Going to boot camp with some fat.

LT Guppy · 12-27-2012, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by breybrad

how many push-ups do you have to do to pass the pt test when you get there can do the sit-ups and running, but i cant do push-ups

http://navy-prt.com/

teresaawifew/? · 01-22-2013, 04:21 PM

My husband has been losing weight for a year, in attempts to join the navy. He has lost 80lbs but still needs to lose about 20 more. However he is just a few inches away from beimg able to get in on measurments. Is there any advice that could help him get over this plateau and/or lose the last couple of inches? Also he can not do very many push-ups, what should he do to get better at those?

maggio1994 · 01-23-2013, 02:57 AM

For the weight part all I can say is to stay focused, I've never had to lose weight. There was a guy in my DEP pool that lost something like 110 pounds to get in.

For pushups just do them every day. My RDC would make us do pyramids which is where you do this:

1 pushup
few second break
2 pushuos
few second break
3
break
4
break
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Some of the guys would do as many pushups as they could once an hour every day

dascolbert · 01-23-2013, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by teresaawifew/?

My husband has been losing weight for a year, in attempts to join the navy. He has lost 80lbs but still needs to lose about 20 more. However he is just a few inches away from beimg able to get in on measurments. Is there any advice that could help him get over this plateau and/or lose the last couple of inches? Also he can not do very many push-ups, what should he do to get better at those?

I'm not sure if you are aware, but 1lb is equal to 3,500 calories. Daily life burns calories in and of itself. Since July I have been walking a mile a day(248 calories/4mph), and I've lost 40 lbs, 223-183. Drink water.

I also eat right: I eat dinner no later than 6, because soon after your body slows down for the day and stores it as fat. None to little saturated fat(you'll consume more than you realize), meaning fat free milk. Butter has I think 6.5g, 20%DV, saturated fat per tablespoon. Use Pam to grease cookware instead of butter. Low sodium broths, low sugar intake. Drink water.

Losing weight helps with doing more PT. Personally I could only do 5 pushups in July. I can do 25 now, so I have a lot to go. If he does more now than he used to do he WILL get stronger. Drink water.

Good job to him and good luck!

PS. Drink water.

teresaawifew/? · 01-24-2013, 03:51 PM

Thank you for the advice. I will telling what you said. :-) this was much apperciated.

cocastar · 01-27-2013, 12:38 AM

I didn't know that you were allowed to ship overweight either. I have been at a constant 5 lbs under my max weight and that seemed to make my recruiters very nervous. At each monthly meeting they would ask me what I'm doing to loose weight and that they would feel more comfortable if I was 10lbs under my max.

I got measured once a month and I'm at 30% BMI so I'm good to go!

01-22-2013, 04:21 PM	#2
teresaawifew/? Newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	My husband is having a hard time My husband has been losing weight for a year, in attempts to join the navy. He has lost 80lbs but still needs to lose about 20 more. However he is just a few inches away from beimg able to get in on measurments. Is there any advice that could help him get over this plateau and/or lose the last couple of inches? Also he can not do very many push-ups, what should he do to get better at those?

01-23-2013, 02:57 AM	#3
maggio1994 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	For the weight part all I can say is to stay focused, I've never had to lose weight. There was a guy in my DEP pool that lost something like 110 pounds to get in. For pushups just do them every day. My RDC would make us do pyramids which is where you do this: 1 pushup few second break 2 pushuos few second break 3 break 4 break 5 break 6 break 7 break 8 break 9 break 10 break 9 break 8 break 7 break 6 break 5 break 4 break 3 break 2 break 1 Some of the guys would do as many pushups as they could once an hour every day

01-24-2013, 03:51 PM	#5
teresaawifew/? Newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thank you for the advice. I will telling what you said. :-) this was much apperciated.

01-27-2013, 12:38 AM	#6
cocastar Newbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	I didn't know that you were allowed to ship overweight either. I have been at a constant 5 lbs under my max weight and that seemed to make my recruiters very nervous. At each monthly meeting they would ask me what I'm doing to loose weight and that they would feel more comfortable if I was 10lbs under my max. I got measured once a month and I'm at 30% BMI so I'm good to go!