I'm 28 and want to make it by 30. I ran a 4:57 mile in high school and slowly became skinnyfat (5'11" and ~130 lbs with 0 lifting in my entire life) until about a year ago, when I began doing pushups a few times a week. This is bodyweight only and with a pump. I use a pullup bar for arms and back. Going to start planking for core. I am genuinely only lifting for girls right now but I do like randomly noticing my arms being bigger when I'm reaching for stuff.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT BY 30
Also, I;m thinking about thos Beans.
I;m thinking about thos Beans
I;m thinking about thos Beans.
>>35420827
If you want to continue with bodyweight, then keep adding weight in a backpack or invest in a weighted vest. Also, modify the exercises to increase difficulty. ex. Push ups-> diamond pushups-> one handed pushups or raised leg pushup-> handstand pushup.
Then just fucking stuff your face.
>>35420987
Thanks dude.
Until then, will doing (relatively) light bodyweight work be almost as effective if I repeatedly go to failure (like 15x failure) after doing a shitload of reps til failure for my first couple sets?
Ex: I do 40+ pushups til failure, then can only 20+, then 10, etc., until I am only doing 1 or 2 til failure an additional 10x. Is this comparable to 3x5 bench with heavy weights?
I:m thinking about thos Beans.
>>35421050
No, you need to keep adding weight or add a harder variation (preferably both). What I stated above only works because the exercise is getting progressively more difficult, so you muscles work harder to compensate.
Right now you're just working muscle endurance, which is great, but not in line with your goal (overall muscle growth).
>>35421078
Thank you again. So even if it gets hard as fuck to do one more single pushup, ten times in a row, that isn't going to grow my chest as much as doing a 3x5 bench workout where I'm completing each set (no failure throughout)?
4evr I;m thinking about thos Beans.
>30
>making it
I;m thinking about thos Beans
>>35420827
>I'm 28 and want to make it by 30
You wont make it.
>>35422380
thank you for the motivation friend
