Targets: Core, Chest, Shoulders, Triceps
- Start in a plank position
- Bring one elbow to the mat and then the other as you stay low (as a commando would dragging through the mud under barbed wire- with shots being fired overhead i.e keep head down)
- Return that hand to push up position and then the other but stay down with your elbows bent at 90 degree’s. Then repeat on the other side.
- Continue as many times as you can.
Modified commando’s would simply take you from a push up position to a hover and then back up to a push up position. Therefore the head is not staying down.
Putting a push up between each repetition is a way to further stimulate a higher heart rate and hormonal response by activating the chest and shoulder more. However we are mainly using commando’s for core work so this would not be necessary.