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Sunday, February 11, 2007
Sunday - 77 push ups in 10 minutes
How many pushups can I do in 10 minutes?
Apparently 77!
19 comments:
Anonymous
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Took the challenge and tried it myself this a.m.--turned out I did an even 100 in 10 minutes--hey not bad for a fat old man, eh?
i started out real good at 25 but slowly well not that slow worked all the way down to 15-16, 10, 5 or 6 then the last set was 3 grueling ones--i took rests of course but not in the plank position however didn't go to my knees once--felt pretty good about that! i'm also on a jumping jacks kick did 500 the other day in 100r sets--no wonder I hated those in gym class! We're gonna get hit w/ a big snow/freezing rain storm tonight--can't wait for the summertime so i can start body surfing again and, you know, like go outside.
It's not because it is easy, but because there not enough skill transfer in relation to the core strength/plank position. It is tough and can be more metabolic if you do not do regulations pushups quickly.
He found that people who rely on going to knees eventually quit progressing on their regulation push ups. So his preferred progression for beginners goes: Wall pushups, box pushups (hands elevated), floor pushups, ring pushups.
I should add...he says if you get to failure move to a box or to the wall for elevation and finish your reps at a good pace so you don't lose the metcon aspect.
at present i have no way to do real ring pushups & the closest i can get to hspu is doing a really steep decline pu w/ my feet up on the wgt bench, hands on 25# dbs on the floor... so how many reps each of those pu do you do--i'd like to try that set of exercises see how bad i'll do hah!
Ring push ups are an advanced progression and I think you might be able to make some parallets to mimic the ROM but not the stability work.
I think I can do ONE ring push up. LOL.
I generally work in sets of 5-10 on standard pushups and I avoid going to the wall but sometimes (angie) I will do box push ups. They let me increase to consistent sets of 10.
I can manage sets of 3-5 HSPU (head touching a pad that is about 3" above the floor.
good idea--but first i have to, ahem, put up the pullup bar i bought about 3 wks ago & is still in the box! I was wondering if you don't mind me asking, what kind of a diet do you follow? I seem to be gaining weight & yeah sure some of it is leftover holiday glut, but my waist isn't that much larger--so is it fat or muscle or what i can't tell? Last week i tried the cabbage soup diet and gained 2 lbs!! I give up!!
I don't mind...funny you should ask. I started attempting the zone diet in oct/nov right around the time I changed the intensity in my CrossFit workouts.
The combinatino of the the two seems to be excellent for me for burning fat.
As far as whether you are gaining muscle or fat...well so far the only way I can tell is by how my clothes fit and along with the scale. I dropped down from 157-160 range to the 150-152 range during that time. At christmas, my diet went crazy (go figure) and I am trying to get back into the zone but so far it is hit and miss. I don't thing I've gained much fat back since xmas but I can feel it lurking.
If you are interested in the zone, do check out the nutrition section of the CrossFit message boards, also there are a lot of guys who do not follow it, but do follow othe eating plans like paleo etc.
there is an article called good nutition in 100 words or less that is excellent if you are not into following regimes with rules and proportions.
Also, the Brand X forum is an excellent place to aske diet questions, there are some very knowledgeable folks there.
My main thing is I try to skip sugar in most forms, if I can't stick to the zone and my weakness is Bread and all it's evil cousins. :) I can resist sugar but it's the bread that gets me!
I looked at the Zone diet book from the library and it looked a little to complex for me. When I started out trying to lose wgt in 2000 I followed Ray Audette's book Neander Thin & that helped alot. I didn't start wgt lifting until the spring of 2001 & that was only twice a week and nothing like the intensity of Crossfit. Ironically, when I started Crossfit workouts is when I started tipping the scale the wrong way. And its funny I'm the exact opposite even tho in my house as a kid we had the fork in one hand and a piece of bread in the other, I had no problem giving up bread and all of its evil cousins--but sugar in all its forms are my main weakness--sugar in my coffee, sweets, candies, cakes, Italian pastries, & cookies of all kinds & today being Valentine's Day I'm a dead man!!
The zone can be broken into very simple principles...
40% cals from carb (veggies and fruits) 30 from proteins (lean meats and proteins) 30 from fats ("good" fats)
CrossFit Journal 31 I think has a very succinct implementation plan and I can email you a copy. It is in wide distribution (if you feel obligated you could go and order the back copy for 5$ off of CrossFit.com) it's Worth a try. If you can implement it, it is very effective for athletic individuals. I am just not very disciplined when it comes to putting my meals together ahead of time and dealing with the "dining" opportunities at the office! But I did do it successfully and was very happy with the result.
yep I'm the same way about pre planning meals etc--I'll check out that plan on Crossfit & I guess I'll get the Zone book outta da lieberry too! Actually I'm pretty good when it comes to office eating. Since New Years the ladies here at work all declared themselves on "diets". With that being said we've had two pigouts which basically consisted of Dunkin Donuts, cakes, cookies, pretzels, meatballs, french toast, bagels, you understand.. I suggested next time we have carrot sticks, green pepper slices, and celery with plain seltzer.. first thing they said was "I'll make the dip"!! they didn't get it--oh well. Like I say can't wait for spring/summer so I can get outside and move around a little ride my bike, run, bodysurf, all of that. Being sedentary in winter sure ain't helping my battle with the scale that's for sure!
