That’s how things used to be in the early 20th century culture, the phrase ‘Renaissance Man’ or ‘Uomo Universale’ were popular. Back then a nerd was someone who only did ‘one’ thing well. Most had the attitude that if you were ‘educated’ that it meant physically, mentally, emotionally, and you could express it vocally. Somehow in the later half of the 20th century came technocratic ideas - (Like she’s the smart one; listen to her, or he’s the strongest; let him build that, or they are creative types; don’t give them boring things to do.)
@@j.pendergrass9805 Nice info! Is there a documentary or movie showing this particular philosophy? I'm pigeonholing myself as an audio / visual learner
@@uelude If you find something on RUclips tell me. All I find is vintage magazines, books, old speeches, and even some advertising from the period. Folgers coffee was big on the idea, because they saw college goers as their prime customer.
I started more than a year ago with one push-up a day for a week, and added one each week. Next week I can do 80 , it was one of the best Idea and habit's I have ever started. I had a lot of shoulder issues but almost all are gone
@@kingbroseph9773 yes and no, I had issues them before, IT decks job, no exercise and if, it was too heavy and Yeah never wanted to acknowledge how weak I really was. Now a lot is better, when I do shoulders I focus on the cuffs and I go light. Same with push-ups in the past I tried too many and always got inflammation on my tendons. All gone, never thought I could do this, now I even started to use light weights again and brought a powebag to do some farmer walks. Next thing I want to learn to to pull-ups but first I have to get lighter. Push-ups are awesome go slow and steady
I need to get there first, mate, great job! Do you do any kind of pulling exercises to counter for your pec/front shoulder/triceps training by performing push ups, so these muscles aren’t overdeveloped compared to your back muscles?
I did over 100 pushups a day for over a year straight. That fixed my posture, made me much stronger, and even though I was already confident, it made me so much more
I'm starting to grow bitch tits as I'm getting old, do you guys think the push ups and a better diet will rid me of it? I never had them but with the lockdowns and everything I put in weight like never before...
@@Eviligniter Exercise and a better diet will always make you lose unwanted weight. It's establishing the routine that's hard, but once it's there, the rewards are worth it.
I lost 60kg in 8 months and my big manboobs became gnarly hanging bitchtits. Even now at month 13 of transfotmation with q bygger fokus on Chester i AM battling! Some men is more genetically chall3nged with the fatdeposits, but I AM 37 and I will be darned if that loose chest is not filled out with muacle at my 40s birthday.
@Nikkolo Machiavelli This video already explained why high reps push up is effective for hypertrophy and strength. I do agree, that there are a more efficient ways.
@Nikkolo Machiavelli Actually, yes. I do high reps calisthenics because I would likes to save my money from the gym. Sure the results is slower but who cares, I got awesome gains and non wasted money in the long term.
We used to do 460 pushups on "muscle failure day" in preparations for the PT test. We did ladders, we did piston pushups, we did close and we did wide. I noticed an overall improvement in total body strength, core and my run times were faster. I forgot the fist pushups, our hands also toughened up and our puches were harder. Pushups are fantastic and can be done anywhere at anytime.
You are my favourite inspirational workout dude. I love how everything you do is geared toward real life and you also look like a real person and not a gear junky like pretty much every other fitness influencer.
Push-ups for life! And they should never get too easy that you can easily do 50+. There's far too many variations to settle for that! Start doing hand-stand push ups, planche push-ups, vary the angle and speed. It's crazy how a single basic movement possesses nearly infinite potential for growth.
@@JDirty-w-tha-30 those are reasonable concerns. You strengthen your shoulders and elbows before doing them, or do weighted push ups if you don't want to bother. If you're at a point to try those sorts of push ups, then you've gone a long way already. If it hurts, back off and do something else then try them down the line at a later date.
After not doing them for about 10 years I started adding them back about 3 weeks ago . My biggest issue was my ego. I'm 57 and prone to shoulder injuries so I swallowed my pride and started by doing them on my knees for the first week , then slowly added in full ones. Now I'm doing sets of 15 with no injuries so far. I do shorten my movement just a bit because in the past that when I got hurt
I remember when I was a Teen a Navy SEAL instructor said the pushup is the best exercise for the chest. I still believe him to this day. The most pushups I've ever done in a day was 170, but it was in a hour and a half. Only did ten reps at a time.
I love minimalist trainings with simple bodyweight exercises. Sometimes I just go out in a nice wooded area and just do push ups adding as many variations as possible
Hands down (no pun intended) one of the best & most comprehensive videos on push-ups! Feel like you took the video quality & color grading to the next level with this one too. Incredibly well done! 💪👍
I have done 170 push ups every day for the past three years. Routine, 10 push ups per minute, I sit in the flat footed squat position in between sets. On the 5th set I do 4 finger push ups. After 140 I take a slightly longer rest and do the last 30 in one set - to failure. This is my minimum work out on busy days. I have gained more in the past three years than 10 years of going to the gym once a week.
@rahulk2633 if you go to the gym once a week, and push to your absolute maximum limit. Then you will get huge gains in hypertrophy. That rest time will put you back up at 100% just to use it ALL in that one day. Granted though, I don't think that is what op was doing.
This channel is incredible, hats off. We used to get a 60 push up challenge at football training when I was about 14. Was a big deal then, we thought our coach was nuts. Yet dropping a few times during the day and banging out few sets of 20 soon made it possible. My record was around 87. I doubt I’ll get back there but great inspirational info packed vid .
You are genuinely one of the most helpful youtubers I’ve had the pleasure of viewing. I greatly appreciate your videos and find your advice to be a great aid
People often don't believe me when I say that I got my pecs from doing push ups. From 17-20 years old I alternated between push ups and pull ups doing them every other day and very little other strength training. My pecs and lats are huge compared to everything else even though I've lifted for some years now. Should have used that method for every other muscle group. :-)
I love the creativity at @6:34, as you are talking about blood vessels, you have edited in a shot of a tree and its branches.. which look like blood vessels.
