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I currently do 50 in the morning and 50 after work.
I started out at 25/25, then 30/30, then 35/35 you get the picture.
Can now generally get to 30 without any pain now.
But you ahve to stick with it.
Gonna drop n do an exta 35 now just for the hell of it!
21.
Didnt really get a build up of pain though, just sudden failure haha.
I did get a clicky elbow though, don't think that's good.
Hairychested - you can use your initial test as the first set as you done them straight after.
Thanks Rich, suddenly I'm a happier man. Wednesday, here comes my biceps!
Five. Oh dear 😳
My right wrist is a bit iffy though, so I'm blaming that.
I knew I could do between 11 and 20 anyway* before doing the start off test so started in column 3. Did alright until the last set of 'as many as poss but at least 9' and only managed 7 - so I suppose I'll drop into column 2 on weds night <the shame>
Might be a bit unfair actually because I also started the 200 situps program on Saturday with the as many as you can (25) but today my stomach muscles feel like they are torn in half, such that i can't even do a single one!!!
So I'll give that a week and start that next monday properly too.
* I know this because I did a similar but selfdeveloped progam last year; start off with as many as you can comfortably do and every day add one. If you fail any day (or miss a day) take one off. I started with 4 on Jan 2nd and by mid year could comfortably do 40 in a row apart from the boredom factor, so modded that to 3 sets of 20 morning and night which then shamefully lapsed away to nothing.
7, dear god thats pitiful, i blame my moobs making it harder.
moobs are good - you don't need to lower as far to touch the ground.
10, go me! 😀
I used to be able to only eek out about 2... 😳
serious question though, if I follow this program would it make my biceps noticeably bigger? (like, too big?)
my experience from last year is that it does definitely define a bit of upper body musculature*, but I wouldn't say too big since you are basically doing a relatively low weight lots of times as opposed to the massive weights a few times that body builders go for.
* regrettably not very visible below a fair layer of flab.
ah, thankyou. Will go for it then - first set done and dusted
Wahay, 35 here but probably went off a bit too fast, should pace myself more. Mind you I can't ride for xxxx. Must ride more and lift things less. I'll try it for a week or two, but the jump between weeks three and four looks big.
I did 23 but it would appear I have very limp wrists and had to use a soft babies blanket as extra padding. 🙁
Can anyone explain the "Knuckle" push ups? Is it with the palm still flat or with the fist and wrist straight and pushing up on the clenched fist?
Good luck with the plan whoever is doing it.
ewe da man. Grrrrrrrr
or woman of course. yay
i did 15 in my test, thast was after a run and situps, so I'm starting column 3 tonight. I like the idea of it, but I have a feeling I'll get bored very quickly.
I'll give it a go, I wasn't sure what they meant by 'consecuitive', is that without stopping or just how many you can do without collapsing? 19 and 35 respectively. No matter, I'll assume 20 and start from that point.
oh, and it's not for your Biceps. Pecs and Triceps.
I'm just hoping that I'll get to where my arm warmers don't fall down on bumpy descents 😉
I'll do some tonight and update you all... I hope to manage 5.
Wednesday, here comes my biceps!
triceps. 🙂
Whichever, it hurst as **** tonight 🙁
""Whichever, it hurst as **** tonight""
damn right - i feel like someones hit me in the tits with a cricket bat - if you want to quit with me hairychested i will think you more the man for it.
managed 21 on monday but strangly that was after a press up/crunch session on sunday (out of the blue) so i hurt a bit and didnt start the rest of the plan.
off properly tonight, week three column two.
ouch.
i predict i will 'forget' within a fortnight 🙁
I started this a few weeks ago, got to week three and was plodding along nicely until my 2 1/2 year old decided to jump on me from the sofa in mid push.
My bloomin back is killing me now.....
Will get back to it once the pain goes
I could be wrong but just doing (lots of) press-ups is probably a bad idea. If you get too strong in one muscle group (i.e. triceps) without strengthening your biceps it's easy to injure yourself. Climbers are notoriously bad at getting sronger biceps than triceps which leads to elbow injuries (myself included - hence I can't do many press-ups but can do plenty of pull-ups). I've no idea how many press-ups would be too many (possibly way more than 100), but attempting to get stronger in a more balanced way has to be better.
yay.. managed 15 but the last 5 were a killer!
