Army Pt Test
 

Took it today, 66push ups, 69 situps, 16:08 2mile :-X . I have been running but it has been slow and long distance 3-5mile at a 10min pace. I need to step it up, I have never failed a PT test, but I came close today with the run. Anyone know a good running program to get me down to 13-14min range.

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run faster, thats a fat chick time

actually all of those numbers suck, most high schoolers could do better... hope the rest of the military has less aids

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Hahahaha exactly, in middle school I ran a mile in about 6.5 min, and that was with hardly any exercise and not trying my hardest. Now I probably would take 8 minutes because I haven't ran in years.

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Run faster.
No really though.
Run three times a week.
Do cadance breathing... Breath on every right foot when it hits the ground.
Relax your arms.
No unneeded movements

For me when i do my PRT test it is all about breathing, my legs never get tired, my lungs allways do because im a smoker, But then again, we only run 1.5 miles for our test, but i am consistantly around 9:30 for 1.5 mile.

NEVER run at someone elses pase or in formation, allways run alone.
Inhale through nose,exhale through mouth.

Usually my pushups are around low to high 90's, a way to get better at those is with weights, Low weight, but alot of reps.

Situps are usually around 110,Same thing, put some weight on your chest, low weight, with alot of reps, it will get easyer.

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for your run do some 30-60s and work to 60-120s.
sprint for 30 seconds walk for 60. once you get good at it then go for longer times.
There are plenty of things you can do to improve your time.
What age bracket are you in?

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how the hell did you even graduate boot camp? Or are you still waiting to go? I never worked out and smoked up until they put me on the bus to lackland for bootcamp and I did a 11 minute 2 miles 120 situps and 86 pushups. Better improve on that running time or you'll never phase up. For improving your scores the pt pyramid thing works excellent along with running sprints till you feel like your lungs are going to explode and breathing in your mouth and out your nose

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Push your self harder

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Yeah I ------- buy that. I've smoked maybe 2 cigarettes in my life and work out. I have cardio in my workout and it would still take me at least 15 minutes to do a 2 mile. ----, the only ones in my HS that got below a 6min mile were the ones that lived for cross country. Btw my school goes to state competitions every year and places well. I don't believe some schmuck can sit on his ass all day every day, have a shitty lifestyle, and then go out and run a 5 minute mile.

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I weighed 120 when I went in I'm 5'10 I can run all day and it doesn't bother me. Got used to it running 10 miles a day 5 days a week in high school. Hell I can prolly run a 12 minute 2 miles now and I've been out forever. And I never worked out but don't confuse that with sitting on my ass all day. And the 5 top people in my squadron could all do there 2 miles in the 10 minute range.

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120lb 5'10" is damn near emaciated.

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Damn right, I'm 190 5'11 and I just look normal.

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Yeah I'm 5'9" 180. I bet tekno looks like he belongs on a national geographic cover.

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Cant help it extremely high metabolism and smoking = no weight gain :-\

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Marijuana helps

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Sure does, my peak weight was reached while I smoked nonstop for a week or two with a couple friends. I gained about 10 lbs. I'm about 20lbs less than I was at that time and I don't do anything but sit on my ass at work/home and eat.

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And damn dude, I'm about 5'10-5'11 and bitch about only being 135.

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pot got old when I was younger I prefer to drink now. I gained 25 pounds in 6 weeks of bootcamp mre's and other super high calorie food and alot of "hurry up and wait" and not smoking= weight gain.

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actually it depends.. i've smoked weed almost everyday since 7th grade other than when im in jail :P and im 6'7" 163lbs .. lol .. and yes i eat fast food twice a day and smoke ALOT of ganja :6 keep in mind my walking wiegth is about 175-185 usually this fight i dropped down to 155 and right now im weighin 163 somehow..

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Holy crap I didn't know you were 6'7". 6'7" 155lbs is some Corey Hill ----.

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ok, so who here that is leaving comments is military or former military? Does everyone know that for the PT test it's as many push-ups you can do in 2 min, and same for sit-ups.

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i am 17 in the army national guard and i do 75 pushups 105 sit ups and 2 miles in 13 min 30 sec

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corey hill is only 6'5" and its funny you say something about him cause they guy i fought that day trains with him in colorado.. his name is frank cotto..

yes we know what a pt test is and they are easy as ---- im 85/110( but i can also sit and do 500 situps in one sitting in about 20min. and i have no idea what my 2 mile is .. my cardio is ----.. i smoke cigarette's again and lots oh ganj so prolly 1 hour or soo :4

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Interesting. 6'5" 155lbs was freakish on TUF, 6'7" is unreal.

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I'm prior service... And everybody but the fattest giant kids pass the pt test. Some fat ----------ers in my flight passed

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While in the navy I was doing 97 push-ups, 123 sit-ups, and 1.5 mile in 8:30... I think you need to do some work, son.

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im in the army too and what i did to get my 2 mile run down is focus more on my 2 mile run. it takes time but it worked for me. and i kinda went a little slow on the first mile. then go out on the second mile.

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what helped me was just running for 20 minutes every day. don't walk it, just go with a pace you are comfortable with and you'll just keep getting faster.

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Went to college on a track scholarship.
97 pushups
129 situps
47.87 quarter mile
4:47 mile
10:11 2 mile
16:32 3 mile

want to know the workouts i did while running? I have binders and binders of ---- from junior olympic coaches to get you into shape REAL fast

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i always thought runnig was for people who were scared .. i mean where you runnin to son .. drop me off at the front line i wont need to run anywhere .. ill do burpies for cardio :P

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haha i was always the smallest guy in my family. my cousins are all over 6'3" and all over 250 pounds and im 5'8" 165. Ive always been fast. I used to play football and was amazing until about my junior year in high school when my speed just wouldn't cut it anymore cause i was too small. Track was pretty much just an excuse to get a scholarship to college. I liked beating up on black kids that thought a white boy couldn't possibly be faster than them.

I ended up losing my scholarship last year due to a torn rotator cuff and 2 torn ligaments. I went through 6 months of rehab for it and am currently the co-captain of my university's boxing team. And i routinely beat the ---- out of guys from army, navy, vmi, citadel, and any other military school they throw at us. My friends on our team do ROTC at the school and they are some TOUGH ----------ers though.

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navy here, i was doing 87,92 and a 8:52 mile and a half, through boot, after it slowed down, because all we did was drink, party, and stay up all night in class. Right now, that im out, and dont really do much of anything, i can still do 68, 82, and a 11:35 1.5mile. im 5'7" and weigh in around 135-145. weight never stays the same for me.

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Heh, at JMU our BJJ club would laugh at the ROTC guys trying to grapple in the gym before us. Half of them wore socks, when it was completely optional. The good ones went barefoot, the other looked like a bunch of monkey ------- a football.