How To Max the Sit-ups On The APFT | Exercises To Improve
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Want to max the sit-ups on the APFT? This is a lot of what I do in order to work my abs to be able to max out the APFT. This isn't a get abs quick workout. Do this, stay consistent, and you will be improving and maxing your APFT in no time :)
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Thank you so much Matt. Your advice has helped me go from struggling to get 55 pushups and 70 sit ups to 80 pushups and over 80sit ups. I have now got a 300 or score twice in AIT and will be graduating with the ARMY Achievement award. Thank you so much! GREATNESS!!
how long it took you to improve?
For those of you that say the situps hurt your lower back and thighs (this was the case for me for my first 5 years). I started doing traditional deadlifts in the gym (be very careful with your form, they can be very dangerous so start with very light weight). The increased strength in my lower back, glutes and hamstrings added 20 situps to my score and situps started to feel like a more natural movement. If you're at a loss for ideas give it a try.
Here is a lesson about the importance of "specificity of training". I have been a power-builder for about 5 years now and I am squatting and deadlifting above the 400s and rack pulling 635lb, I can only do 25 push ups in a row and 12 sit ups before gassing out and cramping up. This is because I have not done sit ups and push ups since high school (a decade ago) and my body is not used to them at all. Since I finally decided to join the army a week ago, I've been improving on all fronts. My point is gym strength does not translate into endurance movements like push-ups, sit-ups and mile runs. Which is fucked up and so unfair.
you've been powerlifting for 5 years and still pull in the 400s?
U daft?
Rolf i did the same thing u did.
@Savannah Ferretti Actually it is pretty unfair. The current test only predicted about 40% combat readiness, which is why the Army is instituting a new pt test. One that focuses on things like dead lifts, power throws, etc.
This will age well. The army has a new test now which involves power movements needed in combat.
Should I bring my cinderblock to basic?
Tyson Mike that’s one thing my recruiter told me is a must bring however leave the towel at home you can just buy one at basic. also leaving the towel will help keep your bag lighter so when you hold it over your head it won’t be that bad
lol
What is that for?
@@aldocastillo486 are you serious?
@@aldocastillo486 a snack ofc
Hey Matt, just wanted to say thank you sooooo much for making all these videos. They've helped, inspired, and guided me while I've been learning about the Army. Once again, Thank You.
Maxed the sit up event for 29 years and over 100+ tests. Prep consisted of 3 sets of 30 situps on 45 degree incline board with bent knees, 30 to 60 seconds rest between sets. Using elbows & shoulders to create momentum is on point. There is also the aspect of contracting your back to maintain speed to max an create momentum with a bit of bounce off bottom.
how often? everyday or twice a week?
@@jimbob7332 you dont see results unless you do it everday/every other day
The first 2 exercises help...A LOT! I do the bottom half of the situp to failure/exhaustion. Wait 10 seconds and then do the top half of the situp to failure/exhaustion. I do each about 4-5 times and I move to flutter kicks and crunches. I also do leg raises. It's going to burn but remember, it's all mental; push!
I've been watching your videos for a while, and I swore in at MEPS for the Marine Corps on Monday. The liaison for the USMC made me and the other guy do situps and pullups before having us come back for the interview/drilling and I was only able to do 29 situps. I knock the pullups out of the park but I knew before i got there that I was extremely weak when it came to situps. I tried like hell several times but couldn't get all the way back up, and he finally just stopped the clock. It's now Sunday, almost a week later, and I still feel it in my stomach. It doesn't hurt but it's like, weak or something. All that to say I really appreciate this video and know I have a lot of work to do on this area before I ship out. I'm confident in my progress in every other area of PT but I suck at situps lol so thank you.
Exercise 1: 2:42
Exercise 2: 3:47
Exercise 3: 5:28
Exercise 4: 6:03
Exercise 5: 6:29
Exercise 6: 7:10
Exercise 7: 8:08
Exercise 8: 8:19
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This explains why, I'm like what's wrong with me lol ppl who don't even have abs are repping out more than me,I don't feel the burn in my abs but I feel it in my hip flexers
Who else dod like 100+ sit ups in like elementary but now you can't get past 50😂😂😂
Same
@Terrence Edward Terrence is a pussy name
Cant even do one bro 💀
If I Was ever in Combat I would want you as my platoon leader
He’s a reservist lololol
No offense, but a reservist should be one of your last pics
dalast mag there’s some guard guys with two or three deployments to the middle east with major combat experience. More experience then some active guys would ever have. I wouldn’t bash reservist. I would rather have a reservist with combat experience as my platoon leader then a active duty guy that considers japan a deployment.
