Can you build a big chest doing push ups?

[DimebagDarrell]

i bet i can guess why your chest isnt growing...





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[DimebagDarrell]

got it? i dont ever get changes in chest size until im up to about 4500 calories a day. if im down about to 3500, ill grow in other places but not my chest.

 

[DimebagDarrell]

whoa, 666 posts, lets get to 667 quick

 

[Mudge]

Lets just be honest, the average human doesnt get probably half of the protein recommended. I'm 155 do I get 155 grams of protein in a day? Hell no.

I was under the impression people would not be on a lifting forum to be average.

I have been as high as 520g protein per day before.

 

[god hand]

I got some 100% whey, but everytime I take it, it all shoots out my ass! Maybe its tha milk.

 

[GeorgeS]

hey first of all u can grow a big chest doing just push ups. which i am doing now.. and i am seeing more results then i was with a heavy bench.. alhtough i still do heavy bench and incline once a week.. but i do push ups everyday.. results are awesome.. not massive.. but definetly good... and there islots of people that got big and i mean BIGGGG chests just by doing push ups. like flex said.. u have to know how to work your chest.. and flex it.. not your hsoulders.. or arms.. just yr chest. i can do 50 push ups non stop easily if i dont concentrate on my chest well.. but if i do concentrate onmy chest every single rep.. i do about 20. and my chest is EXPLOding after. its all about the stress on the muscle.. u can put a lot of stress on it.. with low weight too. not as much as big weight.. but still.. the guys that say u cant get no chest with push ups are flat out idiots.

 

[huesoloco]

I didnt get a big (decent) chest till I could max about 300lbs on the bench.

 

[CowPimp]

No, not if you use your bodyweight. Once pushups become easy for you the gains will cease.

 

[Deity Goddess]

That's strange. Before I started benching, I was doing pushups 4 days out of the week, 300 pushups per day. When I very first did a bench for a 1RM I easily benched 305lbs. Pushups DOES help in the strength and growth/size departments.

 

[min0 lee]

That's strange. Before I started benching, I was doing pushups 4 days out of the week, 300 pushups per day. When I very first did a bench for a 1RM I easily benched 305lbs. Pushups DOES help in the strength and growth/size departments.

Free weights?

 

[CowPimp]

That's strange. Before I started benching, I was doing pushups 4 days out of the week, 300 pushups per day. When I very first did a bench for a 1RM I easily benched 305lbs. Pushups DOES help in the strength and growth/size departments.

Yeah, I have a friend who doesn't even workout who can rep 225 no problem. He's never really worked out consistently in his life. It's called genetics. It wasn't the pushups that let you hit a 1RM of 305.

Also, how long had you been lifting before you tried a 1RM? Or did you just plop down on a bench and go for 3 plates?

 

[GFR]

Yeah, I have a friend who doesn't even workout who can rep 225 no problem. He's never really worked out consistently in his life. It's called genetics. It wasn't the pushups that let you hit a 1RM of 305.

Also, how long had you been lifting before you tried a 1RM? Or did you just plop down on a bench and go for 3 plates?

You realize this Troll is pretending to be a woman who benched 305 Raw the first time she went into a gym

 

[min0 lee]

You realize this Troll is pretending to be a woman who benched 305 Raw the first time she went into a gym

Why would people do such a thing? It could be a personality disorder here.

 

[CowPimp]

You realize this Troll is pretending to be a woman who benched 305 Raw the first time she went into a gym

I didn't even notice the female thing. Yeah, it's probably a load of horseshit. If not, then she has 1 in a million genetics and her situation has zero bearing on the general populus.

Trolls shouldn't spread misinformation like that though. Being a jackass is one thing, but spreading ignorance is another.

 

[Tier]

Don't forget her max bench is 405 too. I don't know that I've ever met a woman or seen a woman who could bench 405.

 

[GFR]

Don't forget her max bench is 405 too. I don't know that I've ever met a woman or seen a woman who could bench 405.

Raw......never been done!!!
I saw a woman in my home town about 6 years ago hit 400 AT 220 SHIRTED....she had the world record for a while.

