I can't even do a push-up

shannajojo
shannajojo Posts: 192 Member
edited October 21 in Motivation and Support
One day, Shanna, one day...
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  • kateowp
    kateowp Posts: 103 Member
    I cant either. My goal is to do one before 2013- do you have a pushup goal?
  • shannajojo
    shannajojo Posts: 192 Member
    I cant either. My goal is to do one before 2013- do you have a pushup goal?

    5 regular push-ups in two weeks. I'm giving myself time.
  • kateowp
    kateowp Posts: 103 Member
    You are my hero! What are you doing to ge there?
  • shannajojo
    shannajojo Posts: 192 Member
    You are my hero! What are you doing to ge there?
    I just try to do one everyday and if I suceed, then I added another one.
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    Youll get it! my mom was the same, now shes doing 20+ regular and even a few clap pushups!
  • kateowp
    kateowp Posts: 103 Member
    Let me know when you reach your goal- sounds like youre almost there!
  • sarafil
    sarafil Posts: 506 Member
    You will get there if you keep at it! Just do them daily and you will amaze yourself over time....
  • myfitnessval
    myfitnessval Posts: 687 Member
    last year was the first time i had done a push up in my entire life. and that was after 4 weeks of 6 day workouts. you can do this. it takes a little time and A LOT of practice. dont give up. :)
  • camrunner
    camrunner Posts: 363
    I used to do pushups on the stairs (facing up obviously) before I could do a meaningful number of real ones. Seemed like it worked pretty well.
  • mandigirl30
    mandigirl30 Posts: 1
    I can't either. I can never get the form right for regular or girly ones.
  • LastMinuteMama
    LastMinuteMama Posts: 590 Member
    One day, Shanna, one day...


    Just stick with it and you'll get there!!!
  • AJ_Pete
    AJ_Pete Posts: 863 Member
    I can't either. Only half a left foot, dawg. It'll look like a car with a flat tire on the back driver's side.
  • anacsitham5
    anacsitham5 Posts: 810 Member
    I'm with you. I want to be able to do 20 good ones by the end of this year!
  • Jonalee1977
    Jonalee1977 Posts: 415 Member
    I suck at push-ups, but I'll get there one day.
  • FammaMel
    FammaMel Posts: 293 Member
    I was there and then I did Insanity. I literally thought I was going to die doing all the variation of pushups. In the beginning I struggled to do one and refused to do the on your knees pushups. I kept pushing play and following along doing as many as I could. Some days were better than others. Now, I can do 30 standard pushups. Huge accomplishment.

    You are heading in the right direction with your plan. Just keep at it and you will gain the strength.
  • WendelinTheWeird
    WendelinTheWeird Posts: 25 Member
    I second doing push ups on the stairs. I've worked myself down to the second stair for work outs, and just out of curiosity learned that I can do one on the floor now. Getting there!
  • SheilaG1963
    SheilaG1963 Posts: 298 Member
    I can't either and never will. I shattered my left shoulder a year and a half ago, so it's never going to be strong enough to do a strength move like that:ohwell:
  • rainman3k
    rainman3k Posts: 174 Member
    shannajojo,

    6 weeks ago I struggled to 5 in a set, since 7pm Monday I have done over 700 in 5 hours. It will take some time, but make sure you do some exercises to build the supporting muscle groups.

    This is a good website with some tips

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/zero-to-100-pushups-for-complete-beginners/
  • angeljamin
    angeljamin Posts: 234 Member
    "You can do it!" -Rob Schnieder
  • zenchild
    zenchild Posts: 680 Member
    A few months ago I couldn't either. I've been doing 6 different JM DVDs. I do two levels a day, five days a week. One day I do either one level or a bunch of cleaning, one day is technically rest but it's generally a weekend day so there's a lot of general running around. Last week I did 7 real push-ups. On my toes and everything. I felt like such a bad-*kitten*. The DVDs give you a lot of opportunity to practice. I was doing only girly ones and I got really good at those. My back is flat, I can touch my nose to my exercise mat and back up with no problem. After I got to that point I knew it was time to change. I now start the circuit with regular push-ups and switch to girly push-ups when my arms start shaking.
  • shannajojo
    shannajojo Posts: 192 Member
    "You can do it!" -Rob Schnieder

    You gotta love Rob!
  • shannajojo
    shannajojo Posts: 192 Member
    shannajojo,

    6 weeks ago I struggled to 5 in a set, since 7pm Monday I have done over 700 in 5 hours. It will take some time, but make sure you do some exercises to build the supporting muscle groups.

    This is a good website with some tips

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/zero-to-100-pushups-for-complete-beginners/

    Thank you, and awesome job on your weight loss of 122 lbs! Wow!
  • EsperShiva
    EsperShiva Posts: 2
    I haven't tried going through the process yet, but there is a book called Convict Conditioning by Paul Wade and he takes you through steps to get you there. He suggests starting off by standing arm's length from the wall and then touching your forehead to it. After reaching a certain progression standard he suggests moving it down to a surface waist high eventually to the knees, then half push-ups where your chest just kisses the top of a basketball and finally all the way to a standard push-up. (Technically he adds more steps, as the goals isn't just doing a push-up in his book.)

    Doing all the steps over time is suppose to help stretch out your tendons/ligaments so your joints will also be able to take the pressure your body weight puts on it when doing a push-up. It's also nice to go in stages so you see progress rather than feeling like it's all or nothing.
  • Carolyn1012
    Carolyn1012 Posts: 41 Member
    This might not be an approved variation of the pushup.... But it worked for me! When I started the 30 day shred I couldn't even complete a pushup from my knees.... So I dropped to my pelvis. After about a week of doing pushups with my entire lower body on the floor I was able to start doing them from my knees.
  • SweetCheekszx0
    SweetCheekszx0 Posts: 478 Member
    YouTube the Kim kardashian push up... That's how I started haha seriously lol
  • kr1ssy23
    kr1ssy23 Posts: 270 Member
    I used to follow a push up app on android...it was called 100 Push Ups. It seemed like it was working but I got rid of it because I wasnt doing it as much. You might want to give it a try :)
  • funkyspunky872
    funkyspunky872 Posts: 866 Member
    Pfft, I worked out every day, lost 145 pounds, did the 30DS shred twice, and STILL couldn't do a single pushup.
  • aubreykkkk
    aubreykkkk Posts: 147 Member
    Knee pushups!
  • Trojanlc75
    Trojanlc75 Posts: 12 Member
    Eh. No need to do push ups! I lost 50lbs and only walked. Do what you can and what you like!
  • AmyFett
    AmyFett Posts: 1,607 Member
    Pfft, I worked out every day, lost 145 pounds, did the 30DS shred twice, and STILL couldn't do a single pushup.

    how'd you do the 30 ds without pushups?
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