I have a suggestion! The HEIHACHI workout. If you are a Tekken fan you already know! Heihachi is an 75 year old buff martial artist, the strongest human in the game. Can you make a video discussing about how to be athletic all of your life, a strong old man, top martial artist and prove that age is just a number? I’d like to hear your thoughts, and of course make this video with Grant to hear his version as to how a martial artist can beat his human and age restrictions! By the way excellent video, with the pandemic passing by, push ups became a staple of everyone’s (I think) workout routine! Keep up the good work!!
I startet training 1 Month ago and the first thing I aim for is to max my push-ups record to a 100 . I do them slow and I care about the right form. But doing 100 Push ups is a nice goal.
You have no idea how valuable your independent, research driven, out of the institution, based approach is bud. You are truly one of a kind in this field. I am close to you in age and I hope you never stop doing what you do(this). Smashing job as always🙌
I'm 2 weeks away from day 100 of the one punch man challenge. Your channel has improved my technique a lot and has helped keep me 100% injury free. Thanks for the content and I'm excited to see what you research next.
When i started, i was 105 kg and could hardly do 5 pushups. 1 month later, today i did 100 pushups in the morning and 200 more in the evening (not continuous tho i do sets of 10 pushups). I have come a long way but i have a waaay longer way to go.
How do you guy progress so fast? I'm in my second month of training and from zero pushups, now I can do about 15. Do you do it really fast or you do it controlled with full range of motion?
I'm sorry, but you went from barely able to do 5 pushups to doing 300... after 1 month? That's literally impossible, unless you went through a Captain America experiment and they turned you into a super soldier.
I love your videos dude. For a while I was just training raw strength with weights at my gym. But after an injury and a long recovery/healing break I decided to take a different approach to my physical fitness. I want a functional body more than an aesthetic body. I’ve started running, calisthenics, balancing and mobility exercises, and using a kettle bell with your channel being one of my guides. And it’s been so amazing for my body. I genuinely appreciate how you explain and demonstrate what you’re talking about. Thank you
This is encouraging.So many people say to not do the same exercise, two days in a row but as you look at bricklayers and other forms of work, such as farming, they are very strong and look it, so I don't know that their argument holds water. Glenn
Take It as a challenge to yourself to turn the environment around you outside into a gym. Yes, you'll have to buy a few things, such as elastic bands, but it's very, very healthy to exercise outside, preferably with someone. 🙂
Thank you for this! For years I've been doing 100-200 pushups a day. At a point I was doing 300 a day. Through out RUclips I could only see people talking the harm it's doing to the body. For me, it has only worked wonders. And your video cleared my mind of the many doubts I had. Currently I'm doing 250-300 a day with variations. I'm at my best natural body shape yet. Thank you. I'm gonna follow you. You made the most sense to me! 🖤🔥
Do you take rest days or do you do 100-200 every day? Personally when I started working out this year I was doing 50-150 per day, but I changed my routine to work more on other muscle groups & let the pecs rest more. Now I have one major chest day where I do 400 pushups (100 weighted, 100 normal, 100 inclined, 100 declined) and 2 other days where I do 150-200, it gives me more time for other exercises, let my chest recover, and it's noticeably more effective at increasing muscle mass (at least for me)
The suggestion of first maxing out reps using one variation and then continue with a easier variation until you reach failure again, then continue to an even easier variation is something I do myself as well and it really helps with building muscle and maximizing gains (in my opinion).
Bioneer indeed. I like the variety. Lifting weights gets boring sometimes. You speak in a way I can understand. I work in a woodshop lifting heavy timbers. Functional strength is important to me. Glad to see a physical book. Ready to purchase asap. Your work lives on. Cheers from Nashville. 63 year old Craftsman.
WHY ON EARTH DOES THIS CHANNEL NOT HAVE A MILLION SUBS ALREADY??? One of the most original and fun fitness/wellness channels on RUclips. Big up Bioneer!
I've done 50-60 push up ( in 5 min) in first few months as consistent beginner . It was one of the greatest plateaus breaker yet maintaining the Hypertrophy goals.
I’ve been utilizing push-ups with a resistance band going across my upper back or with a weighted vest on. Both have been great additions to my training!
@@antebasic2418 the fact that the military equation of calisthenics stuff in general is overlooked is odd. Though the military is slow to adopt new things, there's a reason why push ups remain. But I'm sure the gym rats know more than an institution that's been around for thousands of years and literally deals in life and death.
Mantis push up...another level, similar to Hindu push up but more focus on the tricep. However as someone who's studied southern preying mantis kung fu for 5 years, I've not seen one video/demo of a proper Mantis push up on RUclips...
What a brilliant video. When I looked up "push-up exercise routine" on the ol' youtube I wasn't expecting to be schooled by such a thoroughly pleasant man in a beautiful meadow. Subscribed!
Excellent, excellent theme and presentation. One forgets sooooo easily, the benefits of simplicity and its variations. Benchpress is sexy, but the elite military (Britisch even more than American) still rely on exactly these things for physical fitness. If it works for a Royal Marine, US Marine or Army Ranger etc.., it will work for us! 🙏😎
Two years ago i couldn't do even 1x lady push up (as I've been my whole life geek gamer), now i do 300x different variation push ups + 150x squats along with other interesting exercises daily. The first month is real struggle, i remember first time i did 20 normal push ups the other day my hands were almost broken 😁
@kratos yeah, I found channel here on RUclips "Strength Side" which gives many interesting exercises for lower body and the body as a whole, never getting bored. Check it out.
@@xartx1168 ill check it out I wanted to get into work out but sprained my wrist and haven't been able to get started/ I was starting but the sprain came so abruptly that I haven't been able to work my upper body in 2 and a half weeks man.
Totally out of nowhere, but make sure your safe when your video taping in all those tall grasses, all I could think of was ticks and Lyme disease. Stay safe, I truly appreciate your videos. God bless you, stay safe in the tall grass!
Having 100-120 push up everyday gives me more immunity than doing exercises or push up 3 days per week. I never feel soreness or fatigue in my muscles since I started doing push up and exercises everyday with strict rules. Push up helps to increase my triceps and chest easily top.
