Hey Everyone, Pushups Question

[NYPDPOPO]

Try this link, you will be doing way more pushups if you can stick to the routine.
http://www.military.com/NewContent/0...082405,00.html

[1984 JPS]

The only way to get good at pushups is to do more pushups.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mahler57.htm
Just do as many as you can without knees and aim for 1 or 2 more after your max. Trust me by the end of the week you'll be doing double what your doing now.

[ILikeCheescake]

hehe, i posted this in the wrong thread at first, anyways, here it is cut and pasted.

Bench-press works nice too.


If you can do bench, or a chest workout in general, twice a week you should see great gains.

dont get crazy on the number of exercises though. you are going for functional strength, not body-building status.

I would do push-ups for warm up, then 3 or 4 sets of bench to failure (failing at around 8-12 reps). then maybe incline bench for 3 sets, then flys. Three exercises is fine if you push yourself. You can skip flys or alternate them with decline bench.

I try to bump my endurance with weights as well. so ill do say, chest and bi and superset them.

1. Bench
2. directly to straight bar curls with no break
3. ab exercise with no break
4. 30-60 seconds rest (lower the better)
5. repeat 3 or 4 times.
6. do this with two more groups of exercises, 3 times each.

i generally do the above (with variations) then
1. incline bench
2. inner grip curls
3. different ab exercise

1. flys (or cable pushdowns)
2. alt dumbell hammer curls
3. forearm exercise

thats it. 3 groups 3 times each (except for the first group, which I do four)

i generally do chest/bi, back/tri, legs/shoulders this way. I get super workouts and spend no more than 45 min in the gym. I divide the groups up like this because its basically a big muscle and small muscle group and you generally don't use both muscles on the same exercise (not much bi in bench for example). You don't wear down the little muscle and by the time you finish the 2 or 3 exercises in a set, you are almost recovered enough to start over.

if you don't have accesss to weights, get a chair and try this.

pushups, then directly to tricep 'dips' (using the chair and putting your feet on a table), then sit ups. I'd highly recommend something to work your lower back though. Doing all that ab work with no lower back exercises is asking for trouble. I do dead lifts with weights, or reverse situps without.

That was probably a little more info than you were looking for, but I blame the coffee.
anyways, you are kickin some butt, keep at it.

[H.R. Cufnstuf]

This is why military before LE is a positive experience. They'll have you doing pushups even if you're not able :cool:

[06REX]

Here is a trick my personal trainer showed me. It displaces the weight off the arms to help you do more. I still suggest being able to do them the normal way, as it will benefit you more. Here is what you do. Lean back on your feet as if you are trying to point your heels away from you. Basically you want to have your toes pointing towards your head and your heels away from it. This will put more of the weight on the core of your body. Try it and ill bet you can do at least 5 - 10 more. Keep at it and im sure you will be able to do many more then 21 in 3 months.