Push Ups

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I have times that I do push ups, I find them easy, I'll do say 30 or 40 fast
But I really struggle with pull ups
Can only do about 8.

I started the 100 push up schedule a few years ago. Never finished it, but I have kept up 50 and I do them pretty regularly.
I can barely do pull ups at all.

i prefer to do controlled push-ups.  push up quickly and then lower slowly.

Doing a hundred push-ups should not be a problem. I've only got four to go meself! I did most of 'em years ago.

100 Push ups was relatively easy for me when fit in my early 20's

The trick is to build up to it slowly , start with 10 one day , then add 1 Every day (don't overdo it you'll just strain yourself) but once you build up to 100 you'll have no problem maintaining it , gets a bit tough into the 70's but you just power through it


Today however i just rushed to the shop & my legs were aching half way there , much too top heavy nowadays

4 6 4 4 10+

wtf is that , plus a 60 second break

completely defeats the purpose of the exercise

G Hall

I've thought about trying that too.

Have you noticed a difference to your physique?  I'd like to lose a bit of weight but some biceps wouldn't go a miss.

I'm 6ft 2 and almost 14 stone relatively healthy young male...i can do one, maybe two at a push! No supper body strength at all.

push ups & sit ups is all you need to get fit (spoken from my prison cell 20 years ago)

6-2, 17 stones+ and over 60 years old, can still do 10, but it's not so easy any more.
When I was young, 10 was no problem at all, neother was 20, even doing handclaps between fully up and coming down.
Can't do squats or run fast, never could, all my strength is in my upper body.

I assume push ups are what we called press ups at school? Could do 20 back then. Would struggle with 5 now.

Used to smoke a ciggie with my aunt standing on my stomach, in a short skirt, stickings and sussies, then off to the khazi.
She knew!!

She's only 10 years older than me, mothers youngest sister.

push ups & sit ups is all you need to get fit (spoken from my prison cell 20 years ago)

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funny that cos Im almost as solitary and Im about as crazy as him

The link didn't work but is it for Charles Bronson's Solitary Fitness book?  I've got that.  The bit about cleaning your sinuses with string made me shiver.

better than wire

Well first series completed,very easy in fact.The next schedule is on Wednesday and is as follows

5 7 6 6 12+

i can do one. well, i can do half of one.

Not sure what the 100 push-ups programme is but would recommend looking up the exercise and using strict form, i.e. 20 good ones is better than 100 bad ones. Slow and controlled, hold for a second at the bottom and extend triceps, shouldn't using hips to give yourself a mechanical advantage.

I would also recommend joining a gym and learning the bench press, not a hard exercise to learn. If you work hard at it, it won't be long before you see improvements.

I would regard press-ups as an exercise for a more seasoned athlete.

You're not going to train your muscles to lift more with a push-up as you're not adding weight whereas with a bench press you can keep adding weight.

"You're not going to train your muscles to lift more with a push-up as you're not adding weight whereas with a bench press you can keep adding weight. "

Pushups are about the most basic exercise there is!

AND: You can very easily do them on an incline (put feet on chair) to increase the weight, or put a weight in a backpack .. or both.

I don't know anybody that built up any serious muscle doing push-ups. Bench press that's a different story. Bench your way up to 100 Kg, you'll get some serious mass round the pectorals.

I would do push-ups but would mix them them up with pull-ups, pistol squats, box jumps, etc with no breaks. That's because I am reasonably happy with my strength but would like to translate that strength into power.

Also what you have described above is a decline press-up.

Sorry I don't think it's right to say a push-up is for a seasoned athlete. Anyone can learn one and do one quite easily actually.

I suppose the point I was making is if you want gain some muscle in your arms and your chest, I wouldn't exclusively do press-ups.

But doing them is better than not doing them and would say well done to anyone who could do a 100, very impressive !!

When I played sports when I was younger I used to do around 1000 push ups a day. 100 at a time which would take no more than 2 minutes.
If I stopped for a a long period of time it would take a little while to build up to that level again. The first second and third days after I would start again my body would be aching and I would not be able to do more than 50 at a time.

Wednesday completed 5 7 6 6 12 total of 36.A piece of cake so far.

Fridays schedule

6 9 7 7 15


I am taking a sixrty second break between each set,drinking lots of water and doing a warm up as well.I hope I stick at it.

I think all blokes at some stage or another do the training thing, many do it multiple times but never carry on with it.
Ive heard so many pieces of advice about pushing to the limit, but I find personally if I struggle too early I pack it in.
If I just go at my own pace, I might never look like the freaks injecting roids, but I stay interested longer and I undoubtedly get stronger and firmer, so much so that whatever weight I start pressing within a few weeks it feels like a toy and I can throw it practically across the room.
You only need to be able to knock people clean out anyway, once you got to that level the rest is pointless innit?

i do pushups against the wall. best i can do.... or want to do.

i dont. never done sh1t. never been to the gym. never bought them weight thingies. never been remotely interested in any of it. got next to muscles on me arms and its never bothered me. my legs are quite muscerly cos i do a lot of walking, so i suppose it does look odd having skinny arms and thick legs, but ive never really thought about it.

ffs lol * got next to NO muscles on me arms.

Bob drop and do 20 push ups for that typo

Week 1 has been successfully negotiated,week 2 starts tomorrow,and the schedule is as follows

Week 2 Day 1

8 10 7 7 16

done 45-50 every day-ish for 35 years... helps keeping tummy toned, lower back and shoulders, for me..

Jun 11, 2014 -- 12:55PM, G Hall wrote:

Bob drop and do 20 push ups for that typo

itd take me about a year to do 20 push ups.

good exercise but you won't build up big muscles doing press ups you need weights (and steroids) for that.

I raised my eyebrows twice this morning.

what's the point?

Week 2 Day 2

8 10 8 8 18