Anyone have any experience with the "Perfect Pushup" gizmos? On a whim I bought myself a set, mainly to motivate me to hit the floor in the morning and get at least a little exercise. I'm wondering if they really provide any benefit in terms of the rotation or the increased range of motion.
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I thought this thread was going to be about braziers.
considering the overwhelming male population on this board, I can't imagine there being too many questions about braziers.
Anyway, I have not used this perfect pushup device, but I too have shown some interest in it. I have researched it a bit, and I have heard a great deal of good things about it. To me, I think it would be beneficial to have.
My brother has a set, it works very well, it gives you more motion as you do the push-up, so with the greater range of movement the better the work out. To me it felt like if I did 10 push-ups using the perfect push-up it was like doing 15 Regular push-up, so a 50% increase in effectiveness.
I've never bought a set, but I've used two different sets before, both of which seemed to be a little "loose" and made me less confident in my "footing," if you will. I'm more comfortable doing pushups without them.
I don't know about braziers (grills), but we could discuss brassieres (breast holders) if you like.
If your wrist hurt doing push-ups, my suggestion is to do them on your knuckles. You can achieve better results cheaper by using variants of the Push-Up: diamond, assisted one-arm, dive bombers, etc...
My friends has a set. Do they work? Yes and no... the range of motion isn't a big factor as much as it trys to activate different muscle groups during the motion I wouldn't sware by it personally; if your worried about range of motion you have, you can just use a straight or curl bar or two free weights. I'm with PTurchan Just "Google" push up variations. I like the Hindu Push ups 
Geez. Tough crowd. 
Geez. Tough crowd.
I know, I was hoping that it would turn out to be a picture thread.
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In a sense, this thread is about brassieres, as I'm hoping that exercise will prevent the development of man-boobs.
(With apologies if that is a TOU violation.)
(With apologies if that is a TOU violation.)
I have a set...cheap, quality and effective. You can't beat them for a place to start improving your home workout regime.
I think that the idea is the same as using parallettes, so they should be good. If you don't have them or don't want to buy them, you can find plans for making parallettes out of PVC or other materials on line. Very reasonable. An even cooler alternative would be to buy a pair of kettlebells. You can put them down on the floor side-by-side and use them the same way (well, I don't think you can turn them), but you can also integrate them into lots of other exercises.
How to make Parallettes:
http://celtickane.com/projects/homemade-parallettes/
http://celtickane.com/projects/homemade-parallettes/
"You can use a pair of parallettes to to wallstands, handstands, dips, ab exercises, and tons of other weird, gymnast stunts."
I recently started planning a home gym actually. I look forward to seeing where this thread goes.
What are you looking to do? Freeweights, machines, calisthenics....?
Free weights and calisthenics. I've been doing almost an hour of calisthenics daily for just about the last three weeks and it's paying off big time but now that I've built up enough stamina I want to work on tone.
I like machines but if I'm completely honest I'd never use any if I had them.
That is what I do now, and for the free weights your cheapest and best bet is craigslist. As far as other equipment, I would suggest a Power Tower. I have the following:
I think that would be the best, most minimal setup you can get away with and still get excellent results.
I think that would be the best, most minimal setup you can get away with and still get excellent results.
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