I still couldn’t get to 40 pushups again today. Maybe I miscounted before!
I can’t be too disappointed though. Muscles are popping out all over my arms and it is the weirdest experience ever to look at your own arms and not recognize them. Yesterday I grabbed a potato at work and noticed a bump near my wrist. Is it a growth? A swelling? Nope, just a muscle.
I just assumed if I worked on my upper body, my biceps would get bigger but oddly that one of the only places that I don’t see a difference. All the change is in my hands and lower arms and triceps. Now, I should clarify that while I can see a huge difference in the contours of my arms, I doubt the change is visible to anyone else. I could care less, it is just fun to look at my arms and realize that, yup, I am getting stronger. It is for real.
Note: I won’t be including the planking chart anymore because planking has evolved into simply being two fifty second holds to give me a “rest” before going into the last set of pushups in my routine.
You have to PULL to work on the biceps. The triceps are your pushing muscles.
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+1 on that. The press ups will work your chest, triceps and a little bit of your shoulders
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That actually makes a lot of sense when I think about it, thanks!
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That explains it, thanks 😉
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Remarkable numbers! I am catching up. About halfway after 2 weeks. The number that amazes me is the 600 – 600 pushups in a week. You must be doing them several times every day. Keep it up. And, I hope I never bump into you in a dark alley one night.
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I did them 5 days this week, 120 each time with 2 minute breaks between sets. My arms are jelly at the end, but somehow it feels really good to push myself like that!
You are so gonna beat me unless I suddenly have a breakthrough or something! Good for you!
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I need to start doing them every day.
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I remember when I started running I read an article which said that the first..I think..five years a runner increases his time dramatically. I began running a 10 minute mile then an 8 minute mile, then finally a 6.5 minute mile. Then you level off. Any increase is slight and come by hard. Then there’s a back slide. I started running 24 years ago at a 10 minute mile and guess where I’m at now? Yup..10 minute mile! Ha! The thing is, now I don’t care about my times. Just glad to still be able to run. Maybe it’s the same with pushups??
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You could be onto something there, I guess I will find out 😉
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