kicker Posted February 4, 2002 Posted February 4, 2002 well TKD_McGee it is as long as you do the one hand pushup on both sides well AnonymousOne I was wondering do you mean for the one arm push ups that bounce you off the floor. like your doing the push up and then you jump up still in the same body position and leave the ground without your body touching the ground then coming back down ????? when you do your best it`s going to show. "If you watch the pros, You will learn something new"
TKD_McGee Posted February 5, 2002 Author Posted February 5, 2002 Yea you switch sides after the first side gets tired... I still disagree with doing the clap push-up and doing the jump pushup... I think those styles can be dangerous for most people. Do unto others, as they done to you.
AnonymousOne Posted February 5, 2002 Posted February 5, 2002 You do the push ups so that you thrown yourself say one foot off the floor, claps hands and then go down again. We never do it in our dojo. I do it at home. If you work with weights long enough you can do them with one arm and even a weight on your upper back. Another good exercise is to do hand stand push ups. Here you have to lift your whole body weight with just your arms. You can also ad weights to this. The point is to build explosive action into your muscles (plyometric). Using a heaving medicine ball is great too 7th Dan ChidokaiA true combat warrior has to be hard as nails in mind, body and soul. Warriors are action takers and not action fakers. If you are cruising, make time for losing
kicker Posted February 5, 2002 Posted February 5, 2002 On 2002-02-04 19:32, TKD_McGee wrote: I still disagree with doing the clap push-up and doing the jump pushup... I think those styles can be dangerous for most people. Well your right they can be dangerous but still they are a good exercise our club teacher teaches once showed up how to do a jump up and touch your toes in the air and then land and repeat it I can understand that to be dangerous and you also need to jump high But for jump up and clap thats pretty easy if you want you can do it with feet going off the ground or staying and same with the jump push up these to aren't that hard but the first one I metioned is when you do your best it`s going to show. "If you watch the pros, You will learn something new"
TKD_McGee Posted February 5, 2002 Author Posted February 5, 2002 Yes I know what they are.. im just saying that the common person shouldn't do it or they could get hurt... Not everyone is a wirey, athletic, and agile person... Do unto others, as they done to you.
kicker Posted February 5, 2002 Posted February 5, 2002 well thats true I guess I misunderstood you I guess the end part about for "most people" I didn't see that or just something happen but oh well. when you do your best it`s going to show. "If you watch the pros, You will learn something new"
Bitseach Posted June 20, 2002 Posted June 20, 2002 Is it cheating if you start off in the "splits" position? LOL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My karma will run over your dogma~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ad Posted June 20, 2002 Posted June 20, 2002 On 2002-06-20 11:54, Bitseach wrote: Is it cheating if you start off in the "splits" position? LOL say what?? thats how i do them, with the arm in which i am doing it on put a bit more further away than the rest of my body this press up ensures that your hold body goes all the way down. the cross legged one only allows your body to crunch to the direction your going the splits are more intense Brown Sash Hsing I/Lau Gar Kung FuBrown Belt San Shou17 yr oldhttp://www.selfdefencehelp.co.uk
Bitseach Posted June 21, 2002 Posted June 21, 2002 We might be talking at cross-purposes here, but if the feet are the fulcrum and they are spread wide apart you will find it a lot easier as this will shorten the distance and also enable the feet to take more of the body weight. Interestingly the British Army and other services did not used to allow women to do full length press-ups as they led to damage to the ligaments that keep the ovaries in place. I am not sure if this is still the perceived wisdom or not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My karma will run over your dogma~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SaiFightsMS Posted June 21, 2002 Posted June 21, 2002 Interesting logic on the push up theory of the British army. 27 years ago the American army did not have females do full pushups either. But back then physical training of all sorts going back to primary school segregated the sexes. After that was changed the newer crop of young females did the same things as their male counterparts and as a result have much more upper body strenght than we did at the same point.
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