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where have i gone wrong (press ups)
where have i gone wrong (press ups)
when i was 16 i could do 120 press ups no problem, in one go. now i can do 30 max and im 19. i just dont have a clue why i keep gettin shitter at them everyday. can someone tell me please. also if someone who could help me by starting me off on a routine. i usualy do 4 sets of 30 5 times a week. weekends off. why am i seein no improvement
Not going agianst what you said but every one goes on about sets, when down on PRMC they dont ask you to do sets, they tell you to bang them out for 2 mins, you might aswell get used to latic acid build up in your arms now, you need to train to see how many press ups you can do in a oner, its no good being able to do 5 sets of 25 if you cant do 50-60 in one go.
My advice is practise doing as many as you can in one and keep on improving, I was crap at them at first, my first PRMC I got 27, then on my next PRMC (which I passed) I got 56, so my method does work.
However at the end of the day it is up to you how you train, what works for one might not work for some one else. Give both ideas a try.
My advice is practise doing as many as you can in one and keep on improving, I was crap at them at first, my first PRMC I got 27, then on my next PRMC (which I passed) I got 56, so my method does work.
However at the end of the day it is up to you how you train, what works for one might not work for some one else. Give both ideas a try.
What I would recommend is that you never work to failure except maybe once every couple of weeks just to test yourself. I agree with what AequitasBellum said except I would rest between each set.
For example,
1 pressup 20 seconds rest
2 pressups 20 seconds rest
All the way upto 15 and then back down to 1.
Although you are getting a lot of rest you are also doing 225 pressups. Afterall, pressups is down to endurance in your arms and not outright strength. If you get to a point where you can't manage anymore then have a couple minutes rest and then continue.
By the way, depsite having a couple of months off doing any pressup training (getting really p&*! off with my shins - get my xray results back today eek!) I can do over 80. Repetition is the most important thing when it comes to improving Press Ups, Sit Ups, and Pull Ups.
Use the search in the future as there are already too many posts on this subject
EDIT: Just got my xray results back and im going out for my first run in months tonight
For example,
1 pressup 20 seconds rest
2 pressups 20 seconds rest
All the way upto 15 and then back down to 1.
Although you are getting a lot of rest you are also doing 225 pressups. Afterall, pressups is down to endurance in your arms and not outright strength. If you get to a point where you can't manage anymore then have a couple minutes rest and then continue.
By the way, depsite having a couple of months off doing any pressup training (getting really p&*! off with my shins - get my xray results back today eek!) I can do over 80. Repetition is the most important thing when it comes to improving Press Ups, Sit Ups, and Pull Ups.
Use the search in the future as there are already too many posts on this subject
EDIT: Just got my xray results back and im going out for my first run in months tonight
Mitch, I need a British-American language translation here. By press-up are you talking about what Americans would call a push-up, i.e., your palms flat on the floor and you use your arms to raise and lower your chest? Or are you talking about a bench press, where you lie flat on your back on a bench and raise and lower a weighted barbell to and from your chest?
[i]To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just another attempt to disguise one's unmanly character; ability to understand the question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action; fanatical enthusiasm was the mark of a real man -- Thucydides[/i]
Here's a thought. Consider your press-ups to be the equivalent of bench presses. Think of your performance problem to be the equivalent of hitting a plateau on bench presses. The most common reason for hitting a plateau is overtraining. Switch from your current endurance-training model to a strength training model. Bench presses are very much like press-ups, so try doing a bench press strength routine. While you're at it, include squats and deadlifts.
This is a very different mode of training. You will find it really hard to get used to because it's going to feel "lazy." But you'll make major gains. I know that when I did strength training in my 20s including bench presses, one side effect was that my ability to do press-ups became, for all practical purposes, unlimited. I could do dozens of them. No one ever even came close to me in the ability to do press-ups. I also wound up with 17-inch arms, which definitely impressed the ladies and intimidated my competition.
Check out this thread for more details. It's a radical approach or will seem like it, but I can tell you from direct personal experience that it works.
Important: Use strength training as a substitute for press-ups. In other words, if you do the training I recommend, don't do a single press-up at any time. Judge your progress by the amount of weight you can bench press, and when you've made major gains and are ready to "lean out," then -- and only then -- do you return to doing press-ups.
This is a very different mode of training. You will find it really hard to get used to because it's going to feel "lazy." But you'll make major gains. I know that when I did strength training in my 20s including bench presses, one side effect was that my ability to do press-ups became, for all practical purposes, unlimited. I could do dozens of them. No one ever even came close to me in the ability to do press-ups. I also wound up with 17-inch arms, which definitely impressed the ladies and intimidated my competition.
Check out this thread for more details. It's a radical approach or will seem like it, but I can tell you from direct personal experience that it works.
Important: Use strength training as a substitute for press-ups. In other words, if you do the training I recommend, don't do a single press-up at any time. Judge your progress by the amount of weight you can bench press, and when you've made major gains and are ready to "lean out," then -- and only then -- do you return to doing press-ups.
[i]To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just another attempt to disguise one's unmanly character; ability to understand the question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action; fanatical enthusiasm was the mark of a real man -- Thucydides[/i]
