How to Increase Your Pushups by up to 30% (INSTANTLY!)
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- Опубликовано: 25 дек 2017
- If you want to increase your pushups by up to 30 percent right now, then you have to watch what I am going to show you in this video. In order to do more pushups you have to understand that just like any other exercise, they require you to approach them as an athlete would. This means, you have to have an appreciation not just for the arms and chest that seem to be doing all the work but the legs and lower body that is allowing them to be maximally efficient in the first place.
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The concept can be introduced best by presenting you an analogy. If you wanted to swing a sledge hammer as hard as possible, would you attempt it while standing on solid cement ground or while standing on a balance board? Likely, you answered the first. The reason is, your body is a kinetic chain and ignoring this can be costly when it comes to the generation of maximum power and force.
Power generation starts at the ground if your feet are in contact with it. It doesn’t matter if you are doing this while standing up or while horizontal to the ground as you are in a pushup. As soon as your feet make contact with your ground, their participation as stabilizers to what is going on above them is crucial. If you want to preserve the force that you generate above as much as possible then you are going to have to figure out a way to stabilize from the bottom up.
When it comes to a pushup, the energy leaks start occurring the minute you forget about the role of the lower body and core in the exercise. If you simply think about the arms and chest then you are destroying your ability to do as many reps of the pushup as you are capable of. In fact, if you make the corrections that I’m showing you here, you may see up to a 30 percent increase in the number of pushups that you can do in a single set starting with your next one.
This is the same concept by the way as attempting to carry someone. If their body is rigid, it is much easier to lift them with far less effort and move them where you want them to go. When they are loose (dead weight) it becomes much harder to lift them. The same applies to your own bodyweight when attempting to lift it during a pushup.
To plug the energy leaks as much as possible you want to start down at the ankles. Lock your ankles into a 90 degree angle. You cannot allow them to bounce during the exercise. If your ankles are rocking or bouncing because they are loose then you are losing force that could be directed through your arms into the ground.
Next, you want to focus on the knees. Straighten them out as hard as possible by contracting the quads and squeezing the glutes. This not only tightens up the legs from the front but from the back as well as you co-contract the muscles influencing the hip joints too. The last key is to make sure you tighten up the abs. This entire tightening effect from the chest down will provide your arms a stable platform from which to push from just as would happen when attempting to swing that sledgehammer with maximum force from a solid surface.
You will instantly see an increase in the number of pushups that you can perform. Some have reported up to a 30% increase in the amount of push ups that they can do in a single set just by plugging these energy leaks. The key from here is to not just do this but also incorporate the second tip I share here towards doing up to 100 pushups in a single set. As I always say, repetition begets repetition. As soon as you are done doing as many pushups as you can in a single set, prop yourself up into an incline pushup by putting your hands onto the back of a couch or piece of furniture and keep repping out.
The more reps you crank out here the more you are increasing your capacity to do work in a fatigued state. This will bode well as you continue to increase the number of flat ground pushups that you can do. You will notice that over time they will steadily keep going up and your strength in the exercise will improve practically each time you do it.
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Can you make a video on bow legs
Does bringing the chest completely down to the floor and pushing back high up during the push up maximise gains or just cause danger?
Sir pls tell me how to take breathing of push up s pls
Doing 200 push per day for 2 to 3 months are good for muscles or not? Because I have a stretched in my right knee which I observe it increases with more push ups.
Jeff does push-ups: "I feel like I'm floating on air."
Me doing push-up: "Is this what death feels like?"
ugly I love you 😍
🤣😭
Same feeling
If you feel like that then you really should workout more Cuz your body says you are weak if you feel that
@@goldghostnino5562 yup
30% of 0 is still 0
Welcome to my comment, enjoy angry replies while wondering what was the original one.
@@els3099 /r whoosh
EGOR bruh I can tell just by the literate voice in your statement that you struggle with doing push ups so you go to shit on a person so clearly making a joke
I was gonna type that but you did it for me thx for making a point
My butthole itches when I do pushups; Clenching does help.
