Hi Cathe and everyone,
As you can tell by my login name, my husband is in the military. He asked me today if I could help him with a workout plan to help him get in shape for his annual physical fitness test for the military. He's been playing a little too much X-box lately
. He's not overweight. In fact, he used to be slightly underweight and since being married to me (cough, cough) he has filled out nicely. lol. I'm certainly no expert but I am slightly more knowledgeable than him and thought I could use others input as well.
His test consists of timed pushups and situps, a stretching test and a timed run.
I figured it best to do those specific exercises to build his endurance and supplement with other exercises as well. Perhaps doing pushups and situps 3x/week alternating days of course, and stretching after every workout. Is that enough? Too much? He has done Bootcamp (which kicks his butt as well as mine and I thought to add a few segment of that in there for him. I have Stretch Max which I think will be good too. And many of your pushup segments from various tapes. Should he do core exercises too or just focus on the situps?
Also, I just don't know exactly how much to add on each week for him to progress. His test is in May. Any tips would be great. We are going to partner up too on much of this, though I'd prefer to do a step tape then run.
Thanks!!
As you can tell by my login name, my husband is in the military. He asked me today if I could help him with a workout plan to help him get in shape for his annual physical fitness test for the military. He's been playing a little too much X-box lately
. He's not overweight. In fact, he used to be slightly underweight and since being married to me (cough, cough) he has filled out nicely. lol. I'm certainly no expert but I am slightly more knowledgeable than him and thought I could use others input as well.His test consists of timed pushups and situps, a stretching test and a timed run.
I figured it best to do those specific exercises to build his endurance and supplement with other exercises as well. Perhaps doing pushups and situps 3x/week alternating days of course, and stretching after every workout. Is that enough? Too much? He has done Bootcamp (which kicks his butt as well as mine
and I thought to add a few segment of that in there for him. I have Stretch Max which I think will be good too. And many of your pushup segments from various tapes. Should he do core exercises too or just focus on the situps?Also, I just don't know exactly how much to add on each week for him to progress. His test is in May. Any tips would be great. We are going to partner up too on much of this, though I'd prefer to do a step tape then run.
Thanks!!
