I'd like to join the Army, but I desperately need help getting ready! Any tips?

I currently weigh about 215 lbs, and I already have a diet that's making me lose roughly one lb a week. (This is after the occasional slip-up, a cookie one day, can of soda the next.) My problem is that I can't do any situps, I can't really do pushups, and I can't jog for more than five minutes without getting really winded. I know, I'm in terrible shape.

I have a ten lb dumb bell, access to a set of stairs, and your basic household furniture. Spending wise, I can't afford to buy anything more to help. Does anyone have any tips? Any exercises they know of that would help me in performing situps and pushups, or routines that worked extremely well in building endurance and stamina?

Also, I've heard a lot about Hydroxicut and other weight loss supplements...any of them really working for you? Please, no insults or unhelpful comments regarding my decision to join the Army. I respect your views and opinions, but I don't come here for, 'u will die in irak.'
Additional Details
I'm 5'11, and 19 years old, I'll be 20 in two weeks.

Citicop

Start running.

Take an hour a day and run for as long as you can. Then walk for 5 minutes and run as long as you can again. Repeat for the whole hour.

Do that every day.

For situps and push ups, do whatever you can do (even only one or two). Then, start in the "up" position and lower yourself down as slowly as you can do it. Repeat this until you can't do it any more.

Give yourself one day off in between these at first until you get used to it.

lconnor65

This site can help you out...http://www.military.com/military-fitness/

Work your way up. Do 5 to 10 sit ups or crunches every hour. Same with push ups even if you have to do them in the modified position with knee on the ground.

Next week try for 5 to 10 more reps.

Start by walking and maybe a little jogging. Running is more mental than anything. Try to focus far in the distance. Start by trying to make it around the block and slowly work up from there.

Try to get a friend involved to help you and motivate you.

Well run the stairs. Walk them until you can go faster. Your key to loosing weight is cardio. If you have cable tv they often have exercise programs on there. Use the couch to hold your feet to try to do sit ups. Also if you can get ahold of a ball (like soccer or basketball) put it behind your back and do sit ups that way. It works more muscles. Crunches may help you get in better shape to do the sit ups. Start by doing "girly" push ups (knees down) and work your way up to regular ones. Walk outside, work to jogging, then to running. You are going to have to push yourself as much as possible. Do push ups and sit ups at EVERY commercial if you are watching tv, or go up and down the stairs during commercials.

If you cannot afford anything to help you why are you asking about weight loss products. They can get very expensive.

You have about 30lbs to loose. No soda or sweets as you know. If you have a sweet tooth eat jello. Fruit is also great for this, and is a good natural sugar source. Limit your red meat, it stays in your body a long time and is high in fat content. Watch your carb intake. Try not to fry your foods.

Thomas M

run until your exhausted, walk, run repeat until you dont have to walk very much

use a bike when you want to mix up your routine

bench/pull-ups for pushups

weight loss supplements are a joke, they just make you dehydrated so id stay clear of those

pay it forward

Go to home depot & buy cement & put in empty milk gallons or find something you can lift...as far as not being able to do things. Just work on one sit up or one whatever & try to get that one & just lay on the floor & roll from one side to the other. I hope you have taken meansurements & pictures cause this show people how much you want to do this. Richard Simmons might have a website look for it cause he helps obese people. Also, do a search for tips & gather them together. Don't use pills or anything unnatural.

Shadow_Alliance

Here's a tip don't join unless you like killing incident people

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