I kind of got lazy for a couple of weeks. Summer school and a lot of hours at work put working out on the back burner for a bit. I have recently plunged back in to the training. I hate doing the push ups and sit ups, so I wasnt doing them as much. I still have been focusing on running to lose weight, but have started the pu and su's again. Anyone who understands how the body works would agree that the body becomes used to a strenuous routine and fights the weight loss, and actually slows the metabolism. There are two basic ways to push through what is considered "the training plateau." To push harder until it is final broken, which can take a while, or to revert to alternative training and/or reduced rigor. I hit the plateau and instead of pushing harder to break it, or cross training, I just got kind of lazy. Now that I have kicked it back up, I have lost over two pounds through the weekend.
The strength thing I think is just that I havent been doing as many push ups and situps as I should be. I know I am losing strength that I previously had bc I am not lifting weights, but If I do more push ups and sit ups I will increase my numbers. The thing is that push ups are a completely different exercise than the bench press. Some of the same muscles are used, but in different manners and different form. Of course increasing the strength of the muscles used will increase the ability to adapt easier to perform more push ups, but just being strong in the chest doesnt make someone able to do more pushups. Thats why seals, who do more push ups than any normally sane person ever would, are usually small guys. The big strong bulky guys usually have trouble through BUDs. All in all its just about busting ass and getting it done. NO EXCUSES
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