This dude must save 50% of his clothes budget by just wearing pants.
And he's only wearing them for legal reasons 🙃
@@rappermerch7785 lol
5 months later and he still doesn't own a shirt. He has Jesse go inside the stores and gas stations to get his shit for him.
Or he’s like Randy Bobandy from trailer park boys and allergic to shirts
@@asto7795 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I farted at gym when i tightened my glutes, 🙃
We all do. Some just do it very silently ;)
@@archardor3392 , no shit dude, ive literally had to leave area cuz of funk, and culprit was female! 😷
Big Red it has come to my attention that you think and accuse one of the most highly respected trainers that is known for saying good stuff, no bullshit whatsoever, around 5.8% BFP all year round, training all day everyday, is a physical therapist (allows him to know the entire body, both internally and externally), of using steroids and being unnatural? I’d like to see how your body looks like after decades of training and sticking to a routine. Oh wait, you probably sit all day behind the laptop not working your ass off and just commenting shit randomly to trigger off people. Well dw, logic will not allow me or others to be to be mad over stupidity.
@@rexsthegreat22 Well said
Hahahah this comment made me laugh 😂
Funny random comments haha my favorite 🤗
Going to bootcamp Nov 25th been trying to work on my form tried this definitely works went from 54 to 72 can't thank you enough
Dakota Thompson sick dude 70 is a lot!! My max is between 30-40 but I haven’t used the trick jet! @me when you hit 100 I want to know :)
Blixx Gfx no one cares how much you can do
@@fuegoair that's fine everyone's entitled to an opinion
FuegoAir Obviously you care enough to leave your negativity here.
Blixx Gfx pussy
Blocking energy leaks is key in any movement! Great advice jeff
Care to explain?
But doesnt that require wayy more energy by squeezing and tightening al the muscles ?? Which eventually will lead to fatique ?
Ramzi el Bouchahati You're getting quality reps and preventing injury as well when you use proper form and minimize energy leaks. Quality over quantity
Ultra Instinct Jeff?
whats status video Take your ass on minion! Know body knows you and you call us friends.
*BOLD OF YOU TO ASSUME I CAN DO A PUSH-UP*
Bold of you... bold text... hehe
Seriously man
Bold of you to watch a video of 30 % more pushup if you can't get 1 because 30% of 0 is 0
I can do 30 now
@@SirLoLo good for you 👍
“Get your abs tight” Great now I have to watch another video to get abs
@@ezekielgalangvlogs6880 lol
you have abs they are just shy
Great. Now I hv to watch a video for strengthening my quads and glutes.
Everyone has abs
Lol 😂
Fastest things on Earth:
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- Me, clicking on Jeff's new video.
Hahaha
Me in bed
We've already passed the sound barrier...
Sound faster than light?
700th like!
Hi Jeff,
I am a Platoon Leader in the Army. Sharing this with my soldiers so that they can improve their push-ups for the Army PT test!
Quentin Reynolds no one cares
John Doe lol wtf
Quentin Reynolds imagine that lolll
Quentin Reynolds fuck yeah Sarnt!!!
@@paulm1690 oh you care. you know you care you chubby little ball of dough.
0:06 What's up guys, I'm ripped AF....
😂
My god this actually works i used to struggle to do one push up and no i can do 5. I know its not a lot but its progress for me. Good advice jeff. You motivate me to get a strong body. Athlean x forever :)
Edit: For all of u asking now I can do 70 no problem and have started lifting.....thanks for all the likes and support u guys are a lovely community peace out :))
How's it going bro
Do military style push ups. You’ll increase by at least 10 more, no problem
The Lone Wolf How does one do military pushups, without their wrist dying and falling down when halfway. 😂
The Lone Wolf that’s fucking awesome I can do 50 both military or wider variation
Fire breathing Rubber Duckies do the push ups using telepathy it’s all in the mind
Athlean x with a Hammer ...this can be dangerous😂
...For the hammer.
