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The number of pushups a guy or gal can do is a fair proxy for general fitness. 50 pushups in 60 seconds is a fitness benchmark. (I can not do that yet.)

Pushups are a calisthenic exercise but they do build some strength in the core, chest, arms, and shoulders. I do them on my calisthenics days but you can do them every day.

Why use the handles? Because you can dip lower, and because they are kind to your wrists. I don't approve of declined pushups because of the wrist and shoulder stress.

Posted by Bird Dog in Physical Fitness at 13:09 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Maybe getting your bench press weight up would help with your push ups. What are you benching these days?

#1 RJP on 2019-03-19 18:47 (Reply)

You really have no clue about energy systems, do you? That's why you ASSume the answer to every athletic challenge is improving max strength. Keep drinking the Kool Aid.

#2 mike m on 2019-03-19 20:09 (Reply)

Weight? I do bench with 12-8 reps per set. I up the weight for each set.

#2.1 Bird Dog on 2019-03-20 08:10 (Reply)

Sorry, that was meant in reply to the Starting Strength cultist.

#2.1.1 mike m on 2019-03-20 09:59 (Reply)

Ah, good, mike m chimed in with another of his content-free, ad hominem, straw man posts.

In any case, I'll expand a bit. Yes, of course high rep push ups are an expression of strength endurance, not pure strength. But Bird Dog here often details the large amount of cardio and calisthenics he does on a regular basis. Therefore I was a bit surprised that he couldn't reach the fitness benchmark he noted in his post. As endurance in his case would less likely be the issue, maybe it's his strength. Plus, I was just curious how he was progressing on his strength, as he noted a while ago he was focusing on building strength during this training cycle.

#3 RJP on 2019-03-19 23:02 (Reply)

I just my pushups today. In the last hour of work I did three sets, 40, 35 and 35--on my knuckles, because of a sprained wrist.

That is 8040 for the year (that I've counted. I may have missed a set or two). That's an average of 103 a day (I've taken a couple days off, and I'm building a reserve in case I want/need to take more).

I have the pushup bars as noted. I use them sometimes. They are kinder on the wrist.

I like knuckle pushups because it reinforces a kinesthetic alignment that is good for martial arts.

Building stronger muscles--IF you are doing the endurance workouts elsewhere WILL help, especially in something where you only have to do it for a short time--and 60 seconds is a short time.

But we know (because he's said it) that Bird Dog DOES do some sort of weight lifting. From what I remember of his program it's a little light, but he's elderly :)

Because of the sprained wrist I can't do any push exercises (except the pushups) and was having pain doing deadlifts and rows once the weight got over 160. So I stopped for a while.

BD probably needs to eat more easy to digest proteins. It's one of the things that gets harder as you age (either digestion, or amino acid absorption.)

#4 William O'Blivion on 2019-03-20 03:21 (Reply)

The handles are a good buy. Makes pushups more comfortable to do, therefore, I do more of them.

#5 itsatax on 2019-03-20 07:45 (Reply)

What's the big deal. Those things don't look that heavy. I could probably push them up several times. Maybe both at the same time.

#6 Pod Hamp on 2019-03-20 13:27 (Reply)

Does anyone else have a problem with the handles not staying in place when they do pushups? I have a very bad wrist from a bicycle accident years ago and have not been able to do pushups well since (wrist can't rotate enough). Tried using handles but they kept slipping.

#7 jm01 on 2019-03-20 16:20 (Reply)

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