Pushups, Lots of Them

One of the best and simplest wars to get ready for a Mudder is to do pushups. These work your core and add greatly to your overall body strength and fitness.

Incline, decline and deep lunge pushups make sure you work different muscle groups and help maintain a greater flexibility in the areas you're building muscle.

I've set a goal to do 100 pushups a day by January 2013 and maintain that 100 every day in January. I just did 50 this evening broken out into three sets, 20, 18 and 12 with a short rest in between.

Here are some simple pushup blocks for deep lunges. Do your regular pushups but go all the way down and touch your nose to the ground. This deeper pushup will challenge your body and build greater range of motion.

You can build a set from scrap handrail and 2x4's. I've been using these for over 10 years.

MM Man