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hey /fit/

how would I get to the point of being able to actually do pushups? I have to do it with my knees cause I have no upper body strength. I'm not skinny as fuck though, so I feel bad about not being able to manage one.
>> Anonymous
Do a lot of fast push ups from your knees and try as hard as you can to do push ups. At first do as many as you can, but then start doing sets of ~25.
>> Anonymous
Do knee pushups until failure. 3 sets.

Keep doing that until you can do at least 5-7 real pushups before failure.

Then switch to real pushups. 3 sets to failure. Continue until you are a real man.
>> Anonymous
>>363421

> I have to do it with my knees cause I have no upper body strength.

seriously. what the fuck?
>> Anonymous
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>>363435
some people are just ridiculously out of shape man
>> Anonymous
work on some core stability as well. Hold yourself at the top of a pushup/in the plank for as long as you can when you're done doing pushups
>> Anonymous
I found lifting barbells(SP?) helped me get enough upper body strength to start grinding on pushups
>> Anonymous
lay off the prey everyone. some people are just skinny body types. if i didnt work out AND eat like an average american (i'm not from america), i'd be about 55 kilos too
>> Anonymous
Hey man, the best way to train a specific exercise for reps is to do it repeatedly throughout the day. If you can do 10 knee pushups, do 7 throughout the day every few hours. Do it for about a week, eat properly, and rest a day then try for real pushups. Going to failure, especially at this point, wouldn't be advisable in my opinion. Planks are a really good idea and alternative though. Simply being in the pushup position for an extended period of time can toast a lot of people. If you are going to do planks, do the knee pushups less so you don't over do it. Strength comes fast starting out but if you start training your nervous system (see first sentence) instead of frying your muscles, it will come even faster.