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Push up challenge
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Just Contribute wrote: »I'm starting at one, tonight.
Change of plan. Just back from the physio and I need to rest my shoulder. I'll start Monday...0 -
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bart simpson wrote: »
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Place your hands at shoulder width apart with arms straight and head looking forward. Placing hands at shoulder length apart will enable an even ratio of resistance between the chest and triceps muscles. For a more focused workout on triceps place hands closer together and wider apart for a more intense chest workout.
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Keep your back straight and butt up. Imagine your lower back has a string attached which is connected to the ceiling holding you up. By keeping your back straight and butt up you minimize your risk of injury to the lower back. Remember safety while exercising is your first priority.
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The abdominal muscles should stay tight and hard throughout the motion. Do not suck in your stomach but rather squeeze the ab muscles including the oblique, the muscles on the side. This will help stabilize your core which will improve posture. - 4
Place your feet together and stretch your legs as far back as possible. Keep your toes loose so your feet do not get sore. Putting your feet together will also increase the resistance placed on the abdominals. If your abdominals are not strong enough to keep your feet together, then simply widen your legs.
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Now you're ready for what's called the negative portion of the exercise. Lower your body down to about ¼ of an inch from the ground. Make sure all the previous steps are being observed: back straight, abs tight, toes loose. Your arms should now be parallel with the ground.
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Raise yourself back to starting position. At the top position you can either lock your elbows or not. If you don't lock your elbows the resistance will remain constant, however if you do lock them make sure not to apply too much force as this could damage the elbows.
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Repeat many times.
Missed a step there. Breathing. Lower, inhale, press up exhale
Seems obvious but I bet some get it wrong or try to hold their breath. 0 -
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thanks, yeah this was just another one of the "how to" from the link above....what i find good about this one is that changing how far your hands are apart from each other will change the ratio between chest and triceps being used, that might be useful, in that if your chest starts getting sore you could adjust your position so that less of the weight is carried by them musclesshotgunmcos wrote: »Missed a step there. Breathing. Lower, inhale, press up exhale Seems obvious but I bet some get it wrong or try to hold their breath.0 -
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Name|Last effort|rest between sets|This effort|Rest|Effort completed?
ecoli|3x20|1 min|3x21|1 min| Yes
bart simpson|n/a|1 min|3x5|1 min| Yes
menoscemo|n/a|1 min|3x20|1 min| Yes
Sugarhigh |n/a |1 min|3x25|1 min| Yes
misty floyd |3x8 |1 min|3x9|1 min| Yes
gerard65|n/a|1 min|3x1|1 min| Yes
Maddogcollins|n/a|1 min|3x6|1 min| Yes
donothoponpop|n/a|1 min|3x10|1 min| Yes
shotgunmcos|3x20|20sec|3x30|1 min|Aye
woddle|||3x7|1 min|yes
Sod'o Swords|||3x10|1 min|Yes
Was starting another push up work out, then when having a rest i jumped onto boards and this caught my eye. Least i can gauge myself against others this way
Though my attempt at putting in the table has failed, well 3x10, dandy.0 -
Name|Last effort|rest between sets|This effort|Rest|Effort completed ?
ecoli|3x20|1 min|3x21|1 min| Yes
bart simpson|n/a|1 min|3x5|1 min| Yes
menoscemo|n/a|1 min|3x20|1 min| Yes
Sugarhigh |n/a |1 min|3x25|1 min| Yes
misty floyd |3x8 |1 min|3x9|1 min| Yes
gerard65|n/a|1 min|3x1|1 min| Yes
Maddogcollins|n/a|1 min|3x6|1 min| Yes
donothoponpop|n/a|1 min|3x10|1 min| Yes
shotgunmcos|3x20|20sec|3x30|1 min|Aye
woddle|||3x7|1 min|yes
Sod'o Swords|||3x10|1 min|Yes
Just wondering about the relevance of the 'effort' completed column. If you have just posted your latest effort won't it just default to yes everytime? I'd replace it with 'target'
Also on 'this effort' column instead of 10x3 how about 10,10,10. So if you came short on the attempt you can post 10,10,7 or whatever and keep 10,10,10 as your 'target'. Rank yourself on the table according to best effort for 3 sets
e.g
20,20,20
20,20,18
12,12,12
10,10,10
10,10,6
3,3,1
Just a thought Misty's game, Misty's rules 0 -
shotgunmcos wrote: »Name|Last effort|rest between sets|This effort|Rest|Effort completed ?
