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Originally Posted by Blitzzz
You can verify through contact with old ODA 055 members in '84, '85.
Start and rest position is the front leaning rest. On "go" do 40 push ups as fast as you can...rest for a "quick" 10 count. then do 10 more push ups and rest for another 10 count...Do this as long as you can do Fast 10s. Don't continue when you speed slow by half. Try it you'll like it.....Blitzzz
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Very interesting. After much trial and error, this is how I went beyond the max. I varied my hand positions, though. Starting out very close to the body (forearms barely touching rib), then to normal width, then to wide (keep hands in contact with floor all the time, or the event will terminate!). This is non-scientific, but I reasoned that this method forces every single muscle fiber on triceps, lower and middle pectoralis, and posterior deltoid to get engaged. Also I think this one is from Pavel Tsatsouline: when you think you hit muscle failure, contract hands, forearms, abs, back, thighs muscles and imagine hands rotating inward like screws as you push. It will yield 3 to 5 more. I also exhale just before pushing like kiap in MA. TR is spot on, as always. I counted close to 100 in my last APFT, but the grader only put 92.
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