push ups/overtraining

[foundthegoodlif]

i need to start doing push ups pretty soon for the military. anyone know how i should arrange it around my chest training so i dont get overtrained? or will i not get overtrained? also, how many sets and reps should i do? thanks.

[Bulldog]

just incorporate 50-100 (whatever), in to your routine.
I normally finish off my chest or shoulder day with them.

you can add variation to them, by adjusting the distance of your hands; shoulder width to emphasize chest, close to gether for the triceps( the close togther one is quite hard)

clenched fist, with the fist facing forwards, or facing outwards are also other variables.

then move onto one arm at a time or place your legs on a chair/bed and do them (like a 'wheelbarrow').

basically, use weights for the heavy stuff, and push ups for max-reps and completion. thats what I do.

your body will tell you when its had enough.

[evedder08]

i need to start doing push ups pretty soon for the military. anyone know how i should arrange it around my chest training so i dont get overtrained? or will i not get overtrained? also, how many sets and reps should i do? thanks.

Overtraining shouldn't be a worry. But always pay attention to what your body tells you.
Every morning wake up, and do as many pushups as possible.
Get a buddy, and do a pyramid.
Start with one, hold the push up position while your buddy does one.
Then two, and hold while they go.
Do that all the way up to 20 and then back down.

[pFuzzz]

I love high volume push-ups.

A while back I did 100 a day 4 days a week, only resting the days before and after my regular chest routine for three weeks.

Took a toll on my CNS, but put a couple inches on my chest (not just from the month-long perma-pump).

A couple of options:
1. Set a rep goal and do that many each day, but don't take any sets to failure (grease the groove). 100 is a nice round number.

2. Do a couple of sets every day or two to faliure. Going to failure will mean significantly lower total volume than the above approach. Allow yourself ample recovery time before doing it again. With either of the above, its probably best to take off the days before and after your normal chest routine.

3. Add them in to your normal chest workout, as a burnout set after your pressing.

[keitznic]

i need to start doing push ups pretty soon for the military. anyone know how i should arrange it around my chest training so i dont get overtrained? or will i not get overtrained? also, how many sets and reps should i do? thanks.

what branch are you joining? the instructors could care less if you think your over training so do push ups everyday just not a lot on some days and when you feel recovered hit them hard again

[Nick1971]

You could do pushups after you do Bench Press, for example.

[BobisMighty]

i do bench press as a finisher on chest day. or you could do it the day after upperbody.

[Crastef]

i need to start doing push ups pretty soon for the military. anyone know how i should arrange it around my chest training so i dont get overtrained? or will i not get overtrained? also, how many sets and reps should i do? thanks.

I agree with you!

[Crastef]

I love high volume push-ups.

A while back I did 100 a day 4 days a week, only resting the days before and after my regular chest routine for three weeks.

Took a toll on my CNS, but put a couple inches on my chest (not just from the month-long perma-pump).

A couple of options:
1. Set a rep goal and do that many each day, but don't take any sets to failure (grease the groove). 100 is a nice round number.

2. Do a couple of sets every day or two to faliure. Going to failure will mean significantly lower total volume than the above approach. Allow yourself ample recovery time before doing it again. With either of the above, its probably best to take off the days before and after your normal chest routine.

3. Add them in to your normal chest workout, as a burnout set after your pressing.

I like your points. But sometimes i like to work something like 1000 push ups until i feel sick of them!

[Crastef]

i need to start doing push ups pretty soon for the military. anyone know how i should arrange it around my chest training so i dont get overtrained? or will i not get overtrained? also, how many sets and reps should i do? thanks.

Follow my push up work outs if you want to excel in them . On my blog you can find everything you want about push ups. Every Monday I post 3 push up work outs ( beginner/intermediate/advanced), is a dumb thing to do push ups every day if you want to build muscles and do unless 100 push ups in a row ! You should make 3 times a week a hard work out . http://thousands-of-pushups.blogspot...roduction.html