Who's in?

[marni]

count me in as well- the new trainer aalso thinks it is an excellent idea since my "upper body strength isn't all that it could be."

he says he'll count for me when I do the initial test on Friday after we finish our regular session.

marni

[WindingRoad]

I can't decide to do girl style or original push ups? If I do regular ones it's gonna put me in the 'up to 5' probably? What's everyone else doing?

[badgercat]

I did a test tonight in case I forgot later in the week because my parents will be visiting the next few days. I did standard push-ups, and I guess I'll save any reporting of numbers for the "real" thread.

[GLC1968]

I can't decide to do girl style or original push ups? If I do regular ones it's gonna put me in the 'up to 5' probably? What's everyone else doing?

I think it depends on what your goals are. If you just want to get stronger, then doing knee push-ups is fine. If you ultimately want to do 100 regular pushups, then I'd start with regular ones even if your count is only 3 or something.

Me? I'm doing regular ones. I have no idea how many I can do, so I'll do my test tongiht. Last time, I did 11 for the test (should have stopped at 10 but didn't) and man...that plan was HARD! This time, I think I'm in better shape from losing weight and swimming, but we'll see....

[Bike Chick]

count me in as well- the new trainer aalso thinks it is an excellent idea since my "upper body strength isn't all that it could be."

he says he'll count for me when I do the initial test on Friday after we finish our regular session.

marni

My 4 yo grandson could probably count mine....ONE....TWO...THR....TWO!

[sgtiger]

I'm in. I've been doing them sporadically on my own, but I think this will help motivate me to do them on a regular basis. I can't do regular ones so I'm doing them on a yoga ball until I can do real ones.

Last time I did it, I totally tore up my wrist - it's still a mess. Might try to modify it somehow.

Some people find it easier on their wrists to use dumbbells to hold on to when they do push-ups. The dumbbells are kept parallel to the body with wrists and hands inline.

Ignore the last step with the dumbbell row. I couldn't find anything without them, but the following shows the position of the modified push-up.

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitne...pushup-and-row
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIiQmhlkeU0

ETA: Push-up bars may give you more range of motion or different hand positions to try.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrvKI...eature=related