how much push ups would make a difference?

LighterGuy

Gym membership expired a few months back and going to do a little at home now. Miss working out.

How much push ups would be advised to tone up?

A million if you're not eating properly...

gant0

cant tone up without reducing bf% or increasing ratio of muscle:fat......pushups will only build a few ares so you won't se much results without popr diet.

SanoVitae

There are lots of great bodyweight exercises which you can do at home.

Apart from press-ups, good bodyweight exericises include chin-ups, lunges, prison squats, inverted rows and burpees. You'll find descriptions of each of these (and many more) if you have a quick look on YouTube.

You might also want to invest in a set of kettlebells in the future, but if you do, make sure to learn the proper exercise techniques before exercising with them.

Also, as the previous poster have already mentioned, the way you eat will largely determine how "toned" you become. As your diet reduces your body fat, the results of the press ups and other bodyweight exercises will become apparent.

Best of luck!

Paul

Satanta

I took a break from weights about 6 months ago because I was travelling. I concentrated on the bodyweight exercises mentioned above and got great results. Done push-ups and explosive push ups, alternate push-ups with a football etc etc. Also check out handstand shoulder press. You can do pull-ups using a solid door as well as long as you keep your movements smooth. Do a search for 300 workout as well... there is a guy with vids on youtube that has a good routine which is weight free... you would just need to get a resistance band.

marathonic

I'm doing pushups at home as a supplementary excercise to my normal routine (as well as incline situps).

I'm doing the http://hundredpushups.com/ program using the middle column. When I reach week 6 (currently on week 2), I'm going to drop back to week 3 and add weight to a backpack.

briann.

LighterGuy wrote: »

Gym membership expired a few months back and going to do a little at home now. Miss working out.

How much push ups would be advised to tone up?

Ever tried Cock Push-ups OP?

Wendy2000

is not a matter of pushups its about all over body fitness adn toning? try going to a gym for a consultation or get a free half hour thats what they usualy offer to get new members in tell them what exactly your looking to do, that you can do at home adn they should help you out

g'em

briann. wrote: »

Ever tried Cock Push-ups OP?

howrya johnn

Permabanned.

TimeToShine

^ Harsh IMO.

OP try this:

40 pushups
20 supermans
20 situps

rest

10 pushups
30 supermans
30 situps
10 side crunches

rest

30 pushups
20 supermans
20 situps

rest

20 pushups
30 supermans
30 situps

finished

Do it daily, try not to rest until inbetween sets, half or quarter if you cant manage the whole thing

Also, as said above most important thing is diet.

g'em

TimeToShine wrote: »

^ Harsh IMO.

just for clarity - the briann. a/c was being used to evade a site-ban of the johnn account. It's a big no-no on any forum here

MrO

Hi,
What is a superman?

genuinely interested.

Thanks

TimeToShine wrote: »

^ Harsh IMO.

OP try this:

40 pushups
20 supermans
20 situps

rest

10 pushups
30 supermans
30 situps
10 side crunches

rest

30 pushups
20 supermans
20 situps

rest

20 pushups
30 supermans
30 situps

finished

Do it daily, try not to rest until inbetween sets, half or quarter if you cant manage the whole thing

Also, as said above most important thing is diet.

Oryx

MrO wrote: »

Hi,
What is a superman?

genuinely interested.

Thanks

In pushup position, raise one arm and the opposite leg. Voila, you look like superman in flight.

HeisenbergBB

g'em wrote: »

just for clarity - the briann. a/c was being used to evade a site-ban of the johnn account. It's a big no-no on any forum here

That johnn seems to pop up in every thread! Wrecking everyone's head! Cheers g'em!

JJayoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8hHCPvy7CY

Some good ideas here. You could break the workout down and try and work up to doing the whole thing

discus

HeisenbergBB wrote: »

That johnn seems to pop up in every thread! Wrecking everyone's head! Cheers g'em!

He's a national treasure you damned noob

irishmanmick

Gonna give that 100 pushups thing a go ... Haven't done any strength training since last summer ... Serious lack of time available but should be able to squeeze that in ... Cheers for the tip