2 week push up challenge...

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Okay scrawn balls..listen up!
For the next 2 weeks,for those who choose to participate..CONGRATULATIONS! This is going to be what might the toughest but also the most rewarding and eye opening workout routine that you have encountered in a long long long time!


Now this works best if you're already lean but even if you are a veteren to weight lifting you will still be very suprised (and satisfied) with the results.If you're a big guy (fat)..it should still work, I am not sure how visible the results will be but I promise the feeling is like no other the first day after doing this workout out!!

Be warned though,if you have any sort of pre-existing medical conditions at all or any heart problems..DO NOT attempt the following workout routine,it's very intense and could pose as a health threat to anyone that has any issues.

To cut down straight to the point,heres the workout routine- all you need is a standard deck of playing card;two jokers,full books etc.totaling to about 400 or so push ups.You can use something to elevate yourself and place your hands on,I use two small sized foot stools,this allows for a deep stretch at the bottom.You can also use something to elevate your feet to make it evenmore challenging.I like to do my workout first thing in the morning.

Lay them out with each individual book ,hearts,spades,clovers,kings,jacks etc.
Each book goes 10,9,8,7,6,Aces,5,Kings,4,queens,3,jacks,2 then a joker between the 2nd book and the 3rd book before the next set.Numbered cards are obvious,Kings and such count as 10.For advanced sets do BOTH numbers on the card..that's 800 total,but that's later on..

Stretch out a little bit do a few warm up sets..then begin,place the deck in front of you.Flip the card,says 10 do 10,then 9,and so forth.You can rep them out quick at first,but then expect to slow down because of fatigue real quick.Rest ONLY ENOUGH to catch your breath,then continue.DO NOT REST TOO LONG ,the point is to try to finish the entire deck with as little rest as possible.At the end of the push ups,stretch,cool down then finish up with abs.You can do crunches or sit ups,whatever you prefer.You can do them totallying up or sets of whatever ammount you decide on.100 is my usual.

When doing your other workouts,expect to be a little more sore and weaker then normal,I would even postpone any pushing movements for the next two weeks during this routine.Because for the first few days..you WILL be sore.

Take in a good postworkout drink,this is VITAL to growth and development.A good weight gainer is perfect,something with 500-600 calories,100 grams of simple carbs and 40-50 grams of whey.

Also afterwards,take a long shower,starting with either hot,then warm,then cool it down taking it to really cold.This will help relax the muscles as well as release the toxins (lactic acid) built up.Don't soak too long in the cold..for obvious reasons! lol

Eat plenty of protein,veggies and carbs.If anything take in QUALITY calories and your body will thank you.Whole eggs,steaks,chicken,potatos,beans,salads etc.

You can vary the routine by changing hand spacings,I keep mine pretty simple.Diamond push ups one day,then elevated standard push ups the next day,I am also doing 100 pull ups on Monday and 100 chin ups on Thursday,being that pulling strength is harder to come by then merely pushing your bodyweight.

The pull up routine goes like so..I do 5,then rest for like 30 seconds,do 5 more then rest,then 5 more then a total of 100 is achieved.The volume takes care of the intensity but you can also rep them out to whatever you want,just realise that doing it that way you may be doing less and less per time you do the excersize and it becomes irregular in intensity,I find it best to maintain 4-5 rep range instead of doing 14 then 9 then 5 then maintaining only like 2-3 for the rest of the sets because you're zapped.If you can only do 1 then rep them out 1 by 1..yup..til 100,if you're still sore by Thursday,rest another day.


So that's it..2 weeks..you think you can hang?? :whistle:
I am soo supremly confident of this exact routine because I have done this routine many times before and it works WONDERS in a very short period.After the first night..you WILL feel it,most likely the first time you have ever been this sore either in a long time or the first!

I don't care if you're a old school iron head or a skinny 18 year old kid with chicken arms..put your EGO aside or whatever you read in Musclemag or Ironman last week,give it a whirl and tell me that after doing the above routine AS PRESCRIBED ,EVEN JUST ONE DECK and tell me that the day afterwards you aren't convinced of it's effectiveness!

Cheers! This is my 3rd day on the routine,I just pumped out 400 earlier! :rockon:
 

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The only thing I was impressed with on that kid was his abs and thats it. And most of that was b/c ofhis low body fat %. After "bodybuilding" for 2 yrs. I didn't think there was anything that special there.
 

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I bet he's strong as an ox and after 2 years of NOT lifting weights and still having a body like that ,IS impressive. How much improvement have YOU made in 2 years WITHOUT weights? I bet most could'nt get near that level of development even WITH them.You look at it in terms of visuals but the dedication and persistence needed is pretty tough.
Dude..that guy is ripped.I doubt anyone here is that ripped,WITHOUT weights.

