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Originally Posted by jjtrindc
In terms of your question about daily pushups and ab work, I would definitely cut those out. Those are both muscle building exercises and you'll get plenty of work on your core and chest through the program. You'll need to rest to ensure these muscles have time to repair themselves. Of course, I'll be the first to admit I sometimes sneak in a few planks or leg raises on my cardio days. The program gets you so psyched for exercise somtimes its hard to stop!!
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Yeah, I agree that cutting them out is the way to go. Thanks for the advice!
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Originally Posted by Lost Dog
There's nothing wrong with extra exercise, but extra pushups without extra pullups, chincups, or rows, is setting you up for imbalances, anyway.
If you're working on some pushup goal or something and are used to a high volume already, keep 'em. Just add something in to balance them out.
How many are you doing, anyway?
Abs are like any other muscle. They need to rest to recover. You really shouldn't do ANY exercise every day unless you really know what you're doing. I'm sure it's not worth whatever effort you're putting into it.
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Nothing spectacular, really. Was doing 3 x 20 pushups, 3 x 30 crunches, and a modified ab-work superset incorporating the exercises from 8-min abs.
To be honest, I started these exercises during a big weight loss / high cardio phase, to get in some basic bodyweight work. (I know these daily exercises are big in the military and I figured it wouldn't hurt).
My intensions were always to start up some real weight training, so I am glad to finally get going!