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).Those who can are doing "real" pushups. Those who can't are doing other variations, including knee pushups and wall pushups.
Anyone else trying to lose weight?
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I was actually doing the pushup challenge with some folks on another forum ( another forum! ).
Those who can are doing "real" pushups. Those who can't are doing other variations, including knee pushups and wall pushups.
another forum! ).Those who can are doing "real" pushups. Those who can't are doing other variations, including knee pushups and wall pushups.
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£40 here!Cail wrote:If we're talking about nifty gadgets, I'd like to fully endorse the Perfect Pushup. I picked mine up for $20 at Dick's Sporting goods, and they're the bomb.
Using them, I get no ache in my elbows, I can dip down below my hands, and I can only manage about 2/3 of the pushups I can do either on the ground or with stationary handles. I do three 2-minute drills every other morning, and the results are quick.
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That's totally ridiculous, especially given the difference in the exchange rate. Seeif you can buy it from a US website and have them ship it to you. I bet that would still cost less than $80 US...CovenantJr wrote:£40 here!Cail wrote:If we're talking about nifty gadgets, I'd like to fully endorse the Perfect Pushup. I picked mine up for $20 at Dick's Sporting goods, and they're the bomb.
Using them, I get no ache in my elbows, I can dip down below my hands, and I can only manage about 2/3 of the pushups I can do either on the ground or with stationary handles. I do three 2-minute drills every other morning, and the results are quick.
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Great work Ms Mary and Ali! Keep up the good work!
I am working the Perfect Pushup drills into my regimen. Currently, the plan is to work up to the point where I can do a decent two minutes - I'll maybe add extra sets at some point, but that's a ways off, I think.
It's already allowed me to up my max on the arm machines - but I'm worried about over-training, so I'm still figuring out the right balance - push it as far as I can without doing harm... it is a strange feeling, walking around with chunks of dead meat dangling from my shoulders in place of my arms
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I am working the Perfect Pushup drills into my regimen. Currently, the plan is to work up to the point where I can do a decent two minutes - I'll maybe add extra sets at some point, but that's a ways off, I think.
It's already allowed me to up my max on the arm machines - but I'm worried about over-training, so I'm still figuring out the right balance - push it as far as I can without doing harm... it is a strange feeling, walking around with chunks of dead meat dangling from my shoulders in place of my arms
dw
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Hmmmm, what sort of 2 minutes are you looking to do?
The beginning regimen on the sheet that came with mine is 8,6,4,2 in 2 minutes. So when I do mine, I do 8,6,4,2 normal, then do 20 decline crunches, 8,6,4,2 wide, 20 more declines, then 8,6,4,2 close (or narrow), then 20 more declines. The whole shebang takes about 15 minutes
I think I can scan the sheet and send it to you if you didn't get one.
The beginning regimen on the sheet that came with mine is 8,6,4,2 in 2 minutes. So when I do mine, I do 8,6,4,2 normal, then do 20 decline crunches, 8,6,4,2 wide, 20 more declines, then 8,6,4,2 close (or narrow), then 20 more declines. The whole shebang takes about 15 minutes
I think I can scan the sheet and send it to you if you didn't get one.
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The basic set I got didn't come with a regimen sheet... getting a copy of it would be great.
My current "two minute drill" isn't two minutes long at all - I must be doing it wrong - keeping good form, I'm trying to do 2 minutes of pushups. Since I've only just started, I can't keep it going for 30 seconds even.
8, 6, 4, 2 in 2:00 seems quite reasonable in comparison.
That explains the horrible pain, though, I guess!
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My current "two minute drill" isn't two minutes long at all - I must be doing it wrong - keeping good form, I'm trying to do 2 minutes of pushups. Since I've only just started, I can't keep it going for 30 seconds even.
8, 6, 4, 2 in 2:00 seems quite reasonable in comparison.
That explains the horrible pain, though, I guess!
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Dear God man!
Let me find you the sheet.
PM me your email address and I'll send it to you.
Let me find you the sheet.
PM me your email address and I'll send it to you.
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For some reason I was ravenously hungry today and ate all sorts of snacks - mostly healthy ones, but still a lot.
And my right knee is stiff and sore for some reason.
And my right knee is stiff and sore for some reason.
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I kinda pigged out on snacks yesterday too, MsMary. I don't think I'll post any weight loss this week. 
Ah well. I am trying my best not to visit the junk food machine today. One day at a time...
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Yay Lyr! 
So apparently the American Psychological Association says that women are more likely than men to cope poorly with current-events-type anxiety. Which might explain my overwhelming desire to eat copious amounts of junk food this week. www.apa.org/releases/women-stress1008.html
(Wait a minute! What's wrong with *napping* as a coping mechanism???
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So apparently the American Psychological Association says that women are more likely than men to cope poorly with current-events-type anxiety. Which might explain my overwhelming desire to eat copious amounts of junk food this week. www.apa.org/releases/women-stress1008.html
(Wait a minute! What's wrong with *napping* as a coping mechanism???
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There should be nothing wrong with napping to cope, as long as it is restful napping, not anxious napping - and by doing so you are decreasing any sleep-deficit you have built up. Being well-rested might further decrease the anxiety.
Napping instead of exercising, however..... that would be a terrible thing, indeed.
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Napping instead of exercising, however..... that would be a terrible thing, indeed.
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Hello again to all of you!
I haven´t been here for ages..
i am satisfied with my weight...ok it could be 3 or 4 ilbs less but i think i gained muscles..i can eat more than before without putting on weight..
Concratulations to everyone who is still trying..and WOW, aliantha 41,6 lbs!Thats really much!
@ Cameraman Jenn people who dont appreciate your succsess are either those who are themselves not able to loose weight or people who never had to think about their weight and can´t imagine that it might be very important to others.
@ pushups: we do them in training with...i am sorry i don´t know the word in english..but its the thing you have to use when you bild walls stone by stone...that flat thing that looks almost like that, which some of you bougth ..
I haven´t been here for ages..
i am satisfied with my weight...ok it could be 3 or 4 ilbs less but i think i gained muscles..i can eat more than before without putting on weight..
Concratulations to everyone who is still trying..and WOW, aliantha 41,6 lbs!Thats really much!
@ Cameraman Jenn people who dont appreciate your succsess are either those who are themselves not able to loose weight or people who never had to think about their weight and can´t imagine that it might be very important to others.
@ pushups: we do them in training with...i am sorry i don´t know the word in english..but its the thing you have to use when you bild walls stone by stone...that flat thing that looks almost like that, which some of you bougth ..
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