During a zombie apocalypse Jeff would fuck the shit out of the zombie
Random Spot jeff is the zombie
Random Spot lol
btrando1 😂😂
Why must I watch these videos before I go to bed
HAHahaa same here 03:05 now
Lol me too
Lol same 😐🤔
Patrick Hidalgo
Because you're an addict
Me too
I’ve been doing push-ups in the Navy for over 15 years now and I just tried this technique and I was amazed! Thanks Jeff!
I used this technique and was able to actually do push-ups with correct form. Because of Jeff I passed my ROTC pt test!! I went from 0 to 32.
impressive jeff is a real life saver
Going from 0 to 32 is really impressive nice, I did the same thing in like 3 months last summer. Not only that but I lost like 15lbs of body fat too.
How long did it take from 0 to 32?
Hands down one of the most informative channels. Pure help, no buy my t-shirt, or watch me drive around in my drop top while I rant. Some of these other youtubers who i have unsubscribed to can really take a cue from you. Keep up the great work
I think a lot of what makes Jeff's channel so good is b/c he has a legit educational background. The other guys have to resort to doing gimmicks b/c they don't have Jeff's expertise. And it's not thing something you can get in a month or two either. IMO, I like Jeff's channel for real info. I'll check out the other's from a more motivational perspective.
Keith and from what I’ve seen (only a handful of videos so correct me if I’m wrong) is that he doesn’t do the whole “Buy my 99.99$ dvd because it’s the only way to get stronger and if you don’t by my special protein you won’t become strong”
"buy my t-shirts"? for Jeff it'd be more like "buy me t-shirts".
Thats why he doesnt wear one. Doesnt make enough money
anyone else mumbles "Whats up guys? Jeff Cavaliere, Athleanx.com" before jeff even started lol
Kidd Kifli escpecially the
" ATHLEAN X DOT COM "
yeah jeff is good at subliminal messaging lol
Kidd Kifli i thought i was the only one
I mumble this even if when I'm ready to go to bed lol
It's a must! Lol
We the type of guys to mumble tge intro 😂😂
THANK YOU.
i'm 26. been depressed in the last 6 years and I barely moved from my room. I lost everything I gained as a kid when i was a pro-swimmer and close to become ski-instructor. then sh*t happened in my life.
Now I can't look at myself in the mirror. I barely take my shirt off because my body changed so badly. I'm fat. I'm overweight and my fat mass is covering all my muscles.
I live in a tiny town with no gym. I lack motivation and opportunities..I'm shy so I can't even train with friends.
I wish I had a trainer like you in my life. I don't wanna buy a ready-made program online. I am not questioning the effectiveness of them....It's just that I want someone that every day for the rest of my life can help me, support me, train me, motivate me, inspire me. I am committed..i just need a push
you Jeff are helping me a little bit. even tho not having equipments and a gym it's frustrating. And most of the times i question the quality of my exercise because i lack confidence and i don't have anyone next to me that can fix my eventual mistakes.
anyway...Thank you, really.
Uhm okay...
Keep going pal, sounds like you've got the right attitude :)
@@thebatman4279 thank you man :) how's life going on for you?
@@lancevanceGTA hope you are ok
@@LeonardoOkereke if I want a tip . Start getting omega 3 to help u with reducing fat naturally. You don't really need exercise you just need stop eating fat . Go to toilet as often as u can also . When u will lose some weight try starting doing some easy exercises . Mostly aerobic andwhen u get even lower start doing push ups . You don't need gym. All these videos are not so important. Food is 85% of all bodybuilding. Start thinking like this
So I've been doing push-ups for weeks now and can never break 20 on my first set, let alone avoid going at it on my knees. I literally just tried this and while I didn't get past 20 right away; maintaining proper form was easier than it has ever been. Thank you Jeff.
Triple H confirmed for the next guest appearance! 😂
Ricardo Garcia heh
Because of the sledge hammer.
