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Making Mighty
Sep. 6th, 2011 10:36 amI've set honest-to-goodness fitness goals for myself. I want to be able to do the following:
Yes, I can do these (skip ahead to about 0:38):
Disregard what he says about this being the world's hardest push-up. That's bullshit. I find the standard military push-up, with elbows in close to the body, and hands down by the waist, much harder, because my triceps are pretty weak. The extended plank push-up works a whole different muscle set.
As for world's hardest push-up, I'm pretty sure each of the following are much more difficult than the preceding one:
I have a long way to go, with regards to the single-armed push-ups. My chest and arms are my weakest areas. But I do not doubt that I can get to that point. Yesterday, I read Pavel Tsatsouline's The Naked Warrior: Master the Secrets of the Super-Strong-- Using Bodyweight Exercises Only. The book shows progressions which I believe will enable any able-bodied person, regardless of their current fitness level, to succeed at both pistol squats and single-armed push-ups. These moves aren't just parlour tricks. In working on these movements, you are developing incredible strength throughout almost your entire body.
I'm putting sporadic strength-training into my regular, daily life. Every time I get up off a chair or toilet, I make sure my knee is stacked straight over top of my ankle, and I push off with just one leg.
I also want to begin daily training to get myself to doing those one-armed push-ups.
As for the dragon flags and handstand push-ups, I'll work on those more sporadically, for now. Handstand push-ups are more of a show-off move, anyhow, imo.
In the meantime, I have a mini TRX workout today at noon. I'm looking forward to it.
- handstand push-ups
- one-armed push-ups
- dragon flag
- weighted pistol squats
Yes, I can do these (skip ahead to about 0:38):
Disregard what he says about this being the world's hardest push-up. That's bullshit. I find the standard military push-up, with elbows in close to the body, and hands down by the waist, much harder, because my triceps are pretty weak. The extended plank push-up works a whole different muscle set.
As for world's hardest push-up, I'm pretty sure each of the following are much more difficult than the preceding one:
I have a long way to go, with regards to the single-armed push-ups. My chest and arms are my weakest areas. But I do not doubt that I can get to that point. Yesterday, I read Pavel Tsatsouline's The Naked Warrior: Master the Secrets of the Super-Strong-- Using Bodyweight Exercises Only. The book shows progressions which I believe will enable any able-bodied person, regardless of their current fitness level, to succeed at both pistol squats and single-armed push-ups. These moves aren't just parlour tricks. In working on these movements, you are developing incredible strength throughout almost your entire body.
I'm putting sporadic strength-training into my regular, daily life. Every time I get up off a chair or toilet, I make sure my knee is stacked straight over top of my ankle, and I push off with just one leg.
I also want to begin daily training to get myself to doing those one-armed push-ups.
As for the dragon flags and handstand push-ups, I'll work on those more sporadically, for now. Handstand push-ups are more of a show-off move, anyhow, imo.
In the meantime, I have a mini TRX workout today at noon. I'm looking forward to it.