Started doing a calisthenics program about 3 weeks ago. Each time adding multiple sets of push-ups and sit ups. I would say that incrementally I'm starting to notice improvement on form strength and endurance. This week it was 186 push ups and 260 sit ups a day. Next week add one more push up to the sets. :)
What is effective to progress to a high rep range? Just practice pushups? Do them slow, do them fast? Grease the grove? Add weight? The reason I need to know is since I'm planning on joing the army.
Push ups are amazing! I just got my heavy weight vest and it has a much greater "activation" for me than any barbell or dumbbell exercise. The pump is insane. I can't explain it, it's just awesome.
I started a few weeks ago doing pushups with the kitchen counter 100 a day for a couple weeks then moved down to a bench doing a 100 a day today i did my first set of 20 in a row on the ground. Im getting stronger my first goal is 100 in a row. See where it goes from there.
Bro I have to be honest I just found out about this channel maybe a few weeks ago and I am already seeing vast improvements by applying some of your studied principles. Really appreciate your insight.
If your chest is your best aesthetic asset, your traps are right there with it. Perhaps I missed it, but a video on what you do for your traps would be awesome. Genetics aside, you have to be doing something right in the traps department.
I got up to doing 1000 pushups and 600 situps a day in high school. I got good results but it took hours a day so I did not keep up with it long. Weights are just so much more efficient in the 5-10 rep range though nowadays I am adding in some more higher reps in hope of more hypertrophy from total volume.
Awesome to see this great channel grow. Here since 10,000 subscribers. Can you make a video about Turkish get up if you incorporate it in your training??
Your new camera is so good. Every blade of grass and texture of wood look so alive. It also helps with the exercises because we see all the nuances of your movement. Thanks for all your hard work. 🙇♂️
My favorite push up variation is Jeff Cavaliere's twisting push up where you turn your pec towards your arm. Activates more of the pec. Ring pushups are fun too.
Tip from an Exercise physiologist: when doing chest exercises in general, Keep your elbows at about 45 degrees like OP said. Th reason why is because if you perform push ups or bench press with your elbows tucked into your sides, you will aggravate your AC joints (where your clavicles meet the scapula) over time. This poor form is GREAT for activating the pectoralis major, but the elbows being tucked in causes internal rotation of the humerus. After some time, this internal rotation of the humerus causes the AC joint to encounter a ton of torque (rotational energy in opposite directions) and the cartilage in between the scapula and the clavicle gets inflamed
I spent years doing hundreds of pushups a day. Eventually spent a couple months doing 500+ pushups did days a week until my elbow have out with ulnar nerve entrapment. The issue went undiagnosed or miss diagnosed for a decade before a good PT helped me figure out what the issue was and remediate the elbow. It's still not 100%, but I can work out again without a week of debilitating pain after. I miss where I was and I wish I didn't go through the decade of near constant pain.
I can testify to the efficacy of High rep push ups. I do them Tabatha style- 20s on 10s off x4-x8. I was struggling with doing 21 reps in first set and now I can do 30+, All while weighing 117kg (258lbs). When I started this my max bench was about 180kg for a single and now it’s 195kg. I’d say I’ve even reduced my powerlifting style training amount (though I still do it), so high reps can be highly effective.
Last year around July I was VERY over weight and trying to get motivated. I had started several different workouts and nothing was sticking. I decided to start doing pushups. I have been doing 100 a day since last July. it started with me having to do them throughout the day to today where I do my 100 in 10 minutes. I have lost 20 lbs now. While I have tried to incorporate different exercises, I have ALWAYS done my pushups. No matter what I do my pushups every day. I have also cut and changed things from my diet, but my constant has been the pushups. I have recently added purpees and have been able to keep those up for a month now. 100 Pushups in the morning before work and 75 burpees after work when I get home.
Man you made me fall in love with working out again, so different so original. You're so underrated man. Ps. Give us the aggressive goatee again it reminded me of yuri boyka 😂
Most of the points you said i had actually noticed in my over 12y of training experience.. only increasing (trying to) ammounts of for example pushups even easy ones to very high numbers seems gainless
Minding my muscle connection is particularly helpful during pushups. I imagine that I'm trying to shove my hands through the floor, or that I'm a great bear swiping down onto a human skull. This always helps me to produce a lot of force in my movements.
Excellent from not only the motivational aspect. But educational also. Tomorrow my colleague and I will do some speed type drills on the arsenal stadium steps. Then run up the near by 15 story tower block, before returning to our gym for some circuit type training. My colleague will soon become a Tough Mudder. Meanwhile I’ll soon be celebrating my 65th birthday as a cancer survivor, and a sober warrior🍀
Better off with pullups or rows if you're going to do massive volume of something. Anterior musculature is overdeveloped compared to posterior musculature in almost everyone due to sitting, driving, typing on computers, etc.
@@Wolfuskaktus You can, especially if you're young and relatively free of injuries, but there's only so much recovery capacity and time in the day. It depends on how much time you can devote to working out and how much energy you have. These aren't unlimited and if you want to get the most out of your time and energy in terms of strength and aesthetic gains then hundreds of pushups is pretty low on the list of efficient methods unless you're relatively untrained. That said, pushups are great, especially if you use a good mix of variations. They are probably the best all-around push-based exercise there is for general health and I think they are great for warmups and accessory/functional movement training in addition to barbell/dumbell. It is my experience that they help to reduce injuries when used as a supplement to bb/db training, however, if your goal is strength in that push movement you would benefit hugely from the barbell and if your goal is aesthetics in the pectoral and anterior delt most people acquire results far faster from dumbbell flies and strict press variations. Ring flies and deep parallel bar/parallette pushups are also more effective in developing the pec. If your goal is push endurance for some strange reason, then hundreds of pushups a day is likely your best bet so have at it. I'm not sure what purpose maximizing your push endurance serves though.
Do you have any resources on programming large volumes of pull ups? I'm currently doing something I'm adapting from Mark Wildman's push-up volume cycle but for pull ups instead, but I don't know if it's the best method.
