Pushups for muscle endurance ?

[Builderofmuscle]

I replied to this, but something happened, It didn't appear,

Anyways.kung fu panda, why you so angry at Ryan? He's a cool guy. The truth is you are both saying the same thing, if you just listened to him. Drop the ego.

HERE IS SOMETHING I WROTE TO A FRIEND OF MINE:

Believe it or not, pushups stress the entire body. A standard pushup not only requires chest strength, but also stresses the shoulders, abs, and arms. These are the areas you should work on. Since, I know your sitation, Kligor, I won't prescribe any weight training:

Begin your workout off with my Jack Lalanne Pushup, do 3 sets of 15 reps, striving to get your arms closer to your feet on each set. Your shoulder should be exausted. To rest your shoulder,start working your abs. Do an exercise called butt ups, which is more specific to pushup strength.
Begin in a modified pushup position, on your toes and forearms rather than on your hands, with elbows bent 90 degrees. Instead of a flat or arched back, bridge (round) your back ever so slightly, that's safer because you won't tend to arch your back as you weaken. Raise your glutes (butt) toward the cieling, squeezing your abs tightly to close the distance between your ribcage and hips so you end up in a high bridge position. Lower slowly to complete your first rep. Do another 3 sets of 15 of these. Next, we go on to arms. I don't know of any bodyweight arm exercises, but you 10 pound dumbells, right? Do pyramiding bicep curls. So, you do 1 rep, rest for one seconds. Do two reps, rest for two seconds. Continue until you get to 8 reps. Than, do 8 reps again, and go back down to 1 rep, in the same manner. Do the same with tricep extensions. Finally, for your last exercise, do your pushups. Do as many as you can. You should probably be able to pump out half of you max after all that work. If you can do 50, that means you can do 100, when your fully rested. So, this is what your entire routine looks like:

Lalanne pushups 3x15
Butt Ups 3x15
Bicep Curls 1-8, 8-1
Tricep Extension 1-8, 8-1
Standard Pushups 1 set to max

[ryanhall]

What's up, Builder? Long time no post. Good to have you back.

[kungfupanda]

Originally posted by Builderofmuscle
I replied to this, but something happened, It didn't appear,

Anyways.kung fu panda, why you so angry at Ryan? He's a cool guy. The truth is you are both saying the same thing, if you just listened to him. Drop the ego.

well i felt he was attacking me, and he really was, although im prolly just as guilty. but anyway, ill abdicate...as far as that goes.

so how bout discribing that Jack Lalanne(sp) pushup? is that like the daimond pushups?

[kh_s]

heh, If I was to try that, would it be okay to skip the barbell drills ?

But what are "Butt Ups" and "LaLenne" pushups ? I tried a search and I only found different butt exercises and a Jack LaLenne dude who can manage to still do 100s of pushups in his 80s... (Thats crazy!)

[Builderofmuscle]

thanks Ryan.

Jack Lalanne Pushups - put your feet up on a chair bt instead of keeping your body in a straight line jackknife at at the hips so your hips are way up in the air. Lalanne instructs to keep your legs rigig and to place you hands as close to the chair as possible. In other words, as close as your strength allows. The nearrer your hands are to your feet, the more jackkniged is your body. The pev involvement decreases and your delts hoave to work extra hard, almost as if you are ding a handstand pushup.

I already described the butt ups:

Begin in a modified pushup position, on your toes and forearms rather than on your hands, with elbows bent 90 degrees. Instead of a flat or arched back, bridge (round) your back ever so slightly, that's safer because you won't tend to arch your back as you weaken. Raise your glutes (butt) toward the cieling, squeezing your abs tightly to close the distance between your ribcage and hips so you end up in a high bridge position. Lower slowly to complete your first rep. Do another 3 sets of 15 of these.

[newbie2MA]

i never touched weights

but when I started training in boxing invariably I had people in the gym and out ask what weight training regimen I used. Not a lick. But i developed incredible tone, some good mass, and all those "intermediary" muscles you never develop in weights just by working on the bag, mitts, etc.

That said if I were to train outside of that I would only do the following;

push-ups
pull-ups
dips

and in the manner that i feel is suited to "the sport" i.e. not slow but explosive up and controlled down.

[darkrelevance]

i dont know about you guys but i think we all have certainly learned one thing from this chain of posts.
No training regimen is without its benifits and weaknesses.
why not do all of them and reap all the benefits, and fill in the weaknesses?

[Broadsword2004]

Weights combined with bodyweight exercises is the best. You can't hit the lower back muscles with just bodyweight work the way you can through deadlifts, not can you hit muscles like the hamstrings properly.

But then exercises like muscle-ups and planche pushups and such are great for developing incredible strength.