1 arm pushups

[Alex Fore]

woohoo! I can do 1 arm pushups. I tried to do them a year ago
and fell on my face.

[The Nuclea]

Alex Fore <agf@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in
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> woohoo! I can do 1 arm pushups. I tried to do them a year
> ago and fell on my face.
>

Aside from impressing people, is there really a benefit to one
arm push ups?

Nuke

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[Rob And So]

"Alex Fore" <agf@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in message
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> woohoo! I can do 1 arm pushups. I tried to do them a year
> ago and fell on my face.

*cheer* congrats!

[Zeus]

"Alex Fore" <agf@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in message
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> woohoo! I can do 1 arm pushups. I tried to do them a year
> ago and fell on my face.

I still have trouble balancing on one arm. More work needed...

[Sam]

Alex Fore <agf@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in
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> woohoo! I can do 1 arm pushups. I tried to do them a year
> ago and fell on my face.

Your next goal is to do a one-arm chinup. ;-)

[Richard Sm]

"The Nuclear Marine" <Nuke-Marine@BLANKcox.net> wrote in
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> Alex Fore <agf@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in
> news:445092.1041770469@gruel-2-107.ppp.andrew.cmu.edu:
>
> > woohoo! I can do 1 arm pushups. I tried to do them a year
> > ago and fell on my face.
> >
>
> Aside from impressing people, is there really a benefit to
> one arm push ups?
>
> Nuke
>
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> Andrea Yates and God have at least one thing in common,
> they've both drowned their children.
>
>

If you have to ask you can't do one pansy boy.

Richard

And BTW, yes, they do hurt if your RC isn't top notch.

[Mv]

> Aside from impressing people, is there really a benefit to
> one arm push ups?

Yes, a definite benefit; your weight is focused on one arm
instead of two, therefore that one arm receives more exercise.

There are so many variations of pushups it is amazing. You can
spread your hands wider to focus on your chest muscles are
bring them in tighter to focus on your arm muscles. You can do
finger pushups that strengthen your fingers, or do
three-finger pushups or even THUMB pushups (got that out of a
martial outs book -- they make thumbs stronger for gouging or
whatever). Pushups are good body tonic.

[Gentolm]

pansy boy=( for me , i can crack my back ,,, glad your still
around=)) plodzilla

The Nuclear Marine wrote:
>
> Alex Fore <agf@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in
> news:445092.1041770469@gruel-2-107.ppp.andrew.cmu.edu:
>
> > woohoo! I can do 1 arm pushups. I tried to do them a year
> > ago and fell on my face.
> >
>
> Aside from impressing people, is there really a benefit to
> one arm push ups?
>
> Nuke
>
> --
> Listen to the Black Atheist Avenger: www.InfidelGuy.com
>
> Atheist Radio on the Internet: www.AtheistNetwork.com
>
> Andrea Yates and God have at least one thing in common,
> they've both drowned their children.

[Todd]

MV <nospam@nospam.com> said:
> > Aside from impressing people, is there really a benefit to
> > one arm push ups?
>
> Yes, a definite benefit; your weight is focused on one arm
> instead of two, therefore that one arm receives more
> exercise.

Is the one armed pushup more of an arm exercise and less of a
chest exercise than the regular pushup? It seems that you
don't get the same stretch in a one armed pushup.

Todd

[The Nuclea]

"Richard Smith" <richard.smith@t-netix.com> wrote in
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>
> If you have to ask you can't do one pansy boy.
>
> Richard
>
> And BTW, yes, they do hurt if your RC isn't top notch.
>
>

Well, I can do them, but that the motion is so akward that it
does not seem to hit a major muscle group. Hence the question.

Nuke

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[Mick And D]

"Sam" <recordman8@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Alex Fore <agf@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in
> news:445092.1041770469@gruel-2-107.ppp.andrew.cmu.edu:
>
> > woohoo! I can do 1 arm pushups. I tried to do them a year
> > ago and fell on my face.
>
> Your next goal is to do a one-arm chinup. ;-)
>

I knew a guy who could do chins on two fingers. Little bastard
weighed about 10lb wringing wet though.

Mick R.

[A . M]

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 20:00:05 +1100, "Mick and Deb"
<mickndeb@internet.com> wrote:

>
>"Sam" <recordman8@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:Xns92FBCFCB6AA7recordman8hotmailcom@198.80.55.250...
>> Alex Fore <agf@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in
>> news:445092.1041770469@gruel-2-107.ppp.andrew.cmu.edu:
>>
>> > woohoo! I can do 1 arm pushups. I tried to do them a year
>> > ago and fell on my face.
>>
>> Your next goal is to do a one-arm chinup. ;-)
>>
>

That's my goal for this year. Well... to tell you the truth,
it was last years goal also.

>I knew a guy who could do chins on two fingers. Little
>bastard weighed about 10lb wringing wet though.
>

With two hands or one? If you're talking about doing them with
two fingers of each hand, well, that isn't very hard. One hand
is definitely impressive.

>Mick R.

[Mick And D]

"A.M" <kessik@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 20:00:05 +1100, "Mick and Deb"
> <mickndeb@internet.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Sam" <recordman8@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:Xns92FBCFCB6AA7recordman8hotmailcom@198.80.55.250...
> >> Alex Fore <agf@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in
> >> news:445092.1041770469@gruel-2-107.ppp.andrew.cmu.edu:
> >>
> >> > woohoo! I can do 1 arm pushups. I tried to do them a
> >> > year ago and
fell
> >> > on my face.
> >>
> >> Your next goal is to do a one-arm chinup. ;-)
> >>
> >
>
> That's my goal for this year. Well... to tell you the truth,
> it was last years goal also.
>
> >I knew a guy who could do chins on two fingers. Little
> >bastard weighed about 10lb wringing wet though.
> >
>
> With two hands or one? If you're talking about doing them
> with two fingers of each hand, well, that isn't very hard.
> One hand is definitely impressive.
>
>
Yep, two fingers on one hand, the other hand behind his back.
I watched him do ten at about a 5/5 tempo. He was into rock
climbing in a big way.

Mick R.

>
> >Mick R.
> >

[Jacob Ande]

"Mick and Deb" <mickndeb@internet.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:newscache$7k0e8h$hm4$1@news.westserv.net.au...
> Yep, two fingers on one hand, the other hand behind his
> back. I watched
him
> do ten at about a 5/5 tempo. He was into rock climbing in a
> big way.

Some of those guys have /insane/ grip strength.

/Jacob

[Aj]

In article <3e1c120f$0$2526$ba624c82@nntp04.dk.telia.net>,
Jacob Andersen wrote:
> "Mick and Deb" <mickndeb@internet.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:newscache$7k0e8h$hm4$1@news.westserv.net.au...
>> Yep, two fingers on one hand, the other hand behind his
>> back. I watched
> him
>> do ten at about a 5/5 tempo. He was into rock climbing in a
>> big way.
>
> Some of those guys have /insane/ grip strength.
>
> /Jacob

Have you ever seen the grip boards those kidz use? A piece
of plywood on the wall with several horizontal slats
nailed to it.

At advanced levels they can jump up from 1 slat to the next
with *both* hands. Some of them even do drop catches from one
slot down to the next, or even skipping one.

Talk about your plyos.

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