Ok how many push ups can you do from your toes!!!!!

I have done 100 in a row without stopping, and regularly do 300 total on my "push-ups" day. I'll do 150 in about 5 sets, then do 150 more later in the day.
Just Do It! :)
 
Only fifty straight and the last 5 get really hard. My goal is to get to seventy five by the end of the month. I think I'll be able to do it.

Namita
 
I've recently changed my approach to push-ups. Instead of trying to do as many consecutive reps as I can, I do 3 sets, resting a minute between each set. I started with 3 sets of 8 reps about 4 weeks ago and can now do 3 sets of 11. Four years ago, my birthday fitness goal was to do one set of 5 reps. At the time I couldn't even do one and it took me months to reach 5. Three sets of 11 may not seem like much to some, but for me it's a huge accomplishment.
 
I can do all the push ups in Gym Style Chest...but when I'm done, I'm not feeling like I'd wanna do them all again!!

I think that any woman that can do any kind of push ups be it on your toes or your knees (with good form) is the bomb!!

Keep up the good work ladies!!


~Marietta
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I have now done the entire set of drop sets on my toes the last three times I did Gym style chest. I have finally decided that it is not a fluke! My bad wrist is what kept me from doing them before but I seem to have strengthened up my forearms which has helped considerably.
Of course now that I can do the full set of drop sets I seem to have DOMS in my pecs for three full days after doing Gym style chest. For some reason I don't get DOMS in my triceps though.
 
I can NOT do one single full push up on my toes! NOT ONE! So don't feel bad, girl! I can complete the whole GS series of push ups but I have to do them in the intermediate position. :-(
 
well, when wendy is not dragging my ankles for my golden coffeepot :p I can probably do upwards of 20-30 at a shot . I don't know how many sets because I really never tried. I'll have to check that out.


"you miss 100% of the shots you never take"


Debbie
 
Wendy, I couldn't do one for the longest time -- it has taken me YEARS to accomplish what seems to come naturally to some. Just keep working at trying to do ONE! After that, you'll slowly be able to add more reps if you keep at it. I think core strength has a lot to do with it. As my core strength has (slowly) improved, so have the push-ups. Good luck!:)
 
>What the heck is the secret!? Am I doing something wrong!?!?
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I don't know what the exact secret is, because there is an aweful lot involved in the move, and any weak link in the chain (shoulders, triceps, core) can be a sticking point,but some of these tips can maybe help:

Try doing negative push-ups (get in the plank position, then lower yourself down slowly. When you get to the bottom, hold if you can, then drop to knees to push back up.

Make sure your chest and back are spread wide when you do push-ups. I sometimes find it helps to go forward just a bit when lowering.

Instead of trying to work up to 'on-the-toes' push-ups from 'on-the-knees" push-ups (which I don't think really transfer that well), try different types of "on-the-toes" push-ups, with the hands on whatever level of surface you need: the wall (beginner); a kitchen counter; a bathtub edge; a step set at 10", the 8", then 6", then 4". It's just a theory of mine, but I think these might condition the core and the entire kinetic chain responsible for on-the-toes push-ups better than on-the-knees push-ups do.

As for the original question: last time I tried GS Chest/triceps, I needed to put longer rests between sets of the push-ups. But that's fine with me, because I'm going for strength and not so much endurance.
 
Thank you Sooooooooosan and Kathryn for your help! I'm going to work on it! :)


...I just tried one with my hands spread wider apart than I would normally place them and there was an instant improvement! Thanks for the tip, Kathryn!:)
 
I have always hated pushups. But lately I have decided that I WILL do them. I can do 35 without stopping, then drop to my knees until I hit 50. My goal is to do 50 straight on my toes. I've never tried doing them in sets. Maybe that'll shake things up a bit.
 
The last person who I was training at our fitness center was giving the old lament, "I can't do pushups!" which of course I told her was not the truth. The break through "ah-hah!" moment for her was first to do a plank position - with straight arms - with perfect form, and to note carefully how that felt, meaning how her weight was distributed without a sagging belly or elevated butt. I also told her to picture a bench press, how it feels to push the barbell up - a pushup is, after all, a bench press in turned over! I'm always amazed at people who can lift a lot of weight doing bench presses and can't do many pushups! Men and women included, which proves it's got more to do with poor technique.

Then we progressed to decline pushups from a stability ball, again with careful attention to form - straight body line, and correct placement of hands. Now she is doing some "real" pushups!
Just Do It! :)
 
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