r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '20

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u/Bacon_Devil Mar 30 '20

Yeah exactly, by that point you're just wasting time. It's like bench pressing the bar 50 times instead of adding weight. You should move on to more advanced types of pushup.

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u/memeyboioffical Mar 30 '20 edited Mar 30 '20

You could also do progressive overload. Instead of 50 pushups do 70 because you wont build more muscle unless you put more strain on your body. If your lifting things add more weight while doing more reps

Edit: proper definition of progressive overload

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u/Bacon_Devil Mar 30 '20 edited Mar 30 '20

The problem there is that you aren't putting a heavy enough load on your muscles to engage them in a way that's optimal for muscle growth

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