No one is interested in the 2 week challenge? This shiet is pure gold and no ones interested in it? fine,what a shame...lift aimlessly and wait months for results ..see if I care lol :whistle:

Tommorow is my 4th day..if I only had a picture scanner...
 

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he's got a great defination but the kids chest aint well built.
 

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his body is perfectly symentrical to his level of definition..if his chest was any bigger it would look weird on his body unless everything else was built up as well.

I don't even get sore anymore from the push ups..
But it's not just about soreness or gaining size from them,it's about building up your tolorance to pushing strength.Believe it or not when you are benching or pressing heavy,the ability to withstand tension and pressure is a huge plus and the best way to gain tolorance to such constant tension under stress is through exposing yourself to such stress and teaching your body to withstand it.

These push ups work because it teaches you how to withstand constant tension.But you have to do them this way..why?


Because if someone just reps them out haphazardly though they may be totaling high in like the 500s,unless they are in constant tension throughout the entire time they are just getting winded and it becomes an aerobic activity,when you slow it down and crank up the intensity and create that constant tension by resting little and continuing even past failure..something happens to the muscles and your system itself..it's like it becomes super wired to respond that way and when you bench or press under heavy load,that exact ability to be able to handle that constant tension kicks into high gear like a turbo vette and helps you push through your sticking spots.


I had a heck of a time trying to explain the effectiveness of such a program,but I guess everyone took it as a replacement or that I was trying to say it's better then weights..when THEY are the ones that said it NOT me.
I'll stick to my guns because I know full well that in a few weeks I'll be benching 225 as well as shoulder pressing 160-170 no sweat. It's not something to follow forever (unless you wanted to!) or become super huge off of,but it creates results via through a different pathway..one only the few smart ones would discover from taking the path.

It creates a TOUGHNESS that cannot be built with weights alone.I wish people would be more open minded to at least try the routine before trying to refute it with science or common knowledge. I am soo confident in the system that I do this routine regularly thought not all the time,it keeps me fit like nothing else out there.Toughness can't be built with weights alone.

I feel bad that people have cheated themselves out of something that could have opened their eyes to a whole new level of training intensity.So quick to follow the latest fad or what's in the magazines but something soo deceivingly simple with even greater in effectiveness in making progress and they turn their noses to it...it's all good, fvck them :whistle:

I know that there are the few out there reading this and will pick up a deck..rep them out and reap the benefits for themselves...greedily ,never giving away it's secret..with a smile from ear to ear and the most incredible feeling of soreness they have ever felt in their life..maybe for the first time actually feeling their muscles awakening...

Rock N' Roll :rockon:
 

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Not sure what you're talking about organized, from what I read it said he's been doing martial arts and working out for 5 yrs, only DOING IT SERIOUSLY for 2 yrs. now. I don't see anywhere where it says he hasn't lifted in 2 yrs. Yes he's ripped and I gave him credit, but mostly it looks like it's because of a low body fat %, what like 4%? I mean 6 foot 158lbs is pretty darn skinny. I'm 5'11" and 168 and people think I'm skinny. Again I'm not knocking him, he is ripped out. But to me, people that cut look almost unhealthy, there are other guys on that website who were a lot more impressive to me than augie.
 

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If you read it talks about "dynamic tension" however, this line from good old organizedconfusion makes me wonder...

organizedconfusion said:
I bet he's strong as an ox
You don't get strong without needing to get strong. Take that kid, and put him against any kid whos 158lbs and been training in a powerlifting type format for 2 years. Guess who will be stronger, pound for pound?

Pushups may be a suitable exercise if you aren't able to hit the weights, I agree with that. They're amazing if you have NO WEIGHTS. If you do, use the pushups as supplementary exercises...
 

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organizedconfusion said:
I know that there are the few out there reading this and will pick up a deck..rep them out and reap the benefits for themselves...greedily ,never giving away it's secret..with a smile from ear to ear and the most incredible feeling of soreness they have ever felt in their life..maybe for the first time actually feeling their muscles awakening...

Rock N' Roll :rockon:

Soreness doesn't translate into gains.
 

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D_Master said:
Not sure what you're talking about organized, from what I read it said he's been doing martial arts and working out for 5 yrs, only DOING IT SERIOUSLY for 2 yrs. now. I don't see anywhere where it says he hasn't lifted in 2 yrs. Yes he's ripped and I gave him credit, but mostly it looks like it's because of a low body fat %, what like 4%? I mean 6 foot 158lbs is pretty darn skinny. I'm 5'11" and 168 and people think I'm skinny. Again I'm not knocking him, he is ripped out. But to me, people that cut look almost unhealthy, there are other guys on that website who were a lot more impressive to me than augie.
give him more credit then that..I have been that cut up before and it takes ALOT of work, and though diet may play a big part of it-doing it without weights takes about as much effort as it does WITH weights.
For instance,I do primarily bodyweight excersizes BUT during a time when I was workout out I notice that I was a great deal stronger then people my size by a pretty large margin for instance,I'd be benching more or deadlifting more (no one even deadlifted at the gym I went to!) and I credit to the level of fitness I have achieved through intense bodyweight training.Like I said,unless you have trained intensly in that fashion it's tough to put into words,you just have to experiance it yourself. Like I said,he may not be huge but I bet he is strong as he1l..
 

