Pushup's and females

[vhmarine]

Need help, My wife is now in the Army and was doing great at pushup's befor she left but now cant do they at all 2 months later. I think its because she also lost 25 pounds and Is all broke down, now she has about 6 weeks to get back in top shape, any help would be great, Im no help at all lol there easy for me so I guess I just dont understand.

 

[buffchic69]

Need help, My wife is now in the Army and was doing great at pushup's befor she left but now cant do they at all 2 months later. I think its because she also lost 25 pounds and Is all broke down, now she has about 6 weeks to get back in top shape, any help would be great, Im no help at all lol there easy for me so I guess I just dont understand.

Just take it slow. make sure her diet is in check. She can always start out doing her push-ups on her knees, and work her way back up the the basic push-up position. When I started I couldn't do 1 regular push-up unless I was on my knees. Good for her on her 25 lb weight loss. What are her goals exactly ? the people on this boad are extremely knowledgeable, a lot more than me. but I'm sure you will get other responses on you post.

 

[vhmarine]

Just take it slow. make sure her diet is in check. She can always start out doing her push-ups on her knees, and work her way back up the the basic push-up position. When I started I couldn't do 1 regular push-up unless I was on my knees. Good for her on her 25 lb weight loss. What are her goals exactly ? the people on this boad are extremely knowledgeable, a lot more than me. but I'm sure you will get other responses on you post.

Thanks, she has done great a year ago she was 6'0 245 we started working out hard and she went to basic training at 205, now two months later she is at 180. The goal is 165 strong and running alot. But I think all the weight lose has realy hurt also fat and musle loss to fast. So im sure its going to take some time but time is not on her side with a major PT test coming up.

 

[Sassy69]

Did she lose all that weight as part of Basic? I know that routine is brutal and the food aint' nuttin to write home about. If she has the means, make sure she's getting enough protein, carbs & fat to support some muscle recovery. Is she having problems w/ the push-ups just from being burnt out from Basic training? (God love her for going thru that..) Is she having any pain at all from doing them, or just lack of strength? If its lack of strength, I would say, as buffchic said - start out with modified push-ups to start building back her strength. She can do the knee thing, she can also do wall push-ups and also if you have access to a gym, doing push ups on the bar on the Smith machine - its less of an angle than down on the ground and gives a chance to work up to the real thing. She can also do reverse push-ups I guess you'd call them -- lay under the bar on the Smith machine & do pull-ups instead of push-ups. And just keep eating good food to help her recover her strength.

Another thought I just had, if she's taken a beating going thru the program and losing lots of weight, is she taking any glutamine to help recovery? L-glutamine is fairly cheap and is a great recovery supp.

 

[vhmarine]

Did she lose all that weight as part of Basic? I know that routine is brutal and the food aint' nuttin to write home about. If she has the means, make sure she's getting enough protein, carbs & fat to support some muscle recovery. Is she having problems w/ the push-ups just from being burnt out from Basic training? (God love her for going thru that..) Is she having any pain at all from doing them, or just lack of strength? If its lack of strength, I would say, as buffchic said - start out with modified push-ups to start building back her strength. She can do the knee thing, she can also do wall push-ups and also if you have access to a gym, doing push ups on the bar on the Smith machine - its less of an angle than down on the ground and gives a chance to work up to the real thing. She can also do reverse push-ups I guess you'd call them -- lay under the bar on the Smith machine & do pull-ups instead of push-ups. And just keep eating good food to help her recover her strength.

Another thought I just had, if she's taken a beating going thru the program and losing lots of weight, is she taking any glutamine to help recovery? L-glutamine is fairly cheap and is a great recovery supp.

Just lost the 20 pound during basic the rest was at home working out, can not take any supps there at all just eat and work out only, does have a gym at least, she broke her ring fingur(cant spell) and now has 4-6 weeks to recover but she is so worred now about passing the final PT test, I think she is just weak now from the weigh lose and the very hard working out, Ill let her know all the great advice thanks a ton.