more push-ups

[redleg]

ok got some great ideas from everyone on my work out for more push-ups. however, i need to inform everyone that i already do most of the suggestions. see before i was working west side i did all those things and got great results. but my weights didn't go up like they do on westside. i need to be able to do 80+ push-ups in less than 2 minutes for work. i used to be able to do it in about 90 secs now it take the whole 2 minutes. what went wrong?

 

[spatts]

Conditioning? I have found that I'm not as strong at the things outside of the lifts I train for. Perhaps your pushups could stay strong ON westside if you used a close grip/over the top hand position (a tricep pushup), just as you would when training tris for bench? This position:

http://www.asylum-strength.com/videos/stripushup2.mpg

Perhaps if your bench is strong, this form would allow you to do your pushups in the time allowed, AND continue to increase your bench?

 

[redleg]

spatt, that's exactly the kinda stuff i was looking for. i plan on giving it a try. ty