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**mrsc** · 01-10-2008, 11:15

can anyone help????

i can run the required distance in half the time no problem!!!

but i struggle to do press ups!!! will i be able to get in?? everything else im fine with including back strength and situps...

thanks!!!!!

**chriscarlbutler** · 14-10-2008, 14:33

Did 3mile today in 20min 55sec (0.6Mile Steady Uphill. Rest bumpy ground) Is that any good?What time you have to do it in army?

**Faustic** · 13-12-2008, 00:07

Originally Posted by mrsc

can anyone help????

i can run the required distance in half the time no problem!!!

but i struggle to do press ups!!! will i be able to get in?? everything else im fine with including back strength and situps...

thanks!!!!!

http://www.hundredpushups.com/week1.html

Work, my friend.

**Faustic** · 13-12-2008, 00:08

Originally Posted by chriscarlbutler

Did 3mile today in 20min 55sec (0.6Mile Steady Uphill. Rest bumpy ground) Is that any good?What time you have to do it in army?

It's 1.5 mile in (you should aim for) under 10 minutes. So yeh I would say that your time is pretty good. Try going as a slightly quicker pace and just doing half the distance and see your time then.

**MilitaryMind** · 13-12-2008, 23:33

broken link ?

**the_seraph1m** · 02-02-2009, 07:12

wooo so i get 13.15 to do the run and the heaves is not a pass/fail

in that case im a shue in....

and that jerry can thing... who cant carry 20kg in each hand... my mom used to carry about that home in shopping... on the bus and everything....

lol, im gonna love selection...

leg press 300lbs, bench press 150lbs clean + jerk 100lbs ... just gotta get than running business in order and ive got upwards of 6 weeks... no problemo... and ice breaker... shit im gonna need a buzzer to know when to stop talking... and if its getting a point across... well, cover your eyes or your gonna be blind!

**PartTimePongo** · 02-02-2009, 17:05

Does anyone have an idea what the optimal rest period is between ICFT's? Working on my 8 Miler at the moment and have been doing one every other day, 64 lbs/ 3 miles off road, but find that I'm actually slower with fairly excruciating pain for the first 2 miles or so and foot slapping as a result. What is the recommended rest period between 8 milers? No other problems with back, hips or thighs , just calf and lower leg muscles.

Is it the rest period, or style or what? :(

Oh and 100 pressups/situps is hoofing!

**corbuk** · 02-02-2009, 18:15

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**ostvic** · 02-02-2009, 18:30

Originally Posted by PartTimePongo

Does anyone have an idea what the optimal rest period is between ICFT's? Working on my 8 Miler at the moment and have been doing one every other day, 64 lbs/ 3 miles off road, but find that I'm actually slower with fairly excruciating pain for the first 2 miles or so and foot slapping as a result. What is the recommended rest period between 8 milers? No other problems with back, hips or thighs , just calf and lower leg muscles.

Is it the rest period, or style or what? :(

Oh and 100 pressups/situps is hoofing!

Is your upper body strong enough? Having a poor posture caused by a weak upper body can screw up the way you walk, putting you off balance and causing your body to try and compensate.

Have a look at this PDF ( click on the top link) It looks at training American troops for both there PFT and a 2 mile run with weight.

It might help.

**PartTimePongo** · 03-02-2009, 15:49

Cheers Ostvic, blimey that's a bit technical!

To explain further, the first two or three were ok, no real dramas apart from a spot of soreness , but the last two have been gritted teeth territory :( Did a 4 miler this morning and while painful wasn't quite as bad as normal. Mind you I didn't hammer it out of the starting blocks, but sped up the last mile with intermittent shuffles.

Still painful though , and now have brufen cream on my calves :(