A month ago I was doing pushups on the counter
Then a weight bench
NOW GROWNUP PUSHUPS
so excited
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TOPIC: I can only do 3 pushups! |
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Joined 2012-03-26 Posts: 563 |
May 23, 2012 10:25
It gets easier--
A month ago I was doing pushups on the counter Then a weight bench NOW GROWNUP PUSHUPS so excited
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Joined 2012-03-27 Posts: 771 |
May 23, 2012 10:40
It definitely does... I actually did 18 last night ( the big boy real ones!) I couldnt do 3 without dying 2 months ago!!
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Joined 2011-02-20 Posts: 6,336 |
May 23, 2012 10:41
When I started last fall I would do 3 real push ups and follow that with 5 girly-ones, and 3 sets of that. I no longer do them often but I can now bench press 100lbs.
Edited by Rae6503 On May 23, 2012 10:41
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Joined 2012-04-16 Posts: 595 |
May 23, 2012 10:43
im up to 25 big boy pushups at a time...
tho i rarely do them now....I bench 110 right now....that usually takes care of that....but it got easier....I just pushed for 1 more a week.....I started at 3.....and they looked horrible when I first started |
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Joined 2011-06-12 Posts: 1,774 |
May 23, 2012 10:44
Keep going. I could barely do 2-3 a year ago. I dropped and did 10 real ones in front of a construction crew one day just for fun!!
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Joined 2012-02-09 Posts: 365 |
May 23, 2012 10:45
QUOTE: That's three more than me...... Amen sister 
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Joined 2012-01-16 Posts: 160 |
May 23, 2012 10:45
Fantastic! Soon you'll be doing 4!
A journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step. 
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Joined 2012-02-12 Posts: 231 |
May 23, 2012 10:46
abso-tively! i could only do 2 when i started... not sure how many i'm up to now, but 8-10 sounds @ right...
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Joined 2012-04-03 Posts: 490 |
May 23, 2012 10:46
On the 30 Day Shred I could only do like 3 pushups in the beginning. Ten days later I was doing 23. It will get better. Just gotta build up the strength. Try each day to do one more than the day before.
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Joined 2012-04-20 Posts: 200 |
May 23, 2012 10:46
I agree 3 is good for starting out. I couldn't even get passed one of them. your no weakling at all.
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Joined 2011-07-19 Posts: 959 |
May 23, 2012 10:46
Ha! I can't even do one! I don't have any upper arm strength... YET! :-) Keep at it you'll be doing lots more soon, I can tell!
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Joined 2011-04-25 Posts: 357 |
May 23, 2012 10:46
QUOTE: It will definitely get better! I started http://hundredpushups.com/ and could only do 5 in a row. Now I can do 11 in a row, after having done it for 2 weeks. You'll progress in no time as long as you stick with it! ^^^^^^ THIS: I too am doing this and it WORKS! that is an iPhone app for it too. I am in week 5, still hate push ups but I um! 
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Joined 2012-01-28 Posts: 221 |
May 23, 2012 10:46
QUOTE: That's three more than me...... 
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Joined 2012-01-10 Posts: 563 |
May 23, 2012 10:49
IT WILL! I started off being able to do 0-1, depending on the day. I started doing the 30 Day Shred and doing modified push-ups until I could do about 35. Now I can do 22 non-modified in 1.5 minutes :)
Edited by kayleesays On May 23, 2012 10:53
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Joined 2011-11-20 Posts: 344 |
May 23, 2012 10:49
Push-ups are one of those things that people define their strength on. I used to be the same with pull ups...I was up to 20 of those at one time. Now I have a hard time with push ups and pull ups are impossible. As you drop the pounds, you have less to lift, so basic physics says you will improve.
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Joined 2011-08-04 Posts: 45 |
May 23, 2012 11:00
bump
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Joined 2011-07-14 Posts: 148 |
May 23, 2012 11:10
Push-ups and pull-ups are great for measuring improvement. Who cares where you start but just focus on increasing weekly and the next think you know you are in double digits! ; )
I enjoy a push-up routine I use at least once every other week replacing a bench type lift. I remember starting off with 3-4 sets of 15 and it killing me. Now I'm doing 5 sets of 25 with a 1 minute rest. I love knowing I did 125 pushups in 10 minutes! Personally I don't focus on pull-ups but this post motivates me to add them to my routine to improve on. |
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Joined 2012-01-16 Posts: 881 |
May 23, 2012 15:36
Coincidentally I just this morning did a crossfit WOD that had sets of 10 pushups inspersed with lunges and rowing. By the end I had done 130 push-ups... at the beginning I couldn't do any, so you with definately get there!
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