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I have been doing pushups, like a set of 30 or 40 then a 3 minute break. I used to do them really fast and crank out a lot more but I decided I was cheating myself, but that's besides the point.

Well it's been a while since I have worked out so I expected to get sore, but I saw this video on youtube this guy basically says wait 60-90 seconds between sets, half of how long my breaks are. So I did this and it raped me, after a few sets, I would say close to 120-150 pushups, I could barely get myself off the ground and my arms were really tired.

So basically my question is does more pushups necessarily mean more strength? Or is doing less amounts in a shorter amount of time better because of how intense it is? I mean even lifting myself out of my chair I can feel my triceps sting and my chest, so I'm obviously sore and that's good, but I don't know if doing more means better results.
>> Anonymous
do it so that it's hard... do them slow...
and do as many as you can of them every day...

to me upper body muscles aren't something you need to learn to do so that it takes as little force as possible.
if your gonna go for some martial art then that's another story according to me, then you really should train up a way to be as fast as possible with least amount of force needed to do what needs to be done.

not that I'm an expert, I'm only running nowdays.
20km ~1:20h
>> Anonymous
>>254637
Yeah I always do as many as possible, I guess what I'm asking is what's the better amount of time to wait inbetween sets? When I wait the 3 minutes between each set I feel like I can do sets for longer, knocking out like 300 pushups. But I don't know if I'm giving my body too much time to rest between each set.
When I wait just a minute between each set I'm tired and worn down in like 4 sets and my arms get real heavy. Even though I don't want to, I have to quit after like 150 pushups.

As someone who's trying to get stronger I feel like I should be doing more pushups (until I get some weights anyhow) since I figure more reps = more torn muscle, but I'm trying to figure out if just maxing out at 150 because I did them in such a short amount of time is going to reap better benefits because of how intense it is?

I hope my question makes sense.
>> Anonymous
I like to descend slow until chest touches ground and I've maxed out my range of motion, then I burst upwards fast as I can without actually making it plyometric
>> Anonymous
if you want do get stronger there really isn't any point in doing so many reps
get a back pack and put something heavy in it and do pushups with it on your back
do the concentric phase as fast as possible with proper form (no half rom bullshit and stuff like that)
slowly increase weight