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11-04-2009, 02:45 AM
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question about push-ups
ok i haven't started training mma just yet, im looking for a job to pay for it. So i figure until i start i'll get ahead of the game by jogging and doing push-ups. I do 5 sets of 20 in 10min, wait a couple hours, do 10 sets of 10 handstand push-ups, wait a couple hours and do the push-up routine again. Its only been a couple of days but im seeing some results. just curious on if there is a limit of push-ups per day bcuz i might wanna step it up a lil more but i dont wanna do a million push-ups and get nothing out of it. whats all the benefits of push-ups/handstand push-ups?
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11-04-2009, 02:53 AM
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Read the FAQs in this forum and the conditioning forum.
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11-04-2009, 03:06 AM
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White Belt
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thanks, didnt find anything but i'll just go on google or somethin and find out.
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11-04-2009, 03:26 AM
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Do a whole body workout.
Use weighted versions. Do unilateral versions. Do explosive versions. Look up 'Never Gymless' book online.
You need more than just push ups to get a strength training effect. All you're getting from your training is strength endurance at this point. Start doing pistols, chin ups, natural glute/ham bw raises, etc.
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11-04-2009, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by OxSxM
thanks, didnt find anything but i'll just go on google or somethin and find out.
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Yeah. Google or something.
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11-04-2009, 04:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DEVILsSON
Do a whole body workout.
Use weighted versions. Do unilateral versions. Do explosive versions. Look up 'Never Gymless' book online.
You need more than just push ups to get a strength training effect. All you're getting from your training is strength endurance at this point. Start doing pistols, chin ups, natural glute/ham bw raises, etc.
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11-04-2009, 06:07 AM
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add resistance (in some form) instead of piling up rep after rep
after a certain point it becomes too light and wont contribute to strength
imagine starting out bench pressing 100 pounds and never increasing the weight but only adding reps instead. that is essentially what a push up becomes
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11-04-2009, 06:23 AM
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Find a park/school and use their chin-up bar. Take your max reps and do 50% for sets until you can complete 10 sets, then retest and begin again.
Hanging leg raises off same bar.
Dips off the backs of two chairs.
Stop eating junkfood, soda, going to the movies, buying magazines, smoking, chewing tobacco, drinking, drugs etc...and take that money and buy a gym membership (if it's enough). Even going 1x per week on a punch-pass for some heavy compound movements will be a big help.
I've never met anyone who truly couldn't afford to train. If you're that exception, sorry.
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11-04-2009, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by McClure
I've never met anyone who truly couldn't afford to train. If you're that exception, sorry.
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For such people most YMCAs will allow them access at a signifcant discount or for free. I'm not quite sure how it works though. Plus the YMCA where I live sucks, they wasted all there money on treadmills with TVs and machines that count reps.
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11-04-2009, 08:53 AM
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hes probably 13 and his parents told him "if you want a membership to [x] you have to pay for it."
hence he "can't afford it"
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