So, how many pushups can you do?

Bladite said:
i was on my way to doing kipping pullups a couple Summers ago, but i've never been able to regularly do pullups,
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Buddy of mine was telling me a story about when he was in Marine boot camp. They were doing pull ups and sarge says, "No kipping. I'll kick your a*s off the bar if you kip." This frail kid either didn't hear him or thought he was kidding. Kid gets on the bars, starts knocking out reps of kipping pullups. Drill sarge says, "Son, I told your a*s not to kip." Then he plants his boot square in the back of that kid and kicks him off the bar. Kid goes flying like 10 feet.

It played out like that scene in 300 where Leonidas kicks the messenger down that well. This IS Spaaaarta! ...except it was more like "This IS my hooouse!"
 
Ditto.. the jail house work out



s_f said:
50 with the nose touching the floor. Could have tried to do 2 or 3 more but... I was satisfied and too lazy. ;)
I usually do 3x 20 about once a week with my feet on my desk or 3x15 in a hand stand (at a wall so I dont have to worry about the balance...)
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harkamus said:
Buddy of mine was telling me a story about when he was in Marine boot camp. They were doing pull ups and sarge says, "No kipping. I'll kick your a*s off the bar if you kip." This frail kid either didn't hear him or thought he was kidding. Kid gets on the bars, starts knocking out reps of kipping pullups. Drill sarge says, "Son, I told your a*s not to kip." Then he plants his boot square in the back of that kid and kicks him off the bar. Kid goes flying like 10 feet.

It played out like that scene in 300 where Leonidas kicks the messenger down that well. This IS Spaaaarta! ...except it was more like "This IS my hooouse!"
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Boot camp got all suger coated now dam bs . I was oct 2002 to jan2003, the killa kilo! From the begining of boot till the end there was stuff* they legally couldn't do to us anymore. At the end of boot 150 easy ,straight . Just did fifty
 
richw said:
I would bet in your case if you had reached a plateau, the push ups were working some under-developed muscles that you were not hitting appropriately with weights.

Forgot to say congratulations on reaching your goal. In all honesty, I can say I have never reached any specific goal I have set.
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Possibly, but everyone's muscles react differently as well. I've had to make it up as I go in some ways; when I was tested for the malignant hyperthermia by muscle biopsy at age 12, we saw a bunch of guys hobbling with dual canes. We thought we were in the wrong section of the hospital...turns out they had MH, were age 40, and they just kept on using the caffeine and alcohol, which damages the muscles further, and didn't do exercise, as it hurts more when you have MH (you also get more muscle and tendon pulls, your muscle endurance is far less no matter what you do, and a "normal" person who works as hard will always get more results).
But hey, life is painful sometimes, so suck it up, right?:)
I haven't been able to find much research on proper weight training for malignant hyperthermic individuals, as it seems they mostly wimp out, which is the North American way I suppose.

Thanks for the congrats as well. The 300 pound bench press always seemed like an impossible goal, considering I could bench a whopping 125 pounds twice at age 19.
 
Tin.Man said:
Bladite- Fish oil, 2-3 grams a day will solve most joint problems, as well as increase lean body mass, help your heart, cardio vascular fitness, etc.

I have wrecked shoulders, knees, elbows from submission grappling and climbing, fish oil and some good prehab solved all my ailments. In amounts my doctors thought was obcene, but doctors rarely know whats up with nutrition. And results speak for themselves.

After telling them what my diet was, they said I was gonna have a heart attack and die, after 6 months my blood work was that of someone 10 years younger, blood pressure was amazing, resting heart rate was borderline lance armstrong. (without chemicals) ;)
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i'm personally drinking cod fish shakes 3 times a day :)

put the cod fish in the "will it blend blender", and off we go.

i used to be addicted to the bass-o-matic, but i found that after a while, bass just doesn't go down as smooth as you'd like :)
 
upnorth said:
I didn't know that she was taping me. :eek:

Truthfuly I have never stopped doing free weights since my teens. I slob a bit during the winter then pick it up again toward spring. Winter is lower maintenance.
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I hear that , come march though its on
 
Just did 15, Improved by 1 in two days.

That 100 pushup challenge somebody posted here is what I did 2 years ago. I think I stayed true to that thing for over two months and I finally maxed out at either 33 or 38 but I was still way behind the curve for where I was supposed to be. I guess I got frustrated and didn't stick with it.
 
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I'd get up and try, but then I'd have to get up. And try. Last I checked (a few weeks ago) I was at about 25. 6'2. 195lbs.
 
I can do 80.
last couple are pushing it though
Im 5'6 135 lbs and 7% body fat.
( im at the gym 5 days a week )
 
well, just got off the scale. 10 lbs gone. time for pushups :)
 
6'4" 305#, age 32. Stopped at twenty, mighta made thirty, but I was starting to feel it and called it good enough, ten minutes later my breathing and heart rate are finally under control.
 
stabman said:
Possibly, but everyone's muscles react differently as well. I've had to make it up as I go in some ways; when I was tested for the malignant hyperthermia by muscle biopsy at age 12, we saw a bunch of guys hobbling with dual canes. We thought we were in the wrong section of the hospital...turns out they had MH, were age 40, and they just kept on using the caffeine and alcohol, which damages the muscles further, and didn't do exercise, as it hurts more when you have MH (you also get more muscle and tendon pulls, your muscle endurance is far less no matter what you do, and a "normal" person who works as hard will always get more results).
But hey, life is painful sometimes, so suck it up, right?:)
I haven't been able to find much research on proper weight training for malignant hyperthermic individuals, as it seems they mostly wimp out, which is the North American way I suppose.

Thanks for the congrats as well. The 300 pound bench press always seemed like an impossible goal, considering I could bench a whopping 125 pounds twice at age 19.
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I wish I could advise you on this, but I know nothing about MH.

As for the 19, you get stronger as you get older barring damage, etc.

Strongest men in the world generally are in their upper 30s.
 
richw said:
As for the 19, you get stronger as you get older barring damage, etc.
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No. After age 30 about 1 - 1.5% of muscle is lost every year without activity.

Of course you can offset that by lifting weights. Those "strongest men in their 30s" have offset that.
 
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