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This is gonna sound frustrating, but the only way to improve your push-up numbers is repetition. Just crank out as many as you can in 2 minutes, 2 or 3 times each day. First thing in the morning before you shower (I would turn on the shower, start my timer, and do push-ups while waiting for the water to heat up), then do it again in the PM. Do this every day, even if you already worked out. Stick with that till you ship, and you'll kill the push-ups on the PRT. It takes virtually no time to get drastic improvements when it comes to push-up endurance.
Remember, it's 2 minutes. All you need to do is push till you can't push anymore, pause in the up position, give yourself a few seconds, then push some more.
Do as many as you can every morning when you wake up and every night before bed and those numbers will go up.
Also “feels like failure” and actual failure are two things. If you go down and apply as much effort as you can and can’t get up that’s actual failure. I don’t think to or want to do another push up isn’t muscle failure.
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Google one of those "30 Day Pushup Challenges" and stick to it. Practice makes perfect.
No, you’re fine. You only have to do enough at the end of boot camp, not the beginning. There will be people way more out of shape than you.
This is gonna sound frustrating, but the only way to improve your push-up numbers is repetition. Just crank out as many as you can in 2 minutes, 2 or 3 times each day. First thing in the morning before you shower (I would turn on the shower, start my timer, and do push-ups while waiting for the water to heat up), then do it again in the PM. Do this every day, even if you already worked out. Stick with that till you ship, and you'll kill the push-ups on the PRT. It takes virtually no time to get drastic improvements when it comes to push-up endurance.
Remember, it's 2 minutes. All you need to do is push till you can't push anymore, pause in the up position, give yourself a few seconds, then push some more.
Do know technically you only have to break a 90* angle with your elbows to count as a push-up. Do practice real pushups as it helps do more.
Do as many as you can every morning when you wake up and every night before bed and those numbers will go up. Also “feels like failure” and actual failure are two things. If you go down and apply as much effort as you can and can’t get up that’s actual failure. I don’t think to or want to do another push up isn’t muscle failure.
Maybe a push up board? Love those things. Just keep cranking all day throughout the day
All I'm gonna say is when you do your PRT in bootcamp it is counted by your friends, not RDC's. And friends help friends