Anyone know of a few pushup regimines?

[Arkitech]

A few years back I found a pushup regimine that was very intensive but it was reportedly great for putting on muscle. If I'm not mistaken I think it was on a martial arts website and there were a ton of guys who swore by it. The key was to start off with a moderate number of pushups in the beginning and as time goes on the number of pushups increase along with various ways of performing them.

Anyone out there know of a few pushup routines?

 

[Theiananator]

10 pushups, 30 seconds rest, repeat until you are dead.

If necessary, increase the number of pushups or decrease the rest.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: Theiananator
10 pushups, 30 seconds rest, repeat until you are dead.

If necessary, increase the number of pushups or decrease the rest.

hmm what about 5 pushups and 30 days rest

 

[SVT Cobra]

You are not going to put on any real muscle doing only pushups. I would suggest weights, or at least a regimen with a variety of body-weight exercises.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
You are not going to put on any real muscle doing only pushups. I would suggest weights, or at least a regimen with a variety of body-weight exercises.

QFT. Food + heavy lifting puts on muscle.

 

[imported_LoKe]

AFAIK, push-ups are more for toning.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: DaY
AFAIK, push-ups are more for toning.

There is no such thing as toning. Want more definition? Eat less, do some cardio, but keep lifting heavy to keep your body from burning muscle for energy. Want to build muscle? Lift heavy but eat more. It's really all about the diet.

 

[Kadarin]

You can do something like this: Start with 30 pushups (adjust accordingly depending on your current strength and fitness level). Rest for a couple of minutes. Then do 25, this time with your hands close together. Then rest. Then do 20, this time hands wide apart. Then 15. Then 10, then 5. The point is to get to muscle failure where you simply can't do any more.

Do this once per day, once you've worked past the initial soreness if you haven't been exercising.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
You are not going to put on any real muscle doing only pushups. I would suggest weights, or at least a regimen with a variety of body-weight exercises.

hmm not true, I've known people to build fantastic physiques without using any weights at all

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
You are not going to put on any real muscle doing only pushups. I would suggest weights, or at least a regimen with a variety of body-weight exercises.

hmm not true, I've known people to build fantastic physiques without using any weights at all

And your point? There is so much wrong with your logic.

 

[Minjin]

"Drop!
Day of training x 2!"

I can tell you that you certainly do build muscle doing LOTS and LOTS of push ups...

Mark

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
You are not going to put on any real muscle doing only pushups. I would suggest weights, or at least a regimen with a variety of body-weight exercises.

hmm not true, I've known people to build fantastic physiques without using any weights at all

I'm not saying it's not possible, but it is far easier to build muscle using compound lifts like bench, dips, squats, etc.

And even if they did do it without weights, it always comes back to the quality of your diet. It doesn't matter what routine you are doing if you don't eat enough. Your body can't build muscle from good intentions.

 

[imported_Scourge]

A good way to go is this...

30 seconds, max out. Repeat
20 seconds, max out. Repeat
15 seconds, max out. Repeat

Take 30 seconds off between each set.

-This is a good general guide for some basic pushups. Once you can donimate that set, and do 80 or so in two minutes, then move on from there. Combine that with sit ups, jogging, some squats... and most importantly, a good diet.

For the sit ups, just max out two minutes. Then repeat that three times. The squats vary a little bit from person to person, but doing 3-4 sets, the last until muscle failure, is a good idea.

For running, check out about.com and find one of their programs to match up with what you can do at the moment. Make sure to take the first week very slow for each of these... ie- just do one set of each on the push ups, one two minute set on the push ups. Do that 4-5 times a week.

Make sure to warm up and stretch before you do this stuff, it'll make you feel better, and is just good for you.


-A lot of people are way past a basic workout like this. But it's a very good starting point for your general out-of-shape guy.(Or girl!) I promise that you'll be feeling a lot better after a 1-2 months of this. It won't bulk you up a whole lot, but you will be tonned up, have more energy, and just feel better.

Edit- Of course it depends on a lot of things. If you are out of shape, doing a bunch of push ups will certainly bulk you up quite a bit. You will never be a hulk or anything like that doing bodyweight ecercises though.

