Push-Ups

[vanilla_d00m]

Homany can you do??  I use to be able to do 50 in a row nonstop, but i was REALLY light back then in terms of weight (98 pounds) and was on drugs.  The music in the games I play helped me stay motivated to make healthier choices.

 

Last year I could only do 1, now this year I can do 30.  It wasn't a easy process.. I was doing 1 or 2s even 3s for months untill I got to 30.

Edited May 19 by vanilla_d00m

[DNSKILL5]

Try not counting until it starts to hurt, that will motivate you to do more each time and not focus on reaching a specific number, instead you’re focusing on working the muscles and trying to increase the number you can reach until failure. At least, that’s what worked for me. Alternatively you could have a fixed number and do as many sets necessary until you reach that number, for example doing as many sets you need to do until you reach 100, but you’ll need to raise that number over time as it becomes easier to reach with less and less sets. 

[vanilla_d00m]

I've always done it this way, I had a friend that can do 50 easily.  Thank you for the help.. It does make me kind of panic when I count how much im doing, like when i get close to my max.  

Edited May 19 by vanilla_d00m

[ducon]

I first thought that you talked about push-up bras.

[VICE]

2 minutes ago, ducon said:

I first thought that you talked about push-up bras.

 

 

4 hours ago, vanilla_d00m said:

Homany can you do??...

 

 

Then he would be talking about how many you can undo.

 

 

Around 60 with proper technique before my arms get tired, in both cases.

[vanilla_d00m]

2 minutes ago, VICE said:

 

 

 

Then he would be talking about how many you can undo.

 

 

Around 60 with proper technique before my arms get tired, in both cases.

 

Wow.. I admit, I would go kind of fast when i used to do 50.  It wasn't all the way down but very close.  Whats a push-up bra?? 

 

Edit: Nvm, googled it.  I'm a male, I don't wear those things.

Edited May 19 by vanilla_d00m

[VICE]

It's a special garmet that helps women get more exercise.

 

 

 

Btw if you want to do more pushups, dabble in exercises like weighted dips, pike pushups, diamonds etc.

Past the 18-24 rep range is where you start to get diminishing returns on standard pushups.

Edited May 19 by VICE

[EvilSqueegee]

I can do a whopping 10!

Yay!

[Gmg]

Life is too short to exercise.

[dasho]

29 minutes ago, Gmg said:

Life is too short to exercise.

 

It's shorter if you don't

[Somniac]

About 5 sets of 8-10. Used to go the gym a lot but I prefer bodyweight exercises at the moment.

[VICE]

2 hours ago, Gmg said:

Life is too short to exercise.

Choose:

Suffer the discomfort of exercise.

or

Suffer the discomfort of living in a body that doesn't exercise.

 

Also, strength is the #1 indicator for longevity. That's why berserk packs heal you back to 100% in Doom. :)
 

Edited May 20 by VICE

[ALilGrayBoi]

I CANNOT do pushups for shit

[Astar]

In 2014 I could do 50 push-ups... Now I doubt I can do even 15 without warming up

[Andromeda]

When I was in my late teens, did some light exercising (PE at school) and was about 10 pounds lighter I could do 30 push-ups without breaking a sweat. Nowadays I don't exercise at all and thus struggle to do 20, which isn't too bad I guess but leaves me thinking that I should try to exercise more.

Edited May 20 by Andromeda

[vanilla_d00m]

I managed to do 35, only 5 more then last time then I finished the rest standing against a wall which was around 100.  I had to really grind those 5 reps out, its getting impossible. 

 

I wonder how much the DOOM space marine in the game can do??  I feel really weak now after researching the world record on pushups done without stopping and resting.. it's 10,000+ by a japanese man.

Edited May 20 by vanilla_d00m

[durian]

40 minutes ago, vanilla_d00m said:

I feel really weak now after researching the world record on pushups done without stopping and resting.. it's 10,000+ by a japanese man.

 

The ability to do lots of push ups doesn't have much to do with being strong. If you want to get strong you're wasting your time grinding out push ups.

[vanilla_d00m]

When I was in middle school, people thought you where superman when you would do them.  My friend and someone i go to church with would do 50 of them.  It was a must have here at one point.  Especially 6 pullups.. I remember people where amazed when this person did just 6, the internet was empty back then and slow then thats why.  Now its all filled with these super human strength videos on youtube.  The bar is set higher now.

Edited May 20 by vanilla_d00m

[Mr. Freeze]

Doing lots of push ups makes you better at doing lots of push ups. Want to get stronger? Lift weights. 

[VICE]

23 minutes ago, Mr. Freeze said:

Doing lots of push ups makes you better at doing lots of push ups. Want to get stronger? Lift weights. 

Very true. I alluded to this earlier, but regular pushups will only get you so far before you start increasing endurance and greasing the groove rather than gaining additional strength.

 

However - OA pushups and clapping pushups go hard, and you can do those anywhere.

[JeffAri]

I can barely do 5 or 6 

I'm weak and skinny lol

[leejacksonaudio]

The world may never know.