Imagine, it will be lit
Triple H with sledge hammer is my favorite character
Ricardo Garcia his tag team partner would be jinder mahal
I usually use cocaine but I guess this works too
Anon 😂😭😂😭😂😂🤣
the best pre-workout
Cheater.
I fucking love your comment!!!!!
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I'm 54 yrs old and a grandpa, Jeff has inspired me to get back into the shape I was in while serving the country as an Army MP . I did 624 push ups inclined legs crossed today, (320 this morning and 304 in the afternoon). I also did dips, mountain climbers and jumping squat thrust to complete my workout. Alternate days I do about 218 standard pull ups (100 plus in the morning, 100 plus around noon), Australian pull ups, hanging flutter kicks and hanging corner crunches as well. It's never too late folks to feel great!
Thanks Jeff for all you do, the time it takes to make these vid's plus the rest of life's demands must be insane!
Mr. Kitty good shit man
Hella strong for an 54 years old man ! Keep it up
@Hazard Hawk No doubt, I'm trying to eat the right stuff and the proper amount. Makes my wife crazy! She's saying,"you eat so much but you don't gain any weight." ha ha.
I only do 50 push ups , 50 incline push ups , 50 decline push ups , and 30 diamond push ups everyday its not even that big and i just snapped my left elbow joint when doing diamond. How pathetic I am -_- .
if a 54 year old wants to get back to shape I know I a 16 year old can do the same !!!
Amazingly helpful. 65, starting working out a little while ago. When I discovered I needed to get my chest to the floor, I could barely do one pushup! Just did five. Onward and upward!
So to simplify: Tighter ass, tighter abs.
That's not what they say in prison :D
john yi and don't forget to stay on your tippy toes
And tighter ankles😀
Hell yeah XD
And tighter ankles and quads =P
Wow, this worked great! I went from 26 pushups to 33,8 pushups. A 30% increase as you said 👍
Are you guys messing around
Julian Marquez i could barely squeeze 20 and i just did 25 im not lying idk bout the others tho
Lol how u can do .35 😂😂😂😂😂
If you do 20 push-ups, and then, you try to do one more, but you can't, that's a fraction of a push up.
For measurement just put a random number, that should work
@Beyond the Limit BULLSHIT.. but let me help you mate fix it. If you do 20 push ups then it's √(20+ 5.3 )- 3.12/5 .
You are the best fitness trainer on RUclips
Don't forget OFFICIAL THENX :D
@@vish3670 yep
I prefer jeremy ethier
I really like mike thurston
@@ramongonzalez99 same,but I think hes on roids.Gives great advice nonetheless.
This was SO helpful!! I’m 59 years old and can do 65 in a set but haven’t been able to do much more than that. I’m sure this will get me more! Thank you!!
Only go halfway down and you can increase by 200%
Haha
don’t even go down at all and u can increase by infinite
Not really, some people struggle with with a plank
Then thos aren’t push ups
Gaming Bros 1203 whoosh
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Thortilla X
For Athsgard!
haris rehman lol
TO VATHHALLFTHA!
Your videos never cease to benefit me
0:09
*Of course!!*
You sir are a genius!
Dear Jeff
Those grapefruits you taped to your arms are not fooling anyone.
tHoSe aRenT grApefRuiTs thEir ReaL bicEPts
@@teddyliu2137 my guy that was a 1 year old comment
@@teddyliu2137 their isn't a t at the end of bicep
all true
Kid Fitness those aren’t grapefruits they are watermelons
Time to do pushups everyday for a bigger chest now! Thanks Jeff!
PMdre Fitness
Avoid overtraining, sir.
Just don't
Everyday... for rounded forward shoulders. Like a real bro :p
PMdre Fitness you should also do rows
Try every other day growth mainly comes from rest
This instantly worked so well. I did as many pushups and pull-ups as I could alternating, and fatigued out at 50/35. Just when I thought I was done I tried plugging the nergy leaks and was able to crank out 10 more reps each, thanks jeff!
