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Originally Posted by shemp
I think hand position and the angle of the humerus wrt the body is what effects the glenohumeral, and if that is correct then depth is not the issue. (Caveat, I'm basically making stuff up-- I don't put this in the same category of my other medical fakery because this is gym wisdom.)
I consider it a push-up if the humerus breaks 90. My sternum is close to the ground and often touching the ground and just past 90. Crossfitters want you to touch the ground. At high reps it is tough to tell the difference without a "clicker" on the ground beneath the trainee (which effectively raises the ground, anyway).
In tabata you want an aerobic and anaerobic hit, if you got that, then good. But I really don't like "had a little bit in the tank." Sounds like a less specific form of density training, although it is consistent with current usage-- and it is still a good thing, and saying that it is not tabata seems overly nitty. Ideally you work for 20s and rest 10s, and that anaerobic and aerobic fatigue seemingly/actually inform each other.
This is where a log is useful, and you can look to increase to 8 over one or several intervals or focus more on total reps (and see if that changes anything) in future.
Interesting. I'm not particularly worried about doing the "best Tabata workout possible" since it really isn't part of my overall programming to kill myself. Also from what I gathered when doing Tabata especially for newer exercises is that you need to guesstimate how much work you can do. For example. I could probably do 15+ pushups in the first round if pressed, but there would be no way I'd do more than a few (if that) by round 8. So its not really possible for most people to find exercises that correspond exactly with the 20s on/10s off while at the same time trying to get the highest score.
Maybe I should play around with my hand position a little more for pushups. I generally use a significantly narrower grip for PUs than bench, maybe I should switch?