Post: #51

(05-10-2012 07:22 PM)hypesession Wrote:  uhhh. in my opinion any person who trains regularly doing pushups should be able to knock out a hundred in two minutes.

pushups by themselves are generally a test of muscle endurance rather than strength and power because youre only using your own body weight so the more you can do is like a stamina thing.. but you can combine them with some weights and they'll lean you out. but doing a hundred at a time is far from impossible.

and all this talk about form is just rhetoric. hands about shoulder width apart. keep your back straight and go down until your elbows are at 90 degrees or your chest taps the ground or whatever and bring it back up.

cmon yall.

I think the 90 degrees things is where people tend to have some discrepencies. People thinking they are going all the way to the full 90, but actually stopping somewhere around 80-89, which for me is much, much easier. Kind if like how some people don't go all the way down when doing pullups and consider it the same exercise as fully extending your arms.

I don't particularly care about the number of reps because I tend to get better results by doing a smaller number by using the entire range of motion.

Post: #52

(06-13-2012 07:48 PM)rhodey Wrote:  Although I use weights I do believe some can gain significant mass using body weight exercises provided they use enough enough volume.


This dude is 60 and does about 700 pushups a day.

Wow this guy has an incredible physique, great at any age, even more so at 60.

Post: #53

Has anyone tried the perfect pushup? It actually does a pretty good job of making you keep perfect form and makes it a lot harder

Post: #54

Perfect pushup takes advantage of your fist grip (it's an inch-two inches higher than your flat palms) plus the added perfect pushup (possibly an inch and a half) to make pushups easier since there's less weight on your hands, effectively. You ever take trig?

One hundred pushups is a ROCK SOLID goal to shoot for. I am a lazy man and would stop at 50, however. My reason is that at fifty pushups, you can probably do one-armed pushups. Why train so many reps when you can train fewer reps and get more results?

Post: #55

(06-13-2012 08:14 PM)snoop Wrote:  

(05-10-2012 07:22 PM)hypesession Wrote:  uhhh. in my opinion any person who trains regularly doing pushups should be able to knock out a hundred in two minutes.

pushups by themselves are generally a test of muscle endurance rather than strength and power because youre only using your own body weight so the more you can do is like a stamina thing.. but you can combine them with some weights and they'll lean you out. but doing a hundred at a time is far from impossible.

and all this talk about form is just rhetoric. hands about shoulder width apart. keep your back straight and go down until your elbows are at 90 degrees or your chest taps the ground or whatever and bring it back up.

cmon yall.

I think the 90 degrees things is where people tend to have some discrepencies. People thinking they are going all the way to the full 90, but actually stopping somewhere around 80-89, which for me is much, much easier. Kind if like how some people don't go all the way down when doing pullups and consider it the same exercise as fully extending your arms.

I don't particularly care about the number of reps because I tend to get better results by doing a smaller number by using the entire range of motion.

I don't consider it a pushup unless your hands and elbows are tucked close to your body and your arms are basically folding flat to the ground. The whole "90 degrees" crap was invented by people who bench press.

Post: #56

I did some a few weeks ago while my gym was shut, cranked out 34 then feet on couch for 20 then did another 50 in sets of 8-12 with feet up. If I actually trained for them I am pretty sure I could hit sets of 60 within 3 weeks. I do them in my knuckles btw, flat handed is a girls pushup.

Post: #57

(06-14-2012 10:41 PM)Hades Wrote:  I don't consider it a pushup unless your hands and elbows are tucked close to your body and your arms are basically folding flat to the ground. The whole "90 degrees" crap was invented by people who bench press.

I don't really see the need to limit myself to a single method of pushup. I think adding diamonds, inclines, declines, and doing things like adjusting your hand placement (closer, further, on top of a medicine ball, etc) is important to challenge your muscles differently.

To me thinking there is only way to do a push up is kind of like saying there is only one way to lift a dumbbell.

Post: #58

I've been doing diamond pushups every day for a while, making my triceps and upper chest pretty ripped

Post: #59

I took a weekend day and did 1,000 pushups in a day in sets of 20. It was surprisingly less difficult than I thought it would be.

Post: #60

So anyone finish this?

I just did a few days ago.

Its pretty core.

But then again, I partied real heavy the night before I finished.

Here is how I did it:

One Hundred Push Ups In A Row

http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2012/07/one...a-row.html

Post: #61

just got to week 4, I haven't been to the gym in 4 months and they're pretty hard on me. Banging out 30-40 on the first set is easy, but the following sets hurt a lot, especially the last one is killer. sometimes I gotta retry them cuz I'm so burnt out at the end.

