Thread: Push ups

Should they be done every day? How many should I do in a set? How many in total? Can yall share yall push up routines with me please. Much apreciated guys.

do them 4 times a week before you go to bed. it works for me. do as many as you can just dont overwork
i cant say how many because everyone has different strength and abilities.

After the training we usually follow this set-scheme before we start the cooling down:

20 with arms under your shoulders
5 to 10 sec. rest
20 with your arms wide
5 to 10 sec. rest
15 with arms under your shoulders
5 to 10 sec. rest
15 with your arms wide
5 to 10 sec. rest
10 with arms under your shoulders
5 to 10 sec. rest
10 with your arms wide
5 to 10 sec. rest
"and last but not least, for the real strong men and woman" (thus says our trainer)
5 with your hands opun one another underneaht your chest, going as low as possible, trying to touch your hands with your chest.
(Sometimes in stead of that, we do 5 on the knockels.)

For every set counts: do as many as you can as long as you can keep your back straight (your back may never become hollow!!! that's really bad)
I started with trying to do the scheme on my knees, and could hardly follow up, but in about 3 months i can do it without to much effort.

Once Again Killer You Sound Pretty Tuff

Nice Pushups Ill Probably Start doing that

Originally Posted by Killerqueen

After the training we usually follow this set-scheme before we start the cooling down:

20 with arms under your shoulders
5 to 10 sec. rest
20 with your arms wide
5 to 10 sec. rest
15 with arms under your shoulders
5 to 10 sec. rest
15 with your arms wide
5 to 10 sec. rest
10 with arms under your shoulders
5 to 10 sec. rest
10 with your arms wide
5 to 10 sec. rest
"and last but not least, for the real strong men and woman" (thus says our trainer)
5 with your hands opun one another underneaht your chest, going as low as possible, trying to touch your hands with your chest.
(Sometimes in stead of that, we do 5 on the knockels.)

For every set counts: do as many as you can as long as you can keep your back straight (your back may never become hollow!!! that's really bad)
I started with trying to do the scheme on my knees, and could hardly follow up, but in about 3 months i can do it without to much effort.

wow!!! that is a KILLER workout ......I normally do 3 sets 1st 40-50 shoulderwidth 30 seconds rest 2nd 40-50 wide armed 30 second rest and 3rd 15 bulldog(hand facing inward) and the Diamond pushups to failure(hands overtop of eachother)....sometimes for variation I will take out a deck of cards and take the first 15-20 and flip over and do that many pushups on the card....diamons are diamond pushups, hearts are your choice of pushup or regular, spades are wide arm pushups, and clubs are bulldog pushups.....do as many as the card says and face cards go up by 1...Jacks are 11, Queens are 12, Kings are 15 and aces can be 5 seal pushups or 20 pushups....I guartee this will get to you....and you might do alot more than you were before.....

Not a bad Pyramid there Killer Queen

What I do in the mornings is usually

25 wide (hands outside of shoulders and level with chest)

20 dips off the side of my bed

25 regular (hands in line with shoulders under chest) 20 dips off the side of my bed

20 dips off the side of my bed

25 Narrow (hands together under chest)

20 dips off the side of my bed

making sure my legs are together (your body works more to stabilise itself)

In the gym we do loads of different circuits, always after bag work.

On my favourite we start with 15 press ups on a press up bar, 15 dips on the same bar and then 10 chest dips.

then we do 25 wide normal and narrow press ups, straight through with out knees down between sets if I am up to it... :P

then we do 3 sets of 10 pull ups (under arm, wide narrow and regular)

Then pike fore arm and snake press ups (again for 25 reps, trying not to rest between sets)

Then back for 3 more sets of 10 on the pull up bar (this time over arm)

Then finally 10 one arm press ups (5 each arm with out resting) and 10 military...

there are two of these big frame which you ca do all the dips, pull ups and bared press ups from and we que in front of them, so the whole gym is watching you on the bars and you pump the press ups right out so the person behind you doesn't over take you in the que...

If the trainer is being particular nasty we'll do a medicine ball circuit for the arms after than, depends which lads are in... if there's new comers or inexperienced people usually not

ehh, what are "dips" exactly (don't know that word)? How is it different from push-ups?

oh, and: "pike fore arm and snake press ups"?

Originally Posted by Killerqueen

ehh, what are "dips" exactly (don't know that word)? How is it different from push-ups?

oh yes, they are very different

eg
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2002/dips.jpg

we call those chest dips, these are the other dips: http://www.fitstep.com/Misc/Graphics/bench-dip2.jpg

I need a picture ot explain the other press ups really.

I Really Like The Card Idea