 

[Nachez]

shes on the juice!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LAM]

Don't forget her max bench is 405 too. I don't know that I've ever met a woman or seen a woman who could bench 405.

any woman that can bench that much is taking androgens at such a high dosage there isn't much "woman" left...

 

[gentlecaper]

the reason being the overload presented to the chest during the workout never changes. You are applying the same force to your tris and chest during every pushup. so no adaptation will take place (thus no hypertrophy).

Push ups can build chest muscles. You can always put weights on your back and some more weight on you lower back to target core muscles.

It is also a great exercise for the lats and triceps. But must do the exercise slowly instead of bouncing up and down.

 

[tucker01]

Bump

 

[viet_jon]

that's because you are pushing with your SHOULDERS. learn how to flex your chest muscles, then they'll grow.

this wzs my problem when I started. I just focused on getting the weight up.

drop the weights. Alot of weights don't mean big muscles. that's powerlifting.

 

[KataKlysm954]

If he feels other things are growing though then its probably not dietary (only half way eluded to above).

If you are benching very high on the chest it hits my arms hard, I dont bench anywhere near the nipple on a flat bench. I only bench high on an incline.

i can bench more weight on incline then i can on decline :/ and its suppose to be the opposite

 

[StanUk]

Benching 6 times a week is pretty insane. Personally id recomend benching once a week, but bench big, 1 warm up set and then pyramid down. Start with a real heavy weight you can only just squeeze 5 or 6 reps out, then the next two sets drop the weight by around 10kg or so and do 8 and then 10-12 reps respectively. Dont forget to train your triceps and shoulders as well as these are both very important for a good bench. Id recomend also doing incline benching aswell but on a different day, preferably when you train your shoulders.

Good luck

 

[soloboy]

Yes thats what everybody told me. I use to bench press 6 times a week! And then cut it to once a week. I tried the Max OT program for awhile ( basically 4-6 reps if u want to see growth they stay) I did that for a month and my bench went up damn near 25 pounds. 160-185. But I was still the same size thinking it only effected my triceps and shoulders. I currently dont have a rountine, I dont know what the fuck to do.

hello there. 6 times a week is way to much for your chest you should only work out your chest 2 times a week pusups will help your chest but if you are trying to get bulk dont do pusups now they will make you stronger pusups will only cut you up but u will not gain no bulk from pusups and they also are a killer Triceps workout

 

[Mista]

Hope he sussed it out after 3 years.

 

[jasoncscs]

Push-ups are an excellent tool to build size and strength. And the good thing about them is of so many variations and progressions. You can easily do a regular push-up, you can switch to feet elevated, and some ball, or one arm push-up. If a good way to add mass and strength to the chest and of course the triceps and shoulders.

 

[ikillsnowmen4fun]

This is a real long post but I have the same problem. I'll be a bit more specific. I'm 180 lbs with athletic build. I do chest 3 times a week on Mon/Wed/Fri which includes incline,decline,and flat bench and incline and decline crossover flies. I have done this for 3 weeks straight. I plan on doing this for 2 more weeks and then 5 weeks of pushups to shape the muscle built. Any suggestions to get my chest bigger? I have a protein shake after lifting and plenty of chicken and protein foods

 

[Marat]

This is a real long post but I have the same problem. I'll be a bit more specific. I'm 180 lbs with athletic build. I do chest 3 times a week on Mon/Wed/Fri which includes incline,decline,and flat bench and incline and decline crossover flies. I have done this for 3 weeks straight. I plan on doing this for 2 more weeks and then 5 weeks of pushups to shape the muscle built. Any suggestions to get my chest bigger? I have a protein shake after lifting and plenty of chicken and protein foods

How many calories are you taking in?

 

[country1911]

WOW, graveyard thread back from the dead...

There is a routine titled "100 pushups." Probably will make you better a doing pushups, but won't build your chest past a point.

 

[ikillsnowmen4fun]

I don't count calories. I eat practically zero sweets or fast food. I have a fruit salad for a meal about once a day and I eat small, about 5 meals a day consisting of salmon/haddock, chicken, rice, fruit