Superman2012
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Hey everyone I was wondering if someone could help point me in the right direction. I've been following Pavel for a while and also a man named Dr. Stuart McGill who says that you shouldn't be doing exercises such as sit ups and crunches while also maintaining a neutral spine. I've read a bunch of material that says sit ups can be very damaging in the long run and I think there could be something to this. Now with all that being said while I love to workout and do it in the correct way so I won't have problems late on in life I having been thinking about joining the Army Reserves and the APFT has three events in it. Push ups, Sit ups and a 2 mile run. Push ups are fine, I'm very good at Sit ups, I suck at the 2 mile run.
Now here are three questions I have that I am hoping someone here can help me with:
1) Can someone please give me a way to train for sit ups without actually doing sit ups or at the very least that I can pass them? Any specific exercises, workout routines, how many sets and reps should be done?
2) My running sucks and I could really use some advice about how to train for the 2 mile run. Keep in mind I have trouble running 1 mile so if any could please give me a routine for that it would be great thanks.
3) Are there any other exercises or things I could do in order to avoid muscle imbalances while training for the APFT?
Thank you for your time! I appreciate any help you can give!
Now here are three questions I have that I am hoping someone here can help me with:
1) Can someone please give me a way to train for sit ups without actually doing sit ups or at the very least that I can pass them? Any specific exercises, workout routines, how many sets and reps should be done?
2) My running sucks and I could really use some advice about how to train for the 2 mile run. Keep in mind I have trouble running 1 mile so if any could please give me a routine for that it would be great thanks.
3) Are there any other exercises or things I could do in order to avoid muscle imbalances while training for the APFT?
Thank you for your time! I appreciate any help you can give!