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All those sprints didn’t amount to anything. My speed wasn’t an issue at all. The actual course was much shorter then what I trained for and would have had no problem at all making the time. So what happened? The 5 ft wall was much harder then I thought. I practised for the wall by scaling one that allowed you to step off the support and gain a little extra air. The actual test day wall you had to do the solid jump up 5 ft with no additional step. I knew this might be a possibility but I didn’t give up, I trained like I was going to do it.
I made a great jump to get my body up the wall where my chest and half my stomach made it over and my arms where at 90 degrees, but my upper body strength is nil. All that walking and hiking I didn’t train any upper body so when I got the height to pull over like everyone else my arms failed to finish the job. I am really weak upper body and I still can lose much more weight. Maybe if I was a little taller I could of done it, I am 5 ft 10. Anyways, I knew I was weak up top because of my last five months training but gave it all I had and trained for the wall best I could, push-ups everyday until maxed out. I hit around 30 average but it kept decreasing because my arms and chest were sore. I need lots more work.
Am I bummed? Yea, but I will just keep training for the next time. Still, it hurts a little to know I can’t get over that wall. My training is going to still be running and legs orientated because that is what I need to get to CA. Just a little down in the dumps.
December 15th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Jay
When I first started building my body I started with push ups later I learned a exercize , with a chair and my back to itI would keep my feet extended and use the chair seat to place my hands and do something like dips but not using total body weight. Do about 5 sets of 50 and you`ll feel it I garaunty.
Sit ups even on an encline, and you`ll be fit for whatever
December 16th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Headstands and Handstands are a great upper body builder (and abs and back). I would say ultimately that the worst of the set back is not actually Upper Body but your core strength.
Push-ups are great for chest, shoulders and biceps. If you can find the mean, Pull-ups or Chin-ups would be a great addition.
Check out this Link:
http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/hp/chapter1.pdf
And as I have said before, Yoga will be a great addition to your regiment. Check Out:
http://www.yogajournal.com/
Good Luck!