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@nataliem https://dexalytics.com/news/muscle-density-muscle-quality/

@freak_accident It sounds like the issue is you're doing relatively light weight or small sets of bodyweight exercises. If you can only do a few pullups or pushups, you either need to find easier alternatives like incline pushups or band assisted pullups, or replace them with bench press and...

@werby You don't gain a lot from holding a plank that long so nobody bothers to train for that. If you trained to curl a 10lb dumbbell 500 times, it's probably possible, but if you asked a guy who easily curls 50 lbs for reps to do it there's a pretty decent chance he'd wear out before he got...

@lucyt25 The pushups won't hurt. The goal of 50 is ok, but if you're on set 4 and failing, just call it for that day. Also if you have a lot of muscle fatigue the next day, let your body rest, or at least find an exercise that works a different muscle group. If you overwork one exercise it'll...

@lucyt25 The best way to build strength in the bench press is to bench press. Pushups will build strength too, but you're not going to get a 1 for 1 tradeoff between increasing your pushups and increasing your max bench, if anything it'll help you build up the number of reps you can do in the...