Will pushups help increase upper body mass?

manofkent said:
Yeah, so that is pretty much what I was saying.

Lifting heavy works everything, lifting light only work type 1 fibers.

Ive found my best gains working compound exersises, 10x3 on 4-1count with 60sec rest. 1exersise per muscle group.

after a month I do 4-10 isolation for one week.

Hey kent can u go a little more into detail on this...sounds interesting..has it been extremely effective for you?
 
Cuban Link -

Im doing 1 day on 1day off
10min warm up and 20mins boxing after every workout, 10mins speed ball 10 mins heavy bag.

day 1 - legs, traps, shoulders, core
straight leg dead lift - front squat - back squat - dead lift - clean - shrugs - Arnold press - all 5x6

day 2 - off

day 3 - Chest - lats - horizontal traps - Bis - tris.
Incline bar bench - decline bar bench - chin up - standing row - bicep curl - tricep push down - wood choppers high and low. all 5x6

day 4 off

day 5 - dead lift 10setsx3reps - clean and press 10x3 - hanging leg raises10x3

day 6 rest

day 7 - flat bench 10x3 - heavy weighted chins 10x3 - standing rows 10x3

day 8 - usually just do a calf raise workout for 30mins, or pick an area I'd like to work isolation

day 9 rest


Day one and three - all reps performed at steady speed 2-2 count 2mins rest between sets.
Days 5 and 8 - 4 second concentric 1 sec explosive ecentric. 60 secs between sets

every month or so I do some isolation.

This is a new prog, ive only done 1 rotation of it so far, its feeling great at the mo.
 
sounds great gotta try it out. but no one ever gave me a respone to my hypertrophy specific training program....good or bad? just check out the link on the first page supplied
 
This is EXACTLY why this forum is the BEST around. Theres a ton of knowledge being shared and all of you show respect for each other. I've learned more in reading this forum vs all the coaches/trainers that have assisted me. And this was regarding Pushups as a substitute for benching. Nice job everyone :) Keep it up and thanks for sharing your knowledge.

David
 
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