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February 11th, 2008, 02:40 PM
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Rep Power: 14254 | | | Sharing a milestone
I just wanted to share something.
I weighed 321 pounds in July and started losing weight. I started lifting weights in September in addition to the diet and exercise I had already started. Needless to say I could never do a push up do to how much I weighed and the fact I didn't work out.
Well today, weighing 275 pounds and 5 months of lifting behind me I wanted to see how close I was to doing a pushup. I got on all fours and to my shock...I was able to do one. On my hand and toes in perfect form. I went very close to the ground because I'm still heavy, but was able to push myself up in a fairly fluid motion.
Thanks for reading.
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February 11th, 2008, 02:42 PM
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Rep Power: 12443 | | | yay!!! next time it will be two...then three!! wooohooooooooo!!
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February 11th, 2008, 02:42 PM
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Rep Power: 357932 | | | that's an awesome accomplishment - congratulations
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February 11th, 2008, 02:43 PM
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Dude! Congrats!
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February 11th, 2008, 03:22 PM
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How does a push up compair to the bench press? I push up at 275 pounds has to be worth something. 
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February 11th, 2008, 03:37 PM
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with tons of differing opinions...
I'll defer to steve's brilliance but a number i've seen come up pretty regularly is 60 percent.. so that if can do a pushup at 275 lbs - a bench of 165lbs wouldn't be unreasonable- However I don't suggest skipping off to thje gym and attempting that straight away... 
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February 11th, 2008, 03:39 PM
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February 11th, 2008, 08:39 PM
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Rep Power: 14254 | | | Hey, thanks a lot for looking that up! I don't know my bench press because I don't have a spotter and prefer to be a loner in the gym and just get my workout done.
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February 11th, 2008, 09:21 PM
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When I first started playing soccer, we had to do push-ups in warm-ups. I couldn't do one. I didn't have the form right. Now, after losing thirty more pounds, I can do thirty in succession. It's amazing really, the feeling of accomplishment you get doing something so small.
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