press-ups + breathing
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Andr3w said:
Yes
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The way I always remember it is that with the pushing action I am 'pushing' the air from my body at the same time and the reverse also applies. Helps stop me getting confused. 
Breathing is very important in any fitness techniques. Mainly anything with push or pull. When you hold your breath you excert a lot of pressure on yourself. You may notice your head almost exploding lol.
The build up of pressure from the strenuous activity can actually impair your eyesite too i believe. so BREATH!!
pressups are good , you will notice improvements within a couple of weeks. The increases are really big. i say within 2 months of doing them regularly, if you aint a big fat dude.. then i reckon you could do about 80 of em off the pop at least!
The build up of pressure from the strenuous activity can actually impair your eyesite too i believe. so BREATH!!
pressups are good , you will notice improvements within a couple of weeks. The increases are really big. i say within 2 months of doing them regularly, if you aint a big fat dude.. then i reckon you could do about 80 of em off the pop at least!
Hedge said:
Wow thats good. I can bench more than my body weight and have been weight training for a few years but I really struggle with Pressups. After 20 I am knackered. I would love to be able to bang 80 out in one go, this may be a new target for me to achieve !
P.S. Do you do them very day ? Say start at 20 and add one extra every day?
rayb74 said:Wow thats good. I can bench more than my body weight and have been weight training for a few years but I really struggle with Pressups. After 20 I am knackered. I would love to be able to bang 80 out in one go, this may be a new target for me to achieve !
P.S. Do you do them very day ? Say start at 20 and add one extra every day?
I got into a routine of pressups last year and within a short space of time I could do 100 straight off. I found it was very easy to progress quickly with pressups, every few weeks you could add quite a few more. Dont do any now though, stick to the gym.
moss said:
100!!
What kind of form/technique do you use? Narrow or wide hands, palms or knuckles, chest to the floor or less, push up to arms straight or slightly bent?
I usually finish off my chest days with some press-ups but usually only manage 20, 30 on a good day. Don't think i'd be able to do 100 even if i was fresh.
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on any exercise you exhale on the exertion!
Well from what i remember when i was doing them a year or so ago. I used to do about 3 sets of 10 a night, but that was pretty much only exercise i was doing lol.
I would do this maybe 4 nights a week, i know with weight training which i do now, i split it.. but at the time i was just pressups.
I remember going from 10 to 20, then 30, 40, 50 and i could do 60 off the pop. But its wierd, i dont think i could do that now. infact. im gonna try in a minute
technique wise i just do standard form kinda pressups, not wide or narrow. and the range of movement is about right i think, i dont think i do smaller movements.
I would do this maybe 4 nights a week, i know with weight training which i do now, i split it.. but at the time i was just pressups.
I remember going from 10 to 20, then 30, 40, 50 and i could do 60 off the pop. But its wierd, i dont think i could do that now. infact. im gonna try in a minute
technique wise i just do standard form kinda pressups, not wide or narrow. and the range of movement is about right i think, i dont think i do smaller movements.
Ok, i only managed 30 that time lol.
and my head nearly exploded
I might be wrong these days, but i know it was a massive increase when i last did em! lol. Tonight was the first time ive done them in a long time though. I bench press at the gym, but the pressups seemed to strain my wrists that time
and my head nearly exploded
I might be wrong these days, but i know it was a massive increase when i last did em! lol. Tonight was the first time ive done them in a long time though. I bench press at the gym, but the pressups seemed to strain my wrists that time
Hedge said:Ok, i only managed 30 that time lol.
and my head nearly exploded
I might be wrong these days, but i know it was a massive increase when i last did em! lol. Tonight was the first time ive done them in a long time though. I bench press at the gym, but the pressups seemed to strain my wrists that time
I always do pressups on knuckles since i bust my wrist doing heavy dips. At first it feels hard if you've not got good wrist strength but i now prefer it to palms flat.