I have more people in my Reserve unit who are 10x the soldier you are, if your even a solider.
2:42
3:47
5:28
6:03
6:29
7:10
7:45
8:08
8:18
To skip the talking
Hyrule409 you’re a hero
Hey, thanks, for reals lol
Thanks :)
What a fam
i appreciate you
As usual, very informative video.
I've been doing 3 sets of 2 min planks and 2 sets of 3 to 5 min of non stop flutters plus hanging from a pullup bar and doing leg raises until failer for about 3 sets.
I do this every other day until basic. And the key is when you get used to a routine, increase the intensity.
Your videos always come out at the perfect time when I'm looking to improve something. Thanks
You’re welcome and I’m just making them specifically for you 😉
Oh no he has a sender block fetish. I thought you would be a fire brick kind of guy. Lol
Ok yea I was kidding.
Great video hadn't thought of the two part situp good advise. Keep em coming.SIR
I know, heavy on the SIR.SIR
Hahaha
Am I the only one that tends to slide back when doing sit-ups? I constantly feel like I have to readjust myself after like 30 sit-ups or so.
You are not
Happens to me too
Late, but I find it funny, I actually do the opposite.
Yeah I slide a lot I'm trying to work on steadying myself
Yes absolutely it sucks
Great vid, looking out to doing more sit-ups tonight. Thanks
Hey Matt, I just wanted to say! Amazing work!!! Thank you so much. I've got a good core, but this will improve myself a lot! When I go into the Army, I wish you would be my platoon leader.
Dude man.. you’re a godsend
I’m 15 never really thought of being in the military but this video was really informative on sit-ups. Thanks!
Thanks for the video, Sir.
Appreciate your work.
Respect from Portugal.
Great one yet again brother 💪🏼💪🏼
Thank you for your help! I love your videos and always binge watch. ☺
Thank you, sir! Always looking for ways to improve!
Woww!! Your tips are amazing every time I would do sit ups I would only max 24 cause I would get stuck and the bottom..I'm practicing on the half way sit ups:)❤️
Started this workout tonight, and instead of a set amount of reps, I'm just seeing how much of each of em I can do in one minute and tracking that for the meantime. Let's get it!!! I want to be as prepared as possible for basic :')
I have 50 in 2 minutes and I'm working on being faster. I don't rest but I still can't get to 60 which is about what I need to go to basic. I'm hopeing at basic I will improve a lot
You will have 1-2 weeks in what is known as reception and you will have nothing to do but sit ups and push ups, make some friends and make it a daily routine.
When in basic you will do a 1.1.1 test, super easy don't sweat it. 1st week is hell and you will have no free time.
After that week you will have alot of time to do sit ups and work out.
You have 3 tests and only the last one counts and even then you only need 50 points to pass instead of 60, but don't go for 50, try to max.
I failed my frist apft but passed the next 2 with 300+.
The new army test will make these tips obsolete but just incase your the last cycle to take the old apft
I need to get 38 situps in 1 minute for my police pt test, im stuck between 20-25 reps and I only have 3 weeks to prepare.
Love the vids, thanks for all the tips!
Thanks Matt very helpful
I always have a problem with lifting my legs to assist me during the workout. How do I get out of the habit of doing this? I heard using something to hold down your feet disengages your core stability, so I want to avoid doing that
Hey matt love your videos 😊just wanted to know if you had like any breathing techniques when your doing these exercises if that makes any sense??
I'm trying to get at least a 100 on my sit ups.
Thank you so much for this video 🙌
Just did this yesterday along with the max out push ups video ,really feeling today
Thx for this matt
Hi,Matt!I just enlist in army.Thank you for this.Can you show how you run in basic training
The Leg-Tuck and Twist is helpful as hell
Thanks for the tips and nice video
My thighs and back get tired the most whenever doing sit-ups. Always been that way ever since summer of 6th grade. Why I never liked them and still don't even do them really. Push-ups has always been my favorite. My rib cage gets tired quick too.
I max my pushups in 38 seconds and run a 15:15 I always struggle with my sit-ups because of my hip flexors I can’t wait to try these thanks so much for this GOOD information!!!
Yeah this is pretty killer with no breaks damn lol had to skip the V UPS just cause i roasted my self with the initial stuff. Definitely will keep trying this along with your push up routine and see how far I can get off body weight manipulation with some weights. I will admit my diet is pretty bad it is conducive to bulking but my protein I feel is still low.
