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Is it necessary for push up to touch floor with chest & fully extend? When I do push up, when going down, I just bend the elbow 90 degrees. When I go up, I don't really forcefully make the elbows straight but just sufficiently straight. So, my elbow angles go from like 170 degrees to 90 degrees as opposed to 180 degrees to like 80 degrees (to touch the floor, the chest has to be lower than the elbows). I was wondering if there is a point in that in terms of muscles other than stretching & working minor (what does that work, because it doesn't seem to be triceps) muscles instead of the actual triceps.
As for sit ups or crunches, I touch my my knees with elbows. That makes sense to me. The "correct" push ups don't make sense to me. It doesn't make sense why you should do less push ups because the minor muscles can't keep up while you can work your triceps more. You are stopping push up when your triceps can take more burning because the minor muscles (what do they do?) & stamina can't keep up. Maybe triceps are a little more engaged due to the awkward leverage & longer duration in extension. Why not just do 1 more 90 degree though instead of widening the angle? Is it an attempt to make the push up load heavier? Like somewhere in between 90 degree push up & dips (whole weight)?
So, yeah. That "correct" push up is harder. I am just wondering if the difficulty gap is for the triceps (especially considering how you can just do 1 more 90 degree push up instead). I don't really think about these when I do push up. It is just that some people make a big deal about establishing the identifiable markers during push ups. I was just curious. It is not like I cheat while I do push up. My chest goes down pretty low, just not forcefully rubbing against the floor. Also, my arms straighten pretty full, just not completely straight for the sake of being straight (my chest doesn't go up any more). I am thinking of buying dip bars (I am in poverty, so I am still thinking about it because I am poor & have no money) to switch to dips from push ups just so that I don't have to be bothered with the fuss at all. How many is 75 push ups in dips? Like 40? 50? To last 10 rounds punching & to knock someone out by 1 clean heavy blow to the liver. Wonder how much dips work the chest though as opposed to chest push ups.
As for sit ups or crunches, I touch my my knees with elbows. That makes sense to me. The "correct" push ups don't make sense to me. It doesn't make sense why you should do less push ups because the minor muscles can't keep up while you can work your triceps more. You are stopping push up when your triceps can take more burning because the minor muscles (what do they do?) & stamina can't keep up. Maybe triceps are a little more engaged due to the awkward leverage & longer duration in extension. Why not just do 1 more 90 degree though instead of widening the angle? Is it an attempt to make the push up load heavier? Like somewhere in between 90 degree push up & dips (whole weight)?
So, yeah. That "correct" push up is harder. I am just wondering if the difficulty gap is for the triceps (especially considering how you can just do 1 more 90 degree push up instead). I don't really think about these when I do push up. It is just that some people make a big deal about establishing the identifiable markers during push ups. I was just curious. It is not like I cheat while I do push up. My chest goes down pretty low, just not forcefully rubbing against the floor. Also, my arms straighten pretty full, just not completely straight for the sake of being straight (my chest doesn't go up any more). I am thinking of buying dip bars (I am in poverty, so I am still thinking about it because I am poor & have no money) to switch to dips from push ups just so that I don't have to be bothered with the fuss at all. How many is 75 push ups in dips? Like 40? 50? To last 10 rounds punching & to knock someone out by 1 clean heavy blow to the liver. Wonder how much dips work the chest though as opposed to chest push ups.
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