Doing Pushups Will Make You Tough
Pushups are the single best compound exercise that you can perform.
In one simple motion, they work out almost the entire body.
Because they use so many muscle groups, they are incredibly difficult to perform.
For this reason, they require a lot of mental and physical strength.
What makes pushups superior to a traditional bench press is that bench press only helps to increase physical strength, whereas pushups increase your mental and physical strength.
In high-rep workouts, push-ups become not only physically challenging, but also very psychologically demanding.
On a traditional bench press, when the muscles have had enough, they just stop working.
But, with pushups, the resistance is usually less, and it is less likely that the muscles will just quit.
Knowing this, you can usually push your body to keep going if you use the right strategies to either; stay motivated, or distract yourself from the pain and struggle.
In order to stay motivated, I recommend listening to music, because it is very energizing, and it will make the time go by faster.
And, although I do not recommend this to anybody else, I usually drink coffee before getting started because it keeps me fired up for the entire workout.
A couple of tips that I recommend to distract yourself, and make your push-up workouts easier are; count out loud, and use a mirror.
Many people do not breathe properly when doing high-rep workouts.
Many people unintentionally hold their breath when doing pushups.
The lack of oxygen that comes as a result of holding your breath makes push-ups much more difficult than they should be.
Improper breathing will make push-ups difficult, no matter how much experience you have doing them.
I recommend counting out loud when doing sets, because talking will force you to breathe.
I also recommend getting a mirror and placing it at ground level so that you can watch yourself and make sure that you are using the proper form.
Taking the focus away from the pain of doing the actual exercise, and shifting the focus to monitoring your form will make your workout much easier.
I hope these tips help you stay motivated, or distracted, during your pushups workout.
Keep in mind that pushups will always be difficult, no matter how much experience you have doing them.
If they never get easy, it's not because you are doing anything wrong- it's just the nature of the exercise.
In one simple motion, they work out almost the entire body.
Because they use so many muscle groups, they are incredibly difficult to perform.
For this reason, they require a lot of mental and physical strength.
What makes pushups superior to a traditional bench press is that bench press only helps to increase physical strength, whereas pushups increase your mental and physical strength.
In high-rep workouts, push-ups become not only physically challenging, but also very psychologically demanding.
On a traditional bench press, when the muscles have had enough, they just stop working.
But, with pushups, the resistance is usually less, and it is less likely that the muscles will just quit.
Knowing this, you can usually push your body to keep going if you use the right strategies to either; stay motivated, or distract yourself from the pain and struggle.
In order to stay motivated, I recommend listening to music, because it is very energizing, and it will make the time go by faster.
And, although I do not recommend this to anybody else, I usually drink coffee before getting started because it keeps me fired up for the entire workout.
A couple of tips that I recommend to distract yourself, and make your push-up workouts easier are; count out loud, and use a mirror.
Many people do not breathe properly when doing high-rep workouts.
Many people unintentionally hold their breath when doing pushups.
The lack of oxygen that comes as a result of holding your breath makes push-ups much more difficult than they should be.
Improper breathing will make push-ups difficult, no matter how much experience you have doing them.
I recommend counting out loud when doing sets, because talking will force you to breathe.
I also recommend getting a mirror and placing it at ground level so that you can watch yourself and make sure that you are using the proper form.
Taking the focus away from the pain of doing the actual exercise, and shifting the focus to monitoring your form will make your workout much easier.
I hope these tips help you stay motivated, or distracted, during your pushups workout.
Keep in mind that pushups will always be difficult, no matter how much experience you have doing them.
If they never get easy, it's not because you are doing anything wrong- it's just the nature of the exercise.