push up training around strength training?

newby.204

im trying to find a way to fit in push ups with strength training without affecting the strength training too much?? im doing madcow 5x5, also dont want to overdo it to a point where im not recovering!!! any ideas? i used to be able to bang out around 60-70 max effort now its down to 30-40 :mad::mad:

Mellor

Upper body strength training would have carry over to push-ups.
Maybe as you've progressed you are doing full ROM push-ups now, and before you were doing 70-80 Ray Darcy push-ups

SanoVitae

D'Arcy Pushups sounds so much better than Scap Pushups.....

Kinky Slinky

"Ray Darcy push-ups" .... will be using this term from now on :pac:

Forest Master

Mellor wrote: »

Upper body strength training would have carry over to push-ups.
Maybe as you've progressed you are doing full ROM push-ups now, and before you were doing 70-80 Ray Darcy push-ups

WTF is a Ray Darcy push up?

Kinky Slinky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FDLLEaMtFo

And not a single pressup was done that day...

newby.204

Mellor wrote: »

Upper body strength training would have carry over to push-ups.
Maybe as you've progressed you are doing full ROM push-ups now, and before you were doing 70-80 Ray Darcy push-ups

never thought of that tbh!!

nice_guy80

use a medicine ball doing the pushups.
great way to increase difficulty (next difficult after Ray D'Arcy pushups)

d'Oracle

newby.204 wrote: »

im trying to find a way to fit in push ups with strength training without affecting the strength training too much?? im doing madcow 5x5, also dont want to overdo it to a point where im not recovering!!! any ideas? i used to be able to bang out around 60-70 max effort now its down to 30-40 :mad::mad:

Do a few (say 3-4) sets of less than 50% of your max, spread out through the day. Add a set each day.
Take 2 days off after 5 days.

Add a rep or two and start at the original number of sets after the 2 days off.
Adjust if it affects your recovery.

Eg: Monday 3x15 (15 in the am, 15 at lunch time, 15 in the evening)
Tuesday 4x15 spaced out similarly.
...
Friday 7x15

2nd Monday 3x16
etc.

Obviously adjust if it affects your barbell work, which I doubt it will.
And don't go checking how your max has progressed every week.

This was not my idea.
I did use it for a bit and got good results.

nice_guy80

nice_guy80 wrote: »

use a medicine ball doing the pushups.
great way to increase difficulty (next difficult after Ray D'Arcy pushups)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIu8LKTVq9I

AntiVirus

Mellor wrote: »

Ray Darcy push-ups

LMAO

That gave me such a laugh, this has to be the best term for a **** push up.

newby.204

d'Oracle wrote: »

Do a few (say 3-4) sets of less than 50% of your max, spread out through the day. Add a set each day.
Take 2 days off after 5 days.

Add a rep or two and start at the original number of sets after the 2 days off.
Adjust if it affects your recovery.

Eg: Monday 3x15 (15 in the am, 15 at lunch time, 15 in the evening)
Tuesday 4x15 spaced out similarly.
...
Friday 7x15

2nd Monday 3x16
etc.

Obviously adjust if it affects your barbell work, which I doubt it will.
And don't go checking how your max has progressed every week.

This was not my idea.
I did use it for a bit and got good results.

Thanks for that d'oracle, i'll give it a try and see how that goes