You can start with the V up variant but I wanted to start the video with the situp variants. But when I do abs (this) never rest longer than a few seconds
Matt Ward oh no worries man I'm just transitioning from being a runner to trying to do full body. My core is a lil bit weak after a lazy winter, but push ups are my main problem.
You just saved me. I love you bro 💪🔥
Also, if you don't mind answering this, Matt. Do you recommend I do this before or after my two miles worth of 6120's ???
Bruh 6120s 🤣
Just got a 240 on my pt test at rsp, and I haven't been to basic yet. Would have gotten higher but I got a 60% on sit ups. Gonna start doing this! Thanks!
I use my Xbone, it shares many characteristics with a cinder block
Thanks for the info about to talk to a recruiter in May
Imo sit ups suck the worst haha. Push ups are easy for me and I gotten better at running. I can do sit ups but jeez they suck
I suck at situps and every time I ask someone in my unit to help me improve no one knows what exercise to do.this helps so much Thanks
Doing the POWER test for Chicago PD. Thank for the video!
Hey I appreciate the video but could you make like a whole workout routine for a week I just did the push up exercise should I do this one right after..?could you make a day by day workout routine to get in shape for basic I leave soon
This is very helpful 👍🏻
Honestly this video is gonna be more in the back catalog for the time being. Somehow even though I have a semi-serious gut to trim sit-ups are the one exercise that gives me next to no problems so long as something is holding me feet flat to the floor.
Matt DuGuay I hate that.
Half the fat dudes at my unit get like 60 - 70 situps.
I work out regularly and struggle to get above 65.
A lot of us learn how to wear our weight well, which leads to holding your gut partially in, and your core just gets more and more used to being strained.
I seem to have this problem where my hips lift off of the ground when I’m trying to do my sit ups. I know I have a weak core right now but is there something I’m doing wrong that would cause this? I feel like I could do so many more if I didn’t have this problem. What am I doing wrong? Lol
For my situps my back tends to straighten out and I'll be stuck in the bottom position an I have to use my lower back to lift myself up. I have to have a rounded back to complete and pass my pt test. My situps are the part that concerns me the most.
Is it normal to have my back so bent (and hurt) when doing situps and crunches? I keep feeling like I'm doing it wrong.
Gun Nut stop rounding your back.
What is the minimum amount of sits ups can you do to pass the APFT?
I will take my last apft in September. I'm trying to max it out. I haven't taken the ACFT yet.
I got 300 last run first time basic training blood sweat an tears. ft Jackson 2007 age 18. 1236 on the 2 mile run
APFT TOMORROW!!!
Howd it go?
is this a leg workout?
I think this is a workout to max out the situps on the apft.
I use the sit up bench that holds you by your shins, sadly i can only use it for declines. So all of my sit up exercises are on a 5 degree decline and it kills me
Question in apft if that person do over maxium pushups and sit ups is it wast of engry
Why does my back hurt after doing regular sit-ups ? I’m i just doing sit ups wrong ??
If you’re skinny could be just your spine pressing up against the hard ground try using something like a yoga mat or doing it on carpet instead until you’ve built more mass in your back
lucy I always do sit-ups on the carpet . And I’m not skinny I have more muscle on me more than fat .
mags then I guess it’s probably the case of what the other commenter said
lucy thank you 😊 and maybe
@@katymaggie6676 could be weak core or new to the workout but IDK. I know when I first started sit ups I had the same problem and I couldn't do them due to the pain but now that i do them regularly I have no pain and have improved my reps to about 70 under 2 min.
Hey, im new to your videos, just wondering, are you currently active in the army?
Thank you
Are you in the guard?
Reserves
Matt Ward I have a question concerning grooming in the military. Do you have to get it cut when you’re done with BCT? For instance, would you have to get it cut every time you report for drilling and training?
pianoodle This was great, thanks, I've been looking for "are crunches or situps better for abs" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Bondraw Firm Ferriferous - (search on google ) ? Ive heard some super things about it and my co-worker got cool success with it.
pianoodle ar 607-1. Your hair has to be in a tapered appearance. Can not touch the ears.
Aaron Bearden by tapered, do you mean getting a fade on the sides or a buzzed look?
When I run I get this feeling on my feet than feel like they are bleeding but they are not and I feel like my run time is effected by this how would o fix this?
