Today, Wed Sept 20, 2006 marks the day I failed push-ups and I am so disappionted of myself.
Here is my story.
The day before the PT test i forgot all about it so i didnt go to sleep until like 4:00 in the morning, the test was at 9:00 and my friend was giving me a drive. I didnt bother to bring a coat since he said that it was warm outside, well that was a complete lie and the only reason he told me not to get it was because he was in a rush. There was alot of traffic so about 2 blocks I had to get out of the car and walk so i wouldnt be late. It was freezing cold, I made it in time and I went straight to the PT test area. I filled in a sheet and then went into my PT test; first test was some step test and it was pretty easy after the officer explained it to me. I got an officer that is a man of few words and I couldnt hear him so he had to repeat himself a couple of times, made me feel embarrassed.
After the step test I went to the hand grip test which i passed easily and then the nightmare... At home I could do about 40 push-ups, perfect form, continuously but I crashed here. When I was doing my push-ups he had his fingers at my upper chest to make sure i was going down all the way. When i was doing the push-ups i stopped like a mm before his fingers and those didnt count what so ever, I got up to 15 push-ups and he said stop, your done. He stopped me after the second warning that my arms werent straight or something, I honestly couldnt hear what he was saying to me. He was nice enough to give me a re-test for push-ups right after the sit-ups but by then I was done, I couldnt do 10.
So I have to pay $30 and wait 2 weeks until I can do my re-test. I had to take the bus home which took about 2 hours and then it started raining like crazy, I was freezing my *** off with no coat thanks to my friend. It took about 30mins to get home and when I got home I tried to do more push-ups but for some reason my arms turned into crap, I couldnt even do 1 proper push-up.
Im just wondering if the cold, hunger and sleepy-ness was the main reason why I failed, anyways it was completely my fault that I failed the PT- Test and now I will know in the future to be always prep'd.
ps. Any advice on push-ups, how i can improve?
ps.s. I believe he was saying to keep my elbows in, touching my body....idunno
Here is my story.
The day before the PT test i forgot all about it so i didnt go to sleep until like 4:00 in the morning, the test was at 9:00 and my friend was giving me a drive. I didnt bother to bring a coat since he said that it was warm outside, well that was a complete lie and the only reason he told me not to get it was because he was in a rush. There was alot of traffic so about 2 blocks I had to get out of the car and walk so i wouldnt be late. It was freezing cold, I made it in time and I went straight to the PT test area. I filled in a sheet and then went into my PT test; first test was some step test and it was pretty easy after the officer explained it to me. I got an officer that is a man of few words and I couldnt hear him so he had to repeat himself a couple of times, made me feel embarrassed.
After the step test I went to the hand grip test which i passed easily and then the nightmare... At home I could do about 40 push-ups, perfect form, continuously but I crashed here. When I was doing my push-ups he had his fingers at my upper chest to make sure i was going down all the way. When i was doing the push-ups i stopped like a mm before his fingers and those didnt count what so ever, I got up to 15 push-ups and he said stop, your done. He stopped me after the second warning that my arms werent straight or something, I honestly couldnt hear what he was saying to me. He was nice enough to give me a re-test for push-ups right after the sit-ups but by then I was done, I couldnt do 10.
So I have to pay $30 and wait 2 weeks until I can do my re-test. I had to take the bus home which took about 2 hours and then it started raining like crazy, I was freezing my *** off with no coat thanks to my friend. It took about 30mins to get home and when I got home I tried to do more push-ups but for some reason my arms turned into crap, I couldnt even do 1 proper push-up.
Im just wondering if the cold, hunger and sleepy-ness was the main reason why I failed, anyways it was completely my fault that I failed the PT- Test and now I will know in the future to be always prep'd.
ps. Any advice on push-ups, how i can improve?
ps.s. I believe he was saying to keep my elbows in, touching my body....idunno
