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#1659056 - 02/01/12 04:04 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge raitchjay
Matt_B Diamond Poster Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,651 A CU, Where Regs Don't Apply	Originally Posted By: raitchjay Thought i'd update since i asked the question in here.....i tried the "planking" using correct form....what a killer! I'm not timing myself, just going as long as i can (which is in the neighborhood of 45 seconds to a minute). Anyway....thanks for the instructions and if i can hang with them, i know they're gonna help....you can feel the burn for sure. It won't take long to see a change, not long ago I would start experiencing 8.5 level tremors by about 30 seconds, now I can go at least a minute before that starts, and that's with minimal time and reps put in. The side-planks are still a test, but any time I can feel the burn, I appreciate it. _________________________ Someone's about to get horned!
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#1659057 - 02/01/12 04:19 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
raitchjay Power Poster Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,292 OK	Yes, i'm experiencing the tremors as you say pretty much at the 30 second mark. _________________________ I'm fixin' to fix that.
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#1659059 - 02/01/12 04:07 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Pup Power Poster Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,045 Pedaling along a scenic highwa...	Those were the reactions I was looking for. I hope it works for Ken and he is able to keep the weight off AND be healthy. Back to your regularly scheduled pushups.
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#1659426 - 02/01/12 09:35 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Dip Power Poster Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,298 San Diego, CA	So i'm starting today with 1 comign back from a wrist flare up. this month, i am goign to focus on doing them deeper/lower than before. Before I did them normal style opn my toes but only about halfway to the ground. Thsi month will be improving my depth. We'll see hwo I do though, now that I'm adding the gym's bootcamp class twice a week and starting crossfit soon. I was so sore the day after bootcamp!!! _________________________ Dabbling in banking, law, accounting...the life of a trustee.
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#1659440 - 02/01/12 09:51 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Pup Power Poster Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,045 Pedaling along a scenic highwa...	Get after it, DPI.
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#1659441 - 02/01/12 09:52 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Hrothgar Geiger 10K Club Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 10,395 Jersey Shore	Have fun with crossfit!
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#1659549 - 02/02/12 01:21 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
waldensouth Power Poster Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 7,988 FINALLY ABOVE the gnat line	My wrists have been hurting as well - can't really do more than 10 at a time before its too painful to continue. Someone mentioned bars or handles? Do those really help with the wrist pain and where do I get them? _________________________ "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." - Frederick Douglass My Opinion Only.
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#1659553 - 02/02/12 01:24 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Hrothgar Geiger 10K Club Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 10,395 Jersey Shore	Yes, they will help your wrists. You can get them almost anywhere, I just got a pair at 5 Below.
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#1659555 - 02/02/12 01:25 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge Hrothgar Geiger
Hrothgar Geiger 10K Club Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 10,395 Jersey Shore	Today's message "Strong is the new Skinny"
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#1659558 - 02/02/12 01:27 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
kitten 10K Club Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,579 Not prison	Well. She's skinny, too. _________________________ I shall call you Thunder Twonk. ~TfD
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#1659576 - 02/02/12 01:46 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
manimal Diamond Poster Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,207 Deleted	Originally Posted By: manimal82 my poor hamstrings _________________________ We're all here 'cause we've lost control. Innerpartysystem
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#1659591 - 02/02/12 02:04 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Pup Power Poster Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,045 Pedaling along a scenic highwa...	Walden, I got mine at WalMart for around $20. These are called "The Perfect Pushup", and they work very well. They have mostly eliminated any pain in my wrists while doing pushups. In fact, it is very difficult for me to do standard pushups at all and I'm having little difficulty at all using these. I highly recommend getting them.
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#1659593 - 02/02/12 02:05 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
kitten 10K Club Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,579 Not prison	I have those, but I find they make the pushups WAY harder for me. _________________________ I shall call you Thunder Twonk. ~TfD
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#1659595 - 02/02/12 02:06 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Pup Power Poster Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,045 Pedaling along a scenic highwa...	Stretch, Mani, stretch...lots of toe touches and wall hugs.
