Quote from: KnightofNi on March 19, 2010, 04:09:35 AM
i have never liked pushups.
mainly because i have never had much in the way of upper body strength.

this is still true. when it came time for them i got maybe 15 the first round, 8 the second, and then barely got another 8 for the 3rd.

Keep working on it. The strength will come with time and consistency. I'm on the flip side of that opinion though. Because of the way that I'm built, I've always had a lot of upper body strength. If you start doing them say 3 days a week 3-5 sets each, you'll start to see your strength increase pretty quick I think. 

Quote from: Monster Dave on March 19, 2010, 06:37:48 AM
Keep working on it. The strength will come with time and consistency. I'm on the flip side of that opinion though. Because of the way that I'm built, I've always had a lot of upper body strength. If you start doing them say 3 days a week 3-5 sets each, you'll start to see your strength increase pretty quick I think. 

even when i was working out every day and was teaching classes with pushups as part of the warmup i had trouble doing more than 70 in a day. (5 classes a night with at least 2 diff styles doign 10+ for each one) by the end of the night there were times when i could barely lift my arms.

i am a born bicyclist. no upper body, but massive legs. 

Quote from: KnightofNi on March 19, 2010, 06:42:26 AM
even when i was working out every day and was teaching classes with pushups as part of the warmup i had trouble doing more than 70 in a day. (5 classes a night with at least 2 diff styles doign 10+ for each one) by the end of the night there were times when i could barely lift my arms.

i am a born bicyclist. no upper body, but massive legs. 

As a born again cyclist myself, I'm balancing that part out - my legs have become much more defined over the last year. The best part about that is that I really hate doing my legs at the gym, so cycling has abated that problem!

Quote from: KnightofNi on March 19, 2010, 04:09:35 AM
i have never liked pushups.
mainly because i have never had much in the way of upper body strength.

this is still true. when it came time for them i got maybe 15 the first round, 8 the second, and then barely got another 8 for the 3rd.

Push ups are the worst.

I always hated them

i look fwd to the workout, but am angry about the pushups and stuff that imvolves being in that position

This morning in karate, I had an easier time leading the class in pushups than I did standing up afterward.

Found a new method 

Ah love pushups and dips.. use to do 360 puhups every day @ one point.. dips with extra weight.. pull ups is where I suffer @.. I'm shooten for the strength to do one arm pullups..  legs, no worries there..   

Try doing 2 sets of 10 wide, regular and diamonds twice a week..  shld increase your strength.. do diamonds first..

Well, I've been hitting the mountain bike really hard lately, and have found myself entering a race:
http://www.rambo-mtb.org/blog/index.php?/archives/301-RAMBO-BIG-CREEK-Time-Trials-2010-Saturday,-March-27th.html

I'm way under prepared, and am going to suck; but it is going to be funnnn...

In the end, its the fun tht counts..

Quote from: cokey on March 22, 2010, 11:58:33 AM
Ah love pushups and dips.. use to do 360 puhups every day @ one point.. dips with extra weight.. pull ups is where I suffer @.. I'm shooten for the strength to do one arm pullups..  legs, no worries there..   

Try doing 2 sets of 10 wide, regular and diamonds twice a week..  shld increase your strength.. do diamonds first..

FUNK DAT!
what you suggested is basically what i was doing each day while i was teaching. 5 classes a day, 5-6 days a week.
i hate push-ups. pull-ups i cna't do a lot of, but i'm ok with them. dips are the same way only i can do more. i jsut have somethign against push-ups.

Quote from: wbeck257 on March 22, 2010, 03:24:24 PM
Well, I've been hitting the mountain bike really hard lately, and have found myself entering a race:
http://www.rambo-mtb.org/blog/index.php?/archives/301-RAMBO-BIG-CREEK-Time-Trials-2010-Saturday,-March-27th.html

I'm way under prepared, and am going to suck; but it is going to be funnnn...

woot! go for it and let us know how you do!

Caught a bug.  Chest feels like it has a belt around it, lost my voice, horking up massive multi-colored unmentionables.  Going on day four of no training... hopefully i'm outta the woods tomorrow.

Going back is gonna suck.

275 on the bench today. I'm getting back to form. The wife wants to try the Velocity Diet 3.0 through T-Nation. I tried to tell her its not for the faint of heart. This is day 2, I'm doing it for support. No big deal, I've done it before. While I enjoy eating tasty food, I'm well aware that emotionally based food choices and eating are bad for you. Food is nothing more than gas in the tank. We'll see how she handles this.

Hitting a diet right is really important. I'm on one that really works well for me but it's not too constricting. The main thing for me is that I record EVERYTHING that I eat and log it. Ideally I'm creating a deficit between what I eat and what I burn, and absolutely no food after 8pm. Recording the food that I eat helps me to be aware of what I put in my stomach and also dissuades me from eating too much since I'm seeing my daily caloric totals.

This morning I had 5 eggs (2yokes, 3 whites), 1 serving cut up turkey sausage, 1/4 cup shredded cheese which totaled out at 387 calories. Then I when out cycling for 20 miles ending at work and burned 1,124 calories, then had a replenishment snack of 270 calories, and just a minute ago had 3 servings of saltine crackers (210 calories) to hold me until lunch. As it stands, I'm still -257 calories for the day, plus I'm cycling about 30 miles after work and going to the gym to do my weight routine.

I've been doing this now for 3 weeks and really seeing some amazing results in leaning down. I've only got 17 days until my next race so getting leaner means getting lighter on my bike, which means that I'll be able to go faster!  

Riding to work is the best thing...  save money and exercise @ the same time..

Going out sidee in a few minutes with the 13yr old to play a couple hours of handball then off to do dips n pulls ups