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Jonoman92
United States9110 Posts
On October 03 2008 07:16 Jonoman92 wrote: Darn I didn't stick with this. Maybe i'll try doing it again. Lol @ myself from 6 months ago. Like you really thought you could do this? You lazy bum! | ||
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statix
United States1760 Posts
On May 27 2009 11:31 Jonoman92 wrote: Lol @ myself from 6 months ago. Like you really thought you could do this? You lazy bum! stick to practicing your pvp for my eventual return to starcraft :D | ||
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TehKris
Norway322 Posts
On May 27 2009 10:44 MaZza[KIS] wrote: Bruce Lee, Arnold Schwazaza(f*ck the spelling), hell most men with some of the greatest bodies every started with..... WAIT FOR IT WAIT FOR ITTTTTTTT BODY WEIGHTS!!!!! WOOOOO!!! Even in Pumping Iron Arnie talks about how when they "get back into" body building him and his friends would do body weights first to strengthen their joints. That's the KEY point here. If you've just STARTED exercising, then using free weights rather then body weights can SEVERLY damage your joints. Body weight exercises will NEVER give you big muscle, but they will give you enough toned muscle to make you look good (not blown up like a balloon). "Brad Pitt in fight club" body gets you wwwwaaaaaaaay more chicks then "Ronnie Coleman I take too much HGH" body. You're makign statements that you can't back up. However, it's true that body-wheights can give you some results. However, Brad Pitt did not get the Fight club body with body-wheight training, I doubt he even got it without roids aswell... And no1 on this forum will ever get a body like Ronnie Coleman, no matter what they do, ever. | ||
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Railxp
Hong Kong1313 Posts
although im scrawny as hell =p | ||
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Musoeun
United States4324 Posts
On May 28 2009 01:17 Railxp wrote: i bet if TL had a brawl with scLegacy or sc2gg, we would have the buffest fighters >=0 although im scrawny as hell =p Isn't tl like way bigger than either sc2gg or sclegacy (now that they've had so much downtime and redesign and who knows what else)? Not an entirely fair comparison, but you're probably right... | ||
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sexsexpussyhair
Canada133 Posts
On May 27 2009 10:44 MaZza[KIS] wrote: Bruce Lee, Arnold Schwazaza(f*ck the spelling), hell most men with some of the greatest bodies every started with..... WAIT FOR IT WAIT FOR ITTTTTTTT BODY WEIGHTS!!!!! WOOOOO!!! Even in Pumping Iron Arnie talks about how when they "get back into" body building him and his friends would do body weights first to strengthen their joints. That's the KEY point here. If you've just STARTED exercising, then using free weights rather then body weights can SEVERLY damage your joints. Body weight exercises will NEVER give you big muscle, but they will give you enough toned muscle to make you look good (not blown up like a balloon). "Brad Pitt in fight club" body gets you wwwwaaaaaaaay more chicks then "Ronnie Coleman I take too much HGH" body. arnold is an example of what steroid can get u, bruce lee is an example of what pure natural can give u. | ||
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
On May 27 2009 07:29 Eniram wrote: lol you think im a meathead? thats hilaaaaarious. sounds like you have displaced nerd rage No just this On May 27 2009 06:55 Liquid`NonY wrote: Yep. And they assume that wanting to do 100 push-ups implies wanting a lifetime of complete physical fitness. Or they're just insecure and want to make sure everyone knows that a real routine (what they're doing) is much better and more respectable. And On May 27 2009 09:30 Bockit wrote: I think he's making a generalisation.. It happens all the time here, for example, someone posts a blog that they're trying to lose weight and have cut the following x bad foods from their diet and are doing y exercises z times a week, and someone comes in and tells them that they aren't doing shit, they should be following <insert extreme diet here> and doing <insert intense workout plan here> or they're deluding themselves. Seriously. It's something about people that exercise, lift, whatever. They can't wait for someone to speak up so they can ramble on to the skies about what you should be doing, what you should be eating, how much, and it's always the same. No nerd rage here, just a constant observation in every thread that involves lifting more than a finger. Annnnnnoooooyyyyying. | ||
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
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statix
United States1760 Posts
On May 28 2009 03:03 MiniRoman wrote: Seriously. It's something about people that exercise, lift, whatever. They can't wait for someone to speak up so they can ramble on to the skies about what you should be doing, what you should be eating, how much, and it's always the same. No nerd rage here, just a constant observation in every thread that involves lifting more than a finger. Annnnnnoooooyyyyying. Maybe these meat heads were once scrawny nerds too. Maybe they started exercising regularly and became a little more educated in the subject. Maybe after time they figured out better ways of doing things. Maybe they'd like to pass on what they've learned so that others don't have to struggle so much. just a thought. doing 100 pushups seems like it would be a pretty fun goal for people who don't usually exercise. you'd be able to measure your progression relatively easily and develop quite a bit more upper body strength. | ||
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dangots0ul
United States919 Posts
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
On May 28 2009 03:28 dangots0ul wrote: went to the final test and passed I don't believe that you did 100 pushups with good form. | ||
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Gray[FH
152 Posts
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Clasic
Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
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MarF
Canada156 Posts
On May 28 2009 01:17 Railxp wrote: i bet if TL had a brawl with scLegacy or sc2gg, we would have the buffest fighters >=0 although im scrawny as hell =p haha gogo incontrol ez win  | ||
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KO_SharpMind
Canada277 Posts
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Phyre
United States1288 Posts
