Why are push-ups so disproportionately difficult for me? I'm new to fit and am just starting to do some basic exercise regularly. I do alright with squats and crunches, but I can only ever do about 8-10 decent push ups before my arms quit on me.
I wouldn't say I'm ridiculously fat but I am a bit over weight, something like 245 lbs at 6'5". Could this be a poor form thing? What sort of exercises should I be doing to try and improve my arm strength?
What's your bench?
Look up forms, bro.
I struggled too when before I joined the army, the recruiter had me doing it from my knees because I was overweight.
What really helped my technique was to go really slow, have my arms parallel to the surface, back straight, and try to achieve 90 degree bend.
Slowly go up and down till you feel comfortable or keep going till failure
Try this program, it helped me to get from 20~ to 45~
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Like I said I'm really new, so I haven't tried getting a gym membership or something until I know I'm dedicated. I've never benched seriously (just played around with an empty bar at a relative's house) so I don't know what my bench is.
>>35214893
probably weak shoulders and triceps, isolate them and you'll se some huge difference
Meh, if you're overweight and haven't trained at all 10 push-ups sounds like a perfectly normal result. Keep training and go to gym.
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Thanks guys, I'll try out your advice. Could you post the couch to 5k challenge image? That sounds interesting to me.
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ty fampai
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Don't go by the couch to 50k...
It's all about your limits, Use it as a guide, but don't treat it like a bible
