I don't think so man. That many pushups is comparable to running a marathon, it's catabolic as opposed to anabolic.
Strength is the ability to produce force against an external resistance, so it would follow that you need to produce more force against a more difficult resistance to get stronger. At a certain point your own body weight isn't enough resistance to get stronger, and if you can do 1000 in a day, you have definitely reached that point. The way to get stronger with pushups would be working on isolating the effort to one arm or inclining the body angle to increase the resistance of gravity, gradually working towards doing single arm handstand pushups.
I agree, I just didn't want to make fun of his effort just making sure to drop that 100 rep in there so he'd moderate his efforts for less pain and wear and more gain and force.
I was pushing 300 lb presses but I had no reps when pyramiding sets past 15 which was a huge oversight I found later in life since 25 at lowest weight would have been much better.
Ended up that I weighed so much 230lbs that I had to carry that everywhere I went including work.
300lbs presses as in overhead?! You fucking monster!
Not benching flat, incline alone no spotter around 260 but without a decent rotor plan putting the weight down and lifting it was only from the floor since I could not do it without almost injuring myself from the bar holders.
If I'd done pull-ups and the ones wear you put the bar below head level like a french curl and pulled it up to over my face shoulders only I would have made my body a lot more stable in it's foundation strength.
I could never do the sitting presses, ended up doing handstand presses with my feet touching the wall for stabilization instead as a workaround.
I ended up while doing 30 on a sidewalk on a bmx bike shoulder blocking a commercial van that crossed my path, I ended up denting the guys door ramming the top hinge back a 1/2 inch with my shoulder.
The bic lighter in my pocket exploded "I didn't notice found it 3 days later in the hospital lookng in my pockets", and I ended up flying 20+ft to my left of original bike movement doing an unintentional midair flip and broking 3 ribs when my back hit the pavement, puncturing my lung when I sat up that collapsed my lung.
I did bounce a bit on my head when landing that likely saved my ass since my head is like a rock in hardness.
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