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Old 06-11-2005, 04:23 PM
RicktheRuler RicktheRuler is offline
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20 is lots!

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Geez, I am concerned for the physcial health of some of you guys now.
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Old 06-11-2005, 04:25 PM
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If you do enough resistance training on a given muscle (except abs and maybe biceps) you should only need to train that muscle 1-3 time per week depending on you level of fitness.
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Old 06-11-2005, 04:26 PM
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I just did 54. And, I weight 245 pounds. RAAWR.
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Old 06-11-2005, 04:28 PM
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Good lord. Rawr indeed.

I did 20 at 145...
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Old 06-11-2005, 04:29 PM
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Add in a lady and this exercise can be even better... as previously stated 'form' should be your top priority. I bet most OOTers will be spent after 20 push-ups.

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Old 06-11-2005, 04:31 PM
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That's just because you only have to move 3 inches before your boobs touch the ground.
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Old 06-11-2005, 04:33 PM
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Just as important as increasing the number you do is making sure that you're doing them correctly (straight back, breaking parallel). I think a lot of people will overlook this.

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This is very true. And it is why the number is not the important part. It is the amount of improvement.

If you can only do 5 standing pushups against a wall there is nothing wrong with that. And in 1 week you can do 10 I bet. After 3 weeks you will be doing knee pushups with ease.

Try and do them with good form so you don't hurt yourself. But it is ok if you cheat a little on form to get a extra rep or 2.

At the end of the week we just report how many more we can do.
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Old 06-11-2005, 05:05 PM
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I over trained in high school to the point that I was 10 push ups away from setting the Freshman push up record. I did about 90 something at one time. We weren't doing those half-assed ones. We were doing legit, all the way up, all the way down push ups and there was a guy there making sure they were legit.

After I overtrained, my muscles in my arms eventually just started giving out or something. I still have troubles with them even now. I messed up the stabilizer muscle in my arm. It's the muscle that gives you coordination and connects your shoulder to your arm. It hurt like hell. It took like 5 months to complete rehabilitate. I couldn't even shift my car and I was pissed that I had a stick-shift.

Anyway, don't overdo it. Do about 3 sets but don't train every night !! LIke I did. Take a day off in between.
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Old 06-11-2005, 05:09 PM
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I over trained in high school to the point that I was 10 push ups away from setting the Freshman push up record. I did about 90 something at one time. We weren't doing those half-assed ones. We were doing legit, all the way up, all the way down push ups and there was a guy there making sure they were legit.

After I overtrained, my muscles in my arms eventually just started giving out or something. I still have troubles with them even now. I messed up the stabilizer muscle in my arm. It's the muscle that gives you coordination and connects your shoulder to your arm. It hurt like hell. It took like 5 months to complete rehabilitate. I couldn't even shift my car and I was pissed that I had a stick-shift.

Anyway, don't overdo it. Do about 3 sets but don't train every night !! LIke I did. Take a day off in between.

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Logout please.
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Old 06-11-2005, 05:10 PM
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why ? I'm Burt Reynolds.
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