Push-Ups

[Dayclone]

Hello everyone,

I recently applied to be a signal operator with the reserves and my only one concern is push ups...
I'm a small guy with little arms I can do 20 normal pushups with my arm far out but when my recuirter told me to do pushups with my hands under my shoulders I could only do like 7...

So I'm looking for advice as to what I should be doing to increase 7 to 25?
I've basically am doing about 7 to 8 pushups every morning and night before I go to bed everyday, and adding on 1 more every day. So far I can do 13 and its only been about 5 days. And today I'm back to 8 pushups cause my arms are so weak today. Any advice to increase my pushups would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[Kat Stevens]

That is an outstanding question, and one we've never seen before 'round here.  If only there were some sort of a means of searching for an answer on this site...

 

[Dayclone]

I tried searching... using keywords like pushups, push-ups, and there is no real definitive answer. Sorry. I know better to search first before I ask... I'll keep digging though.

 

[Sub_Guy]

Use Google to search through army.ca, it's easier.

As for increasing your push-up count/strength, every time you piss, you pump off as many push-ups you can.  There are many other things you can do like hitting the gym and strengthen those arms.

 

[2010newbie]

http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/13145.0.html

27 page thread on push-ups. Pay attention to reply #341. In addition, when you are trying this program utilize the CF push-up form instead of the wider than shoulder width form.

 

[Ascendant]

Need moar tricep strength.

 

[darkskye]

Advice; practice, practice, and more practice.

Try the 100 Push-up Challenge.

You don't have to actually do the challenge, but you can always  try to follow the routine to improve your push-ups.

Before you can achieve, you must believe!