A ? on PuSh_UpS

[pippin17]

I got a stupid question, what muscles do Push ups work?

 

[PreMier]

Chest. Maybe a bit of tri's.

 

[pippin17]

How come if it works the chest, when i Bench with my friend he is no where close to benching what I bench, but he can do a hell of a lot more push ups

 

[PreMier]

Because he is conditioned better.

Also does your frind weigh as much as you? If he is lighter, and can bench closer to his bodyweight than you, then he can probably do more pushups.

 

[pippin17]

We are the same wieghts, and it also has nothing to do with endurance because my endurance in benching a light amount of wieght is alot better than his. He can also not even bench his Own weight. But he can do a shit load of push ups, I dont get it, do push ups really work the chest?

 

[PreMier]

Let someone else tell you. They do work the chest, I promise.

And he does have better endurance. 1RM is totally different than doing pushups.

 

[TriZZle305]

do you both have the same form when you do pushups?... maybe hes "cheating"

 

[pippin17]

well, we make 2 marks on the carpets for where our hands are suppose to be, also we both go all the way down and up, so its pretty much the same form.

 

[aztecwolf]

pushups also work your lats a little too, my friend has never lifted weights really but he has got some good wings on him form pushups

 

[jadakris31]

it hits chest shoulders triceps and lats... if his hands are closer together during pushups he'll be hitting the shoulders and triceps more then if they were farther away... and the same with benching, maybe when he benches he puts his hands out wider to his chest more...

thus his shoulders and triceps are naturally strong, but not his chest

 

[aztecwolf]

yeah i like to bust out some triangle pushups to pump out the triceps