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Chest Workout: Pushups for the Complete Beginner

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Uploaded on Apr 8, 2008

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In my opinion, pushups are the #1 best exercise you can do! They are simple to do and are a great upper body workout for the complete beginner or the advanced bodybuilder. You can get a complete upper body workout by combining these pushups with crunches and pullups, all of which can be done easily at home.

Start by doing knee pushups. If you can do more than 20 of these then they are too easy for you and you should do full pushups.

We want to start slowly to avoid injury, the first two weeks you will only do this workout once a week: do as many pushups as you can without rest (a set) rest 2 minutes repeat two more times (three sets total)

If your joints and muscles feel ok, you can slowly increase the frequency and duration of your pushup workouts until you are doing pushups 3x/week for 20minutes. When you get to the point where you can do more than 20 pushups in all your sets, then its time to move on to a more advanced workout. Please see my website for some suggestions.

The reason many people dont get started in bodybuilding is that it seems to complex and intimidating, thats why I recommend starting out with just pushups and with daily walking (10-30min). Its an easy program, you start feeling better immediately, and your brain starts to associate exercising with feeling good. A recent study showed that as little as 10min of exercise a day can do wonders for you mind and body. Once you brain has made the connection between exercise and feeling good, motivation is no longer a problem and you will find yourself wanting to add new exercises.

If you are overweight and can only do 3 knee pushups, dont be discouraged, its not the number of pushups you can do that is important but the effort. For those of you who are overweight, think of it this way, you are lifting far more weight in your pushups than your lighter counterparts so its natural that you cant do as many pushups. What is important is that you make progress each week, if you did 3 knee pushups last week, try to do 3 1/2 knee pushups this week.

Anyone can be healthier, have more energy, sleep better, and feel better about themselves through bodybuilding. Bodybuilding doesn't have to be expensive or take a lot of time, gyms are great but home workouts can save you time and money. A cheap dumbbell set from a garage sale or walmart is all it takes to get started with your home workouts.

Got questions? Ask me on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/GetFitForFree

or on the free AskScooby Forum:
http://www.askscooby.com

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  • arun kumar

    Scooby you not only have huge body but also big heart to share such useful info to the world, Thank You!!

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    Scooby = Gentleman. People like you make the world a better place.

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  • kinzinalex

    Scooby has a vid in wich he refers to if you workout daily in excess you could cause muscle fatigge after wich your muscle jut get tired and dont evolve. BUT IN MY PINION if you do 20 push ups every day and do a special workout (5 series) 2 or 3 times a week you could get good reults ;)

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    Scooby you're a fucking legend! sweetheart of a guy as well

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  • theguym

    Scooby, awesome video as usual :) . Question: I do push-ups almost daily (especially on the days I don't go to the gym). BUT, someone told me that my muscles won't grow if I do push ups everyday, is that TRUE?

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  • Ramaswamy Venkatraman

    Thank you, It's a great video. You are quite soft when speaking, which shows you have great contol over your mind too..

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  • Shannon Rosser

    So awesome and helpful, thank you so much!!

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  • Scat Man

    Scooby, how tall are you?

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  • naxT890

    Well fast movements genrally target fast twitch muscles i think. Thats why go fast and then slow on negative to avoid momentum.

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  • wingchunjourney

    Doing them quickly does allow you to use momentum to make the movement easier and expend less energy; however, that's the opposite of what you want if you want a good work out.

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    his nipples were hard xD

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