Collin Kump I think o have that too turns out it was my shoe and not my feet
When i do situps my right ribs start hurting what does that help plz
Ryan Toth I used to have an issue holding my breath without realizing and it would make my ribs hurt try concentrating on breathing and see if it's any better
I can do 65 in 2 minutes and feel like I could bang out another 25 or so but don't have the time. It takes me a little under 2 seconds to do 1 rep :(
When are they going to start doing new the new APFT
2020
I hope I pass my agility test tomorrow!!!!!
I failed because my examiner wants me to fail badly he repeatedly ask me to go back 0 counts again and again until i can't move my muscles anymore.. what a sad life ... I hope i can move on to this frustrating day... I don't know why he wants me to fail so badly.. :(
@@saltwater4372 so how you doing now bro?
My lower back kills when I do sit up :/
Don't forgot to keep your core tight when working out.
I've always wanted to be in the army since I was in 3rd grade and now I'm a freshmen in high school but my mom will never let me join. Do you think there is anyway I can talk to her about it? Btw I love your videos they're great
you still have 2 years, i enlisted last year and am in the DEP program, delayed entry, until june 25th. if you still want to join junior year like i did, tell your parents your joining. dont talk to them about it. talk to a recruiter.
michael tower thanks I appreciate it
It's not her decision to make once you turn 18
In the australian armed forces the situp require your feet not be hend down which makes the excersize much harder
Is that shirt still available?
I've always been able to do sit ups very well. But after my pregnancy my core has been completely destroyed. APFT in 1 week. 😬 wish me luck...
Chelssy Cole how did you do?
Fail :/ but so close
Ain't gonna lie, I'm worried about situps just because good Lord they hurt my ass bone. After about 25-30, it's becoming difficult to block out the pain.
Same here! I thought I was the only one 😭, it's very difficult and it hurts a lot even just 1 sit up
Time to start doing ab ripper x twice a week
Cool shirt
He mentioned P90X. I did that program for only one month and my PT score was the highest I’ve ever Had. This ab workout is awesome! But if you’re the type of person who has issue with motivation alone, P90x is a great way to workout because you have someone telling you what to do. In my personal opinion.
exercise at 5:28 should be called the sit-push
Watch ENLISTED GHOST sit up video. He's in infantry. Watch all his videos. Definitely watch his sit ups video tho. He's a beast
However my policing friend has to do sit ups without feet held. Sit ups with feet held are easy.
Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach Jeff Nichols disagrees....Strongly. The best way to increase situps is not to do more situps. IT's to sprint. Often and violently
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No thank you, I like my spine working properly
5:30 would be reverse crunches right?
when I do situps my foot hurts
Wah
Now the real question. How to we keep our ass from getting rubbed raw after sit ups
Can you push ups Matt.
These are east, push-ups are the problem lol I could do about 50 and I’m done 😂
LMAO HELLO ACFT
Man I couldn't walk the first time I followed this a week ago ( those hip flexes) . Let's see how we do after today
So hows it going
@@tobyngarcia_polk4086 pretty good. I've improved alot, increased my Situps by 25 ( up to 40) but still got a ways to go. I do this workout about twice a week doing each exercise 2-3 sets
How many do you do each set if you don't mind me asking.
Between the push up circuit he did a video on and this I think I'll be able to build a plan where I alternate muscle failure days and running days. Right now all I'm doing is sit-ups and this ten minute core exercise kind of circuit that helps build up your core for running.
But if I do this to improve my sit ups I can do this on the muscle failure days and just do the core exercises for running before and/or after I actually run.
Hopefully trying all these different exercises out and building the outline of the workout plan is the hardest part. Knowing which exercises work for what you're trying to do and just increasing the intensity and the challenge until you reach your goal. That's going to be the fun part. Minus being sore pretty much all the time.
@@brandonbenoit6828 about 20-25. I do something similar to your plan alternating days with this sit up routine and his push up routine but I'm finally about to start hitting the gym so I can build up my strength to do pull-ups again. I'm running Mon, Wed, Fri. My shins are still too weak/ still too fat to be running every day but I jog 2 miles on Mon and Fri, with 30-60s on Wed. If you can do pull-ups I would say you don't necessarily need a gym, I just need some weights to build up my back muscles again. Regardless of where you're at man as long as you're getting after it you'll improve!
For some reason I’m a lot better at pushups than sit ups
65 72 12:47 I’m 20
Can I do these in bed if my tailbone is killing me?