OK sorry if i'm wasting time, i'm not in the forces but joined this forum to find out more about fitness.
My strong point is running, although i'm late 40s I can do 6 miles plus every day no sweat.
Now at the end of my run i've introduced sit ups/ press ups.
Hard at first, but i've worked up to 5 sets x 12 each doing them properly (don't laugh!) after my run.
This is proving quite painful for me and I dread it as I am finishing my 6 miler!
Question is: say I do 60 press ups/ sit ups what gives most benefit ? 4 x 15, 5 x 12, 3 x 20, 2 x 30, or 6 x 10?
You lads can probably advise me. Please dont say 15 x 20!
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Re: sit ups/ press ups question
There are ladies here too...billybud wrote:You lads can probably advise me.
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Try searching this forum mate there's loads of stuff on press ups and sit ups.From my experience,doing plenty of sets of a certain amount is fine,but the best way to increase your max is.........to actually try and do your max,its not rocket science Keep your routine if you like,but for example every weekend try and do the most reps you can,record your score,then do another 2 sets of your max til absolute failure,keeping good form throughout of course.
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Some people really do make things hard for themselves . The body responds to things that were slightly harder then the last time you did them (in simple terms). In other words each time you do your press ups try and beat your last max even if its by one or 5 more on your knees e.t.c thats how i prepared for R.T and it worked , all of these 6x10 or whatever programs can never beat the basics .
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