pushups for bitcoin
are you doing share of them
I do planks instead.
an exercise in haiku
planks are way better
they don't mess up your sternum
long term, push-ups do.
push-ups are ok tho,
but you have to compensate
symmetrically
hang from a high bar
with slightly flexed arm muscles
as long as you can
#workouthaiku
can't do pushups due to umbilical hernia repair. Huge stress feeling on the mesh when I do them.
Planks do not make that feeling at all.
So I do the planks.
I added stairs today. down 12 steps up 12 steps do it 8 times which is like an 8 story walk up and down.
Planks my goal is:
50 seconds left side
50 seconds right side
50 seconds two handed
two times a day.
just did 50 second left 50 second right
I will catch breath and go do 50 two handed and done.
so 1 set of 50-50-50 seconds each
also 180 steps up and down 84 up down set and 96 up down set.
Sounds solid. Two times 50 secs each is plenty, gives you nice core stability, which i think is supporting the navel area very well.
I do 45 secs after longer breaks (2+ weeks), working up my way to 60 secs, while everything above 30 secs is said to be effective.
When i do elbow planks after a longer break, i get lower back pains after 30-40 secs, which disappear over the course of the next three sessions.
Only thing to care is rounded shoulders if you skip the reverse planks, which you can usually hold twice as long as the normal/elbow ones.
It's all about symmetry.
I also have herniae (imguinal) but i refuse to get it fixed surgically. I'm too lean for buttonhole surgery, so they would have to cut through three layers of muscle to apply the mesh and the healing is complicated and takes several weeks to a couple of months. My doctor advised me to only do this kind of surgery if there's danger of colon prolapse followed by obstruction.