comes to getting in shape for the army, there are three very important body movements that will make your basic training and army fitness requirements a lot easier to handle when you get there.
1. Running - Running and marching long distances with weight on your back is how the majority of army units get around. So you will be doing a lot of it. Some units have troop carriers but you will still be doing a lot of running, trench assaults and closing into a position. Marching will come in whenever a big move or long silent patrol is needed.
With both of these physical activities, doing the thing you are training for is how to get better at them. Start slow and back off when aches and pains start. Heal, get stronger and then go further and faster as soon as your body allows.
Of course while in operation or on a tour, you can't readily stop for aches and pains but while you can while training, you should.
Also take into consideration that you will be doing all this in hard bottomed boots and not soft cushioned runners like you may be used to as a civilian.
2. Push-ups - Push-ups play more of a role in your actual training during boot camp and other courses but increasing upper body pushing strength is always a useful thing to do. You never know when you will need to push anything or anyone heavy around.
Besides practical uses, push-ups are a pass/fail activity during many armies recruitment process. Start on your knees and when you reach 20, do full push-ups. Increase your numbers by working just short of muscular failure once a day.
3. Pull ups - Lifting yourself over objects will come in handy time and time again. Pull ups will most likely be done during the recruitment process depending on what country you are in as well. You can increase your ability to do pull ups by starting only doing the very top half of the movement and once you reach twenty, cut the reps and go for the full range of motion.
Climbing into a truck, getting out of a trench and getting into and through a window are all activities that will use your pull up strength. Most obstacle courses have a table top, wall and rope or cargo net as well that will require pulling strength.
Not only are the above mentioned activities used for most countries army fitness testing but getting good at these three will work your whole body and make it substantially easier for you to master many other movements as a side effect.
Remember, you may be training to simply get into the army. You may also be training to have the fitness to perform at 100% when you are actually in operations. Either way, now is the time to start and keep increasing your level of capabilities so they are there when you need them.
Ray Burton is an ex-soldier and the creator of Commando Cardio, a fat burning fitness program that will teach you how to use bodyweight exercises to quickly burn fat, build functional muscle, and get in the best shape of your life.
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