My most favorite variation of push-ups are the diamond pushups, declined, staggered, standard, and plyo pushups. This video was very informative and handy to improve my pushups. Keep up the good work and stay fit 💪
I'm a big fan of a slow descent and an explosive ascension. Really builds a good pump. Also, Iron Loo built his foundation of strength on years and years of calisthenics. He eventually focused on weight training more, but the dude is nearly 300lbs and can still hold a planche.
Why am I only finding your channel now?! This is the sort of training I’ve been looking for, and your personality/delivery is so great! Good on you, and wish you continued success!!
Thanks man. I have to be in a patrol car for three days, 12 hour shifts. Started doing push-ups on level of cars trunk kid. Am doing 200 of those a day, now you have given me more ideas! Hey, here is something that would be fun and you could use your creativity to show us some exercises you can do in a car. Push-ups? Dips? What else?
You’ve outdone yourself again Adam, great video as always! Could you do a video at some point with suggestions for exercises on the frontal plane? We see a lot of skater hops but are there progressions? I think you probably have a lot to say about the neurology of that, proprioception, etc. I know you’ve done your personal trainer course but I’m wondering if you think about being a teacher in person at all? What you do on the channel is amazing and I can see you creating your own exercise academy in the future. Thanks for everything you do! Finally, is it likely my local Waterstones or WHSmith would have your book? Or do I have to order it online?
Anyone here knows if it’s ok to do push ups everyday here and there even on rest days? Like when I wake up sometime during the middle of day and some at night?
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“Mom that guy is in our yard again.”
😂😂😂😂😂
😆😆
"Get the camera son I'm gonna have a good time tonight"
btw do anyone knows where he trained?
Mom: *stares with hungry eyes*
I'm so grateful to be alive during the age of the MuscleNerds
That’s how things used to be in the early 20th century culture, the phrase ‘Renaissance Man’ or ‘Uomo Universale’ were popular.
Back then a nerd was someone who only did ‘one’ thing well.
Most had the attitude that if you were ‘educated’ that it meant physically, mentally, emotionally, and you could express it vocally.
Somehow in the later half of the 20th century came technocratic ideas - (Like she’s the smart one; listen to her, or he’s the strongest; let him build that, or they are creative types; don’t give them boring things to do.)
@@j.pendergrass9805 Nice info!
Is there a documentary or movie showing this particular philosophy? I'm pigeonholing myself as an audio / visual learner
@@uelude If you find something on RUclips tell me.
All I find is vintage magazines, books, old speeches, and even some advertising from the period.
Folgers coffee was big on the idea, because they saw college goers as their prime customer.
@@j.pendergrass9805 I would go further back to the actual Renaissance or even the Ancient Greeks
@@smeetsnoud1 Kinda said that. It’s in the name itself.
Most fitness channels: (tons of gloating/bold claims)
Bioneer: *the physical embodiment of knowledge is power*
Yes. I fully agree, that’s the reason I subscribed.
Indeed
bioneer and jeremy ethier are my favorite two workout channels
I'm done being left out...how y'all make y'all words bold like that ? 🤣🤦🏽♂️
@@hhphim97 By putting * before and after the sentence/word *like this* .👍
Your chest isn’t your best aesthetic asset. It’s your smile 😊
😁 Thank you!
Well said :)
No homo tho
Both, both, both is good
@@JhordaneB Naaa, nothing wrong with finding that magnificent chest attractive (and the smile, too, of course) ;)
I started more than a year ago with one push-up a day for a week, and added one each week. Next week I can do 80 , it was one of the best Idea and habit's I have ever started. I had a lot of shoulder issues but almost all are gone
Shoulder issues probably came from form issues but glad you've corrected them
@@kingbroseph9773 yes and no, I had issues them before, IT decks job, no exercise and if, it was too heavy and Yeah never wanted to acknowledge how weak I really was. Now a lot is better, when I do shoulders I focus on the cuffs and I go light. Same with push-ups in the past I tried too many and always got inflammation on my tendons. All gone, never thought I could do this, now I even started to use light weights again and brought a powebag to do some farmer walks. Next thing I want to learn to to pull-ups but first I have to get lighter. Push-ups are awesome go slow and steady
@@weltvonalex do banded facepulls to compliment your pushups for the ultimate shoulder health trick. Keep it up
I need to get there first, mate, great job!
Do you do any kind of pulling exercises to counter for your pec/front shoulder/triceps training by performing push ups, so these muscles aren’t overdeveloped compared to your back muscles?
@kratos ah ah noob, I used to add 10 more pushups every 2 days XD
honestly the quality of the footage improved a lot. The color grading is phenomenal and the cuts/B-roll etc is top notch!
I was thinking the same thing
I wonder what camera this was shot on? Any idea?
@@delasantos Sony A7 I believe
@@risingperspectivesmedia3426 a 7s iii or ii? :)
That drill you did at 09:05 has gotta be one of the most impressive feats of fitness I've ever seen. Subscribed!
Lol I had to rewind a cpl times to watch that was sum ninja type stuff right there
Holy hell
Holy Buddha and Raiden! What was that!
If I tried that I would've bent myself into a pretzel
well, dig deeper
I did over 100 pushups a day for over a year straight. That fixed my posture, made me much stronger, and even though I was already confident, it made me so much more
One punch man approach!
I'm starting to grow bitch tits as I'm getting old, do you guys think the push ups and a better diet will rid me of it? I never had them but with the lockdowns and everything I put in weight like never before...
@@Eviligniter Yes.
@@Eviligniter Exercise and a better diet will always make you lose unwanted weight. It's establishing the routine that's hard, but once it's there, the rewards are worth it.
I lost 60kg in 8 months and my big manboobs became gnarly hanging bitchtits. Even now at month 13 of transfotmation with q bygger fokus on Chester i AM battling! Some men is more genetically chall3nged with the fatdeposits, but I AM 37 and I will be darned if that loose chest is not filled out with muacle at my 40s birthday.
7:07 I felt a little offended when he called mitochondria "energy factories of cells" instead of "powerhouse of cells".
ya i was totally triggered by that
cell o phobic
@@TruTube.1. whoosh
That’s when I disliked the video
Golgi Bodies need love too.
