Wednesday 9/19 WOD "Angie"

[rord]

Push through this workout as quickly as possible without sacrificing on proper form and technique.

Post your time.

[silver2080]

23:36 gonna have sore arms and legs at hockey later

[coronadolacrosse22]

20 M 190# 6ft 3in

As Rx'd

29:10


-Rob

[IT3]

I'm calling shennagins on "Rob". No way some "limp-wristed Middie", who plays lacrosse no less drops numbers like that!!

Dude, we need to stop meeting up like this!!

John

[coronadolacrosse22]

haha John,

first of all, Us MID's can hold our own.

2nd of all, lax 4 life baby

i'll be home in Nado for thanksgiving, we'll get together then and go to PB.

-Rob

[kenny_heckman]

20:50. Nice leg burn at the end.

[JohnnyXtreme]

I'm gonna guess the proper form and technique comment means no kipping pull-ups?

I'll just do them dead-hang to be safe.

[B HURB]

Johnny, do the kips. For future reference, any CF workout that tells you to do pull-ups expects you to kip, unless specified otherwise. If you can't safely kip in your gym (like me cause mine sucks) then use the assistance machine.

[toadjumper]

26:31 Good for a tight burn in the thighs.

[kklingman]

23:19. Man do I f*cking suck at push-ups. It took me 7 minutes to do the full 100. I don't understand it. I can do the swim in under 10 minutes (with no one in my lane kicking or running into me mind you) 14 dead hang pull-ups. 95 sit-ups. I do the run in under 10 minutes. But somehow my push-ups are stuck right around 40. It's pathetic. I don't have a scrawny chest by any means. I did Stew Smith's push-up push workout, and that barely did anything for me, although I didn't take the recommended full 3 days off like it said. But seriously, what the hell should I do? Did the BUD/S warning order dramatically improve anyones push-up scores?

[kenny_heckman]

23:19. Man do I f*cking suck at push-ups. It took me 7 minutes to do the full 100. I don't understand it. I can do the swim in under 10 minutes (with no one in my lane kicking or running into me mind you) 14 dead hang pull-ups. 95 sit-ups. I do the run in under 10 minutes. But somehow my push-ups are stuck right around 40. It's pathetic. I don't have a scrawny chest by any means. I did Stew Smith's push-up push workout, and that barely did anything for me, although I didn't take the recommended full 3 days off like it said. But seriously, what the hell should I do? Did the BUD/S warning order dramatically improve anyones push-up scores?

Are you breathing through your push-ups? If you're not breathing correctly it hurts your push-ups. Also, are your hands when your in the down position at the chest, or are they higher? That also hurts them. Or your like me and you just can't do push-ups for whatever reason. I've been bench pressing a little to try and supplement my chest and I hope the Stew Smith push-up push works I'm on the first day of rest from it.

[kklingman]

Are you breathing through your push-ups? If you're not breathing correctly it hurts your push-ups. Also, are your hands when your in the down position at the chest, or are they higher? That also hurts them. Or your like me and you just can't do push-ups for whatever reason. I've been bench pressing a little to try and supplement my chest and I hope the Stew Smith push-up push works I'm on the first day of rest from it.

yeah i'm breathing, at least i don't hold my breath if thats what you mean. as far as i know my hands are right about chest level. let me know what your score is for the smith workout.

[JLPestkeJr]

Kling,

Try gettin' on a pack-dec and alternating push-up workouts with that. Jackin' up the weight and the different motion helped me to round out my chest some more and pushed my numbers up an extra 15ish (42-57) in a little over a week.

Jim

[kenny_heckman]

Will do it was 57 prior to the workout so I'll see whats goin on Monday when i can get to the pool next I'll swim the 500 then just do the push-ups and I'll tell you how it worked this kid who is trying to get his SEAL contract also told me it didn't help him that much so I hope I get better results.

[kklingman]

Kling,

Try gettin' on a pack-dec and alternating push-up workouts with that. Jackin' up the weight and the different motion helped me to round out my chest some more and pushed my numbers up an extra 15ish (42-57) in a little over a week.

Jim

Jim thanks for the tip. How many reps/sets did you do? How many times per week did you do it?

[kenny_heckman]

Another good chest workout is: Max push-ups then drop to the deck dumbbell flyes then dumbbell press.

Here's the youtube video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nQAh7m4xsMo&mode=related&search=

[JLPestkeJr]

I work on my pecks M/T/W/R alternating push up days and peck-dec. I take Friday off to recover as I'm usually pretty burnt out and just focus on swim/run sprints. Saturday is 'Hell day' if you will and I typically beat the sh*t out of myself since I only get about an hour workout during the weekdays. (I do both that day)

Jim

[terribl1fbm]

kklingman-

Try doing tabata push ups.

[B HURB]

As Rxed:
23:09
I'm similar to you kling, except my achilles heel is pull-ups...took me almost 15 mins to get those done:mad:

[B HURB]

Oh, and Kling, I'm currently trying something now that you may consider. It's similar to tabata style push-ups. I'm not sure how well it's going to work because I've only done it for 3 days now, lol. But here it is:

When I get up every morning, I literally roll out of bed and hit the deck immediately in push-up position. I do 3 cycles in a specific format:
Do 10 push-ups, rest (still on all fours) for 10 counts, do 10 more push-ups, rest for 10 counts etc....until you have done 4 sets. Then rest about a minute and repeat the cycle 2 more times. Do this Mon-Fri, rest on the weekends, then up the number of reps per set by 2-3 for the next week. Like I said, I'm not sure how effective this will be but it seems to be good so far.

[kklingman]

Oh, and Kling, I'm currently trying something now that you may consider. It's similar to tabata style push-ups. I'm not sure how well it's going to work because I've only done it for 3 days now, lol. But here it is:

When I get up every morning, I literally roll out of bed and hit the deck immediately in push-up position. I do 3 cycles in a specific format:
Do 10 push-ups, rest (still on all fours) for 10 counts, do 10 more push-ups, rest for 10 counts etc....until you have done 4 sets. Then rest about a minute and repeat the cycle 2 more times. Do this Mon-Fri, rest on the weekends, then up the number of reps per set by 2-3 for the next week. Like I said, I'm not sure how effective this will be but it seems to be good so far.

alright BHURB i'll try that sh*t. The pull-ups took me 10 minutes. It was sad, I cranked out 20 in the first 40 seconds and from then on it ranged from about 8-12 until i reached 100.

Also, BHURB I added you as a buddy on AIM.

[kklingman]

kklingman-

Try doing tabata push ups.

so Tabata means I do push-ups/rest in a 2:1 ratio right? So do push-ups for 20 seconds rest for 10 seconds etc. That sound right?

[terribl1fbm]

yes, 20 seconds on 10 seconds off for 4 minutes or 8 sets. A good goal would be to get 20 push ups each set...something to work up to. I would only use this as a supplement to include in other push up workouts. Do different workouts like pyramids, max sets, high rep sets, slow, fast, etc. Just mix it up a lot. good luck with those tabata push ups, if you put out you will feel it.