Lifetime Fitness 4 Men » pushups http://www.lifetimefitness4men.com Exercise equipment for lifetime fitness Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:47:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Pushups question (need some advice)? http://www.lifetimefitness4men.com/pushups-question-need-some-advice-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pushups-question-need-some-advice-2 http://www.lifetimefitness4men.com/pushups-question-need-some-advice-2/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:01:24 +0000 admin http://www.lifetimefitness4men.com/pushups-question-need-some-advice-2/ Question by Clu: Pushups question (need some advice)?
ok so im 16 years old and i’ve never really been into muscle building but the reality hit me a couple weeks ago that i got nothing better to do so i started doing pushups…now im 6’2 and im only like 160-170 pounds so im pretty skinny but i’m trying to build some chest and arm muscles. I have no acess to a gym or any excercise equipment though and all i have is two 10 pound dumbells that i picked up from a yard sale lol.

Were poor so i can’t be buying protein or a bunch of meats and fish so i gotta basicly build it on my own with not much help because i gottameat what’s given to me. I only do pushups at night and it’s usually 60-100. I know that sounds pathetic but i don’t do normal pushups. I have a matress on the floor that i sleep on and i rest my feet on it while im doing the pushups so i’m kind of inclined, i assume it’ll build more muscle that way because it’s more of a strain for my upper body to reach the floor due to me being somewhat inclined.

I’ve been doing pushups the way T.I. is doing them in this video to make use of the dumbells… is this a good or bad way or doesn’t it really matter? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bodTeHgjWoI&feature=related (the 1 with the dumbells)

i know i probally could have found a better video to show you but i recalled seeing that and decided it was good enough. anyways like i said i work with what i have and i can’t get into all that weight gain stuff. I’ve already seen slight results i’m just needing to know on estimate if i can even achieve a decent ammount of muscle doing pushups because i’ve heard mixed reviews….thanks

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One leg press machine
One bench press machine that can be adjusted to do a shoulder press.
One Lat pulldown machine that also has a bottom pulley for lat rows.
One stationary bike
One elliptical thing
One treadmill
That’s it. No freeweights.

How do I get started with a good strength training/fitness program that doesn’t suck, using just these resources, that I can stick with? What should the program consist of? How many times a week? How many reps? How do I adjust the program as I get fitter?
If it matters, I’m male, 30, 6’1", and 185 pounds of flab. I can do about 10 pushups and 1 pullup. resting pulse 76 bpm.


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