Quote from: JayJuanGee on June 17, 2025, 10:35:48 PM

Quote from: Ryu_Ar1 on June 17, 2025, 09:36:43 PM

That's right and it seems that there really needs to be a re-acclimatization because previously I was quite able to do around 150 push ups in 5 sets but after a few weeks of not doing it there seems to be a slight problem if it is too forced and it happened where when yesterday I tried to force 100 push ups in 4 sets x 20 reps in the end until now I still feel some sore parts including the biceps.

I tried to minimize it by compressing and giving pain relievers but the discomfort is still there even today.
I think it's my fault for trying to push myself after my muscles started to stiffen but it's already happened and today I even reduced my challenge again.

This kind of punishment might be a good alternative but of course it's possible if we feel better and I might do the same when some parts of my body start to return to normal.
10[edit]0k,Ryu_Ar1,189,23675,2025-06-17

There should be no reason to get dis-spirited merely based on a need to build back up, except sometimes we might get injured or we might have some kind of disease and/or aging that might not allow us to recover to back to where we were in our fitness and/or health in previous times.

I am quite surprised by my own strength and my ability to keep doing pushups for so much of a streak - yet my own fears about breaking the streak incentivizes me not to do it.. and I even know that I am largely just maintaining myself rather than really expanding, since there is really ONLY so much that any of us can do within our age, health and/or other limitations (recovery time, as Phil mentioned).

cutout,JayJuanGee,499,114550,2025-06-17
[/quote]Age is sometimes always a natural problem that in the end it will sooner or later make our physical condition decline, although there are still some people who manage to maintain their condition even until quite old age but that is sometimes only a small part of the majority of humans who exist and live today.
But on the other hand maintaining what already exists is much better than just leaving it alone even though we may realize that we are not developing anymore with it but still trying to maintain it is still very good for me.

Our strength is sometimes our own limitation and indeed when forced we will be surprised that we can do things much more than we expect of ourselves.

100k, Ryu_Ar1, 190, 23775, 2025-06-18