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Jan 2020
7:59pm, 4 Jan 2020
35,593 posts
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Nellers
No idea what the "correct" answer is VC, but when I started I was doing 3 small sets (eg 3 x 5) then added extra reps to each set until I was doing sets of 10, then when that was Ok I added an extra set.
I guess a lot of it is personal preference but breaking it down reduces the overall fatigue I think.
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Jan 2020
8:39pm, 4 Jan 2020
44,629 posts
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Velociraptor
I suspect it doesn't matter how you divide them up, the total workload is what matters. This applies to most resistance training activities, though it doesn't sell schedules.
I find when I have a long gap the number of good press-ups I can do per set decreases but it quickly increases again with a little practice, maxing out around 20. The way I'm doing my press-ups involves a recovery period between sets of more than an hour. If I can be consistent with standard press-ups this month I'll look at variations after that.
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Jan 2020
9:19pm, 4 Jan 2020
42,537 posts
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alpenrose
I'm starting out on minimal number as I'm doing them with a squat & push-up challenge, otherwise I'd be on sets of 15 or 20.
ER, I have a bit of paper and pen nearby and write the number down as I'm passing so I'd remember when I'd had enough for a day and would come on here.
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Jan 2020
9:39pm, 4 Jan 2020
5,172 posts
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Eynsham Red
That’s a plan AR.
I’ve done at least twenty now, so that will do for today even though in reality it was certainly more.
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Jan 2020
10:44pm, 4 Jan 2020
64 posts
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MovingAlong
3x10 again - going to try and do this consistently and then add an extra set when (if?) it becomes possible!
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Jan 2020
7:30am, 5 Jan 2020
653 posts
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Dave W
I did one of those "100 press-ups in a day" programs I December. Started off pretty easy numbers, and built up over a period of weeks. It gets easier as you progress. Sounds obvious, but it's easy to think it won't when you're struggling at the beginning. I've never been particularly strong in my upper body, and I've even got a bit of a dicky shoulder, but cos I persisted with it I now find 100 at a time relatively easy when it's broken down into sets of 15 or 20.
So the moral of this long and convoluted tale is that if I can do it, anyone can.
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Jan 2020
8:00am, 5 Jan 2020
22,340 posts
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Maclennane
Think 85 on day one was an error. My chest hurts
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Jan 2020
1:35pm, 5 Jan 2020
6 posts
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Gravic
20 then 10 then 15 with plank in between. Left bicep not happy.
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Jan 2020
6:08pm, 5 Jan 2020
3,451 posts
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Molesy
6 * 15 and 1 * 10
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Jan 2020
6:29pm, 5 Jan 2020
7,053 posts
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chunkywizard
Just ran 14 miles and my core is shot. I haven’t done any today. Should I give it a miss or will it be character building?
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5,001 press-ups in 2022
Jan 2023