Pushups and the Environment.

[Aces Red]

I notice that whenever I do a series of pushups I can do 20-40 outside in the grass then inside 1-4

in my house. Is it the surface that’s effecting my ability to do a pushup? Mind you were I train

outside there aren’t any people watching .

[Menjo]

Your probably mentally not focused in the comfort of indoors, and outside your body is more awake so to speak.

Edited September 4, 2007 by Menjo

[TigerDude]

Are you saying that you can do 20-40 pushups outside but only 1-4 inside? If this is true, it has to be something in your mind.

[bushido_man96]

I think if you do 20-40 outside, and then go right insided to do more, it is because you are tired. However, if you are spacing them out, I don't know what to tell you.

[whitematt]

20-40...? That's quite a range.

I would start training on consistency. Split the difference and push out 30 EVERYTIME. Then increase from there.

[A_Train]

I thnk its all mental. Maybe when you're training outside you are thinking of people seeing you, and would like to impress them with more than 4 pushups.

I've had similiar situations, where at home I can drop and give only 20 or so, but in the dojang during contest for fun to see who can do the most, I managed to get up to 60.

I can never seem to get to 60 at home, but the competition forced me to push harder I guess.

[Rainbow_Warrior]

Its all mental buddy . When I was in highschool, I just could do 40 push ups in my house . When my wrestling coach shouted , I could do 110 push ups and got a 2nd place in a (tiny) push up tourney.

Mohamed ali said : First beat the mind , then beat everything.

[NightOwl]

maybe you could focus on the amount you do inside- make it a goal to do 4 reps one week, 5 the next, etc