Thread: Push ups

no it will not, I know a guy who did 200+ pushups at least 3 times a week and his bench never dropped only increased

Sweet,thanks!

I agree. Pushups are great for conditioning if done with high reps. To mix it up a bit, you could throw in a few dive bombers and or hindu pushups too. Just make sure you are eating enough calories and protein and a lot of water to hydrate yourself.

I always liked doing pushups with my legs raised on a chair or something. Office chairs are cool cos you can raise or lower the height of them.

Throw in some added weight on your back, and youve got a pretty tough workout.

yea same here. luv pushups in between sets of weights.

be careful and do em slowly with good form, or you'll strain your shoulder

I always do 3 sets of pushups after I am done with the chest part of my routine. Do them slowly and get a nice stretch/pump going, feels great.

Originally Posted by MWpro

I always do 3 sets of pushups after I am done with the chest part of my routine. Do them slowly and get a nice stretch/pump going, feels great.

I've been reading a lot lately that doing light weight exercises (such as body weight) a day or two after your workout is supposed to help mitigate DOMS and speed recovery.

Originally Posted by DOMS

I've been reading a lot lately that doing light weight exercises (such as body weight) a day or two after your workout is supposed to help mitigate DOMS and speed recovery.

I've been doing that lately for fun. Seems to me getting some blood into the area would only have positive effects.

Originally Posted by kcoleman

I've been doing that lately for fun. Seems to me getting some blood into the area would only have positive effects.

How long have you been doing it and what have you noticed?

Push ups are great work out for homes. It should be done daily.

Originally Posted by dragonoids

Push ups are great work out for homes. It should be done daily.

I don't know about daily, but you could do pushups a couple days each week assuming that you avoid failure and they are low on the intensity scale for you. Of course, I don't think excess pressing is going to do you any good overall. I would rather see more people doing inverted rows all the time as opposed to pushups.

pushups for some people can be very intense for some people and there for should not be done daily, its all about strength to bodyweight, if you can do 40 straight than it is ok to do 3 sets of 10 everyday.

Originally Posted by mike456

pushups for some people can be very intense for some people and there for should not be done daily, its all about strength to bodyweight, if you can do 40 straight than it is ok to do 3 sets of 10 everyday.

I still don't see the point in doing them every day...

Here's what I do with push-ups. I put my back pack on with a light load of books and do 13 or so reps. Then I add more books and do another 13 reps. I keep adding more books for weights in each set, 4 sets in all. I finish up by doing as many dips as I can with a chair- which is about 13 or 14 or so.

That's one hell of a work out and takes quite a while to recover from.

Originally Posted by DOMS

How long have you been doing it and what have you noticed?

Just for the past few weeks. I don't do them to failure. Can't say I've noticed any positive or negative effects.

edit: as for DOMS, I don't know. But I might get some DOMS in my chest this week so I'll test it out.