Can't increase pushup reps. Increase in chinups, core strength. Pushups stuck at 20

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if you're referring to me knife, i'm shorter than you and weigh slightly more than you lol

weight has a lot to do with it too of course, the more you weigh it will affect you. i can't do a lot of pushups anymore (off the top of my head, maybe 15-20 if i tried it right now where i stand), and it's because of the lack of activity on my pecs and triceps plus the extra weight, but if i trained for a couple of weeks i'd be able to do at least 40 or so
 
^ that's what my thought was too, even if it's slowly, you should definately see increases in the # of pushups
 
Just do negatives. When we were training for BUDS we would do negatives to get our 2min reps up. Went from 100 to about 120. That's chest to the ground every time.
 
You should only train a body part once every 5-7 days except abs and calves which can be done daily. The purpose of lifting is to destroy your muscles, your gains come over the subsequent days in which the muscles heals itself. Since push-UPS are a compound movement you need to strengthen every muscle involve especially delta and tris. The most important thing to remember is that your mind will tell you your done before your body is actually exhausted, if you don't dig deep and get those couple of extra reps you will never get stronger.
 
bbortko;5047434; said:
You should only train a body part once every 5-7 days except abs and calves which can be done daily. The purpose of lifting is to destroy your muscles, your gains come over the subsequent days in which the muscles heals itself. Since push-UPS are a compound movement you need to strengthen every muscle involve especially delta and tris. The most important thing to remember is that your mind will tell you your done before your body is actually exhausted, if you don't dig deep and get those couple of extra reps you will never get stronger.
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i've never heard the gap being this long before, but i wouldn't believe that either way. it's fine if you choose to do that, but you don't have to. i think if you are working out every week, your muscles are more used to the workouts and you don't have to rest as long in between

i've heard more like 2-3 days. but personally, for me, if i'm lifting weights 5-6 days a week, everyweek, I would alternate every other day on one part then the next part the next day. example for me, the only parts i am interested in building is pecs, triceps, biceps and abs. I'd do pecs and tris one day and abs and biceps the next day and alternate that
 
Well, I greatly doubt that I'm overdoing it that much. As a physical laborer I've witnessed first hand how the body will quickly adjust to rigorous use. I think I'll step it up a notch and see what happens.

I'll review the links in more depth, although I still can't make heads or tails of the most recent one posted. Those graphs make no sense. Am I reading across or down? Are those sets or reps? I'd like to adopt a routine that is more proven but I'd think that my usual routine should have helped by now. I mean, for the past three years I've done sets twice a week or three times a week. I'm not fat, but according to the BMI Joke I'm just on the edge of normal and overweight. Not much of a spare tire, really. Just a little extra all over. But shouldn't even a heavy-set person see gains? Should I eat even more meat? I already have a plateful per day on average. Salmon, uncured salami and chicken or canned fish are the usual.

What about caffeine? I'm pretty hardcore about my coffee. Is it making me weak?
 
i reread your op, and it sounds to me like your schedule is inconsistent

i also recommend not working on pushups (or on any one muscle/s) twice or more in one day. like doing pushups in the morning and then doing pushups again at night

i'd combine one full workout and do it all at once and be done for that day

if you do a workout routine 1x in a workout day to improve your pushup output with the workout days being mondays, wednesdays and fridays every week for a month lets say, i dont' see why you would not see improvement wether you're a fat guy or skinny guy

that's my two cents
 
Okay. So you're saying three sets within a few minutes once a day is all I should be doing? I can try that. I'll probably do it in the afternoon since I know I'm weak in the morning. And to balance the muscles, are chinups a reasonable workout, same routine but Tuesday, Thurs, Sat instead?

Frankly, at this point I'll try anything. I am not clinging to any pretense of knowing what to do. So I'll try this 3x weekly thing first. If a month goes by and I'm still dropping at around 20, then I'll try the once per week and see if I just need more healing time.

Thanks, everyone. I'll update this later and let you know what's up.
 
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