What is your goal IST before you ship out?

[Private Brown]

We have had this discussion. Palms facing you is chin ups.

Chin ups provide a lot more of a thing called leverage. Leverage is a very useful thing to have. I would venture to say that the reason some of you can't do chin ups is because your form is bad with them, and that the reason some of us can't do pull ups is because of form (again) and having a lot less leverage will make it harder. Then again the bigger muscles used during a pull up kind of evens it out I guess. I can't think of one or the other having a big advantage, but still hold to the fact that more people are good with chin ups.


Just get both methods up to 20 at least and your good to go.

[BDo3043]

Crunches - 200
Run - 8 min flat
Pull ups - 35

[JP702]

Most recent IST:
Crunches: 85
Run: 10:09
Pull-Ups: 9
A lot of improvement, and I can't wait until the summer because it just gives me more time to PT PT PT!

[the802]

IST as of today
Crunches: 112
Run:9:30
Pull-ups:6

[BDo3043]

I got 34 pull ups today so close just one more!

[Private Brown]

Those scores are great.

[Zumbii]

Took my first IST yesterday
Run: 8:57
Pullup: 18
Crunch: 80

Goal
Run: 8 flat
Pullup: 30
Crunch: 130

[McManus15]

....How can you do 18 pull-ups...but only 80 crunches....?

[Zumbii]

Just the way I am I guess, one kid yesterday did 14 Pullups and 130 crunches.

[Nate2004]

You guys do know its different muscles....right? lol seriously some people have just in their life or in their personal work outs, worked certain areas a lot more then others...


But at least you have the pull ups :P those usually take the longest to improve, since depending on how much fat you got on your stomach, abs seem to develop a lot faster in most people...

[wilsontc11]

lol yeah. when I DEP'd in, I was doing 80+ crunches but I could BARELY squeeze out 2 pull ups

[Zumbii]

You guys do know its different muscles....right?

LOL
yes yes.

[the802]

....How can you do 18 pull-ups...but only 80 crunches....?

I can do 120 sit ups but only 6 pull ups.

[the802]

My most recent IST goes as is:

Sit ups: 120
Pull ups:6
1.5 mile:9:30

Looking to get my run time down to 9 and my pull ups to 20 of course.

[cmiller91]

I ran an IST yesterday and have improved a lot in just 1 week.

1-2 weeks ago PULLUPS: 10
Situps: 80
1.5 Mile Run: 10:45
3 Mile Run: 23:22

As of YESTERDAY:
Pullups: 14
Situps: 102
1.5 Mile Run: 10:01
3 Mile Run: 21:57

I'm starting that "30 Day till shipping" workout routine that we received in our welcome aboard tin, soon.