I can only do 3 pushups!

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  • donna_glasgow
    donna_glasgow Posts: 869 Member
    That's three more than me......
    ditto
  • GemaG
    GemaG Posts: 142
    That's three more than me......

    And me!!! Cant do any!!! I just fall on my face :laugh:
  • aegira
    aegira Posts: 201 Member
    Grr, I feel like such a weakling! I can only do 3 real push ups :) Tell me this will improve over time?

    Seriously don't fret about it. I have arthritis in my hands and wrists (the joys of 30 years of bookkeeping), doing a push up on the floor is a killer. I found that doing it against a wall or on my gym ball cushions it a lot and I can try it. I use hand weights instead of push ups.
  • Patovader
    Patovader Posts: 439 Member
    Of course it will get better, I do between 50 and 100 every morning. When I first started back training I was struggling to do 5 in a row, can do 25 now but usually stick to sets of 15 before moving onto something else.

    Keep at it.

    A :)
  • MelissR75
    MelissR75 Posts: 735 Member
    LOL it gets easier. When I started 30 day shred I could barely do 3, by the end of the first week, could do 10, week 2, 15 etc. It's all about building that strength!
    Exactly! Now they are one of the favorite parts of my exercise routine.
  • jessgrey2
    jessgrey2 Posts: 88 Member
    Thanks so much everyone for your advice and tips! xo
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
    Try doing them on an incline using your stairs. First time keep your feet at floor level and your body up the stairs. Then once you can do 15, move your feet out, and come down a step, and so on, so that you gradually get closer to floor level.

    Once you get down to the floor and can do them ok , turn around and put your feet on the stairs , this time going UP one stair at a time.
  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
    that is amazeballz!! i cant even do,:flowerforyou: one!
  • ReneeElizabeth26
    ReneeElizabeth26 Posts: 144
    When I first started doing p90x I had to do girly push-ups..If your familar with the work out the first dvd is all push up and pull ups. Now starting Phase 3 I can rock out ALL man push ups and EVEN DID MY FIRST PULL UP THIS WEEK!!! Stay with it! Youll get it!
  • medaglia_06
    medaglia_06 Posts: 282 Member
    two more than me :(
  • robinogue
    robinogue Posts: 1,117 Member
    it will improve! I can know do 10 properly...
  • Shelbert79
    Shelbert79 Posts: 510 Member
    I look at it like "I CAN do 3 whole pushups, go me!" In a week you'll be able to do double that, if not more, trust me! Feel good in that you're doing it, where other people don't even try. :smile:
  • 2befit2
    2befit2 Posts: 58 Member
    I can't even do 1 when I started working out, I just stayed in plank position, now I can do 20 push up jacks....:happy: that's within 6 months time
  • traceyjayne1964
    traceyjayne1964 Posts: 130 Member
    thats 3 more than i can do :laugh:
  • jmilian825
    jmilian825 Posts: 193 Member
    I started at only doing 2 now I can do 9 :) it improves with time.
  • usteward
    usteward Posts: 112 Member
    BUMP
  • Mrsfullwood
    Mrsfullwood Posts: 172 Member
    That's the exercise I hate doing the most on 30 Day Shred....I have no upper body strength.
  • BigBrewski
    BigBrewski Posts: 922 Member
    Stick with it..it does get better. In a few days you will do 4 and then 5 and next thing you know you will be doing 10. Just keep working at it and stay focused.
  • Hummingbird26
    Hummingbird26 Posts: 13
    I can only do 3 push ups and I'm over the moon!!!!
    I couldn't do any at all at my first attempt :-)
  • Polly758
    Polly758 Posts: 623 Member
    It gets easier--

    A month ago I was doing pushups on the counter

    Then a weight bench

    NOW GROWNUP PUSHUPS

    so excited :bigsmile:
  • sthrnchick
    sthrnchick Posts: 771
    It definitely does... I actually did 18 last night ( the big boy real ones!) I couldnt do 3 without dying 2 months ago!!
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    When I started last fall I would do 3 real push ups and follow that with 5 girly-ones, and 3 sets of that. I no longer do them often but I can now bench press 100lbs.
  • LovelyLifter
    LovelyLifter Posts: 560 Member
    im up to 25 big boy pushups at a time...

    tho i rarely do them now....I bench 110 right now....that usually takes care of that....but it got easier....I just pushed for 1 more a week.....I started at 3.....and they looked horrible when I first started
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    Keep going. I could barely do 2-3 a year ago. I dropped and did 10 real ones in front of a construction crew one day just for fun!! :bigsmile:
  • misticache
    misticache Posts: 364 Member
    That's three more than me......

    Amen sister
  • NewTeena
    NewTeena Posts: 154 Member
    Fantastic! Soon you'll be doing 4!

    A journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step.

    :flowerforyou:
  • jdsmom0104
    jdsmom0104 Posts: 236
    abso-tively! i could only do 2 when i started... not sure how many i'm up to now, but 8-10 sounds @ right...
  • VanessaGS
    VanessaGS Posts: 514 Member
    On the 30 Day Shred I could only do like 3 pushups in the beginning. Ten days later I was doing 23. It will get better. Just gotta build up the strength. Try each day to do one more than the day before.
  • LadyKatieBug
    LadyKatieBug Posts: 178 Member
    I agree 3 is good for starting out. I couldn't even get passed one of them. your no weakling at all.
  • Tonnina
    Tonnina Posts: 979 Member
    Ha! I can't even do one! I don't have any upper arm strength... YET! :-) Keep at it you'll be doing lots more soon, I can tell!

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