I honestly think doing tons of pushups just has a lot to do with being good at pushups..

I can do a fair few dips in multiple sets, the same with pull ups, and even more with chin-ups, but I still give in after about 25-30 pushups.

itzme_petey

United States1400 Posts

January 01 2009 02:21 GMT

#222

^^ its not a physical thing, more of a mental thing energies. if you get someone to force you to do more pushups then you have in the past, your body goes numb and you can complete however many pushups.

Energies

Australia3225 Posts

January 01 2009 02:29 GMT

#223

Well, I just gave it a shot and did 40. Although I only just woke up and i'm still a bit groggy, I don't know if it had anything to do with a mental state, as far as I could see, it just got a point where my arms and chest didn't want to support my body, a couple more and I would have collapsed.

Does anyone know what percentage of your bodyweight you are "benching" in a pushup?

ShoCkeyy

7815 Posts

January 01 2009 02:35 GMT

#224

I did about 120 the first time... but I'm physically fit so yea... it doesn't count... o_O

Energies

Australia3225 Posts

January 01 2009 02:43 GMT

#225

I have also noticed a difference between pushups, I do full range pushups where my chest touches the ground, but I have seen soccer/football players training and they go down a tiny bit and come back up and do it at a rapid pace, I think I could probably do a hundred of those ones.

Forgottenfrog

United States1268 Posts

January 01 2009 02:49 GMT

#226

On January 01 2009 11:43 Energies wrote:
I have also noticed a difference between pushups, I do full range pushups where my chest touches the ground, but I have seen soccer/football players training and they go down a tiny bit and come back up and do it at a rapid pace, I think I could probably do a hundred of those ones.

lets see it happen ;D

MarklarMarklar

Fiji1823 Posts

January 01 2009 03:02 GMT

#227

i can do bout 25-50 depending on my Energy Level

i am a badass

mikeymoo

Canada7170 Posts

January 01 2009 03:12 GMT

#228

On January 01 2009 11:01 Cambium wrote:
Okay bump.

Has anyone actually gone through with this yet? I got to week six, but then the routine became impossible for me to complete:

40
50
25
25
50

with sixty seconds of rest?? Now that sounds pretty superman to me.

I can do maybe 60 if I really kill myself...

I did it in 6 weeks but I could do roughly 50 when I started.
Just go back to week five and keep trying I guess?
A bunch of my friends started this and stopped as well =[

ShaLLoW[baY]

Canada12499 Posts

January 01 2009 04:11 GMT

#229

Honestly, I can guarantee lots of the people who say that they can just churn out 60-100 have shitty form.

I just did initial test, and got 102, I guess I'm done with the program!! WOW It works, what a success!!

Let me see your form. I dare you.

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

January 01 2009 05:10 GMT

#230

It's actually really fucking hard if you do it properly...

Archaic

United States4024 Posts

January 01 2009 05:14 GMT

#231

On January 01 2009 14:10 Cambium wrote:
It's actually really fucking hard if you do it properly...

QFT. Pushups are like playing StarCraft. Play single player, and you are the best player in the world, and you log into b.net, you get raped 100 times over, and cry yourself to sleep.

Loanshark

China3094 Posts

January 01 2009 05:22 GMT

#232

At my school they have this tape for push-ups and sit-ups. It goes "Down, Up, Down, Up" for like 80 push ups or situps. Whenever we have fitness tests and need to log push up count or sit up count, we do them to this tape so people can't cheat by doing rapid ups and downs. Other guidelines apply also. To really define a "push-up" we need a tape of this sort on the website.

The school tape goes slower than any sane person does push-ups, and as such is a lot harder as well. I got 28 following the tape, which is pretty high amongst everyone else.

JeeJee

Canada5652 Posts

January 01 2009 05:42 GMT

#233

yeah thsi program started to be full of shit a bout in week 5 where i maxed out in mid 40s and they told me i should do a 36-40-30-24-40+set with 60sec in betwene
uh no.

so i moved down to mid column for w5
but week6 came aroudn and i found myself cheating on form

im at about 50consec level now with 2second lower, 1second raise, proper form. i can do w6 and probably 100 with shitty form and quicker lower/raises (like one per second LOL) but who the hel ldoes that impress? i've made a lot of progress over the past 1-2months so i'm happy with where i am

CynanMachae

Canada1459 Posts

January 01 2009 07:07 GMT

#234

Hm that look interesting. I'm gonna start that

Demoninja

United States1190 Posts

January 01 2009 07:34 GMT

#235

I can do like 20 push ups with perfect form >_>

Lamentations

Australia211 Posts

January 01 2009 08:00 GMT

#236

I used to be able to do about 40-50 consec but after the xmas eating and inactivity over the holidays I daresay it is closer to 20-30 now xD

Luckily got some cool pushup things for xmas from my sis which kind of stick to the ground and have handles so you can twist while doing a pushup and use a lot more muscles.

Demoninja

United States1190 Posts

January 01 2009 08:05 GMT

#237

Perfect Pushups?

Quint

467 Posts

January 01 2009 10:12 GMT

#238

I was into the beginning of week four when my shoulders were hurting so much that I had to stop. Mind you, I was warmed up properly every time and had the idea of being somewhat "trained" but I could hardly sleep due to the shoulder pain. Maybe it was simply too much or I had a bad technique, yet since they have re-done the program I might give it another chance.

KurtistheTurtle

United States1966 Posts

January 01 2009 11:05 GMT

#239

Stretch out your rotator cuffs or don't throw anything for a couple months to get rid of that pain.