I'm a college runner who is trying to incorporate push ups and core workouts as well as higher mileage, but I am curious as to whether or not the push ups will make that big of a difference. I will be doing about 400 every other day once i work up to it. Thanks
nothing?
It might make a difference with the ladies
you need pushups plus the inverse of pushups. you have to go to the gym and use the machines to get that. muscle replaces body fat.
No, they won't.
No. Not unless you intend to crawl part of the race.
Pushups will be good for you. If you use good form they will help to strengthen your core. You will gain strength with negligible weight gain. Granted, the pecs and triceps are not the most important muscles for a runner, but getting them healthy strong and durable will help.
Good luck.
Not if you race the 3k or longer. If you couldn't do a pushup, it might help, but being able to do more than 15 pushups wouldn't seem to help much.
german does 350 a day.
what's your event? Definitely super helpful for the 400... the last 100 is practically all in the arms. If you've got strong arms it's amazing how they can lift your form when the rest of your body is dying. Also the 800 and maybe 1500, not sure how high you have to go before it hardly helps. German said he thinks about his pushups when he's trying to kick at the end of a race.
Pushups do more for core strength than for arm/chest strength.
If you're going to incorporate some bodyweight exercises start with this:
Pushups: AMRAP
Pullup: AMRAP
Squats: AMRAP
AMRAP = as many reps as possible.
Alan
Lantermanc wrote:
Not if you race the 3k or longer. If you couldn't do a pushup, it might help, but being able to do more than 15 pushups wouldn't seem to help much.
If you can't do 15 pushups you're weak as water and you need to improve your strength.
Imagine having no pecs at all. Your upper-body running form would be terrible. You need some strength up there. Especially if you want to be able to sprint. And I don't care what even you are running, you have to sprint at the end.
depends how big your boobs are. if they're real big, a pushup is just going to make them bounce all over, I think you'd want something more flattening. The real question is why you have such voluptuous man-boobs
mtsac wrote:
german does 350 a day.
you mean 350 cock pushups
Well I do a variety of events ranging from the 1500 to 10,000.
Oracle Rules ! wrote:
you need pushups plus the inverse of pushups. you have to go to the gym and use the machines to get that. muscle replaces body fat.
That last statement is the inverse of the truth.
this just sounds dumb.
mtsac wrote:
german does 350 a day.
Is this true or just chuck-norris-esque bs?
Oracle Rules ! wrote:
you need pushups plus the inverse of pushups. you have to go to the gym and use the machines to get that. muscle replaces body fat.
All you need is a squat rack. Put the bar about 4-6 inches below hip height, lie under it, and pull yourself up to it with your arms. Keep your body straight like a push-up, and do AMRAP.
How should one do body-weight squats? Same as regular, but just without the weights? And do you define failure here as falling over?