It’s been my experience that I get more out of pushups than everyone else does.
Why?
It’s not because I’m good at pushups, though this plays a small role.
It’s really a function of consistent high frequency.
By doing pushups for thousands of days, day after day, my body has not only become good at pushups, but good at getting benefit from pushups.
Thousands of days, probably more than a million reps, I’m at the point where nothing keeps me big and strong (across the whole body), and easily able to keep making progress like pushups.
Consistent high frequency created a simple movement that single handedly gave me what is functionally the possession of good genetics.
It’s patently ridiculous how much of a pump I get from a set of just 20-50 reps. And repeated muscular pumps (this same consistent high frequency principle) is how a lot of permanent muscular size is built. Muscular size will transfer to strength, at the very least the potential for strength.
Peer approved scientific studies don’t know the value of the pump quite like the bros do. Many good pumps builds quite some size and strength.
I get more than you can imagine from my nightly pushups. Why? Because I’ve been doing them for over a decade almost unbroken.
I regret stopping part of my senior year of high school. I’m at about 3 years and 9 months without a missed day. This is nearly my daily reps streak record. The 4 year mark on May 14th will set it. I’m committed to pushups everyday for life. It’s a worthwhile daily practice.
Persistence & Tenacity