EPTOne Hundred Pushups - Page 2
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pokeyAA
United States936 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
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Chef
10810 Posts
i can do 100 pushups, it doesnt make you all that buff buddy, im still a scrawny mofo. the weight of your own body isnt enough. i even put my legs on my bed so i can get incline and make it tougher, cant really get 100 there but its still just not workin out. Do them slower and pause half-way thru. The only reason you're getting to 100 is momentum if you consider yourself scrawny. Also: The closer your hands are together on the floor, the harder the pushup will be. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
2 second lower, 1 second raise, keeping your back straight and looking forward .. those ones are hard edit: just looked at the site. i would advise against doing it on your palms too. try knuckles on something like a carpet or get one of those special pushup things you can hold onto (sort of like a handle) | ||
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Sadir
Vatican City State1176 Posts
On August 12 2008 03:46 IMlemon wrote: Doing pushups in a good form is much harder than doing pushups. I could do about 60, when I started doing them in good form I can do about 15, 20 if I really stress myself. And doing those 20 is much better than doing 60 crappy ones for your muscles. edit: taking a look at their site, do pushups on your knuckles. Doing them on your palms, well... such position isn't natural, if you put lots of pressure on it bad things might happen to your wrists. Wrists are much stronger when they're in line with rest of the hand. totally agree | ||
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geometryb
United States1249 Posts
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Peanuts.
United States378 Posts
I've actually started working out more. When i started working out i could only do 20, but im at 40 now. | ||
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cRaZypYRo
Germany191 Posts
so i've made 55today for the initial test therefore i begin on wednesday with week 1 column 3 | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
edit: taking a look at their site, do pushups on your knuckles. Doing them on your palms, well... such position isn't natural, if you put lots of pressure on it bad things might happen to your wrists. Wrists are much stronger when they're in line with rest of the hand. What if you slip? Then you're pretty much guaranteed to fuck up your wrist. | ||
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Frits
11782 Posts
I always do 80 before I go to sleep. Working up to 80 or 100 isn't that hard, but it takes discipline to keep doing it forever, don't slack off. I even do it (or at least try) when Im sick or drunk. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
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bladebrood
189 Posts
i weigh like nothing so this should be ez wins | ||
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brian
United States9633 Posts
On August 12 2008 04:01 PsycHOTemplar wrote: Do them slower and pause half-way thru. The only reason you're getting to 100 is momentum if you consider yourself scrawny. Also: The closer your hands are together on the floor, the harder the pushup will be. i take it slow very slow, but dont pause, yeah i would barely hit 60 i bet if i paused heheh i'll start making my hands diamonds see how far i can get :X | ||
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ZpuX
Sweden1230 Posts
On August 12 2008 04:01 PsycHOTemplar wrote: Also: The closer your hands are together on the floor, the harder the pushup will be. well you are training totally different muscles with your hands closer together... Big gap = breast Small gap = triceps also, I think pushups are worthless in terms of muscle growth. | ||
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Frits
11782 Posts
On August 12 2008 04:14 Gene wrote: i take it slow very slow, but dont pause, yeah i would barely hit 60 i bet if i paused heheh i'll start making my hands diamonds see how far i can get :X Probably depends on the person, I don't do my pushups really thoroughly but it got me pretty buff, broad shoulders and big manboobies. My weight is around 64kg. Define scrawny. :p | ||
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Night[Mare
Mexico4793 Posts
 . Im with you OP | ||
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brian
United States9633 Posts
im definitely not as scrawny as some people here, i'd be more than willing to bet. just not content :D i slowed it down TREMENDOUSLY and barely got to sixty. regardless, im doing it. imo we shoudl sticky the thread and get TL into a pushup routine | ||
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shavingcream66
United States1219 Posts
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Cobalt
United States441 Posts
In my left wrist, I have something called a "ganglion cyst," which causes intense pain if I bend it back too far. Even worse if I put weight on it. In other words, a push-up causes my left wrist to scream out in pain, eventually giving out. About doing push-ups on your knuckles, my phys. ed. instructor has told me that doing so is risky and unsafe. I didn't completely understand why, but I think he said it had something to do with applying too much force to a too-small area, and causing more damage than good. Thus, I refrain from doing it that way. I've had this cyst for almost 10 months now. | ||
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Freaky[x]
Canada995 Posts
this 100 push up shit is good for endurance only and is not even good for people that start to work out anyways, it's for people who are trying to find an easy way out of actually taking the time to learn and properly train in the gym or at a local sport facility. See, I'd rather do 20 push ups with a 45lbs plate (or somebody) on my back with good form, then do 100 with good form which will not give me more strength or power, just endurance and anyways I can acquire endurance any other way too. It's better to go outside and do chores or play american football then doing this crap EXCEPT if it's for a specific discipline. *end rant* Push ups is a good strength exercise, but you have to have a straight back and ass tucked in aka belly in, anus in. You also need to have your stabilizers ready beforehand. Doing exercises for the rotator cuff, the other shoulder muscles, the core, the lower back (part of the core but still needs emphasis),mid and upper back will give you a better body (health wise and look). Oh and don't forget legs. | ||
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