ecoli|3x20|1 min|3x21|1 min| Yes
bart simpson|n/a|1 min|3x5|1 min| Yes
menoscemo|n/a|1 min|3x20|1 min| Yes
Sugarhigh |n/a |1 min|3x25|1 min| Yes
misty floyd |3x8 |1 min|3x9|1 min| Yes
gerard65|n/a|1 min|3x1|1 min| Yes
Maddogcollins|n/a|1 min|3x6|1 min| Yes
donothoponpop|n/a|1 min|3x10|1 min| Yes
shotgunmcos|3x20|20sec|3x30|1 min|Aye
woddle|||3x7|1 min|yes
Sod'o Swords|||3x10|1 min|Yes
Just wondering about the relevance of the 'effort' completed column. If you have just posted your latest effort won't it just default to yes everytime? I'd replace it with 'target'
Also on 'this effort' column instead of 10x3 how about 10,10,10. So if you came short on the attempt you can post 10,10,7 or whatever and keep 10,10,10 as your 'target'. Rank yourself on the table according to best effort for 3 sets
e.g
20,20,20
20,20,18
12,12,12
10,10,10
10,10,6
3,3,1
Just a thought Misty's game, Misty's rules
TBH just did a quick table up to tidy things if people have better ideas such as rankings etc and would like to update fire away0 -
shotgunmcos wrote: »Name|Last effort|rest between sets|This effort|Rest|Effort completed ?
ecoli|3x20|1 min|3x21|1 min| Yes
bart simpson|n/a|1 min|3x5|1 min| Yes
menoscemo|n/a|1 min|3x20|1 min| Yes
Sugarhigh |n/a |1 min|3x25|1 min| Yes
misty floyd |3x8 |1 min|3x9|1 min| Yes
gerard65|n/a|1 min|3x1|1 min| Yes
Maddogcollins|n/a|1 min|3x6|1 min| Yes
donothoponpop|n/a|1 min|3x10|1 min| Yes
shotgunmcos|3x20|20sec|3x30|1 min|Aye
woddle|||3x7|1 min|yes
Sod'o Swords|||3x10|1 min|Yes
Just wondering about the relevance of the 'effort' completed column. If you have just posted your latest effort won't it just default to yes everytime? I'd replace it with 'target'
Also on 'this effort' column instead of 10x3 how about 10,10,10. So if you came short on the attempt you can post 10,10,7 or whatever and keep 10,10,10 as your 'target'. Rank yourself on the table according to best effort for 3 sets
e.g
20,20,20
20,20,18
12,12,12
10,10,10
10,10,6
3,3,1
Just a thought Misty's game, Misty's rules
sounds good, but only one thing, how would you decide what is ranked higher? 30, 30, 15 or, 25, 25, 25 ?0 -
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shotgunmcos wrote: »Just wondering about the relevance of the 'effort' completed column. If you have just posted your latest effort won't it just default to yes everytime? I'd replace it with 'target'
Also on 'this effort' column instead of 10x3 how about 10,10,10. So if you came short on the attempt you can post 10,10,7 or whatever and keep 10,10,10 as your 'target'. Rank yourself on the table according to best effort for 3 sets
e.g
20,20,20
20,20,18
12,12,12
10,10,10
10,10,6
3,3,1
Just a thought Misty's game, Misty's rules
ha ha Marathontalk's rules!! I think thats a great idea Mcos. That would work well I think.bart simpson wrote: »sounds good, but only one thing, how would you decide what is ranked higher? 30, 30, 15 or, 25, 25, 25 ?
well 30/30/15 means you've already reached 25/25/25 so you should be getting stronger or else you need to rest? If you've hit 29/29/29 I can't imagine you'd be that bad the next day?....its only 1 extra push up per set.
Another thing the marathontalk people were saying is they are doing it so that if someone in the group (not going to work here) misses a day, or fails, then everyone has to stay on the same number and move on when everyone is ready. Screw that.0 -
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