Sit ups and push ups.

[D_Mylor Mentallydaft]

You should add ten every night.

drill sargent AXEL aside, 10+ a night is too much to go up for some one at his leve, your or me would have trouble with that, 3 a night would be more his speed, having said that.....


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[D_Doewell Dadong]

Sir yes sir.

got to 44 then was ill out of both ends for two nights. going for 50 tonight.

 

[B_cosmognosis]

Had a look at hindu squats too. they look very silly, especially the arm movements

ALL excercise can look 'silly', friend. Tell me this, do the results look silly?

I just transitioned from regular push ups to hindu push ups, and let me tell you, they may look a bit improper, but I feel the burn all over my body. I can do 100 regulars easy, but getting to only 50 hindu push ups is one of the hardest exercises I've ever done.

Hindu Push Up

It depends on what you're going for. My routine is based on Matt Furey's Combat Conditioning routine, which is designed to develop strength, but isn't necessarily tuned towards bodybuilding. Breathing, flexibility and total body fitness are more important than having a beach body in the long run.

But in the end, I wish you success in whatever routine works for you. Keep it up!

 

[D_Doewell Dadong]

I tried hindu push ups. it felt bizare and i wasn't sure if i was doing it right anyway. i got some road tyres for my bike at weekend. just need time to fit them. and time to ride.

 

[D_Doewell Dadong]

I tried hindu push ups. it felt bizare and i wasn't sure if i was doing it right anyway. i got some road tyres for my bike at weekend. just need time to fit them. and time to ride.

i did find the matt fury site while looking for squat videos.

 

[LeeEJ]

I just transitioned from regular push ups to hindu push ups, and let me tell you, they may look a bit improper, but I feel the burn all over my body. I can do 100 regulars easy, but getting to only 50 hindu push ups is one of the hardest exercises I've ever done.

Hindu Push Up

Is there a preference between Hindu Pushups and Dive Bombers?

 

[B_cosmognosis]

Is there a preference between Hindu Pushups and Dive Bombers?

The debate rages on, my friend. I think Hindu push ups have an edge because the second part of the exercise isn't just repeating the first in reverse, like the way you perform dive bombers.

What I do know for sure is that they do indeed give you a workout!

 

[B_cosmognosis]

I tried hindu push ups. it felt bizare and i wasn't sure if i was doing it right anyway. i got some road tyres for my bike at weekend. just need time to fit them. and time to ride.

I hear you about the form on the push ups. I actually recorded myself on video doing them to make sure I had proper form!

Enjoy the bike riding! It's a lot of fun...

 

[D_Doewell Dadong]

Well.............. managed the sit ups. but just didn't have strength to do the push ups. managed about 15 then coughed up some luminous phlem followed by more less luminous phlem so decied to call it a day

 

[D_Clem Clodhopper]

sit ups are a pretty worthless exercise

 

[D_Doewell Dadong]

not the most efficient of exercise. but i wouldn't say useless

 

[LeeEJ]

The debate rages on, my friend. I think Hindu push ups have an edge because the second part of the exercise isn't just repeating the first in reverse, like the way you perform dive bombers.

What I do know for sure is that they do indeed give you a workout!

I'd try reverse-loop Hindus, just for the heck of it. Flex arms and swoop down, then stop like a cobra, arms straight and rock back, just like a regular Hindu -- then reverse the motion like running the video backwards. Straight arms, rock forward, drop the hips into a cobra position, then flex the arms and swoop backwards to the original starting position.

 

[D_Leotols Toy]

Sit ups without variation are pointless, imo. Especially considering the majority don't have correct form and then complain about how their abs aren't showing. Top that off with them not compromising their diet and it's a good laugh

 

[D_Mylor Mentallydaft]

not the most efficient of exercise. but i wouldn't say useless

nor would I but what he means is, if you spend enough time in a gym you always see the 40 something year old man with the full on spare tire doing nothing but sit ups and ab machines

the flaw in this is, you can have the strongest abbs in the would, but unless you got the diet and cardio you have the flab..... which is made to look worse with posture cause if you don't work your back all that flab droops forward.

the other one that kills me is the old guy who dose bench presses every day and has a chest like his fat ass wife and swears by his routine..... sure he can punch like a mule kicks but he looks like a cow

 

[D_Doewell Dadong]

i'm not bothered by looks. i just want a body that can do what i ask of it. a bit of extra padding won't do me any harm.

if someone can give me some ab routines that can be done at home it'll be appreciated.

 

[B_Dustydo]

Pilates "bridge" hold ups do it for me.
Do a regular push up but resting on your fore arms and toe tips, lift off the ground and hold and clench the abbs and breathe slowly through the nose and out the mouth.
Don't drop your body to the floor until it really starts to burn.
To up the anti on this exercise lift opposite arm and leg off the floor and stretch them forward and out.
When the burn gets too much swap the sides that are lifted.

Also a good one for hitting those stubborn lower abbs is the incline leg raise.
Lay on the incline bench with your head at the highest point.
Grab the knee roll with your hands and lift your heels level with your belly button.
Hold it and clench those abbs and exhale as you lower your heels to 2 inches off the floor.
Lift again.
Repeat.
It will burn those pesky lower abbs like nothing else.

 

[D_Doewell Dadong]

The pilates maneuver sounds like the plank to me, and your right it is a killer.

 

[D_Doewell Dadong]

55 on wednesday night. fell asleep last night after tea, didn't wake up till the dogs were licking my face at 3am. i'll get 60 done when i'm on my break later.

 

[B_am12388]

I never do sit ups. I'm afraid it'll make my waist bigger, and I like my skinny arms, so I never do push ups. All I do is cardio.

 

[D_Hyacinth Harrytwat]

If you want an "ab routine" that works, listen to the people who have left lots of posts about working your back and combining cardio with your routine too! If you want a body that can "do what you ask of it", you'll need to do those things and work the rest of your body too. It's a great experiment to see how far you can go and how long it takes to do 100 push ups/sit ups but in the grand scheme of things, if you're going to work that hard, you may as well invest that work into doing what's best for you.