push up question! p90x!!

gnutrifitness
gnutrifitness Posts: 169 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi people!, i have a question...i am doing p90x program and i am in the second phase of the classic program!!, but, at this time i am not able to do a single push up, i don't know why, i just feel i can´t make the right movement, i dont feel fatigue it´s just i can't do it. And i can let you know that i have always done excercises but never push ups, i am in a very good condition and i do not think that's the problem!. On the other hand, i have breast implants since one year, and i don't know if that could be the reason why....Is anybody with the same problem? Is there any other excercise i can do for the chest instead of the push up?...please help, that`s the only routine of p90x i can't do perfectly, the others i do it everyday and i really don't feel too tired, in fact i am doing more weight lifting, and 10-15 minutes in the elliptical.

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  • BiloxiBelle
    BiloxiBelle Posts: 680 Member
    Are you able to do any on your knees? Is the problem just with trying to do them on your toes?
  • HeatherMN
    HeatherMN Posts: 3,821 Member
    I've never been able to do push-ups either! Are you able to modify pushups by doing them against a wall instead of the floor and just pushing your body weight away from the wall. You could also do chest flys with weights. If you ever get to the point where you can do pushups, please let me know how you did it!
  • Life_is_Good
    Life_is_Good Posts: 361 Member
    This link shows different pushup options.

    http://www.hundredpushups.com/what.html
  • gnutrifitness
    gnutrifitness Posts: 169 Member
    Thanks people! I will try to do it on my knees like some of you say, and maybe with some variations! I hope i can do it!! :wink: ....I will tell you!!
  • ShaneT99
    ShaneT99 Posts: 278 Member
    i don't know why, i just feel i can´t make the right movement, i dont feel fatigue it´s just i can't do it.

    What do you mean by this? Are you saying you're just not physically strong enough to do a push up, or that there's something restricting your movement that prevents you from doing a push up?

    If it's the former then I'd say start on your knees and just keep doing them until you get to the point where you can do regular push ups. If it's the latter then I'm not sure what to say.
  • TrainingWithTonya
    TrainingWithTonya Posts: 1,741 Member
    They may have had to cut the pectoral muscles when they did the implants (depends on how they were inserted) and if that is the case, then those muscles will be weaker then normal. So, you may need to start with more like a bench press with lighter weight instead of doing push ups. Then as you are able to increase your weight with bench press (ie: when the pecs get stronger), then you can move to lighter push ups like on the knees or on a ball (the ball rolls and helps with the movement if it is under your hips) and eventually move up to full push ups.
  • oats4breakfast
    oats4breakfast Posts: 225
    do some planks/bridges - hold for the entire time you're supposed to do the push ups on the video.
    Either on your forearms, or, on hands (in "top/up" position of push up) just keep body up and in a straight line for entire time. Your butt may try to sink and you may try to move to get more comfortable, but IMHO, it's best to keep on grinding out holding the position and simply fail, rather than moving to get more confortable. Don't give yourself a 'mini rest' changing position all the time.

    You could also hold a plank (either on hands or on forearms) and lift one arm up off ground as your repetition. (the higher you go, the better, even point up behind you and stretch chest so you form a "T"). So if P90x calls for 30 reps, hold the plank and lift one arm up, then the other 30 times (try to keep body stable and in that plank position, doing this under control, rather than rocking all over the place trying to do it fast). If this is still too hard, you could change it by lifting feet in an alternating fashion.

    It should help strengthen your entire core (back/stomach) along with shoulders and chest.


    Often (like pull/chin ups) the best way to learn these push/pull movements, is to "let yourself down". So, starting in the up push up position, simply lower down as slowly as you can and keep holding in a "down" position for as long as possible. Just keep doing that, and eventually, you may start to be able to go up.

    I often do this at the end of my sets, so once I fail to do any more push ups, I then do one last one where I lower down and hold myself for as long as possible.

    Whatever you choose, (be it mine or anyone else's advice). Try once every week, or couple of weeks to do a proper push up, rather than every day, but do the down to failures, or the planks, or whatever other advice as your "routine" or as often as can. Track it to see your progress. (kind of like weight loss, don't check everyday, but track it).
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