Can i do push ups everyday?

I heard that you need time for your muscles to repair them selves so they can grow. Is this true? Or can i do push ups everyday?

and If i eat junk food about 3-5 times a week, will that affect my workouts or not, or do i have to cut down on fast food ?

How old are you? And do it every other day

Thanks and im 14.

Push-ups now and again is obviously good but working out daily will just wear yourself out.Cloud_765

[QUOTE="Cloud_765"]Push-ups now and again is obviously good but working out daily will just wear yourself out.aaronmullan

Push-ups aren't like weight lifting. In boot camp we did them every day other than Sunday. If you lift weights as well though, best to follow the pace yourself idea.

Push-ups now and again is obviously good but working out daily will just wear yourself out.Cloud_765

I heard that you need time for your muscles to repair them selves so they can grow. Is this true? Or can i do push ups everyday?

and If i eat junk food about 3-5 times a week, will that affect my workouts or not, or do i have to cut down on fast food ?

jdiamnz69

like the other guy said pushups aren't like weights. you can do as many as you want.

I do it every other day.

It is different than lifting weightsrawsavon

You'll get better results by waiting at least one day to do it again.

And yes, cut down on your junk food. Protein helps a lot when you're trying to gain muscle, as does potassium.

I like how eveyone just ignores the fact he's eating unk food 3-5 times a week,

if you do that then you're wasting your time largely doing pushups, it's counterproductive to living healthy

[QUOTE="rawsavon"] It is different than lifting weightsentropyecho

Probably wont do that much for you but yeah you can do pushups everyday.sboyer2

47 year old Hershel Walker says hi

I like how eveyone just ignores the fact he's eating unk food 3-5 times a week,

if you do that then you're wasting your time largely doing pushups, it's counterproductive to living healthy

Deano

...sort of...but sort of not. Do you walk everyday? If so, you are doing body weight exercises for your legs. You body is designed to be able to lift and move itself. Lifting weights is often a different movement with weight that is greater than your body weight...but that does not necessarily mean more or less difficultrawsavon

I was thinking easier on the body. I imagine weight-lifting exercises are more efficient at isolating different muscles or muscle groups and providing resistance.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"] ...sort of...but sort of not. Do you walk everyday? If so, you are doing body weight exercises for your legs. You body is designed to be able to lift and move itself. Lifting weights is often a different movement with weight that is greater than your body weight...but that does not necessarily mean more or less difficultentropyecho

I was thinking easier on the body. I imagine weight-lifting exercises are more efficient at isolating different muscles or muscle groups and providing resistance.

You can do quite a lot with body weight workouts :?

47 year old Hershel Walker says hi

rawsavon

You see that guy on the right? That's me... all jealous and dying on the inside...

[QUOTE="sboyer2"]Probably wont do that much for you but yeah you can do pushups everyday.rawsavon

47 year old Hershel Walker says hi

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]

[QUOTE="sboyer2"]Probably wont do that much for you but yeah you can do pushups everyday.grape_of_wrath

47 year old Hershel Walker says hi

He is the only player that most scouts agree could have gone straight from HS to the NFL
-that is the body you get with 1000's of reps a day...even at almost 50 years old

You see that guy on the right? That's me... all jealous and dying on the inside...

entropyecho

Pushups every day is perfectly fine. You just have to be careful if you're doing weight exercises - you'll need to make sure your muscles get time to rest. When you're only lifting your own body weight (assuming it's not too over the top) you're fine to work out as much as you like :).

And for the hell of it, cut down on the junk food!

It is not counter productive (that means working against one another) The pushups are good no matter what he eats The junk food is bad no matter what else he doesrawsavon

of course it's counter productive.

junk food is bad for your health.

it's like smoknig while training for a marathon.