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Fit, I'm reading the naked warrior right now and I have a question. The book consistently talks about building strength by keeping reps low (obvious, old shit) and in their opinion, no more than five. That's cool and all. I get that. I also understand what they say about NOT pushing yourself to failure. Right now I'm focusing on building strength and losing weight which works out well between The Naked Warrior and the p90x stuff I'm doing.

I also wanted to try the 100pushups.com challenge simply because I thought it would be a good challenge. I know that learning to be able to do 100 pushups is a bit silly when you're talking about general health in any way.

The question is, can I gain strength using the theories from The Naked Warrior while also building up the endurance for 100 pushups? It seems counter-intuitive to me so I'm guessing that by doing the 100 push-ups plan, I'd be fatiguing my muscles too much to build strength the way that The Naked Warrior professes but I don't know for sure.

Right now I was thinking:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday - Training from The Naked Warrior and p90x core training.

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - 100 push ups and p90x core training.
>> ESH !Oj4wGhYfsE
You're right in thinking you can't really do both at the same time.

However, I don't think people should be "building strength" by using their body weight, either. It's not hard to do a push up, or five, nor is it impressive to be able to do 100, if you still can't lift more than your body weight on a bench press, or deadlift more than your body weight.
>> Anonymous
Why are you doing p90x 6 fucking days? I'd say do it 3-4 times a week not 6. Let the fucking core/abdominals rest some days they'll grow faster and stronger with recovery time.
>> Anonymous
>>310727

>However, I don't think people should be "building strength" by using their body weight, either.

Why not? As long as you are consistently upping the amount of strength used (which is what The Naked Warrior talks about) I don't see how it is any different than using weights.

>>310729

You're right. Thanks.
>> ESH !Oj4wGhYfsE
>>310742
>Why not? As long as you are consistently upping the amount of strength used (which is what The Naked Warrior talks about) I don't see how it is any different than using weights.

It's different because you're still only using your bodyweight, whether on one hand or both, legs raised or not. You're getting more muscular endurance, yes, but you'll only ever be as strong (able to move more weight) as your bodyweight.
>> Anonymous
>>310763
lol
>> Anonymous
>>310763

I'm not really sure I'm too concerned about that. Perhaps when I can easily do all the variations of the exercises for five reps I'd feel it urgent to move on.
>> Anonymous
For example, doing a one-armed push-up with my feet elevated IS only pushing up my body-weight . . . but with one arm. Instead I suppose I could bench-press with both arms but I'd probably have to be lifting over 300 pounds (or use two 150+ pound barbells).

I think TNW can be quite practical for me for a while. If I reach a point where I can't push myself using those methods, I'll adjust. Hell, I'll probably have bought my home gym by then (primarily I want a squat rack).
>> Anonymous
The book is against going to failure because that means the CNS is getting fried. The quickest way your body improves in strength is by making the neural pathways more efficient for lifting that weight, then in increasing in muscle strength. So when you go to failure, that means the CNS has to rebuild, which takes a while, and your gains will come that much slower. Going to failure is recommended for hypertrophy, but thats for when you have several months of training under your belt.
>> Anonymous
>>310840
so it won't fuck me up ?(not OP, just an idiot)
>> Anonymous
I'm 3/4 through The Naked Warrior myself. I tried one-armed push-ups and pistols yesterday and couldn't do one, even on advantageous inclines (stool and countertop). It's a shame because the book makes a lot of sense, I guess it's just not for beginners.

Any tips for increasing the advantage even further so I can actually do these exercises? Seems kind of wasteful to do a high rep, low tension exercise in order to build enough strength to do a low rep, high tension one.
>> Anonymous
>>310699

just another thought OP... about what I said about the p90x 6 days a week... I really do mean do it 3-4 times... overtraining in the end will prevent gains.. unless you feed the muscle with tons of nutrients and proteins and REST TIME... they'll always be tired, even if you don't feel it.
>> Anonymous
>>310949

Try working up to it by doing push-ups with your feet elevated.

If those are too easy, try hand-stand push-ups with your feet against the wall.