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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bejae022104
bejae022104
Posts: 2
Joined: 2007/11/13
Guam
2007/11/14, 06:14 PM
If your just doing home exercises how can you tell how much weight your useing if your just doing a regular push-up
justind123
justind123
Posts: 25
Joined: 2007/10/27
Netherlands
2007/11/15, 03:35 AM
It depends on how much you weigh. When you're doing a push up, you're pushing up the weight of the upper part of your body, and a little weight from your legs. So, it's proprtional to your weight.
Do you have a bench at home? If you're going to work out there, it might be nice to get one. I had one and put it into the garage, and it was nice to seclude myself and listen to my boom box while I worked out. That was in secondary school though, and I'm much older now...
immovablestone
immovablestone
Posts: 151
Joined: 2005/01/19
United States
2007/11/15, 08:23 AM
For bodyweight exercises it's more the number of movements you do and/or the speed of the movements rather than the weight, as long as your're making progress and increasing the numbers over time, you're all set.

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