Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
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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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question about pushups

tromeojr2
tromeojr2
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2007/05/19, 11:42 AM
just wondering about doing pushups or pullups on off days while muscles are repairing would this be bad for them?

example heavy chest day monday can i do some pushups tuesday, wednesday and thursday then i do chest again on friday.
bigandrew
bigandrew
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2007/05/19, 08:50 PM
What else are you doing? I hope your training the rest of your body?

But yes and no....Yes, active recovery is good...it can help reduce soreness...and speed up recovery.

No....doing too much can hinder repair work.


There's a balance you have to find...when somthing is active recovery...vs becoming a workout. 3-4 sets of 10 prolly won't kill you...or hinder your goals...however I dont' think you need to keep doing them the whole week.

Are you gonna do body weight squats after leg days as well?

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wrestler125
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2007/05/20, 12:03 AM
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Quoting from bigandrew:


Are you gonna do body weight squats after leg days as well?
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Good question...

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tromeojr2
tromeojr2
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2007/05/20, 11:57 AM
yes i do legs and back, and arms and shoulders on different days but the thing is i just like to do some pushups and pullups to start my day before work just a little wake me up.