> gg wrote: > It depends on your body, your form, and your ability for muscle > awareness.
I'll also add ... WAY TO GO!!! W00t!! Nothing more motivating than that. If push-ups keeps you motivated then definitely roll with 'em. Personally I don't use them much because of wrist strain (although you can get handles, even cool rotating ones) and it's hard to focus on form since the weight is high. On the other hand, if you don't have access to a full set of dumbbells/free weights then I can't think of a better "full body" type exercise. As someone pointed out, moving you own body weight is one of the best exercises. Now, let's start working on those pull-ups. Best way to do this to get a "power tower" which you can buy on eBay for $10 or new for $100, or of course at the club. Start your back workouts with "negative" pull-ups, meaning stand on a stool in the "up" position and then raise your legs and slowly lower yourself down. Stand up on the stool again and repeat. If you have access to an assisted pullup machine, do those next, then dumbbell and lat pull down. You'll be doing pullups by the end of the year. If you want a great home machine, btw, I LOVE Hoist stuff. This thing does EVERYTHING: http://hoistfitness.com/consumer-equipment/v6.aspx It's by far the most versatile machine ever and I hope I can buy it soon but with my wife in law school ... sigh. I've got these: http://hoistfitness.com/consumer-equipment/hf-4985ens.aspx http://hoistfitness.com/consumer-equipment/hf-4357.aspx http://hoistfitness.com/consumer-equipment/hf-4664.aspx And I can't recommend the stuff more. Totally high quality, supremely stable, very durable. I have no relationship with them, but now that I think about I should buy stock ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
