Push-ups: How to breathe?

[Grog]

Thanks all! I will try these tricks on Wednesday. I think I will be able to count and exhale at the same time as you describe, Oakleaf! Will keep you posted.

[Grog]

Ok, tried and tested this:

I experimented on the breathing thing. I got it right on the second and third level, and then kept "experimenting" and that's how I almost failed the fifth level, as my breathing was totally out of whack. Anyway I've figured out what I have to do: I need to breathe out before I start, then I breathe in during the descend and the start of the push up, and exhale the rest of the way up. Start inhaling again before I start going down, and the beat seems about right. My heart rate shoots up, but that will improve in time.

Does this make sense?

[ny biker]

I was talking to my trainer about this on Monday. He said, if you hold your breath, the worst that will happen is that you'll pass out. And since you're doing push-ups you're already close to the floor so you probably won't hurt yourself. Although you might want to have a mat under you just in case.

(Yeah, he can be quite the wise-*** at times. And yet I've been putting up with him for over 11 years now. Of course if you asked him, he'd say he's been putting up with me.)

Anyway it sounds like you're doing a good job figuring it out. Keep practicing and before you know it, you won't even have to think about it anymore.