I look at it like this, calisthenics helped build some of the most elite warriors in human history, no need to fix what isnt broken. Rep it out
Hell yes, especially high volume calisthenics that comes with mental toughness gains.
@Nikkolo Machiavelli
This video already explained why high reps push up is effective for hypertrophy and strength. I do agree, that there are a more efficient ways.
@Nikkolo Machiavelli those guys are all humans they are not gods
@@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 probably not very good at push ups
@Nikkolo Machiavelli
Actually, yes. I do high reps calisthenics because I would likes to save my money from the gym. Sure the results is slower but who cares, I got awesome gains and non wasted money in the long term.
We used to do 460 pushups on "muscle failure day" in preparations for the PT test. We did ladders, we did piston pushups, we did close and we did wide. I noticed an overall improvement in total body strength, core and my run times were faster. I forgot the fist pushups, our hands also toughened up and our puches were harder. Pushups are fantastic and can be done anywhere at anytime.
You are my favourite inspirational workout dude. I love how everything you do is geared toward real life and you also look like a real person and not a gear junky like pretty much every other fitness influencer.
Push-ups for life! And they should never get too easy that you can easily do 50+. There's far too many variations to settle for that! Start doing hand-stand push ups, planche push-ups, vary the angle and speed. It's crazy how a single basic movement possesses nearly infinite potential for growth.
@@JDirty-w-tha-30 those are reasonable concerns. You strengthen your shoulders and elbows before doing them, or do weighted push ups if you don't want to bother. If you're at a point to try those sorts of push ups, then you've gone a long way already. If it hurts, back off and do something else then try them down the line at a later date.
I want to do 100 straight
@@JDirty-w-tha-30 Just make your shoulders less crusty.
You are only strong if you can do 50x of any variation with 15% added bodyweight.
@@JDirty-w-tha-30 do flat decline and incline push ups only if shoulders are djanked or knuckle pushups to add R.O.M.
After not doing them for about 10 years I started adding them back about 3 weeks ago . My biggest issue was my ego. I'm 57 and prone to shoulder injuries so I swallowed my pride and started by doing them on my knees for the first week , then slowly added in full ones. Now I'm doing sets of 15 with no injuries so far. I do shorten my movement just a bit because in the past that when I got hurt
I remember when I was a Teen a Navy SEAL instructor said the pushup is the best exercise for the chest. I still believe him to this day. The most pushups I've ever done in a day was 170, but it was in a hour and a half. Only did ten reps at a time.
I love minimalist trainings with simple bodyweight exercises. Sometimes I just go out in a nice wooded area and just do push ups adding as many variations as possible
>minimalist trainings
>as many variations as possible
@@MrCmon113 slight variations and tweaks of simple exercises is less convoluted than most gym splits
Hands down (no pun intended) one of the best & most comprehensive videos on push-ups! Feel like you took the video quality & color grading to the next level with this one too. Incredibly well done! 💪👍
@Mac _ Thank you very much, that’s very kind of you to say. Comments like these really make my day!
Subbed as well. Great channel
I have done 170 push ups every day for the past three years. Routine, 10 push ups per minute, I sit in the flat footed squat position in between sets. On the 5th set I do 4 finger push ups. After 140 I take a slightly longer rest and do the last 30 in one set - to failure. This is my minimum work out on busy days. I have gained more in the past three years than 10 years of going to the gym once a week.
If you only went to the gym for one day a week, no wonder you didn't gain as much in 10 years.
What kind of gains were you expecting bro...that is crazy
@rahulk2633 if you go to the gym once a week, and push to your absolute maximum limit. Then you will get huge gains in hypertrophy.
That rest time will put you back up at 100% just to use it ALL in that one day.
Granted though, I don't think that is what op was doing.
This channel is incredible, hats off. We used to get a 60 push up challenge at football training when I was about 14. Was a big deal then, we thought our coach was nuts. Yet dropping a few times during the day and banging out few sets of 20 soon made it possible. My record was around 87. I doubt I’ll get back there but great inspirational info packed vid .
You can start doing them and maybe aim for a new personal record. I think you can.
For me I like to do regular push ups also with a resistance band, wrapped around my back and arms. Great way to make push ups harder!
Bruce we all know you do push ups with just two fingers
oh come on Bruce... The 2 or 3 finger one armp push ups is harder than that🤣
Rings push ups is also an incredible harder push ups variation.
Always consider buying rings as an intermediate calisthenics athlete
Especially if you enjoy activating all your muscles to stabilize
You know that when Chuck Norris do pushups he acctually don't move, he just pushes the earth away with his arms
You are genuinely one of the most helpful youtubers I’ve had the pleasure of viewing. I greatly appreciate your videos and find your advice to be a great aid
People often don't believe me when I say that I got my pecs from doing push ups. From 17-20 years old I alternated between push ups and pull ups doing them every other day and very little other strength training. My pecs and lats are huge compared to everything else even though I've lifted for some years now. Should have used that method for every other muscle group. :-)
You can start using it for other muscle groups now.
@@relaxandfocus5563 How does pushups and pull-ups work for other muscle groups? Like traps, neck or lower back?
@@uelude pullups don't hit your traps well, however, the inverted rows are perfect.
You did nucleus overload. Look up Team3dAlpha if you want to get huge all around
I love the creativity at @6:34, as you are talking about blood vessels, you have edited in a shot of a tree and its branches.. which look like blood vessels.
Thank you! Glad someone caught it 😬
I have a suggestion! The HEIHACHI workout. If you are a Tekken fan you already know! Heihachi is an 75 year old buff martial artist, the strongest human in the game. Can you make a video discussing about how to be athletic all of your life, a strong old man, top martial artist and prove that age is just a number? I’d like to hear your thoughts, and of course make this video with Grant to hear his version as to how a martial artist can beat his human and age restrictions! By the way excellent video, with the pandemic passing by, push ups became a staple of everyone’s (I think) workout routine! Keep up the good work!!
I startet training 1 Month ago and the first thing I aim for is to max my push-ups record to a 100 . I do them slow and I care about the right form. But doing 100 Push ups is a nice goal.
hell yeah😁👌 good job
This guy is an embodiment of HARD WORK.
