Re: How often should i do pushups and squats?

Hey,

My husband is a Stregth Coach and Personal Trainer.  We don't use
machines either. We are coaches at the local CrossFit Gym.  CrossFit
philosophy is that fitness it best attianed with natural and
functional movements with full range of motion and modality.

You should be doing pushups and squats every day as part of your warm
up.  And you should be varying your workout with other functional
movements.

I would like to help you more, but it's hard to do so via email.
Here's the link to my husbands blog, and you can contact us here if
there is anything more we can do for you....
http://precipiceathletics.blogspot.com/

You can visit CrossFit.com for more info.  Here is a article from the
CrossFit journal about what fitness is.  
http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/CFJ-trial.pdf
Here's also a very simple workout you can do ...
http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/BeginnersMay03.pdf

I really hope this helps