EPT100 Push ups - Page 3
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Snotling
Germany885 Posts
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Ctone23
United States1839 Posts
On June 02 2015 02:26 radscorpion9 wrote: Just out of curiosity, I've been doing pushups and I've also been doing bench presses. When I think about it they seem like the exact same exercise except inverted, and maybe with pushups you have a little bit of stress on the body and legs to keep everything straight. So my question is are they basically the same? Will they train the same muscles? If not I might choose to focus on one more than the other. In some respects they train the same muscles, but the push up works stabilizer muscles and involves good posture i.e. a good core. I personally prefer to do push ups and a core routine every morning before showering. The bench press gets a little more hardcore in my opinion because with the higher weights being lifted, you need to compensate that by doing back exercises to balance it out, otherwise you can run into posture problems. | ||
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Dizmaul
United States831 Posts
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micronesia
United States24776 Posts
Why am I not surprised lol. | ||
EsportsJohn
United States4883 Posts
 .For about a year now, I've been doing parkour, and basically all of our exercises are bodyweight exercises, so I'm quite familiar with these types of challenges and such. For instance, one of the guys in the parkour group I train with is incredibly in shape, and very often he'll just give us random challenges like 100 squats in a row and stuff. I used to do up to 100 push-ups (plus more) in a single workout by doing a simple 3-exercise rotation. I'd just chain together 3 random exercises and then decrease reps by 5-10 every set. So for instance, I'd do 20 V-sits, 30 push-ups, and 50 squats, take a 60-90 second break, and then the next set I'd do 15 V-sits, 25 push-ups, and 40 squats, etc., and repeat until I got down to 5 or less of each exercise. It's a really good way to do comfortable sets of exercises without straining yourself while still surprising yourself when you do over 100 push-ups in a single workout . | ||
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helpman176
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What about the legs? | ||
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
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EsportsJohn
United States4883 Posts
On June 02 2015 16:37 helpman176 wrote: What are good numbers for pull ups and handstand pushups? What about the legs? Is this a question for me? In general, it's best to start with whatever is comfortable and move from there. In other words, if 5 pull-ups is comfortable for you, just start there, and drop it by 1 rep every set; alternatively, you could do something like 5-3-1. I literally just make up numbers when I work out and see if I can achieve them rather than follow a super structured program. ALSO, for anyone who really enjoys bodyweight exercises, I highly highly recommend QM (quadrupedal movement)! Just practicing this on flat ground, up and down hills, and on stairs will greatly improve your entire body; it looks a little weird, but I'm convinced it's the best and easiest exercise on earth. Forward QM Backwards QM | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9853 Posts
On June 02 2015 19:28 mantequilla wrote: If I could do 2-3 proper push ups, I'd try such a thing. After two, my chicken arms start to tremble Look at the 'alternative' push ups in the link on the first page and start with that. That's what i've started on today | ||
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micronesia
United States24776 Posts
How is anyone else doing? | ||
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EsportsJohn
United States4883 Posts
On June 05 2015 20:52 micronesia wrote: My shoulder was better yesterday so I did week 3 day 1 again. Tomorrow I plan to do day 2. How is anyone else doing? I did Day 1 and Day 2 for Week 3 consecutively instead of taking a break, and was surprisingly sore...therefore, I've been delaying Day 3 for quite a bit lol. Tbh, this program looks like it's built on repeating weeks because the scaling is insane. For instance, Week 3 in the 3rd column is 50 push-ups (+max set) for the first day, 75 push-ups (+max set) the second day, and 92 push-ups (+max set) the third day. Now, I'm not an athletic scientist or anything, but it seems a bit ludicrous to go from ~65 push-ups to >100 push-ups in a workout in just one week. Maybe the first two columns are more reasonable? | ||
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
Dead srs. I'll even give u my phone # so u can harass me or vice versa. | ||
Teoita
Italy12246 Posts
Going from week one, i'll post updates as i go. | ||
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EsportsJohn
United States4883 Posts
On June 07 2015 00:27 Teoita wrote: I'm starting on this too Going from week one, i'll post updates as i go.I want shirtless pics of your man-pecs please. Only reasonable way to track your progress. | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
I'm already scared for day 2 :') | ||
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micronesia
United States24776 Posts
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
It´s probably best to start at week 2 next time. | ||
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EsportsJohn
United States4883 Posts
On June 08 2015 22:37 Yorbon wrote: As I expected, I couldn't handle the second day. And I saw I did the first day wrong as well, as i overlooked set 5. It´s probably best to start at week 2 next time. I think it might be a good idea to start a week down or a column over from the recommended. As I said earlier, the scaling, especially in the 3rd column, is just crazy. If you want to avoid repeating your first week over and over, it would be better to just start a bit lower. | ||
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
On June 09 2015 08:09 SC2John wrote: Yeah, that's exactly what I'm doing. I will go down further if necessary.I think it might be a good idea to start a week down or a column over from the recommended. As I said earlier, the scaling, especially in the 3rd column, is just crazy. If you want to avoid repeating your first week over and over, it would be better to just start a bit lower. I started where i should according to the initial test, but i think personally think that doing 30 pushups is easy compared to week 3 3rd column, so it seems a bit strange one should start there. I started the 200 squats program as well. I ignored the initial test there, but started at column 3 week 1. That seems quite doable, at least at the beginning. | ||
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