So I just started on the 100pushups.com thing and I'm up to week 4 day 1 and was all happy with myself that I would be stronger once I finished this. After reading this thread though it's a bit discouraging, some of the posts make it sound like this exercise is a waste. I do intend to finish this before moving on to something else though so I have a few questions about what constitutes "good form" pushups. By the way, not sure if it makes any difference but I'm about 125 pounds and pretty scrawny. 1) Is your head supposed to be facing the floor or looking parallel to the floor (ie your chin touches the floor)? Most of the vids/pics I've seen demonstrating good form seem to have the head facing the floor so your nose would touch the ground first if you went down all the way. 2) What's the best hand position? I've read a variety of things like doing pushups on your knuckles is better for your wrists, you should have your hands angled inwards towards your chest 45 degrees, etc. Most of the vids though seem to simply have the palms on the floor and fingers facing upwards and parallel to your torso. 3) Am I correct in my understanding that I should have my abs, gluts, and basically as much of my torso/abdomen tensed as possible while doing pushups? 4) Slower is better? I think I read somewhere 2 seconds down, 1 second up? 5) May be a really stupid question but should I be exhaling when I'm going up or going down? I've tried doing both and they both feel fairly natural to me which I'm guessing is weird and/or just poor form. 6) I get the whole "hands closer = tris, hands farther = chest" thing. However, if I wanted to work both would it make more sense to just find a happy medium distance to place my hands or should I do half with my hands practically adjacent to my sides and the other half farther out? If I missed anything really important to good form pushups, please tell me. Once I'm done with this 100 pushups plan I'll probably come back here and ask for some more advice on next steps. Got some free weights and equipment that I've been meaning to start making use of and some of you guys sound really knowledgeable this sort of stuff. Thanks TL! | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On August 18 2009 12:53 Phyre wrote: Sorry for the bump but I figured it was better than making a new thread. Read through the first 10 pages of this thread, will read through the rest tomorrow. So I just started on the 100pushups.com thing and I'm up to week 4 day 1 and was all happy with myself that I would be stronger once I finished this. After reading this thread though it's a bit discouraging, some of the posts make it sound like this exercise is a waste. I do intend to finish this before moving on to something else though so I have a few questions about what constitutes "good form" pushups. 1) Is your head supposed to be facing the floor or looking parallel to the floor (ie your chin touches the floor)? Most of the vids/pics I've seen demonstrating good form seem to have the head facing the floor so your nose would touch the ground first if you went down all the way. 2) What's the best hand position? I've read a variety of things like doing pushups on your knuckles is better for your wrists, you should have your hands angled inwards towards your chest 45 degrees, etc. Most of the vids though seem to simply have the palms on the floor and fingers facing upwards and parallel to your torso. 3) Am I correct in my understanding that I should have my abs, gluts, and basically as much of my torso/abdomen tensed as possible while doing pushups? 4) Slower is better? I think I read somewhere 2 seconds down, 1 second up? 5) May be a really stupid question but should I be exhaling when I'm going up or going down? I've tried doing both and they both feel fairly natural to me which I'm guessing is weird and/or just poor form. 6) I get the whole "hands closer = tris, hands farther = chest" thing. However, if I wanted to work both would it make more sense to just find a happy medium distance to place my hands or should I do half with my hands practically adjacent to my sides and the other half farther out? If I missed anything really important to good form pushups, please tell me. Once I'm done with this 100 pushups plan I'll probably come back here and ask for some more advice on next steps. Got some free weights and equipment that I've been meaning to start making use of and some of you guys sound really knowledgeable this sort of stuff. Thanks TL! 1.) parallel. you nose should be the first part of your head to touch the floor 2.) palms on the floor and fingers facing upwards and parallel to your torso is most functional 3.) you shouldn't have to consciously tense them. your back should be straight and if you keep good form what needs to be tensed will do so naturally. 4.) do what you like but 2 seconds down 1 second up sounds real good to me 5.) exhale on the way up (contraction), inhale on the way down (relaxation) 6.) normal pushups work out both just fine. | ||
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Cloud
Sexico5880 Posts
There are many different kinds of pushups doesnt really matter if you do them wide or do the "diamond" ones, you arent looking to tone every upper muscle anyway. Although variety is fun. (Variety also keeps things tough for longer). | ||
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BlueRoyaL
United States2493 Posts
If you're looking for some good home exercises to get stronger, just buy an iron gym and start working on pullups. As far as I know, pullups are far more beneficial to getting stronger than pushups are (don't argue that it works out different body parts, pullups workout so many different key muscles). With the iron gym you can do about 3-4 different kind of pullups that workout parts such as forearm, biceps, shoulders, and back. Most likely pullups will be really difficult at the start, but just keep doing them everyday; everytime you pass by it just do a couple or as many as you can and your # of reps should start to increase. Even though you're 125 right now, if you workout right, you can get pretty buff by only gaining like 10-15lbs from muscle. I'm currently 5'8" and weight 138 but I rep 205 on bench 8-9 times w/o spotter. Also, if you ever plan on lifting weights, DEFINATELY try to always workout with a spotter because those last few reps you need spot on definiately make you much stronger. | ||
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Garnet
Vietnam9056 Posts
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