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Quarantine fitness tip: Push-ups are amazing
- Thread starter TinTuba47
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Do you happen to have any recommendations for videos that demonstrate the correct way to do those exercises? There's tons on YT, but I'm not sure which ones are legit.
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Need to sub this thread. A lot of great info here.
asking for a friend: how do you get better as push-ups when you literally cannot do a single one?
I have such a huge urge to start running, and to do push-ups and pull-ups daily - but I don't.
At least I've started to eat my meals on set (same) times each day, and I'm keeping track of my intake of calories in the myfitnesspal app for a while now.
I'll try running and do exercises starting tomorrow.
At least I've started to eat my meals on set (same) times each day, and I'm keeping track of my intake of calories in the myfitnesspal app for a while now.
I'll try running and do exercises starting tomorrow.
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Someone posted earlier how to do assisted pushups. Basically, do the same form as a pushup, but starting on your knees instead of toes: https://www.self.com/story/upper-body-exercises-to-try-if-you-cant-do-a-push-up
If that's still too hard, you stand against a wall and push off until you can do knee ones: https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness-exercise/wall-pushups#4
someone already mentioned it, Calisthenicmovement is a pretty legit channel. This one in particular is gold
you can check this reddit routine, they have tons of links for each exercise and progression (https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommended_routine)
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Have you tried lengthening the lever arm?
Push ups with hands closer to your hips
Planche
Front lever/Back lever
Lever rows
Handstand pushups
Yeah in the morning i do 10 pushs consecutively before my arms give in, i'm gonna try for 30 every day.
I'd aim for sets over max reps. Try something like 3 sets of 10 and go from there.
Are these good or bad? I have some but never used them but I need some exercise so I wonder if I'm better off with these or not?
At least during the presidential fitness shit in gym class they would count how long you could hang on if you were unable to do a pull-up.
For anyone that wants to get into a good body weight fitness routine at home, I've been following this guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommended_routine
You only need a pull up bar, and no other equipment. The good thing about the guide is it has progressions for each workout, for example, if you can't do a normal push-up, then start with sets of vertical push-ups on a wall until you're strong enough to do sets of normal ones.
You only need a pull up bar, and no other equipment. The good thing about the guide is it has progressions for each workout, for example, if you can't do a normal push-up, then start with sets of vertical push-ups on a wall until you're strong enough to do sets of normal ones.
I do around 1 hour walk inside the house (6.6k steps)
And I'm doing Knee push ups (49 percent of my weight). Can only do 5 repetitions and 5 sets so far
And I'm doing Knee push ups (49 percent of my weight). Can only do 5 repetitions and 5 sets so far
Great routine, can't recommend it enough. For those looking for a bigger challenge, the later progressions have you using parallel bars or rings as well, but the basic routine is doable without.
Start by cheating. Get a sturdy chair and sit in front of the pull up bar and rest one foot on top of the backrest and use as much leg strength as needed to help yourself over the bar. Do a couple sets of 5 to 10 reps a day and slowly decrease the amount of weight you put on the chair. You should be able to knock a couple out using your own upper body strength in like a month or two. Start light and simple, build up your strength and stamina while working on your technique and you'll have it in no time.
lmao wide-grip and narrow-grip
Also the conversation is always centered around upper-body development, which is annoying. Legs are hella important, even more so. But you never hear anyone talk about squats or some other shit at home. And while I can do squats at home, there's a huge difference between doing them with your own body weight versus several hundred pounds. Another exercise I can't do with satisfaction unless I'm at the gym. Could I pop off and do 300 squats with my own body weight? Sure, but that shit isn't satisfying.
If you're in decent shape a hundred spread out over the day isn't crazy. Just think about doing 6 push ups every half hour when you a short chance to do them and you'll have 96 by the time you go to bed.
Have you tried lengthening the lever arm?
Push ups with hands closer to your hips
Planche
Front lever/Back lever
Lever rows
Handstand pushups
Just a fair warning but some of these exercises can be absolute MURDER on things like your rotator cuffs. Be very careful when you start trying to go crazy with certain exercises.
This is why i stopped doing them completley. I use to do them as supersets to get some chest workout inbetween and doing them wrong(with elbows slightly flaring out) i felt alot more chest activation, doing them properly hits the triceps alot more than chest and at that point there so much better exercises to train triceps with dumbells. But if you don't have equipment they are great exercise.
Right now I'm at 70 all at once. However, all my increments are done within 10 minutes. I mix it up depending on the day. Sometimes I'll do something simple like 25 x 4 or something like 10, 20, 30, 40. Lately, I've started to do more than 100 though.
I love squats. My focus for years was Olympic lifting so I was doing squats 5x a week. Back squats, front squats, cleans, snatches, overhead squats, deadlifts.
Really hard to substitute body weight movements for that. I can do air squats for days and it's just not the same thing.
There are some band workouts you can do for legs that work well though.
100 really isn't that wild. Frankly, there's a point where it more about training for the movement than being a monster. At some point it becomes more of a muscle endurance exercise than a strength building one - meaning you are doing more of a cardio/strength style movement. Most movements see a lot of decreasing returns when you go about about 15 reps.
