Push-Ups

[dasho]

10 hours ago, VICE said:

 

Lift*

 

As in compound lifts and olympic lifts.

 

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

 

Most people can't.

 

To be fair these lifts vary wildly in difficulty, for instance deadlifting your own bodyweight is trivial compared to even cleaning it, much less pressing it afterwards.

[taufan99]

2 hours ago, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

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.

Gymbros having recently emerged in mainstream internet kinda tell you otherwise. Not that you're exactly wrong (most other internet users hold this "do whatever you want, live however you like" attitude, which I also do to a large extent), but you can see their presence is much bigger than it was years ago.

[eanasir]

56 minutes ago, taufan99 said:

Gymbros having recently emerged in mainstream internet kinda tell you otherwise. Not that you're exactly wrong (most other internet users hold this "do whatever you want, live however you like" attitude, which I also do to a large extent), but you can see their presence is much bigger than it was years ago.

Meh. 

 

Since I'm in high school now, when I was in middle school, most people really didn't care. I mean yeah, doing lots of pushups was cool, but it wasn't a standard

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

1 hour ago, taufan99 said:

Gymbros having recently emerged in mainstream internet kinda tell you otherwise. Not that you're exactly wrong (most other internet users hold this "do whatever you want, live however you like" attitude, which I also do to a large extent), but you can see their presence is much bigger than it was years ago.

It's because they eventually realized that you can use a computer to access other websites besides the Bodybuilding.com forums. Which is unfortunate, because that used to be one of the fucking funniest places on the internet. Now you have all these egomaniacs on social media salivating over one another's chadly muscles in front of everyone.

 

I don't know, I think it's all pretty stupid. I used to go to the gym but I'm not interested in becoming the Hulk. I enjoy cardio more than lifting. Gymbros can be cool sometimes, though. During Covid I used to see them giving each other vaccines in the locker room. I never even knew you could get the shot in your asscheek.

[Sonikkumania]

Virgin pushups vs Chad burbees.

I prefer the latter but .. staying in pushup upper stance is also good.

Idk the English term for the move.

[vanilla_d00m]

On 5/21/2024 at 10:21 AM, VICE said:

 

Lift*

 

As in compound lifts and olympic lifts.

 

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

 

Most people can't.

I never tried those as I’m afraid of them.  I can do 800 body weight squats though without rest.  1 arm pushups.. even the Rocky push-up where you jump and switch hands while still in 1 arm push-up position. Squats helped my back pain.

 

I have always wanted to get bigger, but I hit a plateau.  I was bullied in high school and I missed Freshman, Softmore, Junior, Senior years.  I was expelled  and had to do home studies for good for those years.  I still got my diploma even though I learned nothing.  I’m shure that changed and it’s alot harder now.

 

Mr. Freeze, I prefer to do them against a wall so no cheating.

Edited May 23 by vanilla_d00m

[VICE]

14 hours ago, vanilla_d00m said:

I can do 800 body weight squats though without rest

Either that is a typo or you have the upper body of a regular dude and the lower body of a grasshopper.

 

14 hours ago, vanilla_d00m said:

I have always wanted to get bigger, but I hit a plateau.

In that case, lift weights. Learn the techniques and the rep ranges for the compound lifts - they cause the body to produce more HGH and will also develop all of the supportive musculature rather than just the prime movers.

 

People usually recommend eating more, but you'll be eating more anyway if you start lifting, moving iron works up an appetite.

 

Oh, and if barbell squats make you nervous, try dumbbell squats.

Heavy goblet squats are a particularly good and safer variant that is easier on the back (but harder on the abs).

Edited May 24 by VICE

[vanilla_d00m]

1 hour ago, VICE said:

Either that is a typo or you have the upper body of a regular dude and the lower body of a grasshopper.

 

In that case, lift weights. Learn the techniques and the rep ranges for the compound lifts - they cause the body to produce more HGH and will also develop all of the supportive musculature rather than just the prime movers.

 

People usually recommend eating more, but you'll be eating more anyway if you start lifting, moving iron works up an appetite.

 

Oh, and if barbell squats make you nervous, try dumbbell squats.

Heavy goblet squats are a particularly good and safer variant that is easier on the back (but harder on the abs).

No typo, I started with 20, took me 1 year.  It takes a hour to do all that.  I was heavily bullied.  Thank you for the tips.

Edited May 24 by vanilla_d00m

[VICE]

Damn dude 800 squats is some metahuman-level type shi.

It could be that you're a natural endurance athlete.

[vanilla_d00m]

3 hours ago, VICE said:

Damn dude 800 squats is some metahuman-level type shi.

It could be that you're a natural endurance athlete.

 

I do it once a week, not everyday.  It takes a hour and 20-30 minutes, I don't do it quick so guess I'm not good at it.  I have a skateboard.. you need to squat to jump on it.  That motivated me, and because this back pain really sucks.. the squats once a week helped ease it down a little.

 

Mike Tyson did 2000+ squats a day in his prime when he was competing.

[vanilla_d00m]

VICE, how about this??  1,000 push-ups in a row without stopping??  How did he do this??  thats way harder then squating..

 

 

[VICE]

3 hours ago, vanilla_d00m said:

It takes a hour and 20-30 minutes, I don't do it quick

Yeah, that averages to 9-10 seconds of rest between each one, that's enough time to cycle lactic acid and not what one has in mind when you say ''without rest''

Still impressive though.

3 hours ago, vanilla_d00m said:

VICE, how about this??  1,000 push-ups in a row without stopping??  How did he do this??  thats way harder then squating..

Well, for starters, at the time signature you shared the video at, you can see his technique isn't perfect, and it's the same from the start...

See how the upper body leads and the legs follow, and then the shoulders rotate on lockout? He isn't pushing his entire body as a single rigid structure and he's exploiting some biomechanics to do it. Dude is shagging the floor as I call it.
You can also see his feet shuffling and his weight moving from side to side quite a lot.

 

That's more than I can do with that technique for sure, but this is not strict pushup form at all.

Edited May 24 by VICE

[durian]

He's also dropping fast on the eccentric, letting gravity do the work, so catching a quick break on each rep.

[Cruduxy Pegg]

I could do dozens of them and then I learned the proper form and that number dropped real quick. Anyway I never try them anymore, easier to just go to the gym and do bench than suffer with them.

[vanilla_d00m]

Suffering builds the mind.  He must have a strong mind.  1,000 without rest.. I guess he was ment to do that?

 

I can’t wait untill I do 50 pushups again.  ”That which does not kill you..  makes you stronger”

Edited May 24 by vanilla_d00m

[taufan99]

17 minutes ago, vanilla_d00m said:

Suffering builds the mind.  He must have a strong mind.  1,000 without rest.. I guess he was ment to do that?

I think you're missing the point everyone makes. You can see his reps aren't perfectly proper, especially at later preps.

Edited May 24 by taufan99

[VICE]

Doing slow Missionary alone for 30 minutes requires a strong mind for sure.

Especially if there's a crowd.

Edited May 25 by VICE