I've noticed emptying several bottles of beer helps with pain. The more beer, the les pain. Waitress!!!!
And I ain't quitting, I is da man ([i]as they say in Staines[/i]).
I find that digging dirt ramps ans making bike parks is the best activity for building all round strength, try moving rocks around to make a skills park and then moving tons of soil by wheelbarrow/shovel and you wont worry about gyms, or press ups, but you will develop muscle strength where you need it and you will develop a bike park that you can ride, check out singletraction and get digging, and make a contribution to your local trails instead of posing in a gym 🙂
http://www.singletraction.org.uk/gallerypage.php?cpmpid=-910
15, may have pushed a few more if i was made of stronger stuff but hey-ho.
i'm game, Ill go for the 100 but my real target is to do em with my kids sat on my back like my dad used to do with me. he was a real man where as i drive a keyboard for a living.
I started on my first set tonight, week 3 column 1.
Still ached from yesterday but couldn't wait.
Done the set, plus 7 at the end.
100 in a minute?? isn't that akin to headbanging at a Heavy Metal Concert?
Might have a go myself, but in a slow controlled manner
tomzo - not proper, says who? Full 90 degrees at the elbow and fully locked out FYI.
Headbanging? - tick.
Oh to be young again...
I managed 32 there to failure, I'm tempted to start this program as it's a reasonably quick way to build push/pull strength when combined with the pull-up/dead hang routine I (occasionally) do on my [url= http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/simulator.html ]fingerboard[/url]
did 48 last night. Well, 47 and a half if I'm honest, had to put my knees on the floor for the last one as I was stuck halfway up for a few seconds.
Kev
whilst looking for the non stop press ups world record which is about 10,000 btw I found this...
the Hindu Press up.. must be a better upper body work out :
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Kev
Just read through the thread and I'm not convinced doing 100+ press-ups really quickly is a very good idea in terms of strength gains. It will give you quite a good cardio workout but if you actually want to get a bit stronger you need to do them quite slowly concentrating on form and keeping your core stable.
Don't set a target - just keep going to failure. It's a mistake a lot of gym novices make, they do 10 reps and finish even if they could have done 15. Slow down and press-up in a controlled manner is the best way to develop a strong core and strengthen chest, triceps and back bits.
And yes you want to be doing some pull-ups as well to prevent a muscle imbalance.
Anyone who who can do 100 push-ps needs to try Royal marine push-ups (no cheating); Hands narrow under shoulders (not wide), arms by sides (not pointing outwards), one rep every three seconds, Chest touches floor, arms straight at the top, always look forward. Let see how many of those you can do!
I thought a marine press up was where you bring one leg up off the floor alternately on each down stroke of the press up and move it up towards your body. This increases the amount of total weight on the upper body. What you've just described is narrow arm press us. A bit harder than usual press ups because it increases the weight on the triceps and also hits the central part of the pec muscles.
Kev
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You could try -
Wide and narrow press-ups on fists - for martial arts fans.
Feet on a chair press-ups - harder than normal.
Handstand press-ups against a wall - for fans of the original version of the mean machine.
One armed press-ups - for the hell of it.
I thought you meant putting both hands together in the center, that makes it a bit harder.
Kev
handstand press ups are good. bit of a blood rush to the head though.
Kev
just done day 2w3 of the pressups, just about managed it, the extra rest was needed. also on day 2 of the pullups, just about manged that too.
i felt more tired than monday but managed to keep things smooth and controled.
looking forward to friday, day 3 looks fairly hard but hoping with the extra rest (2min) i'll do it. (dont under estimate the power of rest at the end of the set) this gets easier right?
Bah. Try the 200 press-up challenge. 10 mins to do 200.
Got to 181 once. I might resurrect this.
Past 100 its gets VERY hard.
[i]If you start to feel shaky, take a few deep breaths and regain your composure before starting again. Good luck - I know you can do it!![/i]
Doesn't really sound like consecutive does it. Hmmm.
Right,
Just done my sets for tonight - week 3, day 2. Sets of 14, 19, 14, 14 and 19+
Only managed 17 for the last set which felt VERY hard, can't lift my arms now. Started at Week 3 column 2 which seems challenge enough - column 1 would be too easy and column 3 impossible for me right now.
ok, better late than never, managed 25 on the initial test so going to week 3, even downloaded the ipod app so we'll see how it goes.