What is a Six Step Pushup?

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From the second post DAY 2 PM

http://www.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/blog_sports_training_performance_bodybuilding_alpha/training_twice_a_day_4

Any ideas? I’ve PM’ed physioLojik, but thought someone here might know.

Thanks guys,

Rick.

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I think he misspelled it there.
It is a six “Stop” push-up.

Basically, you go stop 6 six times over the course of performing one rep.

eg:
lower your self 1/3 of the way, stop for 1 sec
another 1/3, stop 1 sec
at the bottom, stop 1 sec
up 1/3, stop 1 sec
up another 1/3, stop 1 sec
at the top, stop 1 sec

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Hmm, makes sense, any idea why he is using a smith machine for a pushup? Is he doing the “pushup” differently that a normal pushup (apart from the pause/temp thing)?

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[quote]powersavant wrote:
Hmm, makes sense, any idea why he is using a smith machine for a pushup? Is he doing the “pushup” differently that a normal pushup (apart from the pause/temp thing)?[/quote]

I guess the smith would allow you to use more weight and give you better control over the stops.
Treating it like a flat bench? would make it easier to add resistance.

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…so it’s really a “Stop Bench Press” then

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I guess so.

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Imagine my disappointment when I clicked on this thread and it wasn’t about “Six Strap Pushups”.

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^^^ LOL

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hey – old thread, but ive been gone. A six step pushup is done by putting the smith machine 3 steps up from the bottom, doing pushups, and upon the conclusion of each set of 8 or 10, moving the bar one step lower. So basically its like this:

10 reps 3rd
10 reps 2nd
10 reps floor
10 reps 2nd
10 reps 3rd