BKJ1216 Posted April 3, 2003 Posted April 3, 2003 I've been doing crunches until failure for the past few days. And today I got up to 400 before I coulnd't do anymore. I'm stll on only around 15-20 pushups though. Anyone know why my pushups repetetion hasn't changed as drasticially? White Belt- Shudokan Karate
SaiFightsMS Posted April 3, 2003 Posted April 3, 2003 A pushup is moving more of your body weight than a crunch.
hobz Posted April 3, 2003 Posted April 3, 2003 Your abs heal faster then the rest of your body, therefor you arn't overtraining your abs, but if you ask me if your doing pushups everyday, your overtraining your chest, delts, tris, and many other body parts. Rule #1: Play the game to the limit. Damn the consequences.
BKJ1216 Posted April 4, 2003 Author Posted April 4, 2003 I haven't been doing either everyday. I mean to say every other day. White Belt- Shudokan Karate
WolverineGuy Posted April 5, 2003 Posted April 5, 2003 Your abdominals are one of the very very few muscle groups that not only heal faster, but are just plain tough enough to handle an every day workout. Push up reps might be hindered by any number of things, including muscle damage in a few different areas, or a problem in the shoelder or elbow joints. Wolverine1st Dan - Kalkinodo"Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a q-tip""There is no spoon."
glingglo Posted April 8, 2003 Posted April 8, 2003 push-ups take a while... i've gone from being able to do 5 to being able to do about 30 in six months, but now i'm at a plateau. it's probably going to take me a lot longer to work my way up from here. and i've found that i CAN do more push-ups if i wimp out on my form, but i'd rather do 30 good ones than 50 half-a**ed ones! just make sure whatever exercise you do, you're doing it with good form. go slow. and try more than one kind of push-up. do some full push-ups, do some lower ones where you just pulse, do some where you just try to hold the position for a certain length of time. try them with your arms wider apart or closer together. have fun with them!
tommarker Posted April 8, 2003 Posted April 8, 2003 are you working yourself to exhaustion on your pushups? or are you working until you're tired? I mean, do them until you absolutely cannot push yourself back up. then, let your knees hit the ground and do modified or "girlie" pushups until you can't do those anymore either. If you have a weak link in the equation (wrists, forearms, triceps, back, chest) that should tell you, and you may need to focus on that. I'm no longer posting here. Adios.
jmy77 Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 try pyramiding your push ups... something like pyramid to 5 and back. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 30 second rest between each set. after you do five take a minute rest and go back down, 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1. If you accomplish that you just did 30 push ups. here is a website tha has some good exercises: http://www.trainforstrength.com/workouts.shtml "Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft." - Pres. Theodore Roosevelt "You don't have to like it, you just have to do it." - Captain Richard Marcinko, USN, Ret."Do more than what is required of you." - General George S. Patton"If you have to step on someone else to stand tall, then you truely are a small person." - ?
Kaju_influenced Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 Listen BJK First its good to wanna get better i respect that however u can injure urself by doing too much at once, at one point i was able to do 150 pushups straight ouch but by doing that i was damaging myself sure i can do alot but the lactid acids in ur muscles begin to eat away causing scar tissue which is not good. Do ur sit ups then go to push ups then squats or whatever ur doing then rotate u will get better results take my advice. Now i can only do about 70 pushups straight but then i go to my sit ups then squats then strecht back to pushups and ive been gettin great results, n e ways i wish u luck in ur training and always work hard at it! "Sweat more in the dojo,bleed less in the street"Kajukenbo fighters axiom.
The_Ryno Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 If You're looking for strength in your chest, there are a number of things I reccomend. 1. Bench press, flat and incline. When raising the weight, explode to just below full extension, on the negative (down) portion, you should take twice as long to bring the weight back to just above your chest. NO BOUNCING. 2. The biggest problem 99.999% of people have with compound chest excercises is the triceps. The two best movements for tri's are kickbacks and rope pulldowns. For kickbacks, bend over a bench with one hand supporting your body. pin the other elbow to your side and bend your arm 90 degrees. Extend your arm to the rear until almost straight and SQUEEZE!! at the top. Pull downs will get you funny looks at the gym. Start with a weight you can do 15 reps with. Do 10 reps, then decrease the weight by 1 plate and immediately bang out 10 more reps. continue this process until you're doing the lowest weight on the machine. When you're struggling to get that last few reps out of the set, ppl are going to be staring. Good luck. "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
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