Question:
fitness test which is 3 pullups, 80 crunches in two minutes, and run 3 miles in around 24 minutes. i could do more than 2 pullups! if i couldnt do 3 i couldnt graduate Marine boot camp. a week before graduation was the final fitness test. my drill instructors gave me a choice on what event to do first. i figured trying to do the 3 pullups first would be my best bet, but they advised me to run the 3 miles first. i thought they wanted me to fail! i thought i would have been to tired after the run to do the 3 pullups. i took their advice, did the run first, and right afterwards i done 7 pullups! please fitness people explain this phenomenom to me! how could that be? lol
Answers:
Interesting...the running doesn't drain your upper arm strength sooo... Perhaps running increases blood flow and oxygen to your muscles, enabling your arm muscles to perform better? Just a guess...
Running will not affect the muscles you use to do a pull up, congrats on passing... im in the army so I know the physical conditioning it takes to be in the military. :)
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