<p>well, for a little test thing, people try to do the most push ups that they can in 2 minutes</p>
<p>i can do about 60, but i want to improve this... i mean, i'm goin fine until around 46... and then the pace DRAMATICALLY slows down... each push up is a herculean task from then on</p>
<p>anyone know how to increase the nubmer i can do through certain reigmens or exerciseds? currently, i'm trying to do as many as i can in 2 minutes, then a 1 minute break, than 15 more, than 30 secs break, and do this for a grand total of 120 push ups.</p>
<p>any feedback would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>the max i can do is 75 in 2 minutes, and these are proper push ups, on toes, not on knees.</p>
<p>let me explain --> in my school, a "satisfactory" warm-up for phys-ed class is at least 50 push ups in 2 minutes. i've taken phys-ed for the last 2 years, so i've had LOTS AND LOTS of push-ups. They've become my specialty now. :) ;)</p>
<p>oops chris i forgot to answer your question: </p>
<p>the 120 grand total you're doing is awesome as it is, but if you really want to increase that even more, set smaller increases for yourself. For example, if you're at 60 in two minutes now, set a goal that OK, today i'm going to do 63 in 2 minutes. keep increasing it like that, and you'll get it pretty high soon! </p>
<p>the way we do it in our <em>hardcore</em> gym class is that we do at least 50 every 2 minutes, then 20 second breaks and then 50 more and so on till we reach 200. So maybe you could decrease the length of your breaks a little, and set a higher grand total number?</p>
<p>and that's my 0.02$ :) but honestly, you're really good even now - lots of people would strive really hard just to reach what you're at right now :)</p>
<p>... and don't feel inadequate, cuz YOU'RE NOT! i'm honestly half-dead after every gym class :)</p>
<p>Yea 60 pushups in 2 min is pretty good. I think in the army, thats considered buff.
I can do roughly that same amount.
I'd suggest working out the body parts such as the chest, biceps, etc that involve doing pushups so that those body parts get stronger and you can gain more endurance.
Or you can practice variations of pushps such as diamond pushups (where your hand forms a diamond while doing a pushup) or elevating your legs by putting for legs on top of a chair and doing pushups.</p>
<p>however, i think that the "right" amount on how long you get to recover is how much you need! if you need a certain amount of time, and don't give it to yourself, you could end up harming your body. maybe decreasing recovery time by <em>very</em> small amounts like 1 second each time is good till you reach the "ideal" recovery time you want to be at.</p>
<p>this year i applied for an AFROTC scholarship</p>
<p>i had to run 1.5 miles, do pushups in a min, and do sit-ups in a min</p>
<p>I did 63 pushups in a min, got a two ,minute break did 63 sit-ups in a min, then 2 min later ran a 1.5 miles.</p>
<p>The best way to gain more pushups per minute is to just do as many pushups as possible without stopping, a few times a day. Do it in the morning, after school, then at night. </p>
<p>Also dont lift any weights on the days your doing the AF stuff or you will get too sore.</p>
<p>After a few days of doing as many as possible then increase your speed, try for one a sec.. you wont be able to do as many with more speed at first but after a couple of days you will be doing more pushups then before in a shorter amount of time. </p>
<p>At the 30 second mark of pushups i was at 36. If you do your pushups slowly lactic acid build up in your muscles will take too much of a toll on you.</p>
<p>Also another thing to go faster is not breathing much. Breathing slows you down a ton.</p>
<p>I am in JROTC and we actually compete on this kind of things. I got medals for pushups - crazy as it sounds !
I can do 60ish right now, but when I am in the peak of tons of competitions, this number tends to go up to the 80s.</p>
<p>add more mass to ur pecs. 3-5 sets on the bench. Then a couple sets on the incline bench with some dumbels like 40 lbs each. Finally, do 5 sets of Flys and that should be a good start.</p>
<p>Ok, before I answer your question, I have to respond to PhatCatman: Possibly the biggest fitness error is to think that biceps are involved in pushups. They're not! Pushups work your triceps and your chest. And a few stabilizing muscles in your back. If your biceps hurt after pushups, you have really weird form. And if you want really strong biceps, consider pullups. </p>
<p>Now to the question. Your muscles are made of 2 different types of fibers. One type is the supremely strong kind. It can only work for approx. 2 seconds before the next type engages. This is still very strong, but not as strong. This is the type of muscle that grows big. Really big. And then, theres the last type. This type of muscle fiber isnt very strong, and doesnt usually grow big, but it has massive endurance.You are born with certain amounts of each of these muscle fibers. Competitive body builders have a greater percentage of the very strong types. Endurance runners have the other type.</p>
<p>So it depends on what you want to do. Do you want mass? Or do you want to boast about your pushups? If you want mass, get a gym memmbership (they come cheap, dont worry) and do 3 sets at 8 reps of the dumbbell bench press. This will work the very strong muscle fibers. If you want the boast about your pushups, continue what your doing now- just do it every day. Also, consider mixing and matching pushup types. I would suggest wide arm pushups one day (with your arms out beyond your shoulders, to concentrate on your chest), close-elbow pushups the next (with your elbows brushing your rib cage and hands underneath your shoulders, to concentrate on your triceps), and then just normal ones.</p>
<p>not necessarily true tj
type 1 endurance fibers can become type iia fibers if you exercise enough anaerobically or if you have work that is in the middle of aerobic/anaerobic zone</p>
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<li><p>Ian King thinks its not true, and seeing how he is like fitness god, I believe him.</p></li>
<li><p>It is difficult to test the amount and type of fibers you have, seeing as you cant peel away the skin and look at them. All you can do is take very small parts. People who believe types morph use that as an excuse to hide behind- the tests we do have show that There is no real difference between olympic athletes or bodybuilders and couchpotatoes. This would suggest that, in fact, fibers stay the same.</p></li>
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<p>Can you build endurance fibers to be very large and be very strong? Yea. But you cant make them change what they are. Its like trying to get your nails to turn into claws by sharpening them a lot. They still grow back the same way.</p>
<p>i think it's just adaption at work, it's hard to compare nails and claws to body tissue which can adapt to stress in many different ways. If, your muscles are constantly rebuilding themselves, i don't find it hard to believe that they could respond to enough stimulus. i don't know exactly about ian king's beliefs, but i was under the impression that the theory of type iia fibers was generally accepted in physiology... i could be wrong of course</p>