New Cadence pushups and planks. When will it be implemented?

[Beardog768]

Hey all, I saw a news article and a youtube video that was discussing possible changes to the Navy PRT. Apparently it is now cadence pushups and planks. Is this the same case for the OCS guys?? I saw that the academy was doing this but am a bit confused on how they would score this in OCS since you need higher scores as you go through the weeks in OCS. My recruiter does not know the answer and I ship out on June 14th. Any help is appreciated, I have been doing pushups, sit-ups, and planks and seem to be doing very well in all but would like to know which ones I will be doing at OCS.

 

[taxi1]

Surprise is the spice of life. Train to both PRT standards, to where you can crush them, and you'll be fine.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Hey all, I saw a news article and a youtube video that was discussing possible changes to the Navy PRT. Apparently it is now cadence pushups and planks. Is this the same case for the OCS guys?? I saw that the academy was doing this but am a bit confused on how they would score this in OCS since you need higher scores as you go through the weeks in OCS. My recruiter does not know the answer and I ship out on June 14th. Any help is appreciated, I have been doing pushups, sit-ups, and planks and seem to be doing very well in all but would like to know which ones I will be doing at OCS.

This gets asked regularly, no official PFA guidance has been put out. Stay tuned and you’ll know in due time.

 

[insanebikerboy]

Supposedly USNA is implementing this or has already switched to it so I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t filter out to the Fleet within the year.

Cadence push-ups wouldn’t be a big deal but either before or after the plank, that’s gonna be killer on the shoulders.

 

[Brett327]

I’m hearing changes take effect the PFA after the next one, so fall timeframe for most.

 

[johnboyA6E]

my son is a youngster at usna, he just did his spring PFT yesterday using the new process

you only need to do 60 cadence pushups to max out, they are harder but nothing that a little practice can't overcome

 

[hlg6016]

So, What are these cadence push-ups consist of?

 

[Griz882]

So, What are these cadence push-ups consist of?

Push-ups are a four count exercise
1 (down), 2 (up), 3 (down), 4 (one push-up)

Well, that’s how we yelled it in the Corps at least.

 

[johnboyA6E]

that's how it was at AOCS - down/up/down/1, down/up/down/2, down/up,down/3....

the new thing is supposed to be a 2 sec cadence - down/1, down/2, down/3, down/4....

so perfect score is 60 pushups in 2 min (down up in 2 sec)

you can't rest, and as soon as you miss one rep test is over

 

[Brett327]

Let’s not confuse people with unofficial gouge from AOCS, which is likely to be different from new PFA guidance.

 

[Meyerkord]

And let's not also confuse people with cadence pushups that only USNA has implemented and the Navy as a whole has not implemented.

 

[johnboyA6E]

not AOCS - what i wrote is what is in place now at USNA.

perfect score is 60 pushups in 2 min (down up in 2 sec)

you can't rest, and as soon as you miss one rep test is over

yes - this policy is only for USNA right now, it might be adopted navy wide that hasn't been announced, i assume OCS follows big navy

 

[Jim123]

Dang. I was really hoping that cadence pushups meant

"OOOONE-TWOOOO-THREEEEEE-FOOOOUR-I-LOOOOVE-THE SUPPLYYYYY-COOOOORPS!" (that's one rep)

 

[scoolbubba]

Reservists are still exempt.

 

[Griz882]

Dang. I was really hoping that cadence pushups meant

"OOOONE-TWOOOO-THREEEEEE-FOOOOUR-I-LOOOOVE-THE SUPPLYYYYY-COOOOORPS!" (that's one rep)

These days I do the DDDDDOOOOWWWWNNNN....(Is that dust on my floor? Did I feed the cats? This isn’t too bad, I should rest here.)...UUUPPPP...Oh never mind, we’ll call it 50 something.