Hi everyone! I'm one of the newer people here, but I've been working out for about a year now. I recently relocated (college) so I've been unable to workout for about 2 months, so for maintenance I began a Bodyweight only regimen while I'm saving up for my own Adjustable Dumbell Set/Weight Bench. I'm 6'4 and weigh 171 lbs, and have recently come to the conclusion that I need added stimulus to my workout regimen or I'm gonna get discouraged (OR GO INSANE!). Not to knock bodyweight exercises, but I realized that no matter how much I can bench (A little more than my bodyweight) I plateau at 21-22 pushups, 6 pullups, and 50 situps. I can go on and on with squats because I'm a long distance runner, so that doesn't really bother me. But the question is... Can ANYBODY, tell me a DEFINITE way to increase the amount of pushups/pullups/situps repititions? Volume is obviously not it. I kept going and going for two weeks straight, continuing my sets until I reached 400 pushups and 50 pullups. Most at the end were one at a time until I was covered with sweat. And LO and behold, two weeks later, I was still doing 22. I'm SOOOO discouraged. Will somebody please help me? I'm ready to just quit until I get the weight set. And just to keep someone from posting it, it's not mental. I had a friend stand there and count for me, I just kept repeating "ONE" in my head to make myself forget how many I did, and he told me, to my chagrin, "Twenty two, bro".
Need a Bodyweight Exercise List
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