Your thoughts on presss ups?

Joey Giardello

Do they get you strong?

paulsinghnl

best workout since the sit up. hehe.. it works very well bro, and if u get used to it, try variations, put ur hands/feet higher, do it on one leg, do it in a handstand, do it on a medicineball. do 20-30-100 reps. do it with ur hands together in a diamond shape do it with ur hands twice shoulder length apart.

Trick

I find one-arm pushups are great once you can do 5+ properly.

Sugarj

They certainly build strength to a point, after which weight training (bench press) can take over.

I'd treat them at that point as a semi cardio exercise, excellent for toning the chest muscles and triceps.

Darkstranger

As mentioned they get you strong to a certain point, then it just becomes an endurance exercise.

One arm push ups and planche push ups are very challenging though.

SBleeder

They're the only exercise I do for strengthening the upper body (I refuse to touch the weights... our trainer permits guys to use weights if they want to, but I won't use them.)

Many good variations of pushups exist, but for me 95% is just the good old regular pushup. I also do clap pushups.

paulsinghnl

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Originally Posted by SBleeder

They're the only exercise I do for strengthening the upper body (I refuse to touch the weights... our trainer permits guys to use weights if they want to, but I won't use them.)

Many good variations of pushups exist, but for me 95% is just the good old regular pushup. I also do clap pushups.

Same here, and i had guys in my gym that did some beastly pushup routines. try the double clap, one clap in front one clap behind your back, try doing that 10 reps. the one handed is really beastly. or the double hand front raise instead of clapping, hopping while you push up, hopping forwards backwards.

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Sugarj Undisputed Champion Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,197 Rep Power: 16 Points: 30,066,338.06 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 30,066,338.06 Donate	They certainly build strength to a point, after which weight training (bench press) can take over. I'd treat them at that point as a semi cardio exercise, excellent for toning the chest muscles and triceps.

Darkstranger Contender Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: North London, United Kingdom Posts: 412 Rep Power: 7 Points: 36,837.23 Bank: 155,593.34 Total Points: 192,430.57 Donate	As mentioned they get you strong to a certain point, then it just becomes an endurance exercise. One arm push ups and planche push ups are very challenging though.

SBleeder Undisputed Champion Join Date: May 2010 Location: Indiana Age: 32 Posts: 1,859 Rep Power: 8 Points: 5,213,940.42 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 5,213,940.42 Donate	They're the only exercise I do for strengthening the upper body (I refuse to touch the weights... our trainer permits guys to use weights if they want to, but I won't use them.) Many good variations of pushups exist, but for me 95% is just the good old regular pushup. I also do clap pushups.