Push Ups

[Batesy19]

Hi,
I dont see push ups get mentioned too often on this board when talking about building your chest or muscles. Do push ups build your chest or any other muscle alot or not. I mean like are they as effective as using weight exercises such as bench press? I can do around 50-60 for the first go and after that it becomes less and less. But anyway how effective are push ups for building your chest?

 

[Karky]

thing is that pushups soon become too easy. if you can do 50 in one set, it aint worth it, its more like cardio than anything else

 

[Loads O Fire]

Push ups should only been done if you're a beginner, or, well... Weak.

They are what everyone starts off doing, but soon become to easy. Weights are much better to be lifting.

 

[Skull Pilot]

If you can do 50 military PUs start doing dive bombers, hindus os other variations like PUs with your hands on two 6 lb medicne balls, or your feet on a swiss ball or one foot up, one arm etc.

Do plyo PUs. power overs etc. the problem is that most people think there is only one kind of PU. I've seen guys who can bech 400 but who cant do a one armed dive bomber. So weights don't necessarily make you stronger than PUs

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I don't know too many guys who can do a set of these no matter how much they can bench.

So PUs are NOT just for the weak

It's the same with squats. I don't know many guys who can do 10 pistols but they can squat a lot of weight. Who is stonger?

 

[Loads O Fire]

Those...... Look....... Painful.........


Those CAN'T be good on your joints...