What would be the best workout for someone wishing to loose weight but having bad knees and ankles at the same time?
I’m 20 kg overweight, have bad knees and ankles; so running is definitely out of the list.
How bad was my knees and ankles? At one time it was so bad that i couldn’t not walk without aid for almost 4 months.
I’ve been searching around for the kind of workout that is suitable for someone like me and I’m seeing a number of success stories with people who do push-ups.
I always imagine that doing push-ups will make your muscle…you know…looks more masculine, more defined; but never that I imagined push-ups as a way to loose weight.
To me running or cycling produce more sweats and therefore i assume that these exercises burn more fat than say like walking and definitely burn more fat than push-ups.
But these success stories of normal people with health conditions able to loose weights with push-ups are something that really intrigued me.
This I have to try.
I have to be honest that this would not be my first attempt to loose weight.
But now it’s more pressing than ever as the extra weight are putting pressure on my knees and ankles and if i don’t do anything drastic soon then these health conditions that i have would escalate to other health issues and they will get much worse.
This is the right time for me to get committed and for this time around I’ll commit to push-ups.
I wont do 100 push-ups a day like many of the videos I’ve seen on YouTube (many of them did a 30-day challenge ie 100 push-ups daily for 30 days).
I just focus on something “small” but not too easy.
So for now, I’ll start with 25 push-ups a day; aided by a chair and commit myself to do this over the next 3 months.
Once I’ve gained strength, then I’ll start doing the normal push-ups with different sets and variations.
My experience tells me that consistency matters. I believe this is the main reason why my past attempts failed.
Hopefully the small incremental helps me get the consistency that I needed for the next 3 months.
Here’s the kind of push-up that I’ll be doing first.

Image from thegymstarter.com.
I think the aided push-ups like the picture above is a “friendlier” method of push-ups for a beginner like me rather than the one below, mainly because it’s easier to do.

Image from Stack.com.
I definitely will not do this one.

Image from MadBarz.
I also also discovered slow jogging by Prof Hiroaki Tanaka which definitely make it through as one of my weight loss routines.
This blog will be my push factor.
Hi.
My name is Khalel and I’m committing myself to reduce my weight by doing push-ups and slow jogging over the next 30 days.
Let’s see how it goes.