I did 1000 in a day once. Started strong doing 50 at a time, by then end I was doing 5 every ten minutes. Would not recommend, that won't make you stronger. It was more a test of willpower.
Not trying to diminish your efforts! Excellent job working to improve yourself!! Keep it up.
Thanks you make. Yes sir, I know some times it is just a test.
I'm just out of shape (not fat) and sloppy. I will get better.
Younger me did something that but a stupider version; I did bicep curls. I spent the next few days arms bent like a lego.
Hahahah I've done too many curls before as well. I can imagine that pain of forcing your arms straight
actually that will after a few days to recover activate a ton of new muscle fibers and testosterone production will likely increase. Now doing a 100 fast ones would be more gain and density but this is still not being lazy and pushing his limits which I cannot take that away.
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.
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