I only not long ago found out about your channel, and gosh, where was I before. Love the videos, keep it going, brother!
Like a candle in a dark room!
You have no idea how valuable your independent, research driven, out of the institution, based approach is bud. You are truly one of a kind in this field. I am close to you in age and I hope you never stop doing what you do(this).
Smashing job as always🙌
I'm 2 weeks away from day 100 of the one punch man challenge. Your channel has improved my technique a lot and has helped keep me 100% injury free. Thanks for the content and I'm excited to see what you research next.
Been planning on doing the said challenge as well! You're amazing for having to go through that challenge consistently. Hats off
Those plyometric moves are so awesome. I’ve never seen anyone else do that many push-ups while in full cardio mode. It gives me goals.
I was in a psych ward it wasn’t that bad for just two weeks and in that time I quickly could do over 50 as a 32 year old frail woman
You single?
When i started, i was 105 kg and could hardly do 5 pushups.
1 month later, today i did 100 pushups in the morning and 200 more in the evening (not continuous tho i do sets of 10 pushups).
I have come a long way but i have a waaay longer way to go.
How many seconds of rest between sets? 30 maybe? I usually set a timer of 30 minutes and just rep it out
How do you guy progress so fast? I'm in my second month of training and from zero pushups, now I can do about 15.
Do you do it really fast or you do it controlled with full range of motion?
@@Joao-ur7ey Sounds like you may not be eating enough
I'm sorry, but you went from barely able to do 5 pushups to doing 300... after 1 month? That's literally impossible, unless you went through a Captain America experiment and they turned you into a super soldier.
Push-ups are a great functional movement that literally anyone (without a disability that enables them from doing so) can do. Great video.
I love your videos dude. For a while I was just training raw strength with weights at my gym. But after an injury and a long recovery/healing break I decided to take a different approach to my physical fitness. I want a functional body more than an aesthetic body. I’ve started running, calisthenics, balancing and mobility exercises, and using a kettle bell with your channel being one of my guides. And it’s been so amazing for my body. I genuinely appreciate how you explain and demonstrate what you’re talking about. Thank you
They are also good as an energy boost or something to get you moving and going as you can do them anywhere and don't need to warm up
This is encouraging.So many people say to not do the same exercise, two days in a row but as you look at bricklayers and other forms of work, such as farming, they are very strong and look it, so I don't know that their argument holds water. Glenn
Very timely upload, I was studying Myonuclei and Nucleus Overload benefits because I only do calisthenics and gyms are closed here at my country.
Take It as a challenge to yourself to turn the environment around you outside into a gym. Yes, you'll have to buy a few things, such as elastic bands, but it's very, very healthy to exercise outside, preferably with someone. 🙂
I wonder if i'm the only woman who watches the Bioneer's awesome videos? Strength training ftw!
There are like ten of you I think! 😂😂 You are appreciated!
Yay fantastic!
U all girls are missing out
Must be lots!
Nope, I watch all the time.
Thank you for this! For years I've been doing 100-200 pushups a day. At a point I was doing 300 a day. Through out RUclips I could only see people talking the harm it's doing to the body. For me, it has only worked wonders. And your video cleared my mind of the many doubts I had. Currently I'm doing 250-300 a day with variations. I'm at my best natural body shape yet. Thank you. I'm gonna follow you. You made the most sense to me! 🖤🔥
Do you take rest days or do you do 100-200 every day? Personally when I started working out this year I was doing 50-150 per day, but I changed my routine to work more on other muscle groups & let the pecs rest more. Now I have one major chest day where I do 400 pushups (100 weighted, 100 normal, 100 inclined, 100 declined) and 2 other days where I do 150-200, it gives me more time for other exercises, let my chest recover, and it's noticeably more effective at increasing muscle mass (at least for me)
I always leave your videos smarter and more knowledgeable so thankful and humbled for that
13:40 It's almost a guarantee there'll be a lizard crawl in a bioneer video, and I love it.
And mentions of the great Gamma.
The quality of the editing and footage in this have improved massively, absolutely loving it
The suggestion of first maxing out reps using one variation and then continue with a easier variation until you reach failure again, then continue to an even easier variation is something I do myself as well and it really helps with building muscle and maximizing gains (in my opinion).
Bioneer indeed. I like the variety. Lifting weights gets boring sometimes. You speak in a way I can understand. I work in a woodshop lifting heavy timbers. Functional strength is important to me. Glad to see a physical book. Ready to purchase asap. Your work lives on. Cheers from Nashville. 63 year old Craftsman.
WHY ON EARTH DOES THIS CHANNEL NOT HAVE A MILLION SUBS ALREADY??? One of the most original and fun fitness/wellness channels on RUclips. Big up Bioneer!
I don't know if you realize what great motivator you are, Thank you.
I've done 50-60 push up ( in 5 min) in first few months as consistent beginner . It was one of the greatest plateaus breaker yet maintaining the Hypertrophy goals.
You might have the best fitness channel I've come across..I always return to this content
I’ve been utilizing push-ups with a resistance band going across my upper back or with a weighted vest on. Both have been great additions to my training!
The amount of details and video quality is insane! Loved the video as usual!
Push ups are the MOST SLEPT ON EXERCISE OF ALL TIME! YOU CAN BUILD AN IMPECCABLE CHEST WITH JUST PUSH UP VARIATIONS 🔥🔥🔥🔥
'Impeccable' lol good one m8
@@12xenn45 subconsciously
*Pull ups but yes, too many people think pushups are only for beginners or for military.
@@antebasic2418 the fact that the military equation of calisthenics stuff in general is overlooked is odd. Though the military is slow to adopt new things, there's a reason why push ups remain. But I'm sure the gym rats know more than an institution that's been around for thousands of years and literally deals in life and death.
Yep. It's weird how push ups is arguably the most well-known exercise but it's still kinda overlooked in fitness.
