I just tried the burnout of pushups with 90 second rest. To my surprise could not do more then 57 on the first set, although my bench is over 300pnds right now. My sets were 57…19…12. Pretty pathetic if you asked me. As some of you are aware I have a very good start but a very poor finish in the 100m. I absolutely no Oxy in my body. I was wondering if exercises such as pushups, dips, squat thrust ect. could be done to failure or with the 90 second burnout routine would improve power endurance for the 100m. I think it will. Of course 120s/150s will too, but I would like to focus on how med ball, isometric exercises could.
How often would they be conducted??? How about med balls to failure or exhaustion??? I also tried a low intensity high rep med ball workout for the first time which I really enjoyed. It was fun. Also I was surprised that I was not sore from either burnout pushups or med ball workouts the the next day. Any comments forumn.
We only ever used push-ups in this way. You’re numbers aren’t bad for the first time through. They go up fairly rapidly (though the ratios will prob remain the same)
interesting… i think we all should try what tim did… ill do it tomarorow when i get a chance…time how long did u have to do the burnout…? i feel if i pause i could do alot more.
I was going to start a thread about this (and I’m sorry if I missed it if there was one about it somewhere). What else do people do on those first of two days off? I really like the depletion pushups. Charlie you said in another thread 2*600 for 400 guys and 120 a-runs for 100 guys right? How about a speed lifting day a la Westside?
Dcw,
So you’re saying once your very used to it, it may help the day before a meet?
If one is doing a program where one is doing high intensity exercise every other day, how might one incorporate pushups into one’s program? On the high intensity day or on the tempo day inbetween for recovery?
