If you want to add a little variety to your push ups, consider a Spartan work out. I found this "spartan" exercise routine that you can do pretty much anywhere. It's 30 reps per exercise and 10 exercises, for a total of 300 reps. It has a good balance between upper and lower body, and provides a break from just push ups. Also, if you're looking for an aerobic workout, this routine will provide that.
300 Spartan Workout
Check out his site! It's free to join!
If you want to really get Spartan, you'd do the push ups in your set on handles. Diesel, baby, diesel!
8/30/2007
Spartan Work Out
8/22/2007
Power Push Ups
Update:
As I took a survey of all I have been doing to achieve my 1000 push ups goal, I found that I'm still lacking a key piece in the puzzle. And that piece was pointed out to me by my brother-in-law, Ryan, who is an excellent gymnast at the University of Michigan and knows a thing or two about power.
The Wall:
He watched me do push ups, and was surprised at how fast I hit my wall. Most people he's seen, when exercising, slowly taper down in frequency of activity as they get tired. As for me, however, I just suddenly would stop when I reached a certain number of push ups. In his experience, this wall was due to a lack of power, not stamina (as I've been thinking all along).
A Solution:
So I'm instituting POWER push ups in my routine. Instead of continuing to do just push ups, near the end of each set, I will do an extra 10 push ups that will require some sort of explosive strength - such as for example, clapping push ups. A clapping push up is as you are pushing up, when you get to the top, you push both hands off the floor, clap, and land back in the push ups position. :) Sounds fun, doesn't it? I think adding a few explosive push ups to the daily routine will help push past the wall.
Thanks Ryan!
If you like this post, give me 10 cents....and I'll give YOU 10 push ups, and a link on this site!"
8/08/2007
12.5% of goal - 8/5/07
My son was born on Sunday, August 5, 2007. He is 7lbs 8oz of pure 100% man. Papi is very proud.
On the day of his birth, I did 125 push ups in sets of 30. After baby was born, I was done. It's hard to not love him; maybe someday he'll do push ups with me.
So all in all I reached 12.5% of my 1000 push ups goal. Perhaps, I should move the goal back to when he turns a year old.
Here's to baby!
If you like this post, give me 10 cents....and I'll give you 10 push ups."
8/01/2007
The ginormocity of 1000 push ups
As of the most recent edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word "ginormous" has officially become a recognized word in the english language. This 11th edition was published in 2007. Webster's dictionary formally defines ginormous as "extremely large: humongous."
So I was thinking to myself that a lot of people express to me what a big number 1000 push ups is, and imply that it is unattainable. Well, perhaps, 1000 push ups is a ginormous goal...and that is the beauty of it. It's ginormous AND achievable, with dedication of course.
In honor of 1000 push ups and the new english word, I have decided to coin my own word; that's right, you're seeing it here first: I am officially coining the word "ginormocity." Ginormocity is the noun form of the adjective ginormous. It refers to doing so many push ups that your teeth are sore the next day - now THAT'S ginormocity! Yeah, baby, yeah!
If you like this post, give me 10 cents....and I'll give YOU 10 push ups!"
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