Quit the gym - getting better results.

[Rainbow_Warrior]

elbows n knees ir right...

When I was in highschool in your country , I was in that Navy ROTC program. I did 110 push ups , wining a 2nd place in a tourney. I was too skinny and had 17 years old , weghting 135 lbs.....and was not strong indeed.

They numer 1 guy in tournament did 125 push ups... and was a very very thin asian guy , about 115 pounds.

[bushido_man96]

yeah, that's a muscular endurance issue. it's fixed easily enough, though. set a goal to do 100 pushups every morning. get up in the AM and start doing them. rest when you have to - start by doing sets of 20 - 25 until you reach 100. the number you are able to do per set can increase as it gets easier for you.

Will that start to affect my weight training, i.e., make me more tired, and restrict my results?

[elbows_and_knees]

depends on how soon after you do them you start lifting. If you are doing pushups in the am and lifting hours later, you won't notice - or at least I don't.

[bushido_man96]

depends on how soon after you do them you start lifting. If you are doing pushups in the am and lifting hours later, you won't notice - or at least I don't.

Ok, I'll give it a go, then. If so, I'll just have to tough it out.

[wolfen]

first: someone mentioned rowing... even using an ergometer ("erg machine"/"indoor rower") is very good for the whole body as long as you use prper form

second: I admire your persistance (thread starter) and hope that your routine continues to be effective.

third: on a personal note, does anyone notice that it is a lot easier to do a workout with someone who is a little bit stronger/faster/better than you?

fourth: yeah, I sucked at pushups back in the day... then my coach (for crew/rowing) had me do 515 of them and 1545 squat jumpies in the course of a day (I was late getting down from my room).

final:I personally like body weight exercises (including ankle weights) and for striking practice I throw a 2.5 pound medicine ball at a rehab trampouline and strike it on rebound.

[Havoc88]

first: someone mentioned rowing... even using an ergometer ("erg machine"/"indoor rower") is very good for the whole body as long as you use prper form

second: I admire your persistance (thread starter) and hope that your routine continues to be effective.

third: on a personal note, does anyone notice that it is a lot easier to do a workout with someone who is a little bit stronger/faster/better than you?

fourth: yeah, I sucked at pushups back in the day... then my coach (for crew/rowing) had me do 515 of them and 1545 squat jumpies in the course of a day (I was late getting down from my room).

final:I personally like body weight exercises (including ankle weights) and for striking practice I throw a 2.5 pound medicine ball at a rehab trampouline and strike it on rebound.

I too notice that I do better when I train with somebody better/stronger than me. But when someone in worse/weaker than me I (alway's) try to help them, what in turn makes me better too. So I do not know what develops me better. If I have to guess I would say the first.

A question to you Wolfen, what was the result of that day of intense training? Did you continue to train pushups or did you do it just that one time?

Tom

[elbows_and_knees]

motivation is a powerful thing. so is peer pressure.

[wolfen]

I still do pushups (and much better than I used to). I haven't done quite so many or in a very regular fashion (pushups have never been my favorite; I HAVE though used other exercises to target the same muscle groups), so that day didn't affect me quite as much as it could have.

In any case, both my legs and arms have MUCH more explosive power now (and pushups/squat jumpies are not a real problem anymore).

[baronbvp]

Coco (original author), there are great comment sin here from a lot of experienced people. One thing not mentioned: you're 16, buddy. You are still growing. Keep up the good work.