getting better at push ups

silverside

I want to know how to increase local muscular endurance in the chest area. i.e. I want to know how to increase the number of push ups I can do.

At the moment I can do 30-40 push ups and 15 or so dips. But if i am doing a circuit training session by the time I get on to the second or third set of push ups I am only able to do 15 or so, after that I have to do 'ladies push ups' with knees on the ground.

I am otherwise fit although my upper body strength is average to below average. I don't really want to bulk up I just want better endurance.

Can you please suggest a simple routine I can build into my training. I know I can just keep doing push ups but should I do some light weights with high reps as well?

What has worked for y'all?

king_of_inismac

Hey man,

Well heres my advice on improving your Push-ups:

Uses three chairs. One for your feet and one for each hand. Do your push-ups between the two chairs. You drop your body between the chair and lift yourself up again. You can then vary your routine, by changing the distance betwwen the two chairs, therefore changing the workload for your arms and your chest.

Really does work, as you dont rest on the ground, as is the case for normal push-ups

Besides this, you could invest in a weights-bench and a good set of weights, but a good push-ups routine should be fine.

Hopes this helps,
King

Niacom

You could also try doing press-ups as normal with your hands on the ground, but raise your feet up with a chair. This places more of your body weight on your arms, giving you a better workout. Normal press-up will seem easy after doing this for a couple of weeks.

The Dude Abides

Niacom's right..... put your feet up on a chair or the end of your bed or somethin around that height and do the pushups as normal, but you'll find you'll have more trouble on the way down as well as up than with normal pushups, thus makin it an all round better workout

Walter Sobetseck