Generally if you got about 12-15 reps of any movement you want to make it heavier - not just do more. There are some exceptions and it's not bad per se to do a ton - it just doesn't transfer to increased weight or even muscle growth.
Also there are other factors. 6'2 muscular guy at 210lbs are going to have to put in a lot more effort for a pull-up than a 5'8 skinnier, rock climber muscle build at 160lbs. Some movements are just harder if you're heavier/taller. It's why you don't see a lot of really tall gymnast.
I know a guy that benches 1/2 of what I do and 1/3 of what I squat but can do pull-ups forever. He's fit, but weighs probably 40lbs less than me. Just cranks our pull-ups like it's nothing.
There are ways to workout your legs at home though. Stair runs, jumping squats, band exercises, various lunge movements, hill sprints (massively underrated IMO) etc. If I do squats I could probably go all day but with the leg exercises I do my legs are jelly in no time.
I've been pretty interested in Olympic lifting from a spectator's perspective and I've considered trying it out but it seems like a big investment
also I'd probably break something
Sure but bands just don't cut it for raw strength when you're trying to substitute a 385lbs back squat.
I do all those other movements too - they're great. But feeling like jelly and muscle growth for strength aren't always the same thing. I do still think they help and I'm a big fan of hill sprints for muscle growth as well!
That's true of all gym exercises they simply can't be replicated outside of the gym in the same way. I'm just saying that the relative difficulty of something like body weight squats doesn't mean much as there are much more difficult alternatives. Maybe not to replace a 385 pound back squat but then again there are other benefits that a barbell squat won't give you.
Personally I've found my legs actually hold up better than my upper body when I can't make the gym.
Edit: the big thing for me is back exercises which seem very difficult at home (especially with no pull up bar). I've got a few but they just don't seem to as much as I'd like, have to keep working on that.
I wouldn't even bother with the bands, getting some items like a weighted vest, weighted wrist and ankle bands and the like can easily add over a hundred pounds of weight onto your body. It won't be matching what a squat can get you but with the right exercises like box jumps you can get a pretty hardcore workout in. Personally I find normal squats a rather tedious affair even if I did do them a lot when I was younger.
I guess I'm thinking for people doing multiple bodyworkouts the bands are some of the most versatile. Weighted vests are good for pushups/pullups and squats though! I know some people like them for running too, but I'm against it. It jacks up your form and damages your knees and hasn't been proved to actually help you run better.
You can do banded step ups on a box and it's pretty gnarly if you get enough resistance.
Box jumps are good for explosive energy. But I really don't like when people do box jumps for speed - very injury prone exercise. Box jump up then STEP DOWN, if you're going to do them. Don't bounce down if you value your ankles.
I think my issue with bands was I went through them so quickly. I'd be breaking them every couple months and having to buy more but I was also pretty grueling with my workouts when I was using bands so that was probably part of the reason why.
I typically aim for anywhere from 200-320 total reps twice a week on push ups.
I'll do about 4 sets of 80-110 reps:
Regular for 20-30 reps
Incline for 20-30 reps
Banded 20-30 reps
Close-Grip 20-30 reps.
The volume sounds insane, and that's because it is but I've always been one for volume, even if it doesn't make much sense. I guess I'm trying to compensate for the lack of strength equipment I have by simply focusing on hypertrophy and maintenance for the time being. I do, however, think it is very necessary to counterbalance any push work with pull work too to negate any imbalances. Also, throwing at lot a legs to reduce any muscle loss from lack of the ability to back squat or leg press anything heavy.
I'll do about 4 sets of 80-110 reps:
Regular for 20-30 reps
Incline for 20-30 reps
Banded 20-30 reps
Close-Grip 20-30 reps.
The volume sounds insane, and that's because it is but I've always been one for volume, even if it doesn't make much sense. I guess I'm trying to compensate for the lack of strength equipment I have by simply focusing on hypertrophy and maintenance for the time being. I do, however, think it is very necessary to counterbalance any push work with pull work too to negate any imbalances. Also, throwing at lot a legs to reduce any muscle loss from lack of the ability to back squat or leg press anything heavy.
I find pull exercises harder to do at home. What ones are you mostly doing?
Like most, I would recommend pull-ups. However, I don't actually have a pull-up bar at home, and instead have replaced them with high volume rows, which can be done with a dumbbell or a bar of any kind. I would also promote the use of resistance bands and pull against a strong counterweight. The reps should ideally be slow and concentrated, just for sake of quality imo. You could also use any bar, dumbbell or band to perform goodmornings, which will help with your lower back. Resistance bands can also be used to effectively and safely target all heads of the shoulder too. :P
Thank you 🙂
And this. Yoga is also a great entry to traditional seated meditation, especially the softer more relaxed poses (sometimes known as Yin yoga).
You can easily hit 100 push ups in one session once youre experienced with them... Like 5 sets of 20 reps with enough rest in between
However it is much easier if you do the grease the groove method. I do sets of 10-15 throughout the day with a lot of rest between, like 5-15 minutes up to an hour or more. You can very easily break 100 total that way and is imo the best way to train pushups/pullups... You just have to remember to do them lol
I think he's asking if people are doing it like 100 nonstop. Or for sets.
I can't ever even do a push-up so I've never been able to use them to better my fitness.
195 lbs and 6'2"
195 lbs and 6'2"