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TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup
#23976259 - 01/02/17 01:53 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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I can't believe how hard real pushups are
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Guess you should of stayed a man....
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Repertoire89
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Work your way up try doing 3 sets of 10 on your knees Planks would help as well
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: Boomer The Great] 1
#23976273 - 01/02/17 01:59 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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Yeah I am also not to good at that. I can max out at maybe 20 real honest ones at my best right now, and I can only to one really legit pullup at a time without resting. I focus more on cardio endurance than short bursts of strength. Traditional strength training is just torture to me, especially in a gym.
The important thing is to have control over your muscles more-so than trying to impress people by however many repetitive movements you can do in a row. That's my philosophy at least.
There was definitely a time when I couldn't do one push up, or even hang with my chin on a bar let alone do a pullup. When I used to do those "presidential fitness tests" I would score dead last for the most part. I can work a 12 hour physical shift and keep myself from getting injured, which is what matters to me.
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: moonrockmushy]
#23976283 - 01/02/17 02:02 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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Proper form and slow reps are key . I can do a good 60-70 push ups in a row nice and slow. 2 months ago I could do about 25. Keep at it and you'll do good
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: Repertoire89]
#23976289 - 01/02/17 02:03 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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Op- body in motion stays in motion Body in rest stays in rest.
Sounds like youve had a body in rest, its gonna hurt to get in shape but eventually it does get easier.
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: ModestMouse]
#23976335 - 01/02/17 02:17 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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damn i can hit 50 absolutley perfect push ups at once
i get a great pump too although ive done thousands upon thousands of P/U in my life but 50 perfect pushups is a pretty good feat not even people in shape can do usually
back straight as a board,head slightly up,elbows NOT locked out,pitbull hand-satnce,legs completly straight and stomach sucked n' tucked
only thing that touches is your chest to the ground or within an inch
ive never met anyone who can hit pushups like me
i can do diamonds,incline pushups,clap push ups,finger tip push ups,push ups with people actually standing on me
not to brag but im the push up king
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Mod edit: not pub appropriate
Edited by CookieCrumbs (01/02/17 04:09 PM)
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: Doctor Sponge] 5
#23976347 - 01/02/17 02:21 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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Quote:
Doctor Sponge said: damn i can hit 50 absolutley perfect push ups at once
i get a great pump too although ive done thousands upon thousands of P/U in my life but 50 perfect pushups is a pretty good feat not even people in shape can do usually
back straight as a board,head slightly up,elbows NOT locked out,pitbull hand-satnce,legs completly straight and stomach sucked n' tucked
only thing that touches is your chest to the ground or within an inch
ive never met anyone who can hit pushups like me
i can do diamonds,incline pushups,clap push ups,finger tip push ups,push ups with people actually standing on me
not to brag but im the push up king
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: Cj-B] 1
#23976388 - 01/02/17 02:43 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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I can do one, but not two. pushups suck.
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: stzacrack] 5
#23976469 - 01/02/17 03:06 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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stzacrack said:
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He is a man, just a weak cross dressing man
i am sure you are the epitome of masculine heterosexual badassery.
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Don't over do it, whatever you do. give yourself ample time to heal if you're going to start getting in shape... otherwise, you might end up like me. i'm pretty sure i've torn both of my rotator cuffs or some other ligaments in my shoulders and i haven't been doing any exercises since... It's really hard to get back in the swing of things once you've stopped - "bodies in motion tend to stay in motion, yada yada"
sucks to get somewhere and then take several steps back.
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: 404] 4
#23976741 - 01/02/17 04:59 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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404 said: Don't over do it, whatever you do.
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one pushup
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: PatrickKn]
#23976747 - 01/02/17 05:01 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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The trick is to do modified push-ups until you can handle standard ones
start with wall push-ups which are easy as fuck, work your way up to inclined push-ups which are a bit tougher, and once those become easy move to knee push-ups, then from there u work ur way to regular push-ups
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: 404] 2
#23976764 - 01/02/17 05:07 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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Hella...I was on top of things and then reinjured my back again and now I can't exercise like I did. I'm still in above average shape but not where I'd like to be. Getting old and broken is wack..
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: PatrickKn]
#23976768 - 01/02/17 05:08 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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PatrickKn said:
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404 said: Don't over do it, whatever you do.