Thanks Jeff, always had trouble with push-ups, fixing my form has helped a ton.
Jeff, this is awesome! You're the man, bro!💪🙌👍
Maurice Cooper 200th like
Thank you so much for this tip, my push-ups have increased a lot since the last time I've done push-ups.
Thank you very much. I've always wanted to do the push up right but never found the right way to do it. With your videos dedicated for push ups now i found the right way to do it
Thanks! I know a lot of you guys are going into the army or something but I’m just in karate and I’m getting tired of having to go 20 seconds longer than everyone else when we’re doing push-ups, for some reason no body taught me this but it really helped and I’m getting better
I tightened my quads and your right! Thanks for the tips!! I’m preparing for Army basic. This helps a lot.
thank you so much Jeff. I was struggling so hard because I wasn't activating my anterior chain adequately and my quadriceps, and my low back would cave in. thank you so much for that advice. it is so frustrating when you can't master something. the moment you do is like an awesome epiphany.🤗
I didn't expect it to actually work this good
Wow this guy knows his thing I’ve been working on all my life and I still learned something today from them
i went from being able to do 25 - 30 at a time, to a set of like 35 - 40 with this. Awesome!
Tightening the lower body and squeezing the butt really helps. It fells like my upper body is so light when pushing. From 2 sets w/ 10 reps of regular push up to 4 sets w/10 reps of different variations. Hoping to achieve more sets and reps.Thankyou.
Woah.... I don’t feel anything in my upper body the first time I did it with your advice.... but when I did it with a loose lower body, it felt like my strength was halved... good stuff!
This video is a huge help, i was already doing my push ups this way but after watching it i changed my form a but and i got so many more push ups it was insane.
lmao that beginning was great
You the best bro, learn a lot from you thanks and respect out of Monaco
gella ella
Thanks Monaco
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Making those adjustments helped me to actually complete five pushups without being in a modified position! I know this is such a small number, but I have not ever been able to do more than two. So, I am excited about an actual improvement and a method to increase my ability. Thank you!
That ankle tip and tip of the toes was excellent.. never even thought of it before
Increase your push-ups by 30% by putting your knees on the floor.
Gavin Rossdale thanks... i feel enlightened
-30% gains, +30% pussiness
Johan Ofinlohigh That sounds sad if you can't count over 200, i can safely say you can't do over 200 correct form push-ups
Johan Ofinlohigh then you can only do 70 if thats when your form starts slipping
You are actually correct. I do regular pushups to failure and then I drop to my knees and keep going until failure. I call them man pushups because you got to have balls to do those pushups immediately after you failed doing regular pushups. You're also going to be a heck-a-sore if you do that for multiple sets.
Video ends at 0:27
Aiden H lol
Lololo
Aiden H I dont get it
Josuke Joestar Listen to what he says in the 20 seconds before
Aiden H Ah i get it
I feel like im floating on air
Me: SUMO WRESTLERS ON ME
Lolll
You are the sumo wrestlers
I love the idea of adding the incline to max. Doing this tonite. Thanks a ton
jeff for president
mathias9444 Good luck passimg the President's physical fitness test, then.
this video really comes at the right time, it's almost a month since I started training for pushups. The first day I literally struggled doing 1 pushup, 2 was impossible.. well, after a month i'm able to do 3 sets of 12 pushups and i'm getting better every day. This video is amazing Jeff, because despite of my improvement I was doing wrong some of the things you showed in the video. 30% pushups instantly.. the video doesn't lie, great content as always Jeff!