[Yousuf Anik]

22 hours ago, Andromeda said:

When I was in my late teens, did some light exercising (PE at school) and was about 10 pounds lighter I could do 30 push-ups without breaking a sweat. Nowadays I don't exercise at all and thus struggle to do 20, which isn't too bad I guess but leaves me thinking that I should try to exercise more.

Same here. Before the disaster happened in me and my family just when the Corona virus event on 2020 and when I was in university, I used to exercise almost everyday, which also includes push-ups 3-4 sets of 10 (ah my best). But after that event I was devastated and so depressed that I gave up so many things. And as a result now I'm tied to do only 10-15 push-ups at best, that too not everyday because I feel too tired after all day long office work.

Edited May 21 by Yousuf Anik

[vanilla_d00m]

I was curling weights but could barely do 1 or 2 pushups.  Anybody can curl weights, can you do a pushup??  To me.. they make me feel more manly.  Boxers do them, they make you do them at school, boot camp, etc..  I believe its a must have.

 

I feel more energetic and feel like i don't get tired that easily.  Weights just gave me size..

Edited May 21 by vanilla_d00m

[VICE]

3 hours ago, vanilla_d00m said:

Anybody can curl weights

 

Lift*

 

As in compound lifts and olympic lifts.

 

Can you squat, bench, deadlift, clean&press at least your own bodyweight?

 

Most people can't.

[Mr. Freeze]

I've seen some pretty horrendous curl form at the gym, so I dunno about that one. 

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

22 hours ago, vanilla_d00m said:

When I was in middle school, people thought you where superman when you would do them.  My friend and someone i go to church with would do 50 of them.  It was a must have here at one point.  Especially 6 pullups.. I remember people where amazed when this person did just 6, the internet was empty back then and slow then thats why.  Now its all filled with these super human strength videos on youtube.  The bar is set higher now.

Where did you go to middle school? Even in McAmerica, we had the Presidential Fitness Test every year, and I'm quite certain most could do six pull-ups. In fact, I'm assuming at least that many were required to pass the test, which was required to pass the class (or so they said, I never heard about anyone failing the class because of it). We also were required to pass a mile-long run, sit-ups, a flexibility test, and at least one more I'm forgetting. I'm almost 30 and it was around even when I was in elementary school.

 

For most, the test was easy, but there were pretty much only three groups there:

 

-Kids who could pass every test (about 60% of the class)

-Kids who could pass every test except flexibility (about 30%)

-Kids who couldn't pass any of the tests (about 5% genuinely had something wrong with them that probably should have disqualified them to begin with, the other 5% just didn't even bother to try at all)

 

Push-ups, strangely enough, were not part of the test. Likely because most kids have such terrible form that it would be pointless.

[LVENdead]

5 hours ago, vanilla_d00m said:

I was curling weights but could barely do 1 or 2 pushups.  Anybody can curl weights, can you do a pushup??  To me.. they make me feel more manly.  Boxers do them, they make you do them at school, boot camp, etc..  I believe its a must have.

 

I feel more energetic and feel like i don't get tired that easily.  Weights just gave me size..

 

I mean if you're talking about actually "JUST" curling weights then yeah it would make sense that they don't convert to pushup strength, because curls don't really work the muscles you use to do a pushup. Anecdotally speaking, my workout involves a push/pull/legs split and doing dumbbell/barbell press exercises, skull crushers, and pec flies have absolutely translated into me being able to do more pushups than I used to.

[vanilla_d00m]

2 hours ago, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

Where did you go to middle school? Even in McAmerica, we had the Presidential Fitness Test every year, and I'm quite certain most could do six pull-ups. In fact, I'm assuming at least that many were required to pass the test, which was required to pass the class (or so they said, I never heard about anyone failing the class because of it). We also were required to pass a mile-long run, sit-ups, a flexibility test, and at least one more I'm forgetting. I'm almost 30 and it was around even when I was in elementary school.

 

For most, the test was easy, but there were pretty much only three groups there:

 

-Kids who could pass every test (about 60% of the class)

-Kids who could pass every test except flexibility (about 30%)

-Kids who couldn't pass any of the tests (about 5% genuinely had something wrong with them that probably should have disqualified them to begin with, the other 5% just didn't even bother to try at all)

 

Push-ups, strangely enough, were not part of the test. Likely because most kids have such terrible form that it would be pointless.

I failed P.E. I couldn’t do any pushups, chin-ups whatever.  Barely run?  I remember just l walking the whole thing.

Edgewood Wildcats.  School been around since 1958.  California.. West Covina.  Ever since youtube came out in 2005, the standards have changed for me.  Someone has to do at least 15 pull-ups or 50 pushups to impress me, im shure the people attending middle school nowadays are like that now.

Edited May 21 by vanilla_d00m

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

3 hours ago, vanilla_d00m said:

Ever since youtube came out in 2005, the standards have changed for me. Someone has to do at least 15 pull-ups or 50 pushups to impress me, im shure the people attending middle school nowadays are like that now.

I don't think the kids attending middle school today (or ever) think about it much, let alone come up with a specific number of push-ups or pull-ups a person has to do in order to impress them. The internet existed well before Youtube, but nobody cared then about how many push-ups or pull-ups other people could do. And they sure as hell don't care now.