How do you make push-ups harder, er, better? October 17, 2008
Posted by hardly Bar, Kettlebell, Medicine Ball, Other, Pullups, Pushups
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One way is to use a training aid which lets you go deeper, like a paralette. Another is to do a decline push-up, which is where your feet are higher than your head, which you can do by putting your feet on a chair, or a bench of some kind. Of course, you could put the paralette together w/a stand and…
Warmup:
- 30 Bodyweight Squats
- 30 Alternating 1-arm KB Swings @ 24 kg
- 30 Wallballs @ 14#
- 30 Alternating 1-arm KB Swings @ 24 kg
- 12 Pull-ups
Workout:
- Tuck Sit:
- 3x @ 10 seconds on, 10 seconds rest
- Max hold: 56 seconds (PB)
- “Selma” 21-15-9 of :
- KB Snatches @ 20 kg (rep count per arm, e.g. 21 w/right arm, then 21 w/left arm)
- Pull-ups
- Time: 8:54
- Decline Paralette Push-ups
- 10 @ 18 ” plyo box
- 5 @ @ 24″ plyo box
- 3 @ 30″ plyo box
- 3 @ 36″ plyo box
- 3 @ 42″ plyo box
- 30 @ 42″ plyo box
- Overhead Snatch Training: Lots of total reps doing different parts of the Snatch movement. Basically, we were working on developing our form.
Workout:
- Type: Other
- Date: 10/17/2008
- Time: 07:00:00
- Total Time: 1:00:00.00
