Posted on Dec 27, 2019
Anyone know how to do APFT sit-ups without blistering/hurting your neck?
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Super boot question, I apologize in advance - I’m working on increasing my sit up score, using this planner-
https://www.military.com/military-fitness/workouts/situp-test-help-improve-fast
Only problem is, I’m doing so many sit-ups, and so fast, that I’m blistering my rear. Getting neck pain from moving down fast too, have been managing that with a massage pillow. Any tips?
https://www.military.com/military-fitness/workouts/situp-test-help-improve-fast
Only problem is, I’m doing so many sit-ups, and so fast, that I’m blistering my rear. Getting neck pain from moving down fast too, have been managing that with a massage pillow. Any tips?
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Stop worrying about it and just maintain a pass. By the time you’re in the APFT will be completely replaced by the ACFT. I’d definitely start training hard since a lot of service members seem to be struggling already. Good luck!
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Thanks SGT. I’m basically counting down the days until the ACFT takes over, but my unit uses the PFT score to determine slots for Specialty schools.
I've never heard of someone blistering from going so fast, but my advice would be:
- Use a padded mat / soft ground when you do sit-ups
- Don't let your bodyweight shift as you go up and fall down. A lot of people tend to slide around or slightly pick their rear up as they do. If you are doing this, you need to slow down and focus on controlling your weight better.
- Only the top of your shoulder blades need to touch the ground, not your entire back. Neck shouldn't come close to touching. I'm not sure how you're getting neck pain from moving DOWN too fast. If anything most people get pain going up because they strain their neck pulling with their hands (which you should not be doing...).
- Slow down. Maxing is maxing and going over doesn't mean anything outside of BCT because nobody cares about the extended scale in big Army.
Lastly, you realistically only need to worry about sit-ups for another 10 months before the ACFT takes over. Then say bye bye to sit-ups!
ps - You should be training for the ACFT anyways.
- Use a padded mat / soft ground when you do sit-ups
- Don't let your bodyweight shift as you go up and fall down. A lot of people tend to slide around or slightly pick their rear up as they do. If you are doing this, you need to slow down and focus on controlling your weight better.
- Only the top of your shoulder blades need to touch the ground, not your entire back. Neck shouldn't come close to touching. I'm not sure how you're getting neck pain from moving DOWN too fast. If anything most people get pain going up because they strain their neck pulling with their hands (which you should not be doing...).
- Slow down. Maxing is maxing and going over doesn't mean anything outside of BCT because nobody cares about the extended scale in big Army.
Lastly, you realistically only need to worry about sit-ups for another 10 months before the ACFT takes over. Then say bye bye to sit-ups!
ps - You should be training for the ACFT anyways.
Don't train for sit-ups my doing sit-ups. I know, it sounds counter intuitive, but it works. Also, don't pull on your neck; relax your hands and focus on your abs and hip flexors.
When you're training for sit-ups, train by hanging from a bar and doing toes-to-bar or knees-to-elbows raises. This will train the whole ab region, upper and lower abs, as well as hip flexors and make sit-ups seem easy afterwards. The second thing you can do is to practice your sit-ups on a GHD, glute-ham developer machine. Lock your feet in and position it so the pad is under your butt. Cross your arms and practice your sit-ups straight legged doing them for speed. The max is around 90 so you want to practice a pace of 4 sit-ups within every 5 seconds.
Do this and you will develop a rock solid core and you won't destroy your neck or butt.
When you're training for sit-ups, train by hanging from a bar and doing toes-to-bar or knees-to-elbows raises. This will train the whole ab region, upper and lower abs, as well as hip flexors and make sit-ups seem easy afterwards. The second thing you can do is to practice your sit-ups on a GHD, glute-ham developer machine. Lock your feet in and position it so the pad is under your butt. Cross your arms and practice your sit-ups straight legged doing them for speed. The max is around 90 so you want to practice a pace of 4 sit-ups within every 5 seconds.
Do this and you will develop a rock solid core and you won't destroy your neck or butt.
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