Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

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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Good Morning Push-Ups and Crunches

napoatusa
napoatusa
Posts: 20
Joined: 2005/11/11
United States
2005/11/22, 03:57 PM
every morning when I wake up, I roll out of my bed and make 20 push ups and then 50 crunches....

my question is, is this good or not... I know the muscle should rest one day.... but do those 20 pushups and crunches really count as stressing the muscle? it seems to develope my chest pretty nice... though i am wondering if after a while is likely to be bad?
2005/11/23, 04:27 AM
it's probably not enough....to do anything...when u're out of shape or just starting out, it might do a lil bit...but after a while it will stop being effective...it's equivalent of walking around the block every day....is it cardio? yes... is it effective? No...

I hope u have a serious weight lifting routine u do in the gym outside of this...


good luck and if u got questions feel free to ask
RavenRP
RavenRP
Posts: 16
Joined: 2005/10/24
United States
2005/11/23, 09:36 AM
As it becomes ineffective will it make it affective again to increase reps or is it at that point you risk injury?
I ask as I wouldn’t mind this approach myself if it isn’t harmful. I find I like feeling tight after exercise. Cardio is great for the legs but I find my upper body sometimes not wanting to wait until tomorrow for it’s turn.