Post: #62

Literally just did 50 after seeing this thread, I've always been pretty weak with push ups and been better with sit ups instead but I'll try this out.

Post: #63

(07-08-2012 08:10 PM)zeeman Wrote:  just got to week 4, I haven't been to the gym in 4 months and they're pretty hard on me. Banging out 30-40 on the first set is easy, but the following sets hurt a lot, especially the last one is killer. sometimes I gotta retry them cuz I'm so burnt out at the end.

(07-09-2012 04:43 AM)UnW Wrote:  Literally just did 50 after seeing this thread, I've always been pretty weak with push ups and been better with sit ups instead but I'll try this out.

If you guys can already do that before starting the program, you will have no problem getting to 100.

Post: #64

Yeah I'm thinking won't take me long if I check this out, can do 70-80 with good form already.

Post: #65

I finished the program but am stuck at about 50 pushups in a row... trying to take it to 100 over the next couple months

Post: #66

(07-09-2012 08:49 AM)Deb Auchery Wrote:  Yeah I'm thinking won't take me long if I check this out, can do 70-80 with good form already.

You could probably start on week 4 no problem.

But it is kind of fun to work it from the beginning.

(07-09-2012 01:21 PM)46. Wrote:  I finished the program but am stuck at about 50 pushups in a row... trying to take it to 100 over the next couple months

How did you finish?

The last week, your 5th set is all over 50 pushups each day.

Post: #67

I gave it a shot but got knocked out in week 5... the work-load increase is ridiculous. Maybe if I focused on just this I could do it, but not while I'm trying to maintain my bench and do crossfit. Hoping to reach 100, but it's not going to be this way.

Post: #68

(07-09-2012 04:32 PM)ElJefe Wrote:  I gave it a shot but got knocked out in week 5... the work-load increase is ridiculous. Maybe if I focused on just this I could do it, but not while I'm trying to maintain my bench and do crossfit. Hoping to reach 100, but it's not going to be this way.

Try it my way:

http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2012/07/one...a-row.html

I honestly think it's way better.

Gives you more rest between sets.

Knocking them out one after another is mad boring.

This program is also a test of motivation.

When you jog around a city, and find places to knock them out, especially incline and decline, it's more interesting.

Post: #69

Thanks, G.

I read the piece. I had actually just decided I ought to do the same, so it's great to read it worked. That is, doing variations of push-ups.

Because I already work-out daily, I'll try to do my push-ups in the AM. That should be enough time to recover before evening work-outs.

Man, I LOVE getting in shape. But I HATE missing work-outs.

Post: #70

I just did the initial test and managed to make 30 consecutive ones. This thing is really exhausting, but while I was near half, my right wrist started to feel uncomfortable, which I believe made me stop at 30.

Anyways, anyone here can already do 100 thanks to this program?

Post: #71

(07-11-2012 04:58 PM)FretDancer Wrote:  I just did the initial test and managed to make 30 consecutive ones. This thing is really exhausting, but while I was near half, my right wrist started to feel uncomfortable, which I believe made me stop at 30.

Anyways, anyone here can already do 100 thanks to this program?

Yeah.

Quote:Posted by thegmanifesto - 07-08-2012 06:28 PM
So anyone finish this?

I just did a few days ago.

Its pretty core.

But then again, I partied real heavy the night before I finished.

Here is how I did it:

One Hundred Push Ups In A Row

http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2012/07/one...a-row.html

Post: #72

G, does this mean you can do at least 100 pushups everytime you give it a try?

How long have has it been since you reached 100 with this program?

Post: #73

(07-12-2012 01:12 PM)FretDancer Wrote:  G, does this mean you can do at least 100 pushups everytime you give it a try?

Good question.

I racked 50 straight a few days after, and since I have been resting on it.

I bet I could again.

I switched to swimming more and running and foot work.

Typically, I jump around on my workouts to keep things fresh. I haven't been boxing at all.

Quote:How long have has it been since you reached 100 with this program?

I did it last week.

Post: #74

Ok, right now I'm up to 60 straight, but I managed to do 3 sets of 50 after the initial set of 60 this morning., feeling pretty good so far and I have been going to the gym more regularly so naturally have been in better shape the last few months.

Post: #75

For those who are in better shape, I do my own training and push my self a lot. I often do some circuit and here some exemples:
100 chain up
100 dip
100 squat
100 push up

The first time I did it in 19 minutes,the second time in 16.

Another one is 5 chin up , 10 push up,15 squat = 1 round . You have to do the more round in 20 minutes .
The first time I did 24 round, the second time I did 30 .

I think a log training thread would be interesting .