What kind of workouts should I do to increase the number of push-ups I can do?

Question

Should I just keep doing push-ups, weights or different kinds of push-ups. Also, I have the perfect push-up but it hasn't really helped

Answer 1

If you just want to increase the number, just keep doing more each time you do them. You need to be fairly consistent though and do them about 3 times a week allowing for rest days in between work days. Also try perfecting your push up form. Watch how this guy does them, 2 seconds down, 2 seconds up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9ekiouB...

Answer 2

The perfect push up isn't a horrible idea (you are actually doing a push up after all), but won't work magic. The key to boosting your max is usually variety. A couple suggestions to bust a plateau:

-Try doing 3 supersets of the following: as many push ups as you can do, 3 isometric push ups (hold for 3 seconds at the top, middle and bottom), rest for 45 seconds. You can also do isometric push ups between bench press sets.

-Medicine ball archbishop (needs at least 2 medicine balls): start in the push up position with both hands on one ball. Move one hand to the next ball, do a pushup. Move your other hand to the same ball, and repeat.

-Plyometric push ups (or clappers): Start at the bottom of a push up, but throw yourself up, so your hands leave the ground long enough to clap before you land. Only do 3-5 reps a set, 2-3 sets a workout (plyo is hard on the body).

-Work on your little guys: spend some time in the gym working on your shoulders (military press, lateral raises, shrugs), triceps (pull downs, extensions, skull crushers, dips), and of course pecs (incline/decline/flat bench press, flys, cable crossover). Your triceps and shoulders do most of the work on the upper half of a rep, and sometimes something new can wake your pecs up. Keep the weights lighter, doing medium to high reps.

Answer 3

Do more pushups. I mean thats really the only way to get better  

Answer 4

do as many as you can,then take a few minutes break to let your muscles relax for a bit,drink water and do this again....do this again and again till you think you've done enough.do this every day,slowly take less and less rest time untill you can do as much as you'd like to.but don't over do this and don't aim for ridiculously high amounts of push ups like a thousand,be realistic

Answer 5

all types of push-ups. and anything that works out your body lol, the part that hurts the most after you workout you should focus on working that part out. for me it was my biceps but then it started to be my chest when i did wide push ups

Answer 6

swim, pull ups any thing using your arms