I am extremely devoted and I will not quit, 4 hours of excersise per day is my want and what I love to do. Can anyone help me if I can only do 40 pushups straight. I am totally devoted, and I need a lot of help.
2007-05-23 14:02:56 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
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2007-05-23 14:08:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you want to get to the point that you can do 100 pushups, you are well on your way. DON'T think "I am only 16". 16 is old enough to easily do 100 pushups IF you are in good condition. (I could still do more than 120 pushups in my 40's.) You stated "4 hours of exercise" a day. Fine. That's a bit much, most people don't even do 1 hour a day.
OK, you said you do 40. Just try to do even 1 additional pushup a day. Some days you might not be able to do even as many; don't worry about that, just keep going. Don't tire yourself out. You need to do a complete exercise routine; run, walk, lift weights, pushups, situps, jumping jacks, everything. With each type of exercise, try to do as much as possible, without straining a muscle.
2007-05-23 14:51:23 · answer #2 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow that is a great goal, and when you achieve it you will feel great. I had that goal when I was in middle school playing basketball. I eventually made it and it was awesome. What you got to do is, work your way up to 100. Do sit ups every night, before bed or when you wake up in the morning. Start off with what is comfortable for you, then the next time try to do more. It should be done like this. If you can go ten straight do ten. Then take a one minute break. Then do ten more. What you're doing is building up your strength. After that the same day or next you can try a few more.
So your next set of pushups the next day should be 40 then 15 more, then 10 to end. That brings you up to 65, pushups with breaks in between.
The next day try 50 then 10. You should have the strength for it. After that your endurance should be working pretty well . Make sure you are also properly hydrating yourself throught out your routines.
Keep up this routine, changing it as you go, according to your comfort level, since it is your personal goal.
Eventually you should change your routine to be able to do 60-70 at a time. Then you should shoot for 100.
Even if you do 50, then have a few breaks in between the reps adding up to 100.
That way the next time your endurance and strength should be up for the task of 100 straight.
Good luck and great goal!
2007-05-23 14:12:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practice with your legs up on the wall its a millitary pushup with your toes way up on the wall and your hands on the floor about 10 inches from the base of the wall. You may only be able to do 10 of these. Do incline pushups with legs just about a foot off the ground and just do pushups over and over until failure. You will build the muscle but you have to make sure u do with every day except a day or if u think you need it 2 for a rest and you should be at 100 in no time.
2007-05-23 14:08:28 · answer #4 · answered by brandonelswick13 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My husband did that same thing when he was sixteen - he says the way he did it was to set a goal of increasing by five pushups each day until you work up to 100. It really helped him when he went into the Marines : ) So, tonight set a goal of 45, tomorrow do 50, and so on until you make it. Good luck!!
2007-05-23 14:09:17 · answer #5 · answered by Zephirine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
o.k. so if you can only do 40 pushups straight, wake up one day, and in in the morning do 42
then that night do 42 also. Keep on doing 42 untill ur pretty comfortable with it. Then increase it by a few, and keep on doing it untill you increase it. Eventually, and in moderation, you will be able to get 100 pushups straight if you just pace yourself and not hurt yourself. also try doing other arm exercises to build up the muscle, not only pushups. well, best of luck!!
2007-05-23 14:07:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Break them into sets of five, and give yourself 15 seconds rest between each set, and do a total of 100 to 150. If you start getting tired an unable to condinue, rest a little longer, but don't stop until you get to your goal. Do this every other day.
Once you're able to do 150 with no more than 15 seconds rest, shorten your rest between sets to ten seconds. Once you can do 150 that way, do sets of ten, only resting ten seconds in between. Again, if you get tired and cannot continue, rest a little longer, but keep going until you can do 150 in sets of ten with only ten seconds rest.
Keep shortening the rest or lengthening the sets. Be sure to only do it every other day. You need recovery time.
2007-05-23 14:09:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-05 22:34:21 · answer #8 · answered by carol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you might be running low on fuel. Eat 6 or 7 "small" meals a day to get your metabolism a real boost. Healthy food, now! Not the junk!
Sometimes, it's not the quantity (hours), it's the quality (food, energy, meditation, drinking tons of water, positive attitude, etc).
Good luck and I know you can do it!!!
2007-05-23 14:12:27 · answer #9 · answered by avonfromstubby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use compound exercises as the cornerstone of your workouts. I’m talking about the basic, bread-and-butter lifts such as squats, deadlifts, bench presses, rows, chin-ups, dips, lunges and military presses. These exercises will place your muscles under the greatest amount of stress in the gym and will force your body to increase testosterone production.
2007-05-23 14:09:30 · answer #10 · answered by Nancy B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I can only do 40" is all in your head. If you think you can only do 40 then that is all you'll be able to do.
tomorrow do 44. Add 4 more each day...you'll be at one hundred before you know it.
2007-05-23 14:08:41 · answer #11 · answered by Brandi W 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