I do press ups and sits up every morning and evening, is this too much?

Yeah. For about 3/4 weeks now, I've been doing press ups and sit ups in the morning and evening. I do like 30-40 sit ups and about 10-12 press ups.
Is this too much for my muscles to grow properly?

Reply 1

Gone Revising

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chriscahill9

Yeah. For about 3/4 weeks now, I've been doing press ups and sit ups in the morning and evening. I do like 30-40 sit ups and about 10-12 press ups.
Is this too much for my muscles to grow properly?

It is both too much and not enough.

Reply 2

Rucklo

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Out of interest, where did you get the idea to do that?

Reply 3

conor.b92

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no wouldnt say so. i do 50 sit ups in the morning and 25 press ups. in the evening i then do 25 sit ups and 15 press ups and this i consider to be rather easy going..i also do various weights throughout the day aswell as jogging...but it also depends on your age and current level of fitness

Reply 4

john87

chriscahill9

Yeah. For about 3/4 weeks now, I've been doing press ups and sit ups in the morning and evening. I do like 30-40 sit ups and about 10-12 press ups.
Is this too much for my muscles to grow properly?

1. pressups and situps will not make your muscles grow... at all
if you want to gain muscle do compound exercises (bench, squat, deadlift etc) not sissy little pressups

2. you need to EAT if you want to gain muscle, if ur diet isn't in check then you will gain bugger all

3. exercising the same muscles day after day will make you gain **** all muscle

conslusion:

do some research

Reply 5

john87

conor.b92

no wouldnt say so. i do 50 sit ups in the morning and 25 press ups. in the evening i then do 25 sit ups and 15 press ups and this i consider to be rather easy going..i also do various weights throughout the day aswell as jogging...but it also depends on your age and current level of fitness

and you are an idiot

Reply 6

conor.b92

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john87

and you are an idiot

haha tad harsh, but at risk of making myself look more of an idiot i need to ask the question 'how am i an idiot ?' haha

Reply 7

Nex Angelus

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If you want to gain muscle, set a diet plan and eat right. Then get yourself to a decent gym and with the help of one of the staff organise a suitable workout regime. The rest is equally as important as the workout so by working the same part of your body everyday is stupid. I do ~4 workouts a week and though i wouldnt say im ripped at all, it's enough to get compliments. Like a guy said above me, do some research first.

Reply 8

Rucklo

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john87

and you are an idiot

Give up, you won't win.

Reply 9

definado

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ahahaa

yes your 10 pushups and 40 situps are obviously WAYYY too much

i heard bodybuilders dont even do 8 pushups and 20 situps.. are you crazy?

Reply 10

ch0c0h01ic

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Rai

ahahaa

yes your 10 pushups and 40 situps are obviously WAYYY too much

i heard bodybuilders dont even do 8 pushups and 20 situps.. are you crazy?

In some respects yes, by working your abdominals and not your lower back you can create posture problems and increase your risk of injury.

Reply 11

friendly_fiend2

chriscahill9

Yeah. For about 3/4 weeks now, I've been doing press ups and sit ups in the morning and evening. I do like 30-40 sit ups and about 10-12 press ups.
Is this too much for my muscles to grow properly?

I think the general consensus is that it is best to do 3/4 good workouts / week, with rest days inbetween for your muscles to recover.

As others have said, compound excercises (multiple muscle groups) are meant to be the best workouts.

Are you a student? Does your Uni / College have a gym that you could join?

Reply 12

Tintin and the Picaros

1

You stupid wazzock go to the gym and also have rest days.

Reply 13

username297381

7

I do 100 consecutive press ups and 100 consecutive abdominal crunches twice in the morning and twice in the evening, + weights
,for like 2 years its never harmed me
Lots of people do way , way more. How can you think that 10 push ups is going to give you muscle damage? ..

Reply 14

manx1991

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You need to change the exercises you do otherwise your body will just get used to the exercises and they'll have no affect anymore. Also, I've heard that 2x12 reps should work with any muscle building exercise, if they're not working you need to add more weight/tension... (From what I've heard... but I am doing like 100 crunches a night for a challenge!)

Reply 15

Iapetus

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There's sooo much hostility in these fitness threads :eek3:

Reply 16

chriscahill9

OP

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Iapetus

There's sooo much hostility in these fitness threads :eek3:

Haha, init. All I did is ask some advice and I get abuse and get called an idiot.

Reply 17

chriscahill9

OP

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Rai

ahahaa

yes your 10 pushups and 40 situps are obviously WAYYY too much

i heard bodybuilders dont even do 8 pushups and 20 situps.. are you crazy?

Alright man, relax. I've not done any sort of exercises before, and the reason I was asking was because I didn't want my muscle growth to be affected by doing too much.

Reply 18

chriscahill9

OP

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M|chael

I do 100 consecutive press ups and 100 consecutive abdominal crunches twice in the morning and twice in the evening, + weights
,for like 2 years its never harmed me
Lots of people do way , way more. How can you think that 10 push ups is going to give you muscle damage? ..

I didn't say I think it was going to give me muscle damage, I said affect the growth, ie not grow as much as they might.

Reply 19

definado

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chriscahill9

Alright man, relax. I've not done any sort of exercises before, and the reason I was asking was because I didn't want my muscle growth to be affected by doing too much.

Haha, you do realise that 10 pushups and 30 situps or whatever you claimed to do is a miniscule amount?

I do press ups and sits up every morning and evening, is this too much?

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