Can you still do push ups and sit up when lifting weights?

[JackScagnetti]

Can you still do push ups and sit up's when lifting weights? I use to do push ups every other day or every 3 days but now since i am lifting wights i am too sore to do them the day of. The same with Abs I use the ab machine at the gym. How many times a week should i work my mid section? I try to mix it up as much as I can when doing all muscles.

 

[XenoBuild]

Can you still do push ups and sit up's when lifting weights? I use to do push ups every other day or every 3 days but now since i am lifting wights i am too sore to do them the day of. The same with Abs I use the ab machine at the gym. How many times a week should i work my mid section? I try to mix it up as much as I can when doing all muscles.

For myself, I do pushups between sets of dips and at the end of my chest routine - ill do pushups till failure. No need to do them on an off day, only when your working chest. For Abs, when im bulking i do abs once a week and no more... when im cutting leading up to summer i do abs 2-3 times a week to tone them up.

 

[VirginMuscle]

You could wear a weighted vest or put chains on your back in an x pattern to increase resistance. You could also use pushups as a finisher for chest and go until failure. I'm not a fan of situps with the traditional hands behind head method because of the stress it places on your lower back and neck. Unless you're training for a PT test for the military I would either not use hands to jerk the neck or pick another exercise.

 

[balboa270]

dam pushups between sets Im just getting rid of the lightheadedness and catching my breath to try and go again props to you xeno