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| Quick lifting question. |  mortalmonkey |
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| #1 |  ren01 |
Jul 08 2008 22:12 |
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I think the better question is why would you do a few hundred push ups? Certainly not for strength training or toning. |
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| #2 | floggingsully |
Jul 08 2008 22:17 |
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I think an even better question is why are you doing a body-part specific workout? but to answer your actual question, it really depends on how sore you are. |
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| #3 | mortalmonkey |
Jul 08 2008 22:38 |
Original Post by ren01: I did this while jogging a few days ago. I got bored just jogging so I started doing 10 push ups at the end of every other block. |
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| #4 |  clharr |
Jul 09 2008 00:56 |
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Geez jogging and pushups? You are getting in shape! And I just looked at your latest pics. You are also getting thin. You are doing great! |
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| #5 | melkor |
Jul 09 2008 02:16 |
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Hey, sometimes you do things just to see if you can - last year I did 430 pushups in a day following the Pavel's Ladder format. Took me half a week to recover though so it's not a stunt I care to repeat any time soon :) |
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| #6 | spookychick |
Jul 09 2008 02:40 |
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yup. took a few days to get over a fast-as-you-ca-century-set of curls. lol. depends on what you mean by tense. if you mean you can barely breathe due to DOMS, then take another day or two. if you mean barely tender, maybe give it a little whirl. only you can really judge how torn those muscles are. |
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| #7 | -colorblind- |
Jul 09 2008 08:02 |
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"I think an even better question is why are you doing a body-part specific workout?"
How are pushups a "body-part specific" workout? Do pushups not work several muscle groups at once? I'm not 100% sure on this, but I do believe that they work your arms, back, chest and abdominals if done correctly? I don't know, I just always thought that they were more than a "body-part specific" workout...? Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but that's just what I've been told. |
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| #8 | amethystgirl |
Jul 09 2008 12:35 |
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I think (he'll correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure) that Sully was refering to the OP's statement that he was going to do "chest workouts" today - Sully (as well as New Rules of Lifting and others) routinely recommends not doing "leg workouts" vs "chest workouts" vs "back workouts", but focusing on push vs pull and horiz vs vert, along with squats, deadlifts, and lunges.
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| #9 | mortalmonkey |
Jul 09 2008 15:21 |
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I decided not to do chest yesterday. This was a good choice I think, 'cause my chest still feels tense. :o
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| #10 | -colorblind- |
Jul 09 2008 17:16 |
| Oh, lol okay that makes much more sense. :) | ||
| #11 | danakerman75 |
Jul 10 2008 06:40 |
| This is typical overdoing it. You should never work any body part so hard that it takes more than 2 days to recover. The main reason is that you drastically increase the chance of injury. The second reason is that it's a terribly ineffective and inefficient way to get in shape or exercise a given muscle group. | ||
| #12 | void_ptr |
Jul 10 2008 21:32 |
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You should work on stretching. I usually get pretty tight chest muscles for a day or so after a chest workout, but stretching helps recover faster since it directs more blood to the area. |
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