February is Push-Ups Month

**clav** · Posted On: 2/03/2012 9:05pm

yeah waking hours only, if i dont sleep i am a giant a**hole

**Bruiser** · Posted On: 2/05/2012 1:10pm

Did 50 reg and 50 hindu pushups today.

U mirin?

**animlmthr** · Posted On: 2/05/2012 3:26pm

Fine.

I'm in. 15 pushups every hour till the fifteenth. Then what are we doing?

*begins pushing up

**jspeedy** · Posted On: 2/05/2012 6:20pm

Any PT guys know how frequently pushups cause muscular embalances? Or what kind of problems over training pushups can cause?

I've seen a few programs to reach the 100 rep mark but I would think the time it take to reach that point could be better spent on other exercises.

**money** · Posted On: 2/05/2012 8:14pm

Originally Posted by ashkelon

if anyone wants to join fitocracy, the challenge seems up there as well and we're only three so far. pathetic.

We've got 6 now, but room for more you fucking pussies!

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**animlmthr** · Posted On: 2/05/2012 9:41pm

Originally Posted by money

We've got 7 now, but room for more you fucking pussies!

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corrected

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 2/05/2012 9:57pm

Originally Posted by Lindz

Incorrect

You just act like a female?

**Bruiser** · Posted On: 2/05/2012 11:31pm

Originally Posted by Phrost

I'm on a horse

bwuhahahaha!

**Res Judicata** · Posted On: 2/06/2012 10:44am

Originally Posted by jspeedy

Any PT guys know how frequently pushups cause muscular embalances? Or what kind of problems over training pushups can cause?

I've seen a few programs to reach the 100 rep mark but I would think the time it take to reach that point could be better spent on other exercises.

I'll bow to the professionals, but pushups actually have a tendency to fix a ton of imbalances because you engage your core and a lot of the stabilizing muscles in your rotator cuff, etc. If you bench a lot, pushups are a great deload.

I wouldn't worry too much about further imbalances because of the loading issue. Once you get past ~15in row with regular pushups, you're really working muscular endurance with a bit of hypertrophy. Maybe, if you start doing exotic variations and loading, you might run into problems.

Obviously, you should work your back too...

And, in all seriousness, everyone should read this article: http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...article_period

It really is the best pushup article I've ever read.

**Diesel_tke** · Posted On: 2/06/2012 11:53am

Originally Posted by Res Judicata

I'll bow to the professionals, but pushups actually have a tendency to fix a ton of imbalances because you engage your core and a lot of the stabilizing muscles in your rotator cuff, etc. If you bench a lot, pushups are a great deload.

I wouldn't worry too much about further imbalances because of the loading issue. Once you get past ~15in row with regular pushups, you're really working muscular endurance with a bit of hypertrophy. Maybe, if you start doing exotic variations and loading, you might run into problems.

Obviously, you should work your back too...

And, in all seriousness, everyone should read this article: http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...article_period

It really is the best pushup article I've ever read.

That was a cool article. I just sent it to a bunch of people!

@speedy- I've done a few of those pushup programs, and yeah they can get pretty hard core. And yes, they will take away from your other exercises! But it can be good for changing things up for a few weeks, and giving your other muscle groups a break.

I always just listen to my body on those types of things. I'm getting too old to stay on them for too long. So when I get to the point where I'm sore all the time and not getting any recovery, I take a break or move onto something else.