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problems with upper body
- Thread starter cian
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What are roman push ups?
In your standard push-up position, your hands/ fingers are facing straight foward, about shoulder width apart, but placed just a bit behind the line of your shoulders. If you go to a ' wide ' push-up position, your hands/ fingers are still facing foward as before, but now they're further apart than shoulder width.
Wiith Roman Push-ups, 2 things change. One is, you place your hands about 2' or so outside( i.e to the side of ) your trunk area - again, still placed just a bit behind the line of your shoulders - so now your hand placement is very wide. Even wider than a wide push-up. Second, instead of your your hands/ fingers facing straight foward, they're now pointed to the side. Think of a standard push-up where both hands are pointed at 12 o' clock. In a Roman Push-up, your right hand is pointed at 3 o' clock, and you left hand is pointed at 9 o' clock.
I find pushups hard to do but I never feel worked out properly when I'm done. You get me? I just feel knackered but not that I've done anything useful, I'm to crap at them to do anything meaningful with them.
You're not alone.
Yup. I can do around 20-22. Then cannot do anymore.
I agree with Karky - seems they're easy for you to do.
If that is the case, you should try and figure out a push-up routine in which you are hitting failure somewhere closer to 8-12 reps.
Just as doing 20+ reps of bicep curls isn't the most ' optimal ' way to maximize strength and or muscle size, neither is doing 20+ reps for chest development - i.e push-ups.
The same training principles apply.
Using 8-12 reps right?
Know those 22 push ups you can do ?
Further to what Karky said on ' slowness '. Try this - do a 3/3 pace of push-ups.
In perfect form, doing it as smoothly as possible, do a pushup counting 3 seconds slowly on the way up , at the top hold for a very slight pause, and then another 3 seconds of a controlled descent the way down.
How many reps can you do with this 3/3 pace ?
Oh my god cian, seriously stop obsessing about pushups. Can you do a bunch or not??
lmao XD...
why do slow concentric when he wants to get big and strong? It will only limit the fast twitch fibers he uses. fast concentric = more IIB fibers, which have more potential for growth.
very well said.
why do slow concentric when he wants to get big and strong? It will only limit the fast twitch fibers he uses. fast concentric = more IIB fibers, which have more potential for growth.
I should be doing them fast so? Or should I do what you recommended earlier with slowly lowering myself?