Preferably with a partner, I like doing a pyramid of pushups, 1-20-1. (400 reps total)
I’ve started getting into “burpees”, doing them what I’d call CDC prison style (as shown to me on youtube) with toe touch, and without a jump, basically what I learned by name as a squat thrust with a toe touch.
I see no reason to rest on the floor, so the 39 sets a 1-20-1 pyramid entails adding 39 burpees to the workout.
Mixing a burpee into pushup pyramids is the bomb. Crank the right tunes, and you get into quite the headspace while sweating a ton.
Have fun with it. Freestyle a bit.
This is how I do my pushups if I’m not doing mantra pushups. You can be dead certain that I’m still doing my reps, mantra or not.
The 400 reps took around 45 minutes. This was not pushing, as 1000 reps in an hour is attainable for all.
More days than not I do chins. Some days only chin ups, sometimes rotating through pullups (overhand), neutral grip, and chins (underhand).
50 reps is something of a minimum. Going to 100 is more common. I just do a bunch of sets, rest enough, and when I do the 0-100 straight through it too takes about 45 minutes.
400 pushups and 100 chins is an awesome 90 minute upper body workout.
Do more if it’s available (I did a bit of leg press, and machine pullovers), but you can be entirely solid training just pushups and chins…in a volume that most will find insane, but in reality is totally reasonable.
Volume, meaningful volume, on chins (all variants), pushups, and dips will give you a solid upper body right quick. Mix in the burpees…oh yeah! Solid as fuck.
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