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After reading that those who could do at least 40 pushups without stopping [0] had a 96% lower risk of heart disease, I started doing pushups each day until I c

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• Xcelerate 7y ago
  Is it correlation or causation though? I.e., does “targeting the push-up metric” actually entail lower heart disease?
• r0fl 7y ago
  How long did it take you to get to 40 consecutive pushups and what method did you use to get there?
  • navbaker 7y ago
    Not the OP, but the method that worked for me when I was training for the military years ago was to (situation permitting) drop down and do five push ups every half hour for most of the day. Do that for a week, then the next week add five more. In a few weeks you’re doing 20-30 push ups every half hour and the maximum you become capable of doing if you have to take a fitness test goes through the roof.
    • sp332 7y ago
      This technique is called "grease the groove" and it's useful anytime you've plateaued on reps for an exercise. Edit: also focus on your form!
      • melling 7y ago
        Has anyone tried it? I believe you want to try for 50% of maximum. The technique is discussed here for pushups. http://www.100pushups.com/greasing-the-groove/ http://www.100pushups.com/greasing-the-groove/
  • abdullahkhalids 7y ago
    Got up to almost hundred (98 or so on my best attempt) using https://hundredpushups.com/ https://hundredpushups.com/
  • lottin 7y ago
    One method is doing sets of 10 reps (or whatever number of pushups you can do in a row right now) and gradually reduce the time between sets. For instance, you start resting 60 seconds between sets. After a week, you rest 40 seconds between sets. And so on and so forth. After a few of months you should be able to do 40 pushups in a row.
  • jaden 7y ago
    I was able to get to 20 pushups and I kept increasing by one or two a day. Then when I hit around 35 I pushed myself and keep going until I hit 40. It took a little over a week and a half I think.