Thread: Pushups and situps

Abs do recover fast but you should give them at least one day off between workouts.
I personally feel that twice a week is more than enough and remember, diet is the way to wash board abs.

Before I go to sleep I do 1 set of pushup until failure and go right to sleep

Originally posted by pureplaya616
Can pushups and situps be done everyday or even a couple times a week before bed in conjunction with regular workouts, or will this take me to the road of overtraining.

why would you want to?

I do them bacasue for my next belt test I have to do 120 pushups I'm still alive so he'll be fine doing them before going to bed.

You have a reason to be doing them Katamaster, I don't see any benefit in him doing them, especially before bed.

Before I go to sleep I do 1 set of pushup until orgasm and go right to sleep.

i started doin pushups everynight to see if it would help me in pushup test i have in P.E. and it helped alottttttt

I yes they do help for sure I can still remember the days when I cud only do 12-15 pushups. It’s something you can make gains really fast If you ask me.

situps are useless...

Whats wrong with them?

They work your hip flexors more than your abs. Do crunches with weight

even crunches with no weight are better than sit-ups.

thinking about getting abs are better than sit-ups ! lol

Man my MA instructor have always told me to go all the way up. Now I don’t want to be the one to tell him that he don’t know what he’s doing.

Hell, farting is better than sittups.

I find pushups can just help get the blood flowing, and if done with variations can be a decent chest routine when you can't get to the gym.

sit-ups can also irritate your lower back, especially when you get to be my age!

I prefer seated, bent-over Johnson pulls....

ooops, but they don't work your chest or abs....mostly your forearms

If anyone reads this ...
I hate ab-work.
I sooooo hate ab-work. Anything else but.
So I've been thinking about getting one of those rolling ab wheels, with the two handles on the side and you push yourself back and forth.
I don't find that exercise nearly as hateful, so if I only used the wheel - would I still get a good ab workout? Would it turn my soft sixpack into some strange alien shape, and could I hook that little wheel up to a generator to power my grow-show in the basement?

I guess it depends on witch one you get. There are some out there that actually help you get back to starting position, I don’t know about those. Now we have one in out school gym that is just one wheel with a stick thru the middle, no fancy mechanical stuff, just a wheel with a stick and I tell you, the day I can get 20 good reps of those I’ll be the happiest guy in the world. They do work for me.

Originally posted by Prince
sit-ups can also irritate your lower back, especially when you get to be my age!

exactly what i was about to say.

sit-ups are not good for your neck or back as u put alot of strain on both.

crunches are far more targeting and does not have the chances, or as much , of ruining your back.

and yep the wheel on a stick - so simple - yet hell - pick one up for the first time and try to do 5!! good luck!

Originally posted by Redwolf
If anyone reads this ...
I hate ab-work.
I sooooo hate ab-work. Anything else but.
So I've been thinking about getting one of those rolling ab wheels, with the two handles on the side and you push yourself back and forth.
I don't find that exercise nearly as hateful, so if I only used the wheel - would I still get a good ab workout? Would it turn my soft sixpack into some strange alien shape, and could I hook that little wheel up to a generator to power my grow-show in the basement?

...but don't forget your diet. That's the major factor in getting that tummy looking better