@Robin
Some people can do 50 pull-ups in a row. I am sure many could handle 40 push-ups.
Zane said:
@Robin
Some people can do 50 pull-ups in a row. I am sure many could handle 40 push-ups.
With perfect form? I really doubt that.
Oak said:
@Merlin
I refuse to believe you could knock out those reps with proper form and full range of motion.
If you train them enough, why not?
@Merlin
This is a great suggestion. I was injured for a couple of months and couldn’t do any pull. So I was doing push almost exclusively, and my chest really got pushed out. I was in East Africa at the time and the kids started calling me a “female cow with big tits.” I was doing something a little like this routine 4 times a week:
Timed rests between exercises: 5, 10, 15, 20 seconds.
Set 1: repeat 4x
10x wide push-ups
10x standard push-ups
10x military push-ups
10x pseudo-planche push-ups
10x diamond push-ups
1-minute rest between sets.
Set 2:
10x pike or handstand push-ups
10x high decline push-ups
10x low decline push-ups
10x high incline push-ups
10x low incline push-ups
1-minute rest between sets.
Yeah, it’s hard. And you can play around with the break between exercises - I started with 20 seconds rest between each push-up style. But I’ve brought it down and my personal record for all 400 push-ups is 31 minutes.
@Noor
Love the routine! Quick question in case you happen to see this:
- 1 minute rest between each of the 4 times, or is it back to back from diamond to wide?
- Do you do both sets 1 and 2 in a single workout or is it a rotation between the two?
@Mason
Wow, this was a long time ago! But I’m glad I’m still doing this one 
Here are my answers:
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Yes - 1 minute between sets. So after the diamond, I will wait a minute until doing the next set.
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Both sets in a single workout! I probably take a bit more than a minute between the first and second.
@Noor
Thanks man, I’ve been doing this for the last few days and love it.
I personally use a backpack with weight in it. Over 5 months I have worked my way up to 3 sets of 20 reps, plus or minus, with 30 pounds of weight in the backpack.
Try the Convict Conditioning push-up progression.
Regular good form push-ups where you really squeeze your chest at the top, incline push-ups, decline push-ups or dips. That hits all the various muscles in the chest.
Personally, I do three sets each of 30 good form push-ups, 12 incline barbell presses, 12 incline push-ups, and 10 barbell flys as part of my strength training and I think my chest is a pretty good size. Decline push-ups are a rough analog muscle-wise to incline bench.
I got bored just doing regular push-ups, so I started with this routine: https://youtu.be/lWUlQtpqUe4
Just drop and do twenty throughout the day. Whenever you have a moment where you’re just sitting doing pretty much nothing, press-ups instead. (And pull-ups/dips if you’re able.) I think I eventually got up to 1000 press-ups a day once and my chest at that point was considerably larger than it was a couple of months before.
You want to become better at benching? Bench more.
You want to grow your chest fast? Do isolations.
100 day Burpee challenge.