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The official MR push up challenge.
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Man, I am 6'0 and between 190-195 on a given day, 28 years old, I don't think I am overweight. Maybe you need to tone your muscles some.
If you are working to muscle failure, drop to your knees and keep going.
push-up bars
I use push-up bars as they target your pecs and are easier on your wrists. They are about ten bucks at any sports store.
Every other day I will do three sets of 20-25 then will do a final until exhaustion.
On certain days I will put my feet up on a couch or a laundry basket. This is a healthy way to change things up as it will get your upper pecs pumping.
The most important thing about push-ups is to do them slow, controlled and keep a pefect posture. It's better to do 5 correct push-ups then 50 quick ones.
Cheers, T
I use push-up bars as they target your pecs and are easier on your wrists. They are about ten bucks at any sports store.
Every other day I will do three sets of 20-25 then will do a final until exhaustion.
On certain days I will put my feet up on a couch or a laundry basket. This is a healthy way to change things up as it will get your upper pecs pumping.
The most important thing about push-ups is to do them slow, controlled and keep a pefect posture. It's better to do 5 correct push-ups then 50 quick ones.
Cheers, T
I am up from 33 to 40. Only 20 more and I reach my first goal of 60 by the end of August. I am now 25.9% to my goal. 
Yeah pushup blocks are great. You can go down farther and work your muscles even more
Maybe the difference is that all of my weight is concentrated in the abdomen area.
I'm 42, 6'2" and 190. If it weren't for a weird twinge in my left shoulder, I'd be doing more. Funny thing is, after the first couple of days my abs were aching. I need to exercise more often....bleh.
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Maybe the difference is that all of my weight is concentrated in the abdomen area.
I had that too while I was in college, I called it my Nati Light six pack.
^^It depends on what you want to do. Doing more sets then reps can help build endurance.
For me I do 20 reps 3 sets normal, 20 reps 3 sets wide, 10 reps close, all on a three count. When I tired I drop to my knees to finish off the set.
For me I do 20 reps 3 sets normal, 20 reps 3 sets wide, 10 reps close, all on a three count. When I tired I drop to my knees to finish off the set.
Hmm is everyone doing sets of shorter reps, or just doing as many reps as they can in a single set? Personally i'm doing sets
Sets.
Or I guess you can do 3 sets, and do as many reps as you can do per set. I wouldn't just do 1 set of as many as possible.
Just don't do them too quickly. Do them properly, and do them well. So what if you do less pushups this way. What matters is the strength you feel and the physical change/benefit, not the number you counted in your head. If I'm doing 4-5 set every few days, and 35 pushups per set, while someone else is doing 4-5 sets of 60 pushups, I'd want to get to this other person's level........unless I saw no change in their strength or physique. If not, then I'd probably just assume that he/she was doing the pushups wrong.
I agree with the above. Also you need to work on your stomach and shoulder muscles. They play a big part in the push up. Stomach for the core strenght and shoulders for the pushing.
I was a stuck at certain number when doing push ups and a person recommended shoulder exercises. Started doing those and my numbers improved. Just something to think about.
I was a stuck at certain number when doing push ups and a person recommended shoulder exercises. Started doing those and my numbers improved. Just something to think about.
Depends on what you got around the house. You can start doing military press with or w/o weight. If you have weights you can do front raises, side raises, military press.
Exercises we do w/o weights, military press then move into a over head clappers. If you do that with the push ups you should get a good burn. Well at least I do... hope that helps.
Exercises we do w/o weights, military press then move into a over head clappers. If you do that with the push ups you should get a good burn. Well at least I do... hope that helps.
Thanks for the advice guys!! They're really helpful . Btw today's my running day . Yesterday i did 3 sets of 10 standard, 3 sets of 10 wide, and 5 close together, although i cheated really badly on that one . OMG the close together ones are really hard . My back muscles are sore. This is an interesting new experience .
p.s. wow jellz you truly are a mad man.
. Btw today's my running day . Yesterday i did 3 sets of 10 standard, 3 sets of 10 wide, and 5 close together, although i cheated really badly on that one . OMG the close together ones are really hard . My back muscles are sore. This is an interesting new experience .p.s. wow jellz you truly are a mad man.
i just did 1 set of 5, and 1 set of 6........with my girlfriend on my back. she's about 113 pounds (i'm about 150). i would post pics, but they probably wouldn't look right.
and i'm not joking. my neck is still red. i thought i could do 10, and i probably could have if i did it all at one time
and i'm not joking. my neck is still red. i thought i could do 10, and i probably could have if i did it all at one time
I've been doing 3x 25 pushups a day since Xmas and won't participate in this challenge.
However I'm interested to see if anyone knows if doing them on fingertips/knuckles compared to palms changes the exercise your bi/tri-ceps does and not just strengthens your fingers/wrists. I've sort of weaned myself off doing push-ups on my palms but find the only difference muscle-wise is that I need to go down furthur (obviously).
Anyone know about the differences in doing push-ups this way or do their press-ups on their fingertips/knuckles?
However I'm interested to see if anyone knows if doing them on fingertips/knuckles compared to palms changes the exercise your bi/tri-ceps does and not just strengthens your fingers/wrists. I've sort of weaned myself off doing push-ups on my palms but find the only difference muscle-wise is that I need to go down furthur (obviously).
Anyone know about the differences in doing push-ups this way or do their press-ups on their fingertips/knuckles?
I wanted to do 50 a day, starting at 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, and then gradually to 15, 15, 20. I'll collapse after 20, and that's pushing it. I can comfortably do about 12 in one set now. However, I'm not doing them everyday.
It's great that everyone wants to be able to do a lot of push ups and all, but as others have touched on, you need to do other things in order to be able to push your limits of push ups! Shoulders, abs, lower back, upper back, triceps, biceps. You really need to 'train' all these parts individually. If you don't want to join a gym a lot of this stuff can be done at home with nothing more than a couple of dumbbells and maybe a bench. Even if all you want to do is inflate your chest you still need variety, push ups will only be stressing certain areas leaving other parts of yer pecks largely unstressed. Not to mention you don't want to end up with a buff chest and a narrow back from not having worked your back properly!
But weightlifting isn't recommended when you're still growing (especially with me, I've probably grown 2 inches since that photo)
I wouldn't really call the kind of exercises you'd do with a couple of dumbbells "weight lifting", more resistance training with free weights
I'm not talking about doing squats and bench pressing or anything like that, don't panic!I wouldn't really call the kind of exercises you'd do with a couple of dumbbells "weight lifting", more resistance training with free weights
*shrug*. Wasn't paying attention. guess that's what you get for being sloshed 24/7 for the last month.