Training for NS

• a mugger

  27 Jan 13, 07:01

  Doing strength training on my arms.I can lift 3.6kg dumbbells on each of my arm for 100times(200 total) before a 5 minute rest and continuous. Should I upgrade to a heavier dumbbell?

• ditzy

  27 Jan 13, 07:46

  In NS, you need endurance, rather than physical burst strength. Yeah, you can do 101 chin ups at the bar, but 2.4km run fail, you still fail the whole thing. Army want thinking soldiers, not incredible hulks.

• a mugger

  27 Jan 13, 08:27

  i am balancing both my running training and strength training.Right now,my runs are far better than my strength. I can barely manage 5 chin-ups now,so the need to train for arm strength.Furthermore,I tend to do poorly in my strength segment in Napfa than the running segment

• Mr Milo

  27 Jan 13, 08:40

  u could try 8kg dumbells i use 8kg myself
• a mugger

  27 Jan 13, 09:11

  alright,how many repetitions can you do in one arm before a rest?I am not sure whether i am up for 8 but i can go with 6.

• Mr Milo

  27 Jan 13, 09:21

  10 for each arm for each set (just 3 sets total, kekeke, laughable) i dun go for repetition.....i go for strength i do them in between other exercises, so i rest for 1 min then go again i concentrate more on the legs
• SBS2601D

  27 Jan 13, 09:48

  If you wanna train pull-up, just do more pull-up. Dumb-bells won't get you far because pull-up also uses other muscle groups depending on how you do it.

• eac

  27 Jan 13, 10:14

  Prepare for PTP/BMT: http://iprep.ns.sg/

  Secrets to Pass IPPT: http://lifestyle.www.ns.sg/features/fitnessxchange

  Source: www.ns.sg , www.army.gov.sg , www.mindef.gov.sg

• Underpaid

  4 Feb 13, 00:51

  I did dumbbell training for my BMT, unfortunately AFTER I went in to the NAFTA fail + few months. Found it much more effective than pure pullup training, provided you work out ALL the muscle groups (forearm, biceps and deltoids) 2 months of "standard" exercises from NS and no improvement, but once I started on the weights, it shot up from 3 to 12, so I'd say it works. Procedure was 5kg weight, Right arm: Wrist Curl 10x (forearm training) Forearm lift (your standard Bicep flexing) 10x Side lift 10x (stand up, lift the weight from your waist to fully extend your arm 90 degree to the side) Left arm: Repeat above. Don't "pia" and do all in one shot on one arm, alternate L/R arms, give your muscles a few min to recover before the next set. Draining an already empty tank don't result in much improvement. 3 cycles a day week 1 4 cycles week 2 5 cycles week 3 2 days on, one day off to give your muscles time to recover. So 4x a week.
• Bruce_Wayne90

  5 Feb 13, 02:38

  Do crossfit training. It really helps in improving your ippt. Worked for me though. First time i did crossfit i puked. :)

• eagle

  15 Apr 13, 09:11

  I used to be able to curl 20kg dumbbells while active in NS :(

• "newbie"

  16 Apr 13, 13:04

  if you training for pull-up... then do pull up...

• Owen7rackow

  5 Jun 13, 20:08

  Don't do much of exercise, half an hour is more than sufficient. Rather you should do running practise more and more to increase your stamina and efficiency.

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