Navy Seals Test- trying to pass

[cwc73]

so the last two posts make me sound really stupid. LOL I was just saying that because Purplehulk said something about that being really easy....Granted it is for me cause I did 20 (the max) on my Marine PFT today.

 

[Yarg!]

Hey if u want to make your pull ups easier, I know this may sound strange but when youre pulling up, look straight up at the ceiling (as in chin in the sky) and just arch ur back and pull up. When u do the bar should come to the middle/lower portion of your chest. It sort of looks like a reverse bent over barbell row and/or sloppy incline bb bench. This recruits the lats soo much more and helps you shoot up .. if u dont arch or look up, alot more biceps are involved and it makes it alot harder. Try it.. you have nothing to lose.

I went from 8 of the regular ones I was doing to 12 of these ones. Then when I switched back I got 11 regular ones. Well this variation actually MAY be the 'regular' way.. I might have just been doing it wrong all along, haha.

 

[cwc73]

Well, to me throwing your legs forward (to just below waist high) helps me. So your body is almost in a "C" or "J" shape. Yea, "J" looks right.

 

[redguru]

Well, to me throwing your legs forward (to just below waist high) helps me. So your body is almost in a "C" or "J" shape. Yea, "J" looks right.

It's called "kipping"

 

[blut wump]

It's called "kipping"

Anotherbutters had a thread on it a while back.

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449453

 

[anotherbutters]

Although I can't actually kip, because I don't have a bar that's free of obstacles.

I noticed that not extending my arms all the way makes them a lot easier. I know it's a bit of a cheat, but it lets me get the reps in, which I find difficult otherwise. Once I've built up my strength, I can go back to full extension.

 

[rocky_road]

I noticed that not extending my arms all the way makes them a lot easier. I know it's a bit of a cheat, but it lets me get the reps in, which I find difficult otherwise. Once I've built up my strength, I can go back to full extension.

this is how I'm going to practice them, only not very far down at all, until I can get a few in, and then gradually make them lower.

 

[s8nlilhlpr]

Http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/eva-on-kipping.wmv

You can use those until you build up strength to do real ones also.

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

Negatives and stronger-range partials (advocated by Jules) work wonderful for pulling movements.

Yarg also gave good advice regarding technique, although you don't need to look up at the ceiling. You simply depress your shoulders as you rise. They should be back and down, and you should focus on pulling the elbow down and behind the body for maximal lat activation. This will have you tilted sort've like this -> / <- under the bar.

 

[AEKDB]

There's also the SEAL workout:

http://www.navyseals.com/community/navyseals/navysealworkout_main.cfm

I completed the 16 week training program in college just for the hell of it. It was a bit of a challenge for a weight trainer and favors the more well rounded. The constant running and swimming was the hardest part.