Push-ups??

[UCTAZMAN]

I Work out 3x a week, and am well aware of how important it is to give your body rest, but my question is, would push-ups on the 'off' days have any effect, good or bad, on the body?
I guess my thinking is that push-ups only use about 60% of body weight and if I do chest on mondays, would it be good to do push-ups just to stay pumped, or would that hamper the healling process?

 

[Karky]

not unless you are thinking of using it for some active recovery, and if you dont know what that is, then dont do them.

 

[Timmy]

Stick to just doing them every other day.

 

[Cynic]

I guess my thinking is that push-ups only use about 60% of body weight and if I do chest on mondays, would it be good to do push-ups just to stay pumped, or would that hamper the healling process?

You can weigh the load on your hands in the leaning rest. I weight 188 currently and the load is 121 on my hands, so that's about 65%.

If you want to add weight, load up a backpack.