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post #1 of 47
9/2/09 at 3:56am
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alright, so: pushups. i can do about 60 consecutive (my body weight is pretty low tho)

i have no equipment, so i've been looking to add resistance. lately i've been elevating myself by doing the pushups with my feet on a staircase, two stairs up. i do 4 sets of 20 with a minute between sets. any suggestions to improve?
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post #2 of 47
9/2/09 at 4:02am
Whats your goal?

If you haven't been training too long, a good, quick boost is to do your max, wait 10 seconds. then go til failure.

Otherwise I would just progress to one armed push-ups if your looking for resistance.
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post #3 of 47
9/2/09 at 5:04am
strap on a school boy bag, put in weights or water bottle filled with sand or water. from what I've learned, add weights until 15 reps a set is your absolute maximum, do that for 3/4 sets, I've gained good chest circumference from doing that. just my noobish $0.02.
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post #4 of 47
9/2/09 at 7:02am
You can greatly increase the difficulty of push-ups by reducing speed, improving form, and raising your hands off the floor with push-up stands.
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post #5 of 47
9/2/09 at 9:01am
http://hundredpushups.com/
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post #6 of 47
9/2/09 at 9:03am
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Originally Posted by oman View Post
alright, so: pushups. i can do about 60 consecutive (my body weight is pretty low tho)

i have no equipment, so i've been looking to add resistance. lately i've been elevating myself by doing the pushups with my feet on a staircase, two stairs up. i do 4 sets of 20 with a minute between sets. any suggestions to improve?

start doing one handed pushups, knuckle, and finger pushups, after that you can try to do push up with less than all 5 fingers etc.
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post #7 of 47
9/2/09 at 1:32pm
Find supermodel. Date supermodel. Put supermodel on shoulders while pushing up. Resitance added, ta da!
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post #8 of 47
9/2/09 at 2:30pm
Do them on a bed.
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post #9 of 47
9/2/09 at 3:18pm
The pushups or the supermodel?
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post #10 of 47
9/2/09 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by splattered View Post
The pushups or the supermodel?
The pushups. Do the supermodel somewhere uncomfortable.
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post #11 of 47
9/2/09 at 3:39pm
make it a compromise, do the supermodel on bed, missionary position, thrust with every pushup. done (the superman on toilet picture comes to mind)
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post #12 of 47
9/2/09 at 3:42pm
Vary the location of the hands - elbows out, wide stance (!), at shoulder level, narrow stance, at waist level, etc...
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post #13 of 47
9/2/09 at 3:42pm
I like them, the pushups.. I usually throw in about a 100+ on days when I work with some lighter weights..
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post #14 of 47
9/2/09 at 5:21pm
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doing pushups on a bed makes it harder? imo it makes it easier because you can't go down as much. you'd touch the bed too soon
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post #15 of 47
9/2/09 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by gdl203 View Post
Vary the location of the hands - elbows out, wide stance (!), at shoulder level, narrow stance, at waist level, etc...

okay i just read that wide stance places more emphasis on chest. definitely trying these tonight, will report back
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