that. If you can, run run run run. The more you run, the better you will feel every day, and it will help with rucking long distances. Throw in some stairs or hills to better prepare for a rucking regimen. __________________ Trust your hang.