Friday, June 20, 2008
TRAIN to Improve Your PUSH UP Power
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Why PUSH UP?
Push ups can be performed no matter where you are, and best of all, they are completely free - no expensive equipment or instructor required! If you're looking to develop a great chest and shoulders, you could do much worse than follow along with the hundred push ups plan. Your core strength will also go through the roof too!
To improve your strength, fitness and general health all you need to do is commit about 30 minutes of your time per week, and follow the push ups training program as closely as you can. I promise you will feel much better about yourself and much more confident after just a few short workouts.
To perform the test, simply execute as many good-form push ups as you can. Don't cut corners and please don't cheat - the last thing you want to do is end up in the wrong level of the training program! The results may be humbling, but trust me, honesty is the best policy if you want to maximize your strength gains!
Once you've collapsed in a sweaty heap on the floor and your arms have stopped trembling from the exertion, make a note (mental or otherwise) or how many, or how few, push ups you were able to perform. As an example, the first time I performed the test, I managed to seek out just 19 consecutive good-form push ups.
Introduction To Push Up Training
Think there's no way you could do this? I think you can! All you need is a good plan, plenty of discipline and effort achieve this goal!
No doubt some of you can already do 50 consecutive push ups, but let's face it, you're in a big minority. Most of you reading this won't even be able to manage 20 pushups. Actually, I'm sure many of you can't even do 10.
However, it really doesn't matter which group you fall into. If you follow the progressive push ups training program, I'm positive you'll soon be able to do 100 push ups!