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#1659606 - 02/02/12 02:11 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Bankbb1, PITA Junior Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 38 The Sovereign State Of Oklahom...	Harder = stronger! Maybe mix and match? I'm doing 5 different kinds of pushus right now and it is making a difference! Also keeps down the boredom! _________________________ Run like the wind, but never forget gravity.
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#1659612 - 02/02/12 02:13 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Pup Power Poster Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,045 Pedaling along a scenic highwa...	15, 10 and 8 this morning. I took my monthly update pics to be displayed at year's end. I'm still a blob, but dangit I feel better.
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#1659628 - 02/02/12 02:23 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge Pup
manimal Diamond Poster Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,207 Deleted	Originally Posted By: Pup wall hugs What are these? I have the most ridiculous image in my head! _________________________ We're all here 'cause we've lost control. Innerpartysystem
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#1659632 - 02/02/12 02:24 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge Bankbb1, PITA
kitten 10K Club Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,579 Not prison	Originally Posted By: Bankbb1 Harder = stronger! Maybe mix and match? I'm doing 5 different kinds of pushus right now and it is making a difference! Also keeps down the boredom! Harder = I can't do even 1! I didn't try it on my knees. _________________________ I shall call you Thunder Twonk. ~TfD
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#1659647 - 02/02/12 02:33 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Pup Power Poster Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,045 Pedaling along a scenic highwa...	Mani, I don't know what to really call them, and that's the best I could do. Okay, think chain link fence. In High School Cross Country, we'd stretch on the tennis court and use the fence for this. First, you stretch your calves. With your leg straight, you lift your foot, put it against the fence and slowly lower your heel to the ground. You immediately feel the calf being stretched. You can also play around with that position a little and get a good hammy stretch from there. Stretching your calves will help your hammies and vice versa. It's all connected.
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#1659649 - 02/02/12 02:49 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Pale Rider 10K Club Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 34,318 under the Lone Star	Applying the concept of whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger is baloney! Sometimes the strain weakens you permanently. That is my thought for the day..... _________________________ Societies that do not find work in and of itself "pleasing to God and requisite to Man," tend to be highly corrupt.
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#1659657 - 02/02/12 02:49 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge Hrothgar Geiger
Bankbb1, PITA Junior Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 38 The Sovereign State Of Oklahom...	Originally Posted By: Hrothgar Geiger Today's message "Strong is the new Skinny" Awsome! _________________________ Run like the wind, but never forget gravity.
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#1659659 - 02/02/12 02:50 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge Pale Rider
Bankbb1, PITA Junior Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 38 The Sovereign State Of Oklahom...	Originally Posted By: Pale Rider Applying the concept of whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger is baloney! Sometimes the strain weakens you permanently. That is my thought for the day..... Okay, how about, "Pain is weakness leaving the body!" _________________________ Run like the wind, but never forget gravity.
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#1659661 - 02/02/12 02:52 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge Pup
manimal Diamond Poster Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,207 Deleted	Originally Posted By: Pup Mani, I don't know what to really call them, and that's the best I could do. Okay, think chain link fence. In High School Cross Country, we'd stretch on the tennis court and use the fence for this. First, you stretch your calves. With your leg straight, you lift your foot, put it against the fence and slowly lower your heel to the ground. You immediately feel the calf being stretched. You can also play around with that position a little and get a good hammy stretch from there. Stretching your calves will help your hammies and vice versa. It's all connected. Got it! I've done those before, just never knew what they were called. _________________________ We're all here 'cause we've lost control. Innerpartysystem
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#1659664 - 02/02/12 02:53 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge kitten
Pup Power Poster Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,045 Pedaling along a scenic highwa...	For the record, you still don't.
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#1659709 - 02/02/12 03:39 PM Re: 2012 Pushup Challenge Hrothgar Geiger
bOaty Power Poster Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,266 Chillin an grillin	Originally Posted By: Hrothgar Geiger Today's message "Strong is the new Skinny" DANG!!!!! _________________________ HMDAHMDAHMDAHMDAHMDAHMDA
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