Pump you Up (Pushups)

[Stuey]

Why do you want attention here jake? You to cool for this idea? Or you just seen to many pushups in your boxing/army days? Quit it you are being a prick. You are getting old and fat faster than any of us I would bet. Feel free to join though. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[jakethebake]

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Why do you want attention here jake? You to cool for this idea? Or you just seen to many pushups in your boxing/army days? Quit it you are being a prick. You are getting old and fat faster than any of us I would bet. Feel free to join though. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Attention? Too cool? What are you bitching at me for? Bitch at the guy that horned in on your push-up thread to ask a questions about free weights that's been asked 80 times in the last month.

[bholdr]

well... I'm at about 48- not as good as i'd hoped. I pulled a muscle throwing a frisbee tuesday and took three days off, which set me back a bit.


thanks for posing the update and keeping me motivated.

[climber]

I did one once. Then i truned all red in the face and fell to the carpet...then i realized i was fat and decided to change. I then added one aday up to about 50 and didnt do any for a long time and am back down to 20 now if I'm lucky.

[Subfallen]

I forgot to post on Saturday.

+15 -> 155 total.

[Reef]

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wish I could join on in with the pushup challenge, but it seriously messes with my workout scheduele whenever I have chest or tri's in.

upped my dumbell bench press by 10 this month if that's any consolation.

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That more than counts in my book. I always have trouble upping my max bench press. I am just more suited for high reps so that's why I like doing them.

Could you do 1 set of pushups per week? If you are lifting I bet you would increase each week. A increase of 2 per week does not sound like much till 52 weeks pass. It would be interesting.

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well, I don't really max out on the dumbell bench press. The heaviest I go is a set of 4. But my set of 4 went up ~10 pounds, so I assumed my max did to.

I think I can usually squeeze in 1 day of 3-set per week. If I increased by a couple per week I'd be pretty damn pleased. It's WAY easier to improve from say 40 to 50 than it is from 1xx to (1xx+10) IMO.

[Reef]

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I forgot to post on Saturday.

+15 -> 155 total.

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+15 in just a week? damn, that's awesome.

Are you lifting at the same time?

[Stuey]

1. Do as many pushups as you can. Record that number.
2. For 1-week train like an animal to increase the amount of pushups you can do.
3. Do as many pushups as you can. Record that number.
4. Post how many more pushups you can do now.
5. Do this every week. Forever.

Also please post your training secrets to help others improve. We have shamed Sup bro for to long it must stop.


Week 3 is over

This week I can do 5 more pushups than last week.
That's a total of 17 more than 3 weeks ago.

Subfallen that is amazing man I hope I can get there someday. But keep going you are great motivation for me to keep working hard.

I'm not sure if I am getting stronger or just getting used to pushing through the pain for a extra 4 or 5 reps. Either way I'm happy with my progress so far if I don't stop I'm sure I will continue to improve. If I live long enough I might even catch Subfallen one day. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

How is everyone else doing? bholdr, hope that injury is not still nagging you that can really make this hard.

And as always I urge new guys/gals to join this little experiment regardless of your current fitness level. Remember you don't have to say how many pushups you can do just how many more you can do each week. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Stuey]

Week 4 is over it was hard.

This week I can do 4 more pushups than last week.
That's a total of 21 more than 4 weeks ago.

I think my form is getting worse I'm going to try using better form even if it means I might not improve as fast anymore.

It is amazing how painful those last 5 reps are.

Seeyah in 7 days.

[imported_CaseClosed326]

Dude I like this thread. I am going to join right now.