Most underated channel on the site
True bro
Best push-up variations:
- Charles Glass push-up
- Mike Tyson push-up
- Hindu push-up (Dand)
Mantis push up...another level, similar to Hindu push up but more focus on the tricep. However as someone who's studied southern preying mantis kung fu for 5 years, I've not seen one video/demo of a proper Mantis push up on RUclips...
shout out to Charles Glass, thanks i didn't know he had one as well
What a brilliant video. When I looked up "push-up exercise routine" on the ol' youtube I wasn't expecting to be schooled by such a thoroughly pleasant man in a beautiful meadow. Subscribed!
7:58 (chef's kiss)
man what a great shot, great form on a super difficult exercise!!!
At 82, I do 2 sets of at least 50 every other day. Love it!
Excellent, excellent theme and presentation. One forgets sooooo easily, the benefits of simplicity and its variations. Benchpress is sexy, but the elite military (Britisch even more than American) still rely on exactly these things for physical fitness. If it works for a Royal Marine, US Marine or Army Ranger etc.., it will work for us! 🙏😎
My favourites:
1. diamond push up
2. Pseudo planche
3. Isometric (5 secs at top, 5 secs at bottom)
Two years ago i couldn't do even 1x lady push up (as I've been my whole life geek gamer), now i do 300x different variation push ups + 150x squats along with other interesting exercises daily. The first month is real struggle, i remember first time i did 20 normal push ups the other day my hands were almost broken 😁
@kratos yeah, I found channel here on RUclips "Strength Side" which gives many interesting exercises for lower body and the body as a whole, never getting bored. Check it out.
good for you bro. Check out Wes Watson on youtube, its a mindset and discipline channel that changed my life, youll probably like it
@@xartx1168 ill check it out I wanted to get into work out but sprained my wrist and haven't been able to get started/ I was starting but the sprain came so abruptly that I haven't been able to work my upper body in 2 and a half weeks man.
Should join a gym mate
definitely one of the top 5 fitness channels on youtube, and totally unique
Can you do a video about mike Tysons workout routine where he would do thousands of squats sit-ups push-ups miles of running and so on
I was thinking about it too man. Please make a video on Mike Tyson's Training.
Same here
All those sit ups and neck bridges he did ruined his back
He mentioned Mike Tyson's squat routine during his bane training video
Should he talk about the steroid and illegal drugs too?
Totally out of nowhere, but make sure your safe when your video taping in all those tall grasses, all I could think of was ticks and Lyme disease. Stay safe, I truly appreciate your videos. God bless you, stay safe in the tall grass!
Having 100-120 push up everyday gives me more immunity than doing exercises or push up 3 days per week. I never feel soreness or fatigue in my muscles since I started doing push up and exercises everyday with strict rules. Push up helps to increase my triceps and chest easily top.
Started doing a calisthenics program about 3 weeks ago. Each time adding multiple sets of push-ups and sit ups. I would say that incrementally I'm starting to notice improvement on form strength and endurance. This week it was 186 push ups and 260 sit ups a day. Next week add one more push up to the sets. :)
I haven't done a push up in ages, but I did some recently aren't my push day recently and it destroyed my chest after benching 🔥🔥
FitnessFAQs quoted a study about push ups additional to bench press (dunno if normal or plyometrics etc.), which can make your bench benefit from.
What is effective to progress to a high rep range? Just practice pushups? Do them slow, do them fast? Grease the grove? Add weight? The reason I need to know is since I'm planning on joing the army.
Do 80-90% of your max rep speed. The more you try to explode up to get more pushups done in a period of time, the faster you will tire
Push ups are amazing! I just got my heavy weight vest and it has a much greater "activation" for me than any barbell or dumbbell exercise. The pump is insane. I can't explain it, it's just awesome.
I love weighted push-ups way more more than bench press
I started a few weeks ago doing pushups with the kitchen counter 100 a day for a couple weeks then moved down to a bench doing a 100 a day today i did my first set of 20 in a row on the ground. Im getting stronger my first goal is 100 in a row. See where it goes from there.
Bro I have to be honest I just found out about this channel maybe a few weeks ago and I am already seeing vast improvements by applying some of your studied principles. Really appreciate your insight.
So good! I felt the same when I discovered his channel last year!
This guy is reading minds for real, we where discusing exactly this in other channel, specially gtg push ups using Pavel method, half reps etc
Julius Maddox has said his routine includes 10x40 push-ups and he attributes some of his success to the exercise.
I do just over 100 pushups every week on a certain day , normally Saturday and I’m grateful to learn from u .
If your chest is your best aesthetic asset, your traps are right there with it. Perhaps I missed it, but a video on what you do for your traps would be awesome. Genetics aside, you have to be doing something right in the traps department.
I got up to doing 1000 pushups and 600 situps a day in high school. I got good results but it took hours a day so I did not keep up with it long. Weights are just so much more efficient in the 5-10 rep range though nowadays I am adding in some more higher reps in hope of more hypertrophy from total volume.
Awesome to see this great channel grow. Here since 10,000 subscribers. Can you make a video about Turkish get up if you incorporate it in your training??
Your new camera is so good. Every blade of grass and texture of wood look so alive. It also helps with the exercises because we see all the nuances of your movement. Thanks for all your hard work. 🙇♂️
My favourite pushup variation: weighted ring push-ups (from fitness faqs)
Scale-able for infinite progress :)
I'm 55 year's old and I just want you to know I watch you for motivation before my work outs from Pittsburgh pa 👍💯
My favorite push up variation is Jeff Cavaliere's twisting push up where you turn your pec towards your arm. Activates more of the pec. Ring pushups are fun too.
These videos are so great I just keep coming back and watch them again and again.
Tip from an Exercise physiologist: when doing chest exercises in general, Keep your elbows at about 45 degrees like OP said. Th reason why is because if you perform push ups or bench press with your elbows tucked into your sides, you will aggravate your AC joints (where your clavicles meet the scapula) over time. This poor form is GREAT for activating the pectoralis major, but the elbows being tucked in causes internal rotation of the humerus. After some time, this internal rotation of the humerus causes the AC joint to encounter a ton of torque (rotational energy in opposite directions) and the cartilage in between the scapula and the clavicle gets inflamed
thank you for sharing your knowledge
@@Cannibalizer93 No problem friend. I am 100% about passing the knowledge on to those who are willing to learn
I spent years doing hundreds of pushups a day. Eventually spent a couple months doing 500+ pushups did days a week until my elbow have out with ulnar nerve entrapment. The issue went undiagnosed or miss diagnosed for a decade before a good PT helped me figure out what the issue was and remediate the elbow. It's still not 100%, but I can work out again without a week of debilitating pain after. I miss where I was and I wish I didn't go through the decade of near constant pain.
