If you were wondering on how to do a pushup

[Scoobie Newbie]

Here ya go:
http://www.canadianliving.com/CanadianLiving/client/en/Health/DetailNews.asp?idNews=881&idSM=315

 

[dave_conolly]

That diagram doesn‘t look right... Doesn‘t the CF want your hands directly below your shoulders?

 

[MikeM]

Yes, the CF does.

 

[The_Falcon]

In some diagrams you will see the hands right under the shoulders. Doing them in that fashion will put the majority of the emphasis on your triceps. If you went on a Para course, I am told you would do many push-ups this way. Every other time I have had to do them is the normal way, in the link posted by CFL.

 

[Jason Bourne]

I despise pushups..with a passion..**** the pushups. I can still burn of 50 though!

 

[chk2fung]

On all your CF PT tests, you will do them with your hands under shoulder with your chest going down a fist length away from the ground. nineteen is the minimum. If you want to get exempted from PT test for a year you will need a combined 70 betwwen pushups and situps. I actually found it easier to do pushups because its not timed as opposed to sit ups. Wait till you do it with a ruck on. remember doing pushups is a privlige .

Charles

 

[The_Falcon]

Not the PT tests I have done, as the persons administering the tests, realize that with your hand directly under you shoulders you are putting a large focus on the triceps. Doing push-ups as part of a test is supposed to be an indication of upper body strength (ie Deltoids, Pectorals and Triceps). Thats a little difficult to do when you focus on the one muscle group.

 

[Yes Man]

You hands are no where near under your shoulders. I would say your hands are about 2.5 feet apart.

This was the shocking part of the PT test, I spent a lot of time getting up to 25 pushups with my thumbs touching because I was told that the test would be conducted this way. When I got there they told me to put my hands far apart.

It is much easier to do pushups this way, I did almost double what I could do with my thumbs together.

 

[Chalcey]

I guess every testing facility is a bit different but from what I was given from the CF application, your hands must be directly lined with your shoulders and your elbows tight to your ribs, I went to the testing facility where I will do my physical and they showed me to do it exactly that way and was told you get one warning if you do it improperly and if your warned again you fail. If I were you, I would train doing the tricep pushup: hands lined with shoulders, elbows tight agains your ribs.

 

[chk2fung]

Especially when you get to St. Jean, the guys are really particular about the push ups, they want it exactly under your shoulder and elbows tight to ribs and chest pretty much touching the ground. The thing with the 19 pushups is that if you do the wrong pushup they won‘t count it. you could do 100 pushups and if you do them wrong they won‘t count them.

 

[GrahamD]

I got 34 with my hands under my shoulders at CFRC Toronto on my second test. I got 30 the first time when the tester made me put my hands extremely close together.

When I used to do pushups with a wider hand placement, where it feels comfortable, I could do 50-55 depending on how I felt that day.
It would kind of suck if someone gets picked ahead of me because they were able to do "easier" pushups, not that I‘d ever know it, but still...

You would think that there would be one method, set in stone and used everywhere, but I noticed significant differences within a 6 month period at the same CFRC, and by the same tester.

I think its just a good opportunity to realise that with the military things can change, suprises happen, and you need to be prepared to roll with the punches, so to speak.

 

[donkon]

Can you do as many pushups as you want in the test as long as its over 19? And is there any specific speed to do them in?? or can you just blast through them which is easier,

 

[RJG]

You have a time limit I believe it was 2 minutes, I can‘t recall for sure. Well if you want to be cheap go up slow and down quick. But when you are training ALWAYS take your time going down, go slow and position your hands in a way that is comfortable.

 

[GrahamD]

Theres no time limit on the pushups, but you can‘t stop once you start, it has to be continuous motion.

You can go as fast as you want (provided you are doing them properly). The first time I was tested the guy told us that generally its better to go faster and get them done before fatigue catches up with you simply from supporting your weight on your arms for too long.

Lots of people reach failure on pushups due to lack of strength in their arms, before they fatigue their pectoral muscles.
If thats you, then definately do them fast.

 

[SFontaine]

Heh I got quite the wakeup call when my recruiter told me how to do my push ups. I‘m worried bout that. We‘ll see.

 

[Jason Bourne]

Hrmmm mmm...they were harder then the good ol‘ highschool pushups

 

[Pte. Bloggins]

Originally posted by Jason Bourne:
[qb] Hrmmm mmm...they were harder then the good ol‘ highschool pushups [/qb]

HA! and I quote from my high-school gym class (last month).."since we‘re all ladies here, we‘re going to do pushups from our KNEES" (!)

I almost had to leave the room, I was laughing so hard.

 

[Da_man]

my arms shake when i do over 25 of them

 

[patt]

ive herd of guys that have almost 20+ years of service in bein told how to do push-ups by PSP staff lol and they all laughed at them