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Originally Posted by speeder
At least 10 lbs. over weight, maybe more.
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Don't fret, 8 years ago I was 20 lbs heavier and my waist 5"-6" wider than I am now. However, to get down to what I consider professional fighting weight I'm still 40 lbs too heavy.
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Originally Posted by Zeke
To me strength is what you need to do what you need to do.
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That is ability, but you are right - if it gets you to what you need to do, then it's enough.
Our bodies are highly adaptive, one has to change it up and keep the body guessing about what you will throw next at it.
I can tell you about the fat woman that passed me on her bicycle while we were both going up a big long hill after me not riding for years was struggling. However it was enough to convince me that I wasn't going to go for ability alone.
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Originally Posted by Evans, Marv
At the age of 18 or 19 I wondered how many pushups I could do at a single setting. I did 144. Haven't tried that since. Some years ago I took walks several times a week doing different exercises with my heavy hands weights. There was a series of ten, circular, flat, concrete structures following an underground pipeline along the route. I did ten pushups when I came to each one. That worked out pretty well in terms of exercise.
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At age 13 I did 120 pull-ups straight in a row, I only weighed 80 lbs at the time.
The story got around as some didn't believe it, so a few days later I did 130 with a crowd of about 35 boys watching.
I could do only about a dozen chin-ups, all my strength was in my back and legs from doing manual labor.
Jims5543, I matched your 42 push-ups this morning. However at 36 my legs were starting to tremble, at 38 my hips joined in, at 40 my whole lower body was in earthquake mode but I made it to 42. Oddly enough my torso, shoulders and arms didn't shake at all, so I think I have some lower body work ahead of me to do.
My accelerated heart-rate and heavy breathing lasted at least as long as it took to do the push-ups.
I really watched my form and did not rush the push-ups. Had I raced though them I'm sure I could have done more, but then what would be the point? It's just a number.
I've only recently put a small amount of push-ups back into my routine as I've been concentrating on free weights, resistant bands, cardio via elliptical trainer, and increasing grip strength by using my overhead pull up/chin up bar.
Push-ups are mostly in the summer when I'm sprinting though the woods or at the local park chasing a soccer ball.