pushups for chest

[indrid_cold17]

someone told me that it will blast my chest ,,is that true?

 

[ManOfMuscle]

Only if you are extremely weak, to really get bigger you need to progressively increse the weight you use, which is impossible with push ups unless you start stacking weight on your back.

 

[AngryMuscles]

push-ups are good for warm ups

go to gym and go under the bar, bro ^^

 

[gumbo]

I sometimes finish off my chest workout by doing a set of pushups with each of my hands on one of those 8lb medicine balls. Allows for a better stretch.

Gumbo

 

[tman55]

they can't hurt. i like pushups especially at the end of a chest workout. i like to be able to push out 100 at any given time.

 

[solcraft]

Only if you are extremely weak, to really get bigger you need to progressively increse the weight you use, which is impossible with push ups unless you start stacking weight on your back.

not true. there are alot of variations of the standard push up ,which is admitedly limited, that are extremely chalanging. here are a few top add to any chest workout:
raising both legs on a bench
lifting one leg in the air while executing a set then switching
staggering the hands-one about shoulder heigth and one about the mid section then switch
plyometric push ups-exploding off the ground about 6inches
feet on a wall push up
med ball in center of chest,one hand on ball,execute push up, switch hands execute another back and forth
med ball push up with both hands on ball
push up on a swiss ball
push up with feet on swiss ball
one arm push up
one arm push up with hand on med ball (personal favorite)
one arm push up with alternate leg extended
not to mention any combination of any of these, if you cant find one of these to challenge you i'll eat my med ball............

 

[athiktos]

I used to end my chest workouts with push ups. I would go to the Smith Machine and put some weight on and get under the bar. It gave me a nice extra umf and the end.

 

[ManOfMuscle]

not true. there are alot of variations of the standard push up ,which is admitedly limited, that are extremely chalanging. here are a few top add to any chest workout:
raising both legs on a bench
lifting one leg in the air while executing a set then switching
staggering the hands-one about shoulder heigth and one about the mid section then switch
plyometric push ups-exploding off the ground about 6inches
feet on a wall push up
med ball in center of chest,one hand on ball,execute push up, switch hands execute another back and forth
med ball push up with both hands on ball
push up on a swiss ball
push up with feet on swiss ball
one arm push up
one arm push up with hand on med ball (personal favorite)
one arm push up with alternate leg extended
not to mention any combination of any of these, if you cant find one of these to challenge you i'll eat my med ball............

Not to say that many of these aren't challenging, hell I can't do one arm pushups. But show me the biggest guy you can find who used only pushups with no additional weight.

 

[Vegas]

someone told me that it will blast my chest ,,is that true?

Well it all depends on what you mean by "blast"? Your goals will likely determine the answer. Will they get you benching 500 pounds? Nope. Could they improve your muscular endurance? Sure.

 

[GymLift]

To progress with pushups, just add bands. Problem solved.

Credit for this goes to pullinbig.

 

[solcraft]

Not to say that many of these aren't challenging, hell I can't do one arm pushups. But show me the biggest guy you can find who used only pushups with no additional weight.

true that. overall though, i cant say enough about body wieght exercises. nice thing is that you can do most of them without any extra gear. i have had great workouts without lifting any wieghts. but like everything, you limit yourself if you arent well rounded. seriously though see if you can do offset hand push ups(one hand at the shoulder,one at the hip) alternating hands every 10 reps to 100. you will be swole.

 

[ManOfMuscle]

true that. overall though, i cant say enough about body wieght exercises. nice thing is that you can do most of them without any extra gear. i have had great workouts without lifting any wieghts. but like everything, you limit yourself if you arent well rounded. seriously though see if you can do offset hand push ups(one hand at the shoulder,one at the hip) alternating hands every 10 reps to 100. you will be swole.

Sounds like fun, I can tell you I wouldn't make it to 100 though.

 

[solcraft]

painfuly addictive...........gotta love it

 

[blackjack]

try your pushups chain suspended.