Andrea F I'm in the same boat as you, keep grinding bro💪🏼
you too bro!
i started doing pushups about a week ago...really feel your struggle when you mentioned 1 pushup and 2 impossible...im trying to do them everyday several times a day. What was your system? When I tried to incorporate them int my workout, I just didn't have enough power to do any because I had done other exercises, so I do them morning when wake up, lunch time or evening but not while exercising :c
Meness first of all sorry for my english, i'm italian ahah. I'm glad to help someone with this problem because has been really hard for me but it's also hard to explain ahah, well, in the first place I started training my biceps but has been almost completely useless for achieving push-up, so don't do that. For push-ups it's important to train your triceps and of course your chest so start with some "triceps dumbbell extensions" it's an amazing exercise and i guarantee that you'll feel the burning in your muscles. After that simply do push-ups everyday, download the app "100 push-ups" it's amazing and it helped me so much.. so, do 1-2 push-ups regularly everyday until you see some improvement, then it's important to let the muscles rest for 1 or 2 days otherwise they won't grow. And Finally change your lifestyle, I don't know if this has been the Key for me, but I started improving exactly when I started to workout, eat better and buying proteins as a supplement because I rarely eat the right amount of meat (or proteins in general) everyday. Do this and I guarantee that After the first struggle of the 1-2 push-ups it'll be a lot easier! :)
Andrea F Thanks for the tips😃
I paused the video, went and followed your instructions and Boom !!! Results !!!
You are the best !!!
You have really made my day. Thanks. I have tremendously increased my push-ups!
It really worked for me!!! I being 14 year old was not able to do more than 7 now I am easily able to do 12 with proper form.....
Thank you Jeff 😊
Bruce Lee actually applied this same concept. I can’t remember where I saw it from but there was a video of him saying how he tenses up his entire body during workouts to plug the energy leaks and give him the maximum amount of power.
Hell yeah we found the video helpful! Every video you put out is helpful!
I did this once not knowing about it before, and looked this up, and went at it again a second time.
This makes a huge difference.
Holy Freak! It works like magic, i feel like I struck gold. Thank you 🙏🏼
Even through a joke, Jeff is educational!
Best channel on RUclips.. keep it up dude loving the information
Literally tried it whilst watching and immediately way more push ups and a lot easier. Thanks brother
"and as soon as you think your done -
your not."
I think he can go ssj blue. He doesnt leak ki
xDDDDD
Lolxd
He can also go kaioken
It all makes sense now. I thought I had pushups down, but Jeff just tore apart my terrible form. Now, I'm gonna make adjustments and see how many I can do. Thank you Jeff, by far the best fitness channel on RUclips.
BRO SERIOUSLY... LIKE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'VE JUST HELP ME. I INSTANTLY WAS ABLE TO DO LIKE 5 MORE PUSHUPS THAN USUAL PER SET WHICH IS ABOUT A 25% INCREASE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU EXPLAINED WHY THAT METHOD WORKS IN ONLY 3 MINUTES. AWESOME VIDEO. THANKS A MILLION!
I’ve been sagging my back 😶..
Voto Studios same don't worry😂😂
Voto Studios me too 😥 I just tried them with jeffs pointers .. huge difference
i been sagging my testes
Mike Jones 😂
William Zavala At least we know now! haha
All I know is I just did a push-up how I normally do it and then tried this, it really does feel easier, hope this can get me the few extra reps I need to get 50 in a row!
Most sensible video ever
His trick really seems to work wonders
Helped out alot im doing the 30 day push up challenge.showing i can do a different pushup motivates me to keep me going thank you.
This is the best push up vid I watched so far. I wish I could've watched this 2 years earlier😅
I’ve just gone from 20 to 28 in two minutes 😁
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK JEFF
HOW?? If anything this made my reps go down.
Thank you for the help! I have a lot more confidence of passing my PTR!
That is an awesome tip, thanks Jeff!
Sick! At first I can only do 30 in a row, now I can do 38. Thanks a lot jeff
WOW i literally just did it on the ground right as he said it and I confirm it's so much easier when u flex ur ankles and butt.
