Napalm's thing that I'll probably barely use

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Breakfast:

bunch of organic blackberries, half a pb&j, some leftover chicken.

Man, I love being 19

1x25 incline pushups, irregular count

aight, note to self, eat better breakfast, my stomach is talking about me behind my back and I don't like it when people talk about me behind my back, say it to my face.

Right now I'm not really concerned about anything in my workout except, well, working out! At least I'm doing something and i'm sticking with it for a while.

This time I was not thinking about wreslting....I was thinking about Judo!! (hehe)

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1x20 incline irregular

snickers bar, bowl of cereal and a slice of lemon marangue pie

I feel like I have a weak back, especially a weak lower back. When I do incline pushups, my lower back sags down a little. I'm really tall, about 6 feet, so its like lining up a long plank, the middle is going to sag a little. I'm trying to overcompensate, my arms are also really long, this is why pushups are hard. I'll get there.

[minime]

I suggest you add some core training to your workouts :

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5x10 regular pushups, no funky count

a steak that came out horribly because my dad made me make it myself, some organic bread with some organic olive oil.

Well, today was my first official day back in the gym. Didn't do really anything heavy, trying to get back in the swing of things. Really tired today, headaches.

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1x20 regular, irregular count

Oatmeal with organic blackberries

Just trying to work the soreness out from yesterday. My form was really great until about halfway through when my back started to sag again. My back always sags down a little when I do pushups and it really makes them a lot harder.

I think I should take minime's advice and start training my core. But I've been doing situps and leg lifts and weighted leg lifts and back extentions for years, I can do them all day and not get sore (maybe not all day but I don't get anything out of them, and I know I do them right).

If anyone has suggestions for serious core training, I mean hardcore serious make-me-cry core training that will put some meat and muscle on my lower back and core, then let me know okay?

Do ab plank holds, a single set to failure.

Get in a pushup position except balance on your forearms with fists pointed forward and palms facing each other. Make your back as straight as possible just like a wooden plank. Now set the timer and hold until you can't hold anymore, without sagging your bag or raising your butt.

If you can hold for 3 minutes or longer the first time you try it, then you are doing good. Shoot for 4 to 5 minutes for a single hold to failure. These will help you alot.

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yeah I do those, I do all the callisthenic type stuff. It doesn't do anything for me. I've got a pretty nice four-pack from them and the other two are starting to come in but that's about it.

[minime]

how often are you working on the core stuff napalm? Maybe you could try the ab plank holds with a stopwatch as peirini suggested and let us know what kind of times you get. This may be a good indicator of just how strong your core is already.

My suggestion is that once your back sags in pushup position, stop. Start a new set. A 'saggy' back pushup rep should really not be counted, and if you continue your set despite your lapse in form you are not helping anything.

maybe you should try shorter sets, say 8 reps, and keep your form absolutely strict, then you can work your way back up to higher reps.

Every now and again i will throw in a situp/back extension workout, such as a 50-40-30-20-10 of each for time. Also doing the basic compound lifts (squats deadlifts) work your core, and i find pullups do also.

good luck!

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1x26 regular pushups, irregular count

pizza and soda (for breakfast)

Was thinking about the Spanish Foreign Legion because I just finished reading a book on them.


*Yeah I'll time myself on the plank holds a little later. I'll post it up when I have it.

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1x26 regular, irregular

empty stomach

Just woke up, that was hard. It's also cold, not warmed up. Well, now that it looks like I've gotten into a sorta of pseudo-routine at least using this thing and doing something everyday, be it a very meger something, I can start actually setting time aside to workout, doing more than a set of a couple pushups. I want to wait another week though, usually what happens with me is that I workout for 2 weeks straight, take a break and then never come back to it, always two weeks, I want to get past that two week mark first to make sure that I'll stick with it and then I'll start getting serious.

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another 1x20, regular, irregular

pancakes, twix bar, steak, soda, water

so depressed today. today just sucked. Pushups were fine, not doing anymore tonight. don't have it in me. just one of those days...mondays.

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1x20 regular, irregular

cereal, a hamburger

I've been pretty depressed over the last couple of days. Not doing that great in school, friends being azzes, the usuall, ya know. I don't care about what I do for a workout as long as I do something, this is around the 2 week mark where I usually burn out and quit, so as long as I keep doing at least 20 a night for a few more weeks until it becomes a habit, I'll be fine and then I can start actually working out.

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1x20 regular irregular

cereal, yogurt, cabbage

whoa I need to keep my mental focus because my trick is starting to wear off, my mind is starting to get fatigued at #5 now, which would usually be #10.

Worked out today at the YMCA

did 100 crunches

I'm going to go check out OCK Judo tommorrow (Orange County Judo with Dan Camarillo), hopefully I'm not too sore.

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1x30! regular, irregular

3 donuts (yeah!!)

I'm looking really lean from the gym 2 days ago, I'm feeling really lean too. I should take some progress pics and post them up even though I'm not specifically trying to just look good I'm trying to get better, I think I have some before pics somewhere. I did 30 and the last 10 were hard but they were easy because my mind only thought they were the last 5. Now I've realized I have a problem with my breathing though. I hold my breath a lot while I'm doing pushups I think that messes with me a lot. I need to figure out how to breath.

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1x22 regular, ultra irregular
1x10 regular, irregular

lots of sweet coconut milk (its actually pretty good), pbj, some other stuff that I forget.

Well I'm drowsy and I just though "man I have to do pushups." Its really working, even though I'm only doing like around 20 a night I'm getting leaner in the upper body (since I'm kinda lanky) and my arms are getting bigger, I feel a little stronger. Well, until 20 pushups becomes easy or until I stop seeing noticible changes, I'll just keep this up for a while. A long time if need be, I need to build a base. I have a feeling I'm doing something right, by not pushing it and busting out like 10 sets of 100, my chest seems to hurt a little bit at the ligaments and maybe its a good thing that I not just freakin try to kill myself everytime I do pushups.

As for the count I tried something a little different. Instead of "up, one, up, two" it was "down, up, one, down, up, two." Kinda tripling it...lol it didn't make it that much easier. I'll try it again when I'm not drowsy.