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that kid has no chest!

granted he has low BF but there are much better weight free workout routines....


however yeah he's probs got good muscular endurance for doing press ups, even though that kinda means jack sh1t
 

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Skilla_Staz said:
If you read it talks about "dynamic tension" however, this line from good old organizedconfusion makes me wonder...



You don't get strong without needing to get strong. Take that kid, and put him against any kid whos 158lbs and been training in a powerlifting type format for 2 years. Guess who will be stronger, pound for pound?

Pushups may be a suitable exercise if you aren't able to hit the weights, I agree with that. They're amazing if you have NO WEIGHTS. If you do, use the pushups as supplementary exercises...



Push ups are merely a supplementary excersize is YOUR opinion,but then again that still holds little value because you are talking about doing them differently then the way I described.
 

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howardalex said:
that kid has no chest!

granted he has low BF but there are much better weight free workout routines....


however yeah he's probs got good muscular endurance for doing press ups, even though that kinda means jack sh1t

he'd whoop your azz all over the floor :D
 

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Skilla_Staz said:
Soreness doesn't translate into gains.

BUT it will open up people to actually FEELING their muscles for once.
Soo many people go through the motions or maybe they do get a pump but they lack the actual mind/muscle connnection needed to stimulate maximum muscle growth. That feeling is something they may be experiancing for the first time.
 

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Do yourselves a favor and do the push ups yourself..it would save me alot of time and you'd see for yourself why I was pushing them soooo hard for people to try them out.You come up with all these reasons when they will all be muted with YOUR FIRST DECK.Trust in me! I was just like you ..excuses,reasoning,scientific explanations..ETC..

When I finally just gave up reasoning behind it all ,baught a deck of cards,booked them all out in order..and I was suprised I couldn't even get out the first book! MY EGO was telling me,meh ..push ups are for pvssies,so I repped them out soo quickly that I was winded..BUT I did NOT give up.
THERE ARE RULES IN MAKING THIS WORK.

For instance...IF YOU FLIP A CARD YOU MUST DO THAT CARD..
It says 9 but you only do 7..you must stop,get a breather but you must have to do that card no matter how long it takes!You can't skip it.If you start the deck..you must finish it.

Anyways,one of two things WILL happen.I thikn you will be the first type because you seem to have a big EGO and would think that they are below you in some sort..so naturally you will rep them out quickly..and get winded by your 12th card..you'll want to quit,the deck is kicking your azz.Heres were you are tested how tough you are..do you quit or do you grow a pair and tough it out? I think you'll quit.You're EGO is much to precious to be bruised by 'push ups' ..so naturally..you'll make up excuses,whine,complain,remind yourself that you can bench enough and lift weights and that's enough..

OR
you'll tough it out and plow on through..personaly I don't think you have it in you, you seem like the type that likes to rely on sound studies on health without question,Musclemag or merely lifting weights..but then again,if 50 people told you the effectiveness of the routine..you'd most likely be all up on it.
 

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organizedconfusion said:
BUT it will open up people to actually FEELING their muscles for once.
Soo many people go through the motions or maybe they do get a pump but they lack the actual mind/muscle connnection needed to stimulate maximum muscle growth. That feeling is something they may be experiancing for the first time.
doing 400 press ups will make you sore but it won't make you grow, doesn't matter how you feel
 

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I must do at least 250 press ups 4/5 nights a week in jiu jitsu, kickboxing and thai boxing but that's nothing to do with growth, it's for fitness

if you want to grow, hit the weight room
 

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howardalex said:
I must do at least 250 press ups 4/5 nights a week in jiu jitsu, kickboxing and thai boxing but that's nothing to do with growth, it's for fitness

if you want to grow, hit the weight room

are you retarded? it specificaly states that unless you have done them as specificly stated then your opinion on this exact routine holds ZERO VALUE.Good for you.You can do 250 push ups 4/5 days out of the week..but it still has nothing to do with this routine. :whistle:
 

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organizedconfusion said:
are you retarded? it specificaly states that unless you have done them as specificly stated then your opinion on this exact routine holds ZERO VALUE.Good for you.You can do 250 push ups 4/5 days out of the week..but it still has nothing to do with this routine. :whistle:
are you retarded? you expect people to give up tried and tested routines for something a guy on the internet suggests? and what results have you shown us from this program? a 158lb guy with no chest....

show me one pro bodybuilder who does 400 press ups instead of hitting the gym
 
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