Working on some updates. We have a new Hubski team member! We will be posting about that soon. About three months ago, I made the resolution to do 20 pushups before I shower. I think I am going to stick with it until I am too old to do it.
My million dollar fitness idea was to start day one reeaall easy: 1 push up, 1 sit up, 1s of plank.
Each day, add one. After a week you're doing 7 push ups, 7 sit ups, 7s plank.
A month, 30 of each.
After a year, you can do over 300 of each, and more than 6 minutes of plank. That's the idea anyway. I'm on 63 of each right now. I'm not sure how long I can keep going for...
Something like that worked for Milo of Croton. Any idea which of the three might be the breaking point, and what you'll do after that? I began doing pushups about two months ago, starting with three sets of 12, much easier than 20 at once. I try to add one each time, about three times a week, and am up to three sets of 25. I am curious to see how far I can go, but might also switch to something that won't take so much time.
Or try Hindu pushups;
They're a smoker. Or tie it all together with some classic burpees. Get the full body workout.
Fingertip pushup also helps to strengthen your grip. Putting your thumbs and pointer fingers together in a diamond shape also increases the difficulty. Setting your legs up on the couch or raised positions makes them a tad harder. Also I personally find keeping your elbows back against your body instead of clear out changing how the pushup feels and increases difficulty. It is now weird for me to out my arms out! To make it extra fun do your 19 pushup then go down slowly, hold until you can't hold no more then go up and call it good!
I switch it up a bit. Sometimes I put my hands up higher, sometimes lower, closer together, or farther apart. Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not looking for serious strength or muscle building, so much as maintaining a healthy level. They've definitely become much easier since I started, which suggests to me that they keep me at a higher level of fitness.
I have a nervous image of you doing push ups in front of the tub, on the bathroom tile. Uhm. I'll just stop there.