 

[Minjin]

Originally posted by: Scourge
-A lot of people are way past a basic workout like this. But it's a very good starting point for your general out-of-shape guy.(Or girl!) I promise that you'll be feeling a lot better after a 1-2 months of this. It won't bulk you up a whole lot, but you will be tonned up, have more energy, and just feel better.

I really doubt your AVERAGE in-shape guy is capable of doing 80 straight pushups, time limit or not.

Mark

 

[Alienwho]

I think a lot of the ability to do pushups just has to do with letting your body get used to them. I haven't been able to lift weights for the last couple of weeks so i've been doing pushups and jogging just so I feel like i'm doing something. The first day I was only able to do about 55 pushups before I had to rest (consecutively that is, no break). Now about two weeks later I can do 80 pushups consecutively. However I also went to the gym yesterday and I felt significantly weaker than the last time I went a few weeks ago.

Cliffs: in a two week period by doing pushups only my pushups went up but my max in weight lifting went down.

 

[imported_Scourge]

Originally posted by: Minjin

Originally posted by: Scourge
-A lot of people are way past a basic workout like this. But it's a very good starting point for your general out-of-shape guy.(Or girl!) I promise that you'll be feeling a lot better after a 1-2 months of this. It won't bulk you up a whole lot, but you will be tonned up, have more energy, and just feel better.

I really doubt your AVERAGE in-shape guy is capable of doing 80 straight pushups, time limit or not.

Mark

Once you can donimate that set, and do 80 or so in two minutes, then move on from there

Yeah, I know. That's why I said that once you reach that point, you should look for a little more advanced work out.

 

[kogase]

I wouldn't put too much stock into people who say you can't gain serious muscle doing bodyweight exercises. You will plateau at a certain point, but up until that point ask yourself, can I do normal pushups? Can I do diamond pushups? Can I do one hand pushups? Can I do hanstand pushups? Extend that to bodyweight squats, and pull ups. You may never bench 500 from doing pushups, but you will gain a considerable amount of strength over somebody who doesn't do any weight exercises.

 

[imported_Scourge]

Originally posted by: kogase
I wouldn't put too much stock into people who say you can't gain serious muscle doing bodyweight exercises. You will plateau at a certain point, but up until that point ask yourself, can I do normal pushups? Can I do diamond pushups? Can I do one hand pushups? Can I do hanstand pushups? Extend that to bodyweight squats, and pull ups. You may never bench 500 from doing pushups, but you will gain a considerable amount of strength over somebody who doesn't do any weight exercises.

Yeah. I was not trying to say you wouldn't gain some serious muscle mass with bodyweight stuff, it's just that once you reach a certain point- you're better off working out with weights. (If your goal is to get really bulky that is) Relitive to weights, you won't get as far trying to bulk up with bodyweight exercises.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
You are not going to put on any real muscle doing only pushups. I would suggest weights, or at least a regimen with a variety of body-weight exercises.

hmm not true, I've known people to build fantastic physiques without using any weights at all

And your point? There is so much wrong with your logic.

😕

What's my point?!? I thought it was obvious, you stated you can't put on any real muscle doing only pushups and I replied I know people (coworkers) who built great physiques (that means real muscle) doing only pushups.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
You are not going to put on any real muscle doing only pushups. I would suggest weights, or at least a regimen with a variety of body-weight exercises.

hmm not true, I've known people to build fantastic physiques without using any weights at all

And your point? There is so much wrong with your logic.

😕

What's my point?!? I thought it was obvious, you stated you can't put on any real muscle doing only pushups and I replied I know people (coworkers) who built great physiques (that means real muscle) doing only pushups.

How big were these people? Some people's idea of a 'great physique" is an A&F model. In that case, you wouldn't need to lift weights at all to look like that. Buf if by "great physique" you mean a competitive bodybuilder, then I would have a hard time believing someone could build a physique like that without lifting weights.

