Guys, Ive been doing weightlifting for almost 2 years since I was in University until working..
In my room, i have a couple of dumbells, barbell, pushup bar, bench press and so on.
But lately I found that I dont have much time to follow my workout schedules. I always misses out my workout schedules..
The result, I became a BIT fat. Peoples around me cant tell the differences but I can tell because its my body.

Btw, my weight is 74 KG. Im a bit bulk and muscular type of body but not as muscular as hardcore bodybuilder.
Im working as a programmer which needs me to sit on a chair infront of laptop monitor from 10 a.m until 7.00 p.m. Only my mind and hands are working.

So, just let say that I dont want to continue doing weighlifting anymore, can I substitute it by doing pushup everyday since it doesnt require much time and I can do it before I go to work on d morning.

And can I just do pushup only to gain more muscles? If yes how? How many reps should I do everyday? How many sets?

1. Positions -- see pic
2. Set/Rep -- aim for 100 push ups in 2 minutes

If need be as a start, try doing 42 times pushups, 1 minute rest then start 42 situps with a minute rest. Repeat the cycle again twice or thrice.

just do 20 x 2 sets a day will be sufficient la.. no need to be so crazy.. and before sleeping do 20 sit ups.. that will do =)

If possible do without having your stomach full. Before meal should be good.

You could try Bruce Lee style, push up with index finger and thumb.

Pretty cool eh.

Actually Bruce Lee weights train too and takes lotsa supplements.

Should do normal pushups if you're a beginner otherwise 'takut your jari patah'

What about your legs?

What do you mean by what bout your legs?

He means, doing sit ups and push ups only doest not effect the legs...

meaning if the Leg is full of fat how ?

Lol..

Hoho, I see. That way you ain't got no choice la. Have to go swimming or jog every morning.

The best workout is a total body workout, however by doing pushups and situps it'll help to maintain your body shape coz mostly for men, the fat is accumulated at the abdomen part. So pushups and situps will help maintain it. To workout other parts, have a regular jog or a swim every once in a while.

no choice? jumps squats la boss


Chow

TS, I had similar problem too where exercise is usually skipped due to workload and timing and because of it, I had reduced my workout plan to push-up and sit-up. It sure help to maintain the body shape but just bear in mind that you wil be doing similar workout everyday and you will be tempted to want to try out other kind of workout, hence putting a stop to the push-up and sit-up. Just keep focus on these two simple workout and it will help out with the body shape.
Merry Christmas Y'all!

Agree. It might sound simple but it does affect your body. It helps to build muscles and strengthen your body part while keeping it in shape. So, it's good when you don't have much time to go to the gym and do a whole body workout.

Find a partner and do the nude Greek wrestling thing, it's never boring.

- ed

If you can afford it, I recommend the Bioflex full body workout system,



This post has been edited by Polaris: Dec 26 2007, 02:36 PM

Hope the nude Greek thing ain't goin' too far until other 'activity' is involve.

May i suggest pull-ups to be included in your routine? IT's much better than just plain squats.

As you progress, maybe you can incorporate handstand push-ups and single legged squats if you have the time to do it.

Yeah, agree with pull-ups too. Maybe someday can get a body like Will Smith in I Am Legend.

Use to do all those handstand pushups when was training to learn breakdancing. Those were the time where I was truly active.

how many reps and sets of push-up and sit-updo you think its enough to do early in the morning?

The workout plan that I currently adopt consist mainly of push-up and sit-up though ocassionally I will add on other exercises such as pull-up and dumbell lifting, if there is time in the morning. The main two exercise workout will receive 4 sets each with 20 reps in each sets and it usually takes up about an hour or an hour and 15 minutes.

Anyone want to share their personal workout plan?

This post has been edited by spartacvs: Dec 28 2007, 06:32 AM

aiseh i taught the bra

As stated earlier, I do regular pushups and situps every morning then continue with either jogging or swimming. 42 pushups with a minute rest, 42 situps a minute rest and continue the cycle for a couple of times.

Doing push ups is good exercise, but I'm afraid it won't really help you build much muscle though. To do that you'll still need weights.

I'm engaged in such crash course workout plan to maintain the body shape and not into building muscles though it will be a bonus if it result from my morning/evening push-up/sit-up workout plan.

i will do push-up for 3 sets and 20 repetition following with sit ups,leg lift, squats with dumbbell on hand.... resting 30sec-1min in between for each sets

any idea where can i get the machine in the picture?
and around how much for that thing? quite interested in having 1



This post has been edited by i_love_japan: Jan 21 2008, 03:45 AM

the last time I saw this was at Navyseals.com but unfortunately they dont ship to Malaysia.


Try approaching fitness stores. You might be in luck.




w.r

Thanks Polaris for the image inserted in your post. It failed to load previously while I was viewing this thread but not today. I sure do want to get my hands on that thing but sadly one of the forumers claim that there is no shipping into Malaysia. I will try to find out in some of the fitness specialized outlet to see if they have anything similar to it or not and will have the items post up here is there is any.
Any updates from your side, i_love_japan?

This post has been edited by spartacvs: Jan 21 2008, 09:37 AM

hmm...i've browse thru the internet and i found out that this thing ain't cheap. it cost around RM200-300.

if u wanna get it online eg. e-bay or amazon, it might cost u around RM400 including shipping to malaysia.

This post has been edited by i_love_japan: Jan 21 2008, 03:25 PM

I think I saw some fitness shop in Midvalley selling handles for pushups.
I mean of course it aint the machine, but with the handles you could practically have countless combinations.
Just refer to the diagram, place the handles in the right position and you're ready to go!

Price? Not sure about that man, maybe <RM100. Then again, I'm not sure.

agreed. handle will be useful enough. Thanks for the diagram. frankly, i'm doing push up all the days, everyday doing 50 times only. haha... still a beginner and wat i can see, my chest getting bigger. haha.... wit this diagram, i fully understand, how those muscle part will be build based on diff position of your hand.

one more question. is there any difference, by using our palm for push up with using the handle or the machine?

Thanks. its reli helpful.

Well. As far as I know, you can go lower with the handles and machine, so it makes your pushups more effective for your chest, but when you go lower than your torso's plane, it will strain your shoulders. Well then everything comes at a cost.
And maybe it's less taxing on your wrists? That I have no idea.
Oh yeah, I saw those handles again. This time by Nike. They're selling it for RM69. At the top floor of Midvalley at the Nike shop. Saw it yesterday.
Cheerios.

EDIT: I just realised. You cant go lower with the machine since the base is blocking your torso from going any further. So just the handles then.

This post has been edited by joyyy: Jan 28 2008, 10:47 PM

there are different workout to built up different part of muscle... for push up, you can built up you chest, triceps biceps shoulder..... go for swimmming... you really can get a better result if you do these both... just use a bit time... like weeknd, relax and go for a swim.... hope you can do it ya... but the clear results will be proven after about 4 months la