Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 379, Messages: 54577

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Push-ups

Mick1
Mick1
Posts: 1
Joined: 2009/02/28
United States
2009/02/28, 10:53 AM
Hi,

I'm going to be participating in a agility test soon for my entry into law enforcement. My stats - Male, 34 5'11" 185 lbs. I don't excercise regularly but have an active lifestyle, etc. (I'm not a couch potato)

I am having a really hard time with push-ups!!! I played sports through high school and also lifted during college so I'm not a weak guy. It has been a few years since being in the gym so I've got some work to do.

One of my agility tests is to do at least 30 push ups within a minute.

I can only seem to do 20 push-ups at a time at this point. I usually do several sets every other day, I try not to overdo it. The more I train, the less I seem to be able to do! By the end of the week 15 seems like all I can muster. If I don't do any for a week or more, it seems like I'm stronger around 20-25, if not a few more. I didn't think these would be a problem!

I'm looking for some advice as to how I should go about this. I am following the correct push-up techniques, etc. It is funny because I have muscle mass on my upper body, chest, arms, and look like I should be able to knock these things out... Help! ----R
Ashunboy
Ashunboy
Posts: 116
Joined: 2003/05/07
United States
2009/03/02, 05:10 AM
I use to do 20 a set and now i do 40. Key for me was to just push myself to do one more each time and gradually, you'll get to 30 and 40. :dumbbell:
mberube2005
mberube2005
Posts: 8
Joined: 2008/12/04
United States
2009/03/02, 07:16 AM
You know what I used to do when I was in the Army? I would do 10 regular push-ups, 10 wide arm push-ups, and then 10 close grip push-ups every day before I'd jump in the shower. When that started to get easy, then I'd add another 5 to each set. Its not that bad to do, and believe me... push-ups was the only thing that I would always pass with a charm!
Icedearth168
Icedearth168
Posts: 8
Joined: 2007/07/13
Canada
2009/03/03, 12:36 AM
Try doing some dumbell chest press and incline press.