 

[kogase]

By the way, I've been trying out a regimine from a sight that advocates the "pyramid" method. His basic workout says do 1 pushup, rest for 30 seconds, do 2 pushups, rest for 30 seconds, continue until your last set is 12, rest for 1 minutes, then do 12, rest for 30 seconds, do 11, rest for 30 seconds, etc, until you finish with 1. He also applies this to pullups. He also advocates dips (you need parallel bars or a couple chairs), diamond pushups, lunges, squats, and various other bodyweight exercises... just wish I could remember the name of the site.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
You are not going to put on any real muscle doing only pushups. I would suggest weights, or at least a regimen with a variety of body-weight exercises.

hmm not true, I've known people to build fantastic physiques without using any weights at all

And your point? There is so much wrong with your logic.

😕

What's my point?!? I thought it was obvious, you stated you can't put on any real muscle doing only pushups and I replied I know people (coworkers) who built great physiques (that means real muscle) doing only pushups.

How big were these people? Some people's idea of a 'great physique" is an A&F model. In that case, you wouldn't need to lift weights at all to look like that. Buf if by "great physique" you mean a competitive bodybuilder, then I would have a hard time believing someone could build a physique like that without lifting weights.

lol

you guys are hilarious, decent muscle mass does'nt always equate to body builders. Personally I don't want to be that bulky, but the guys I mentioned were not huge but they were much bigger than the twigs in those A&F mags.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
You are not going to put on any real muscle doing only pushups. I would suggest weights, or at least a regimen with a variety of body-weight exercises.

hmm not true, I've known people to build fantastic physiques without using any weights at all

And your point? There is so much wrong with your logic.

😕

What's my point?!? I thought it was obvious, you stated you can't put on any real muscle doing only pushups and I replied I know people (coworkers) who built great physiques (that means real muscle) doing only pushups.

How big were these people? Some people's idea of a 'great physique" is an A&F model. In that case, you wouldn't need to lift weights at all to look like that. Buf if by "great physique" you mean a competitive bodybuilder, then I would have a hard time believing someone could build a physique like that without lifting weights.

lol

you guys are hilarious, decent muscle mass does'nt always equate to body builders. Personally I don't want to be that bulky, but the guys I mentioned were not huge but they were much bigger than the twigs in those A&F mags.

Well, having never met these people, I can't say that what they did isn't possible. But for anyone looking to build muscle, whether it be 5 lbs. or 50 lbs., it's vastly more productive to do it using weights. Although like I said before, ultimately muscle is built from food. Do all the pushups you want but if you aren't eating enough then you won't build any muscle.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: kogase
I wouldn't put too much stock into people who say you can't gain serious muscle doing bodyweight exercises. You will plateau at a certain point, but up until that point ask yourself, can I do normal pushups? Can I do diamond pushups? Can I do one hand pushups? Can I do hanstand pushups? Extend that to bodyweight squats, and pull ups. You may never bench 500 from doing pushups, but you will gain a considerable amount of strength over somebody who doesn't do any weight exercises.

That's the point... anyone who isn't sedentary will obviously benefit from body weight exercises, but even if you just work in some factory where you're lifting stuff all the time, most of those types of exercises won't have any real benefit as far as muscle hypertrophy is concerned. Body weight exercises are inherently enduranced based (with the exception of maybe one-legged squats, pull-ups and hand-stand push-ups... though eventually these become aerobic as well).

If you want to get bigger you have to lift and eat right. Period.

Alienwho:
Cliffs: in a two week period by doing pushups only my pushups went up but my max in weight lifting went down.

Your muscles have a tendancy to adapt to whatever chronic use they experience. If they go from primarily anaerobic (lifting) to primarily aerobic (push-ups) it's very possible that they will suffer in which ever aspect is being neglected (muscle fiber shift from Type 2 to Type 1 in your case). In other words, if you want strength AND stamina, you have to train for both consistently, or one of the two (or both if you training is fvcked up) will suffer. Even if you only did push-ups, and got to the point where you could do THOUSANDS without stopping, your bench max still wouldn't be impressive (above average, sure, but you wouldn't be winning any awards).

 

[Wonderful Pork]

I do pyramids for pushups, which is a pretty good workout (not at all like my weight trailing routine but an adequate substitute). If you do a 3 pyramid its 9 total pushups (1-2-3-2-1). I'm up to 15s, it takes about 15-20 minutes depending on my motivation.

I find doing pushups when I don?t have time/desire to go to a gym to be a suitable replacement, but that?s just me.