Push Ups Limit??

K09

Hi,
I have been doing push ups at home to try and improve my strength and build muscle.
However, I now seem to have hit a wall where I cannot mange to do more than 25 in one go!

Why is this? Should I keep trying?

Thanks.

cojomo2

same here, I hit a wall at 60 ...Ive given up, in now doing chin ups, have hit a wall at 15..I think you will have to vary it a bit, even try take a week off...

1 tip that helped me, if you get to say 25 and you cant do anymore, just rest yourself for 20 seconds in the push up position, maybe change the position of you hands slightly., then you should be able to squeeze another few out..

InKonspikuou2

Take a week off doing them. Then go back and try it. Also try to aim for whatever your target is and try get there with as little sets as possible and as little rest as you can. But do sit ups or squats to keep the blood flowing while resting. That was a technique a friend in the US army told me. They apply the same method to pull ups.

Transform

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

Take a week off doing them. Then go back and try it. Also try to aim for whatever your target is and try get there with as little sets as possible and as little rest as you can. But do sit ups or squats to keep the blood flowing while resting. That was a technique a friend in the US army told me. They apply the same method to pull ups.

do weighted press ups on another day i.e. 2-3 days normal press ups and 2 days weighted - throw on a backpack, put some weights or heavy books in and aim to have enough weight to reduce your reps to no more than 10reps

d'Oracle

K09 wrote: »

Hi,
I have been doing push ups at home to try and improve my strength and build muscle.
However, I now seem to have hit a wall where I cannot mange to do more than 25 in one go!

Why is this? Should I keep trying?

Thanks.

http://hundredpushups.com/

Should help.

Frank Bullitt

My limit was 108 but i was doing push-up training like above,doing them at different angles and with weight helps.

Goldigga

you could try the GTG (grease the groove) method.

Test you max amount of pushups on day 1
Throughout the week perform 50% of your max reps 5-7 times a day.
At the end of the week take one day off before testing you max reps again

You should see good gains if done correctly. your better off doing 10 reps with full range of motion rather than 30 half push ups. By that i mean chest to floor and pushing all the way from the floor!

colman1212

Do you think doing press ups regularly( couple of times a day) can help to improve your bench?? Or would it just hinder it? As in should you just let your chest recover from the bench press without the interuption.

brianblaze

There's a Hundred Pushups App on the iPhone that's a but of craic and is a staggered approach towards the century.

My limit was 147 last November, now I settle for the 60's, and then a few weighted pushups. I generally save push ups for days off the gym, just to keep myself entertained.

woodsl

just chill it out a bit. when you exercise your muscles, what you're actually doing is destroying muscle tissue. your body then replenishes that tissue, but makes it stronger. in order to accomplish this, it needs time to do it (i.e. rest) and proper diet (i.e. lots of protein for muscle building, some carbohydrate for energy, not too much fat, and loads of water). vary your workout - monday arms neck and chest, tuesday core / fitness, wednesday legs. lather, rinse, repeat. leave yourself a day or two recovery as well.

kumate_champ07

woodsl wrote: »

just chill it out a bit. when you exercise your muscles, what you're actually doing is destroying muscle tissue. your body then replenishes that tissue, but makes it stronger. in order to accomplish this, it needs time to do it (i.e. rest) and proper diet (i.e. lots of protein for muscle building, some carbohydrate for energy, not too much fat, and loads of water). vary your workout - monday arms neck and chest, tuesday core / fitness, wednesday legs. lather, rinse, repeat. leave yourself a day or two recovery as well.

you dont exactly destroy the muscle,heavy resistance training causes micro tears in muscle fibers,
alot of fat in the diet is ok as long as its healthy fats, alot of protein isnt needed either, fat is a good energy source as it keeps insulin levels stable and is good for hormone regulation.

you shouldnt need to train neck or core, if youre doing squats and deadlifts they are already getting plenty of work.

I got past 100 pushups in 2 weeks, did them every night for a week, as many sets to failure as I could. week 2 I did them at different times during the day, record was 1000 in 1 day, gave them up when I joined the gym at week 3, pushups are what got me into fitness.

It was prob over-training but I was young(16) and conditioned myself to it, drank alot of milk too. its not rocket science, just try add extra numbers each day, do extra reps in multiple sets if you cant get them all in the 1set, then that 100rep set will come eventually

Transform

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

you dont exactly destroy the muscle,heavy resistance training causes micro tears in muscle fibers,
alot of fat in the diet is ok as long as its healthy fats, alot of protein isnt needed either, fat is a good energy source as it keeps insulin levels stable and is good for hormone regulation.

you shouldnt need to train neck or core, if youre doing squats and deadlifts they are already getting plenty of work.

I got past 100 pushups in 2 weeks, did them every night for a week, as many sets to failure as I could. week 2 I did them at different times during the day, record was 1000 in 1 day, gave them up when I joined the gym at week 3, pushups are what got me into fitness.

It was prob over-training but I was young(16) and conditioned myself to it, drank alot of milk too. its not rocket science, just try add extra numbers each day, do extra reps in multiple sets if you cant get them all in the 1set, then that 100rep set will come eventually

totally agree - way to many generalisations in that post by woodsl

Frank Bullitt

http://thetransformationcatalyst.wordpress.com/

Read it on there i think.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Jesus I hate pushups. In Recruit training we had to do a lot of these.

We did 500+ minimum a day normally, but we work off the "buddy-buddy" system. If your "buddy" failed or fecked up at anything during the day, you automatically got 50 pushups. This was on top of your own 500+. I think the record was 1850 one day for one guy.

His hands were raw at the end of it because we generally did it on pebbles etc.

matsy1

This is funny.. I started the push hundred push up programme today.. Im a big strong guy, reasonably athletic build with clothes on, ha, 6foot4, 15 stone.. I usually beat my friends in drunken arm wrestles and am physically stronger than most of my buddies in indoor football but I can only do 4 pressups!!!!! Its always been the case, why? My dad can do 60 in 60 seconds and he's 58!!

So if I can get up to 100 in six weeks will it build and define my chest, arms and shoulders???