Yeah, a pushup to me was always chest hits the ground and elbows lock out (Army, Revolutionary War).
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YAY!
HAHAHA so we’re the same age then.
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I am a year and a half older than you, young lady
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Pretty much the same thing. I don’t math.
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Listen, back in my day…
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Are you Gen X or millennial?
Anyone born from 1980-1985 is in a weird place that doesn’t seem quite like either generation.
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Yeah, good question. I’m 1982. I always thought I was Gen X, but now I’m told I might be a Millennial. My parents were totally cool letting me disappear until dark and we didn’t have a computer/ Internet, so I’m pretty sure I’m Gen X.
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Agreed! I slid in at the end of 1979 and I feel like I have no real “generation identity”. Let’s just call it “Gen-Awesome” and be done with it! lol
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We’re on the cusp. 1983 here. I heard that we’re the “Oregon Trail Generation” or “elder millennials” or some junk like that.
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I’ll take it!
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We didn’t die of dysentery! We win!!!
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That’s my favorite thing I’ve ever seen
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Maybe none of us should have a generation identity. I tend to think the whole idea of it is BS. We just have so little in common with people born 15 years after us.
Every chart has different years for when a generation starts and ends, but it all seems like arbitrary nonsense.
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Wow, that chart really moved the goalposts on Gen X.
Hey - actually question! My wife was feeling a little “off” and like the rest of us at our age: not as much stamina, harder to lose fat/ build muscle, worse sleep… all the things. She’s a lifter and a runner and tracks her calories, so she’s in control enough of the variables to say things are actually changing.
Anyway, she did a hormone panel and things actually looked pretty good! So that was good news, but she still wanted to take interim steps. She actually tried me at my word, which caused me great confusion and panic, and tried Rez-V for the last two weeks. She loves it. She says she is sleeping better and has a ton more energy in her workouts. We never had a baseline for her hormonal profile, so I’m thinking a little kick in the right direction was what she needed.
I know it’s not a ton of info, but that worked well enough she wanted me to ask if you had general suggestions for supplements for women? I told her I didn’t have any answers, but there’s wise women on the site, so here we are…
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That’s fantastic to hear!
Ok, now you’ve got me wanting to add it to my routine! There are awesome supplements that I know are beneficial (like creatine and collagen), but just for some reason I have a hard time making them habitual.
I guess what to take all depends on what she’s dealing with and what may be causing what she’s dealing with.
I used to recommend iron a lot for women, but then discovered that a lot of women aren’t as deficient as my doctor led me to believe. So it’s always good to get those blood tests before taking stuff, like your wife wisely did.
As for general things, here are a few that work great for me:
• Flameout was the biggest thing. It actually changes my temperament and reduces anxiety significantly. I take it at night around dinner. I suspect it stops my cravings for sweets, but have no idea if that’s just a weird self-created placebo.
• Progesterone is a big one too, but I only take it during luteal phase. It led to better sleep and eliminated PMS completely. Zero irritability around that time of month. And the stuff I was prescribed is sublingual, so it melts under the tongue. No injections. Just beware of the symptoms of excess, and try to find your sweet spot.
• Digestive enzymes have been miraculous. I’ll spare you the details, but let me just say, it’s made my waistline significantly smaller… on a “regular” basis.
• B-complex makes me less of a target for mosquitoes for some reason. It also makes mosquito bites itch less. (Bizarre. No idea why.)
• Zinc makes my hair and nails grow insanely fast. ZMA also contains magnesium, so that’s a good way to get both things at once.
• Ashwaganda is another great sleep + relaxation thing. And I watched a youtube vid on how it can prevent wrinkles, so I’m all in.
• LMNT prevents me from blacking out all the damn time. Hopefully we see an electrolyte supplement here in the future.
• And obviously protein. Metabolic Drive is nonnegotiable… especially when my appetite is outrageous. I just crush the protein and never worry about weight gain. I’ve made an enormous protein dessert every single day this week and ate most of it (by myself) in addition to regular meals.
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This was awesome - thank you so much!
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tbh I don’t understand why in a room full of weights you don’t have at home, anyone would choose to do a bodyweight exercise like push ups.
Full ROM is as far as you can extend and contract your muscles during a movement, without reaching a point where injury is too great to risk. Just because you can bottom out on squats doesn’t mean you should (I dislocated a knee cap doing this at 315lbs).
But full ROM, just like strict form, is for newbies anyways.
FWIW, in boot camp - a Push Up without the risk of hitting your nose on the floor was considered “cheese dicking” your push ups, and would result in getting screamed at - while you do more push ups. Your brother is cheese dicking his push ups 
Good point! They hit my chest a little differently than other lifts… particularly if I get the arms more tucked to the sides than usual. But you’re right, the reason I end up doing them is usually because what I’d planned to use is already taken.
Also, when you haven’t done them in a long time, they’re hard as heck and ugly. But if you keep the skill and throw them in occasionally, they’re powerful and pristine.
Incidentally, there was a study a couple years ago showing a correlation between the amount of push-ups men could do (unbroken) and their heart health. I’m quoting Chris from this tip: Take This Strength Test, Save Your Life
"If you’re male and hit 40 or more push-ups, you’re probably NOT going to die of cardiovascular disease within the next decade or so.
If you only got 10 or fewer, well… make sure your will is in order so your cousin Steve doesn’t swoop in after you croak and claim that you told him he could have your Star Wars action figure collection."
Oh my goodness that term is new to me! 
If only I’d had that in my arsenal, then I would’ve been able to properly argue with my brother. But little sisters rarely win arguments, even if they happen to have the right comebacks.
Or for lifters who feel the greatest amount of tension at the ends of the range of motion, Mr. Smarty Pants. I should be less judgy about other people’s techniques though, because you’ve reminded me of why shortened ranges are preferable at times. Good catch.
How are you? Everything good?
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I had a great weekend with the wife and daughter. I’m at work on about 4 hours of sleep because of other great things involving my wife, with an interview in a few hours for a promotion. Not sure if pay would be much of an increase, but the position is what matters here.
So things are good.
To be fair, I’m quite certain that most folks doing push ups at the gym are not targeting optimal hypertrophy and resistance curves, or trying to strengthen a specific portion of a movement (like bottom end bench).
I first noticed the shortened ranges thing when watching a video of I think Ronnie doing Overhead Dumbbell Tricep Extensions, and thought “that’s weird, he’s not doing full ROM”.
Then I saw Jay Cutler doing the same thing, and probably at least one other olympia contender.
Then I read this article where this exact image kind of sent the message home:
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