9:04 WTF this amazing routine... never seen anything like this. Your on anther level. Keep up the great content 💪🤙
I can testify to the efficacy of High rep push ups. I do them Tabatha style- 20s on 10s off x4-x8. I was struggling with doing 21 reps in first set and now I can do 30+, All while weighing 117kg (258lbs). When I started this my max bench was about 180kg for a single and now it’s 195kg. I’d say I’ve even reduced my powerlifting style training amount (though I still do it), so high reps can be highly effective.
Last year around July I was VERY over weight and trying to get motivated. I had started several different workouts and nothing was sticking. I decided to start doing pushups. I have been doing 100 a day since last July. it started with me having to do them throughout the day to today where I do my 100 in 10 minutes. I have lost 20 lbs now. While I have tried to incorporate different exercises, I have ALWAYS done my pushups. No matter what I do my pushups every day. I have also cut and changed things from my diet, but my constant has been the pushups. I have recently added purpees and have been able to keep those up for a month now. 100 Pushups in the morning before work and 75 burpees after work when I get home.
Best fitness related channel on RUclips
Man you made me fall in love with working out again, so different so original. You're so underrated man.
Ps. Give us the aggressive goatee again it reminded me of yuri boyka 😂
Most of the points you said i had actually noticed in my over 12y of training experience.. only increasing (trying to) ammounts of for example pushups even easy ones to very high numbers seems gainless
Minding my muscle connection is particularly helpful during pushups. I imagine that I'm trying to shove my hands through the floor, or that I'm a great bear swiping down onto a human skull. This always helps me to produce a lot of force in my movements.
@@rmbrown717 yes sir. Me too. I notice that the pushups are much harder.
Excellent from not only the motivational aspect. But educational also.
Tomorrow my colleague and I will do some speed type drills on the arsenal stadium steps. Then run up the near by 15 story tower block, before returning to our gym for some circuit type training.
My colleague will soon become a Tough Mudder. Meanwhile I’ll soon be celebrating my 65th birthday as a cancer survivor, and a sober warrior🍀
Better off with pullups or rows if you're going to do massive volume of something. Anterior musculature is overdeveloped compared to posterior musculature in almost everyone due to sitting, driving, typing on computers, etc.
Why not both
@@Wolfuskaktus You can, especially if you're young and relatively free of injuries, but there's only so much recovery capacity and time in the day. It depends on how much time you can devote to working out and how much energy you have. These aren't unlimited and if you want to get the most out of your time and energy in terms of strength and aesthetic gains then hundreds of pushups is pretty low on the list of efficient methods unless you're relatively untrained.
That said, pushups are great, especially if you use a good mix of variations. They are probably the best all-around push-based exercise there is for general health and I think they are great for warmups and accessory/functional movement training in addition to barbell/dumbell. It is my experience that they help to reduce injuries when used as a supplement to bb/db training, however, if your goal is strength in that push movement you would benefit hugely from the barbell and if your goal is aesthetics in the pectoral and anterior delt most people acquire results far faster from dumbbell flies and strict press variations. Ring flies and deep parallel bar/parallette pushups are also more effective in developing the pec.
If your goal is push endurance for some strange reason, then hundreds of pushups a day is likely your best bet so have at it. I'm not sure what purpose maximizing your push endurance serves though.
Do you have any resources on programming large volumes of pull ups?
I'm currently doing something I'm adapting from Mark Wildman's push-up volume cycle but for pull ups instead, but I don't know if it's the best method.
@@70122riley
Look up old school calisthenics channel and his pull ups routine. He explained the high volume calisthenics very well.
@@yunggolem4687
I do push ups on the rings, as well as other rings exercises, it's destroyed my chest effectively.
My most favorite variation of push-ups are the diamond pushups, declined, staggered, standard, and plyo pushups. This video was very informative and handy to improve my pushups. Keep up the good work and stay fit 💪
I'm a big fan of a slow descent and an explosive ascension. Really builds a good pump. Also, Iron Loo built his foundation of strength on years and years of calisthenics. He eventually focused on weight training more, but the dude is nearly 300lbs and can still hold a planche.
Yeah, it just feels correct, especially with the classic lifting breathing.
Anyone know what happened to him after he was arrested? He was in an armed robbery apparently
Why am I only finding your channel now?! This is the sort of training I’ve been looking for, and your personality/delivery is so great! Good on you, and wish you continued success!!
What a coincidence. I’ve just started incorporating 100 pushups in my upper body workouts.
YOO I swear to God I started doing the same and this video happens 😂 coincidence I Think Not
Same here, I just started a 100 pushup 30 Day challenge 11 days ago! It already feels easy, so some days I do 2 or 3 hundred
Synchronized universe
Same!
Thanks man. I have to be in a patrol car for three days, 12 hour shifts. Started doing push-ups on level of cars trunk kid. Am doing 200 of those a day, now you have given me more ideas! Hey, here is something that would be fun and you could use your creativity to show us some exercises you can do in a car. Push-ups? Dips? What else?
You’ve outdone yourself again Adam, great video as always! Could you do a video at some point with suggestions for exercises on the frontal plane? We see a lot of skater hops but are there progressions? I think you probably have a lot to say about the neurology of that, proprioception, etc. I know you’ve done your personal trainer course but I’m wondering if you think about being a teacher in person at all? What you do on the channel is amazing and I can see you creating your own exercise academy in the future. Thanks for everything you do! Finally, is it likely my local Waterstones or WHSmith would have your book? Or do I have to order it online?
I love how comprehensiveness of the information presented, thank you.
Probably an overused comment, but this video makes me wanna do some push ups!
Anyone here knows if it’s ok to do push ups everyday here and there even on rest days? Like when I wake up sometime during the middle of day and some at night?