Kathy S, Donna and Other Pushup Weenies

RE: Triceps are.....

That's it, Bobbi, you're officially off the ecto thread:7 ! (Just kidding, of course.) Crow seems to be more a matter of core strength and balance, I think. I can do it for about 2 seconds. I don't practice it regularly, though.

I feel like a cranky old lady today too! I think I might be overtraining a wee bit. I'm going to vist my parents next Thurs so I'll lay off the weight training/intense cardio and do some yoga for a week. (In addition to my daily six or so straight-leg push-ups!)
 
FOR ALL PUSHUP WEENIES AND CHILDREN WITH BAD HABITS

Okay this may fly in the face of all intelligent methods of childrearing....But we do it anyway:p :p :p and I'm mentioning it because it has greatly helped my pushup ability making me graduate from the weenie club to the semi or mini weenie club.

We have a 5 year old who has this habit of playing with his ears. He can roll those suckers up and stick them in the hole and they stick there for some time. They are starting to stick out to the side now...I'm not kidding. Well, to combat this problem we starting doing what we do for bad table manners. "DROP AND GIVE ME 10 PUSHUPS" (or 20 for children above the age of 10). Our 5 year old can now fire off 10 pushups in REALLY good form (and he's playing with his ears less). Now....to the point. I decided that everytime our son has to do pushups...I'm doing them with him. So at anytime throughout the day I'll be doing pushups with him. Because they are not attached to my normal workout...they usually aren't too bad. But...because I'm doing them all through the day every day....they are getting easier to do within my normal workout.

Now for all you without children or with perfect children...do what works for you. For example every time you hear your westminster chimes go off in your grandfather clock....do 2 pushups, or 5 or whatever. Every time someone calls on the phone....do pushups. Everytime you eat something....do pushups. Everytime you feel like hitting your dh do pushups...this could actually help your marriage and give really great strength gains. The point is do them through the day and you'll be amazed at how your endurance will build.

Regarding tricep work...I believe the tricep dips do help at least for me they did. I used to think dips were easy when I did them with Cathe and then Ajock (darn you) told me to do them with my feet on a 6 inch step, straight leg, with a weight on my lap, and going airborn on the upward thrust (okay now I'm exaggerating - but I swear it was just as bad). They were torturous, but they are getting better and have made my pushups work much easier (not easier....more doable).

And Susan....you cannot banish Bobbi from the ecto thread without a unanimous vote. :p :p :p . Now if she can do pull ups....she's out.

Briee (do not come back on me with negative parenting crap....my kids could probably beat up your kids as they have incredible upperbody strength }( }( }( ).
 
RE: FOR ALL PUSHUP WEENIES AND CHILDREN WITH BAD HABITS

Negative parenting! You may be a parenting genius! My kids don't have too many unusual talents (I would love to see your son do that to his ears!) but they are slobs. I'm imagining using "drop and give me twenty" whenever I come across an uncleaned up mess. Chores would be the lesser of two evils!

Please don't kick me out of the ectos. I did two measly pull ups. Today I feel like the supreme Ecto Weenie! It's sad to think a mere decade ago I had the stamina of a racehorse and ran circles around this family! Thinking about the number of pushups they'll be doing with the new consequence for shirking their duties, I'll be running circles around them agian. Just much more sloooowly! :)
 
RE: FOR ALL PUSHUP WEENIES AND CHILDREN WITH BAD HABITS

Two pullups....hmmmmmmmmm. Well I'm going to have to think this over. What do you think Susan....is she out???? I believe I can do one, definitely not two yet, but I'm trying to do the negative hang thing...start at the top and slowly go down. And I'm trying reverse grip lat pulls on the machine we have at home hoping this might help....but definitely not two..... even measly. Measly is FANTASTIC Bobbi, but just might mean that you don't have skinny ecto arms thereby forfeiting your status as an ectochick.

Send us a picture and we'll have to take a vote:p :p :p

Briee (the bootcamp mom)
 
RE: FOR ALL PUSHUP WEENIES AND CHILDREN WITH BAD HABITS

Briee, you're a genius! I think push-ups are a great consequence for curtailing undesirable behavior in a lighthearted way. And doing it with them makes it win-win!

My cousin, who is eight years younger than I, used to do the exact same thing with his ears. He would tuck them in and they'd stay like that until he untucked them. They were his comfort object in a way. I don't remember my aunt objecting to it -- everybody thought it was cute -- but I also don't think his ears stick out. (He's 34 now.)

As far as doing push-ups throughout the day... it's a great idea but I'm not sure I have the stamina! I'll try it with my kids first in addition to my usual set outside of a workout. Maybe I can work my way up.

You're right about going too far when I banished Bobbi. It was just the last straw when she said she did crow with good form on her first try, after having previously admitted to 20 push-ups and 600 pull-ups! (Okay, two, but it may as well have been 600!)

Bobbi, repeat after me: "I am an ecto. I have no upper body strength. I am an ecto. I have no..."
 
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Briee, you ARE a parenting genius, and I just wish I'd thought of this fabulous idea before my big boys became so big! Both are taller and bigger than me now, especially son #1 who towers over me. I think if I told them to "DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY" they'd fall out in the floor laughing. :)

BUT -- that doesn't mean that I can't use your idea of tying lots of pushups to other routine household stuff. What about making myself do a few every time I have to hit the powder room, hmm? "No pain, no pee!" ;-) Or, on a related note, before I refill my water? "Two more and you can have a sip, Kathy!" Jeez, there are a thousand ways I can discipline/torture myself. }(

http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/sport/sport-smiley-003.gif Kathy S. http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/spezial/spudniks/spudniklifter.gif
 
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Hey Briee, did I miss something? How long have you been back on the boards? How's the new baby?? Or maybe my senile dementia is acting up again... it's becoming more frequent now with my advanced age...:(
 
RE: FOR ALL PUSHUP WEENIES AND CHILDREN WITH BAD HABITS

NANCY....it hasn't been THAT long has it??? Actually I've never disappeared, just hangin out more frequently on the fitmom forum. Sorry to jump in on this thread....it really wasn't about parenting, but it has helped increase my endurance when it comes to pushups. Babies doing well, can't do pushups yet though ;-) ;-) ;-) Thanks for asking :) :)
 
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