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one pushup
 i read that, but for whatever reason it didn't register
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: 404]
#23976855 - 01/02/17 05:44 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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I think for certain body structures it's more difficult to do torso exercise cause I've been able to do like 40 pushups and 10 pull ups in like 2 minutes since I was a kid and I've never been about working out regularly, and not ripped at all and I go months without doing a single pushup
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: trees]
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: trees]
#23977116 - 01/02/17 07:34 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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I shave with raptor claws and human blood for cream. Yall are fucking choir boys compared to me.
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Raptors? Pfft.. more like a 6' turkey.
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: larry.fisherman] 1
#23977133 - 01/02/17 07:39 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: Easyriding123]
#23977148 - 01/02/17 07:44 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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Easyriding123 said: Keep at it and you'll do good
Word.
Set a goal for yourself Soph, like 10 pushups a day to start, or whatever you're comfortable with, then slowly build from there. Also, you could do a low rep body weight routine to keep toned, you don't have to be a magazine cover model to be fit.
You could do 10 pushups, 10 bench dips, 10 crunches, 10 burpees, 10 squats, 10 jumping jacks, 10 mountain climbers, 10 leg lifts, do this quickly to get your heart rate up, and that shouldn't be to hard, at first you might think your hearts going to explode if you're usually inactive, but after a couple weeks it should get easier, and you can build on your reps/routine at your leisure, just make sure things aren't to easy for you, if things are to easy then you need to work harder by doing more reps, or finding harder exercises. Maybe do this 3 times a week to start, working your way up to 5 times a week, then everyday if you want, or give yourself one day to just bum it and relax.
It will greatly improve your mood, and quality of life in general.
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ReposadoXochipilli said:
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stzacrack said:
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Boomer The Great said: Guess you should of stayed a man....
He is a man, just a weak cross dressing man
i am sure you are the epitome of masculine heterosexual badassery.
I'm sure of myself as well
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: stzacrack]
#23977332 - 01/02/17 09:09 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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I love this Youtube channel!
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OhMrJohnson said: The trick is to do modified push-ups until you can handle standard ones
start with wall push-ups which are easy as fuck, work your way up to inclined push-ups which are a bit tougher, and once those become easy move to knee push-ups, then from there u work ur way to regular push-ups
This seems like a real good plan of action.
OP, this sounds like you are working on a New Years resolution of getting in shape or losing weight or something.
The biggest thing you can do is just stick with it. No matter what. Don't take more than a day off in a row or you will fall off.
I have the get in shape resolution, but I'm sick as shit so it's gonna have to start a lil late.
Also eat real healthy. Because garbage food will give you garbage results.
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: daz01]
#23977360 - 01/02/17 09:18 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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I've not tried to do a pushup in a long time. A few years ago I realized my shoulder is to jacked up to really do traditional push ups. And my knees are too jacked up to do the "girl pushups" I dunno what they're called.
And it was really disheartening. Cuz I still tried. Alot. Working out was a big part of my life. But I hurt myself many times trying to do traditional exercises and realized that shit just isn't gonna work anymore.
I try to let a semi-active life help me keep up my upper body strength now. And if I really feel the need there is tai chi. Not really gonna fuck with yoga... seems like I'd still end up hurting myself in that because that's just apparently what I do.
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: CookieCrumbs]
#23977387 - 01/02/17 09:30 PM (7 years, 28 days ago) |
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I'm sure there's low impact yoga. Like the stuff for elderly people with messed up joints.
I should get into yoga. Thanks for the idea.
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: Supachopped719]
#23977577 - 01/02/17 10:57 PM (7 years, 27 days ago) |
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Yoga asanas are really low impact, just dont do the weird pretzel vanity poses But yoga wont get someone in shape either, its supplementary
My aim is to workout every day, if Im too tired I'll do yoga instead to stay limber.
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: Repertoire89]
#23977594 - 01/02/17 11:04 PM (7 years, 27 days ago) |
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OP try doing push-ups from your knees
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Re: TIL I cant do even one single fucking pushup [Re: koods]
#23977602 - 01/02/17 11:08 PM (7 years, 27 days ago) |
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That's a lob for someone with a juvenile sense of humor. Do you want people to fail?
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I guess some people don't really care about being physically strong, but planet Earth is a crazy place, and physical strength is one way to make living here far more manageable. The more you can reach homeostasis, physically, the easier it is to focus your mind on virtues and positive, inner qualities.
Get strong, SR!
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