19 comments:
Took the challenge and tried it myself this a.m.--turned out I did an even 100 in 10 minutes--hey not bad for a fat old man, eh?
nice!
thank you! altho it didn't look so nice i gotta tell ya!
oops! that was me hit the wrong button
heh. I know. I am not fast at pushups but I was dripping when I got done. I tried to stick to sets of 5 but ouch!!!!!
i started out real good at 25 but slowly well not that slow worked all the way down to 15-16, 10, 5 or 6 then the last set was 3 grueling ones--i took rests of course but not in the plank position however didn't go to my knees once--felt pretty good about that! i'm also on a jumping jacks kick did 500 the other day in 100r sets--no wonder I hated those in gym class! We're gonna get hit w/ a big snow/freezing rain storm tonight--can't wait for the summertime so i can start body surfing again and, you know, like go outside.
man, I really wish I could do sets of 15-16 for more than one set. Being a girl suck when you are doing pushups.
Jeff does not allow knee pushups on his watch. Not even for girls.
wow that's tough! knee pushups are not as easy as everyone thinks tho esp after you've done a few regular ones
It's not because it is easy, but because there not enough skill transfer in relation to the core strength/plank position. It is tough and can be more metabolic if you do not do regulations pushups quickly.
He found that people who rely on going to knees eventually quit progressing on their regulation push ups. So his preferred progression for beginners goes: Wall pushups, box pushups (hands elevated), floor pushups, ring pushups.
I should add...he says if you get to failure move to a box or to the wall for elevation and finish your reps at a good pace so you don't lose the metcon aspect.
at present i have no way to do real ring pushups & the closest i can get to hspu is doing a really steep decline pu w/ my feet up on the wgt bench, hands on 25# dbs on the floor... so how many reps each of those pu do you do--i'd like to try that set of exercises see how bad i'll do hah!
also when i do knee pushups i feel the strain in my arms, shoulders, back--of course this after doing many reg pu's
Ring push ups are an advanced progression and I think you might be able to make some parallets to mimic the ROM but not the stability work.
I think I can do ONE ring push up. LOL.
I generally work in sets of 5-10 on standard pushups and I avoid going to the wall but sometimes (angie) I will do box push ups. They let me increase to consistent sets of 10.
I can manage sets of 3-5 HSPU (head touching a pad that is about 3" above the floor.
BTW...you can get a set of Rings and hang them with eye-bolts from a door way to do ring push ups and even ring dips.
I'm starting to get good at ring dips too. Adding skill work on this stuff has really helped!
good idea--but first i have to, ahem, put up the pullup bar i bought about 3 wks ago & is still in the box! I was wondering if you don't mind me asking, what kind of a diet do you follow? I seem to be gaining weight & yeah sure some of it is leftover holiday glut, but my waist isn't that much larger--so is it fat or muscle or what i can't tell? Last week i tried the cabbage soup diet and gained 2 lbs!! I give up!!
I don't mind...funny you should ask. I started attempting the zone diet in oct/nov right around the time I changed the intensity in my CrossFit workouts.
The combinatino of the the two seems to be excellent for me for burning fat.
As far as whether you are gaining muscle or fat...well so far the only way I can tell is by how my clothes fit and along with the scale. I dropped down from 157-160 range to the 150-152 range during that time. At christmas, my diet went crazy (go figure) and I am trying to get back into the zone but so far it is hit and miss. I don't thing I've gained much fat back since xmas but I can feel it lurking.
If you are interested in the zone, do check out the nutrition section of the CrossFit message boards, also there are a lot of guys who do not follow it, but do follow othe eating plans like paleo etc.
there is an article called good nutition in 100 words or less that is excellent if you are not into following regimes with rules and proportions.
Also, the Brand X forum is an excellent place to aske diet questions, there are some very knowledgeable folks there.
My main thing is I try to skip sugar in most forms, if I can't stick to the zone and my weakness is Bread and all it's evil cousins. :) I can resist sugar but it's the bread that gets me!
I looked at the Zone diet book from the library and it looked a little to complex for me. When I started out trying to lose wgt in 2000 I followed Ray Audette's book Neander Thin & that helped alot. I didn't start wgt lifting until the spring of 2001 & that was only twice a week and nothing like the intensity of Crossfit. Ironically, when I started Crossfit workouts is when I started tipping the scale the wrong way. And its funny I'm the exact opposite even tho in my house as a kid we had the fork in one hand and a piece of bread in the other, I had no problem giving up bread and all of its evil cousins--but sugar in all its forms are my main weakness--sugar in my coffee, sweets, candies, cakes, Italian pastries, & cookies of all kinds & today being Valentine's Day I'm a dead man!!
The zone can be broken into very simple principles...
40% cals from carb (veggies and fruits)
30 from proteins (lean meats and proteins)
30 from fats ("good" fats)
CrossFit Journal 31 I think has a very succinct implementation plan and I can email you a copy. It is in wide distribution (if you feel obligated you could go and order the back copy for 5$ off of CrossFit.com)
it's Worth a try. If you can implement it, it is very effective for athletic individuals. I am just not very disciplined when it comes to putting my meals together ahead of time and dealing with the "dining" opportunities at the office! But I did do it successfully and was very happy with the result.
yep I'm the same way about pre planning meals etc--I'll check out that plan on Crossfit & I guess I'll get the Zone book outta da lieberry too! Actually I'm pretty good when it comes to office eating. Since New Years the ladies here at work all declared themselves on "diets". With that being said we've had two pigouts which basically consisted of Dunkin Donuts, cakes, cookies, pretzels, meatballs, french toast, bagels, you understand.. I suggested next time we have carrot sticks, green pepper slices, and celery with plain seltzer.. first thing they said was "I'll make the dip"!! they didn't get it--oh well. Like I say can't wait for spring/summer so I can get outside and move around a little ride my bike, run, bodysurf, all of that. Being sedentary in winter sure ain't helping my battle with the scale that's for sure!
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