I saw Transporter 3 this past weekend. An excellent action movie and easy on the eyes for the ladies....
Unfortunately after viewing the movie I felt the need to start working on my pushups again. Of course after the wife got done viewing Transporter 3 she also spurned me into working on my pushups too with statements like "Jason [Statham] has a very nice muscular chest....", "that's a lot of beef....."
Okay, so now I realize I need to work on my conditioning and put some muscle on my chest too. I can take a hint when I hear it. Different martial arts requires different builds. For me, I found that in Taekwondo/Karate I do best when I keep my weight in the mid 170's and by bodyfat in the 9-11% range. I'm five foot 9 most days, so I'm not a lanky build by any stretch of the imagination. I'm unable to add a lot of mass but I can improve the density of my musculature. I'm sure many of you have questions about this. Instead of explaining it all I recommend you go out to Dragondoor.com and read the forum. Or, better yet buy some of Pavel's books like Power To The People, or a book on Kettlebells.
So in order to get my pushups back up to snuff I've decided to practice something called "ladders" and GTG "Grease-the-Groove". You can find more detailed information about this back on the Dragondoor.com website/forum.
I'll be working on my Pushups alternating through flat, finger-tip, knuckle, wrist, clapping, etc. by doing reps of 1-5 in sets done every 90-minutes through-out the day. The basic concept is you do 1 rep, rest 2 seconds, do 2 reps, rest 4 seconds, etc. until you have done 5 reps. This works great too if you have a partner and alternate who is doing the pushups and who is resting. It's not an endurance excercise. It's about generating power if done properly. Work on your mechanics and make the muscles work.
Give it a shot and see how you do.
Happy training!
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