Fit Chick in the City » push-ups

Before there was Jill(ian)

Jess — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:41:43 +0000

There was Jack. You are correct, The Jack Lalanne Show is the answer!

The show lasted for 34 years!! If Jack is called the “godfather of fitness” then what should we call Jillian?

The Girly Kind

Jess — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:03:14 +0000

My arms are shaking as I type this post. I finally got around to doing this today. Not just my regular push-ups, but a push-up experiment. It turns out I can do 113 girl modified push-ups with good form. That’s after doing these exercises (10 reps and 2 sets each) and a yoga class earlier in the day.

How many modified push-ups are you able to do with good form at one time?

Next week we’ll do a military style push-up test to compare. I already know that I can only do about 35. I would much rather do 35 regular push-ups instead of 100′s of modified push-ups. Surprisingly, my shoulders were burning like crazy towards the end. I’m going to be sore tomorrow and I hope you are too!

When you think about what exercises to include in your workout do you choose easier exercises that require more repetition? Or do you choose a more challenging exercise and perform fewer reps?

Free Exercise

Jess — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000

I love push-ups.

Clients hate push-ups.

What’s the deal with all the push-up hate? It may be my all time favorite exercise. There is not one reason to hate a push-up, not one! It does so much for you. How could one ever detest it?

Maybe the push-up could use a little publicity or an advertisement:

Ladies would you like a strong, sleek, sexy body? Would you like an exercise that can be done at anytime and anywhere? This free exercise promises that you will see a difference in your stomach, back, shoulders, chest and triceps in less than 1 hour per week. If you act now this exercise is yours for $9.99 free!

Doing push-ups at home after teaching class tonight.

While we’re discussing push-ups…why do fitness tests determine a woman’s upper body strength by having us do the modified version? It’s an insult. The only reason some women have a hard time with regular push-ups is because they simply don’t really know how to do them or they just think they aren’t capable.

Now, I’m curious to see how many modified push-ups I can do compared to regular ones. hmm…. I bet the ration is 3:1. I’ll let you know how it goes. Before you get run off to do your own set of push-ups, check out these variations I found on Wikipedia (although they call them press ups).