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I got about 9½ pushups in before my arms gave out and I had to roll out of it and give up LOL!

I'm 43 years old for reference, but my main preferred exercise is BMX flatland, which generally exercises the legs more than the arms. I did make sure as best as I could to keep my back and legs straight for proper pushups.

I guess I'm getting old, I'm sore today...

Edit: Tonight I managed 10, yay me! I really should give my muscles a bit of a break for a few days or so...

Edit 2: Thank you kind strangers for the words of encouragement and motivation! I do think I need to take a bit of a break for a few days or so, but I do plan to work on more exercises as such every couple days or so at my convenience...

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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I'm in the same boat bro. I can pan in miles and miles, but I've got all the upper body strength of a wet fart.

Keep going though bro. Today nine; legs tomorrow; ten on Tuesday. Same thing next week. Eleven, on Sunday, twelve on the following Tuesday.

If you want some advice that's more than "do more, bro" then check out Shaun T's Insanity or Focus T25. I loved those programmes and I developed arms and chest more than I ever did do half-arsing weights or resistance machines.

Nail it bro.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just remember your diet while doing it. Nothing worse than training without the diet pegged. Treat yourself to your protein of choice. It’s both necessary and delicious!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My diet is a random mix of beer, roast beef, ham, cheese, and beer. Oh, did I mention the beer?

LOL, I did manage to get 10 pushups in tonight at least..

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I vote you add some beans for fiber (huevos rancheros are pretty bomb for breakfast). When you drink, alternate drinking beers with waters, ideally with a low-sugar electrolyte mix. In college, I would just finish a beer, walk to the sink, fill the can or bottle with water, and drink it again - I always ask myself why I stopped doing that.

Also, you said bmx is your main hobby. I assume the mechanics are somewhat similar to riding dirt bikes, which I'm more familiar with. You probably actually have some pretty decent pushing strength from holding yourself up on your handlebars, but have trouble expressing it at end range because you never spend any time there. I would bet that after a couple workouts, your nervous system will get used to it and your push up capacity will shoot up.

If you wanna turn this into an ongoing thing, I recommend Pavel Tsastouline's program The Naked Warrior

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Memories!! Gahhhh! I haven't touched a bike in like 20 years but I used to love doing flatland!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I haven't given up yet!

Apparently I just need to take my time getting back into it and somewhat slow my pace.

There's more on my YT channel though if it interests you.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I was sorta joking about my diet, that's just basically what I've eaten in the past couple days. I love diversity in my meals and generally hate eating the same thing even two days in a row.

One day I might want pizza, another I might want a burger, another I might want a salad and yogurt...

I've found diversity in diet yields diversity on the throne LOL! 🚽

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah man.

I mean, they say you can't outrun a bad diet.

It's fun trying though!

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I mean to say, if you don’t maintain proper macros, you’ll never cease being sore. Your body can pull protein from elsewhere but it gets dicey after a while

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