More good stuff from a great coach!! thanks again Jeff...New Athlean X lifer here! Ive been following a lot of your instruction pertaining to diet and exercise. Its only been a couple of weeks and Ive seen great results. Dropped 13+ lbs of stomach fat in about the first week.Just went clothes shopping and I'm back to a 30" waist. Now I'm looking forward to gains! If I can get half or more of that back in muscle growth I will be stoked!! Heres to 42 and changing my life!!
Sir I just want to let you know you have saved my life you have given me the determination to turn my life around thank you sir thank you so much
Just hit 50 pushups in 1 minute for my first time today! I was at 35 just 2 weeks ago. So pumped to hit 100!
did u reach 100
I practice push ups at least 4 days a week, I see nothing wrong with my form. I go all the way down, tuck my elbows in 45°, and I don’t do them too fast. I’m not improving one bit, even after watching his other video about how to improve. So can you give me advice on how to go from 24 to at least 40?
Hey Paul! Try to incorporate weightlifting (tricep & bicep exercises) or more calisthenics to improve endurance and strength. Happy push-ups!
Was about to sleep. But got the notification for this vid :P
BeastGaming
And now you're doing push-ups?
BeastGaming same here 😂
I can't believe the difference. Amazing job as always. Thanks Jeff
What an absolute LEGEND this man is !
Can share what helped me get stronger for push ups. Have done calisthenics for years, tried tons of different push up variations. Always tried to perform whatever push up variation I do with correct form etc. I stopped however improving much after a while, hit a plateau. Just minor improvement in rep max for various push ups. What changed it and improved my strength a ton was the following:
Same push up variations as before( I focus mostly on diamond, regular and medicine ball push ups) but I shifted the speed I did them at. Not same constant speed up and down. Instead I now do super slooooow going down( like 4-5 seconds probably), take a short stop when at lowest point, then EXPLODE up with all the effort and speed I can muster, repeat. Saw a big improvement even after just two-three weeks of doing this. Can really recommend it once you hit that plateau like I did.
Thank you for the advice.
What if you just wanna max out as much as possible in a short amount of time?
@@herbdias8702 There are going to be lots of approaches for improving push up strength. It's about making the exercise harder and harder. Advanced variations, adding weight etc.
The method I described is about "time under tension" combined with explosive power. That's why it was effective. I was however already very strong at push ups. I don't think it's a method someone could start using if they don't already have lots of push up strength. If you can't do enough of them in a set it's better to use a different variation to build up. Also I am not saying my method is the best just that it's one way to do it that might work well for someone.
Doing as many push ups as possible in a short amount of time I don't think is good though. Because if going for speed you will not keep the form perfect. A push up should be going as close to the floor as possible. Also when stressing them out you are using your momentum to "bounce" off the floor. Much better to go down, pause like 1 second at lowest point", then press up. That way you are not cheating.
@@herbdias8702 in my opinion, if you just want to max out as quickly as possible, do burpees instead. Hard, explosive throughout and can tire you out relatively quickly.
I literally started crying at the intro
So much value in one short video. Thank you!
Went from a 62 on my PST to 78 after using this video. Works great!
Thank you! I have a fitness test coming up in 20 weeks and I need to be able to rep 150 pushups. I struggle around 30 I hope this works.
Wesley Buccini what job do you need to do 150 push ups for?!
@@maxwellbrainerd3802 yh what he said
Thanks, Jeff. It definitely makes sense and I'm anxious to put this concept to work.
worked for me .. I couldn't believe myself... can't thank you enough.
I am trying to become an Air Force SERE Specialist. I'm doing my fitness test in a few days to compete for a SERE contract. The techniques in this video helped me raise my max reps by about 15. I am grateful for this channel.
This man got so much muscle he would literaly break your arm in a arm wrestling match
Probably not tbh pretty sure arm breaks happen when there's lots of resistance. Even using my fap arm i'd probably lose almost immediately so no broken arm :)
Haha, Jessie, man 😂
Fredrik Andersen STOP DOING THAT
Thank you very much for this. I saw this when i needed it most for my qualification. Very much appreciated 👍