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Posted: Monday June 12th, 2006 13:07 |
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Im Hotep Nubians,
For building the pects, which is more effective- pushups or bench press? I would appreciate your opinions. Thank you.
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Posted: Monday June 12th, 2006 15:07 |
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pushups are more practical.......just so many variations and you can do them anywhere..
you can get better separation and definition with pushups......
to add mass you'll need to do some bench press and other free weights though
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Posted: Tuesday June 13th, 2006 23:30 |
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Push ups....................I just like doing them...........I'm tested every 3 months, to pass I have to do 42 in 2 minutes, but double that........  Last edited on Tuesday June 13th, 2006 23:31 by Pele
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Posted: Wednesday June 14th, 2006 09:15 |
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Bench press for adding mass to the chest
pushups are good though as DtotheJ stated before me.
HOWEVER
if your planning to do this in a gym id suggest you add some dips to the workout also..works the chest great and you get a some tricep thrown in to boot.
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Posted: Wednesday June 14th, 2006 12:44 |
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Thanks.
Do you guys do incline push ups or the regular kind?
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Posted: Wednesday June 14th, 2006 14:27 |
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HatHaruhotep wrote: Thanks.
Do you guys do incline push ups or the regular kind?
I do them all................do incline , decline, wide grip etc..diamond hand position
try getting a backpack and adding "plastic " freeweights to them to have additional resistance.....your body gets used to doing pshups with just body weight after a while...
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Posted: Wednesday June 14th, 2006 16:38 |
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Black_power wrote: Bench press for adding mass to the chest
pushups are good though as DtotheJ stated before me.
HOWEVER
if your planning to do this in a gym id suggest you add some dips to the workout also..works the chest great and you get a some tricep thrown in to boot.
Check out the pecs on these guys. For some reason they are puffy and almost look like women's breasts. What are they doing wrong?
http://www.ntpowerhouse.com/community_africa_bodybuilding_gym_accra.html
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Posted: Wednesday June 14th, 2006 18:12 |
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rockette
my opinion...not enough upper chest
also they dont seem to have developed any other part of the body....so they look like men with tits
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Posted: Wednesday June 14th, 2006 18:55 |
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as far as te dues in thepictures..
they aren't doing anything wrong...but may not be doing the proper excercises for their bodytypes..
looks like the same guy in both pics..and he appears to short limbed and naturalltly muscled...
lokks like he's done lots of bench presses
and not enough other stuff to balance his body..
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Posted: Wednesday June 14th, 2006 22:58 |
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| You can't just do bench press or push ups because your the rest of your body will be out of proportion you have to do your arms at the same time. When doing push ups try putting your feet on a chair so your inclined and it works different areas.
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Posted: Thursday June 15th, 2006 13:32 |
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HatHaruhotep wrote: Im Hotep Nubians,
For building the pects, which is more effective- pushups or bench press? I would appreciate your opinions. Thank you.
It depends upon what your goal is. Do you just want more muscle mass? Do you want increased strength? Do you want increased strength BUT want to maintain excellent hand speed?
High reps with lighter weights will help develop strentgh and allow one to maintain hand speed, low reps with heavy weights will build muscle mass, but you will be developing slow twitch muscles and this may effect your handspeed.
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Posted: Friday June 16th, 2006 22:32 |
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| Yes infact there are some secret remedies in adding mass with pushups, and that is prior adding weight by putting books on your back, or whatever heavy things they are, it sounds ridicolous but it helps haha
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Posted: Monday June 19th, 2006 21:38 |
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I would recommend bench press, but with dumbbells, or perhaps you would call it dumbbell press...whatever.
Anyhow, I would recommend about a 15 degree incline, and keep the weights shoulder-length wide the entire range of motion (up and back down as if you had a bar in your hands). The dumbbells give you far more definition than the regular bar, they still add mass if you want it, and you will actually be stronger developing isolated strength.
For example, if you can do 120 lbs in each hand on the dumbbell press, then you are stronger than anyone who can only do 315 lbs with the bar. Although it is important to do both the bar and separate weights, the bar is more for ego than anything else. People just like to see themselves push up alot of weight.
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Posted: Tuesday June 20th, 2006 20:37 |
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-Amt- wrote: Yes infact there are some secret remedies in adding mass with pushups, and that is prior adding weight by putting books on your back, or whatever heavy things they are, it sounds ridicolous but it helps haha
ive bin goin gym 4 several months now at school..but in summer i wont b able to go..so ive bin doin push ups (with bag of books) and crunches..will i still maintain my build..and will i get bigger
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Posted: Tuesday June 20th, 2006 20:38 |
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-Amt- wrote: Yes infact there are some secret remedies in adding mass with pushups, and that is prior adding weight by putting books on your back, or whatever heavy things they are, it sounds ridicolous but it helps haha
ive bin goin gym 4 several months now at school..but in summer i wont b able to go..so ive bin doin push ups (with bag of books) and crunches..will i still maintain my build..and will i get bigger
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Posted: Tuesday June 20th, 2006 20:41 |
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-Amt- wrote: Yes infact there are some secret remedies in adding mass with pushups, and that is prior adding weight by putting books on your back, or whatever heavy things they are, it sounds ridicolous but it helps haha
ive bin goin gym 4 several months now at school..but in summer i wont b able to go..so ive bin doin push ups (with bag of books) and crunches..will i still maintain my build..and will i get bigger
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Posted: Tuesday June 20th, 2006 22:24 |
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| After reading the responses on here, I went out and learned 3 new kinds of pushups. Now I do diamond hand pushups, regular pushups, and dive bomber pushups (which seem to be tightening my pecs already). What I've noticed is not only a small improvement in the chest area, but the upper arms and triceps as well. Thanks a million! Good advice on here.
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Posted: Tuesday June 20th, 2006 22:24 |
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| After reading the responses on here, I went out and learned 3 new kinds of pushups. Now I do diamond hand pushups, regular pushups, and dive bomber pushups (which seem to be tightening my pecs already). What I've noticed is not only a small improvement in the chest area, but the upper arms and triceps as well. Thanks a million! Good advice on here.
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Posted: Tuesday June 20th, 2006 22:25 |
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| After reading the responses on here, I went out and learned 3 new kinds of pushups. Now I do diamond hand pushups, regular pushups, and dive bomber pushups (which seem to be tightening my pecs already). What I've noticed is not only a small improvement in the chest area, but the upper arms and triceps as well. Thanks a million! Good advice on here.
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Posted: Tuesday June 20th, 2006 23:39 |
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HatHaruhotep wrote: After reading the responses on here, I went out and learned 3 new kinds of pushups. Now I do diamond hand pushups, regular pushups, and dive bomber pushups (which seem to be tightening my pecs already). What I've noticed is not only a small improvement in the chest area, but the upper arms and triceps as well. Thanks a million! Good advice on here.
could you ellaborate on these 3 types
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Posted: Wednesday June 21st, 2006 13:04 |
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You can see examples of the bomb diver here:
Dive bomber push-ups
Assume push-up position, spread your feet shoulder-width apart and move them till about 30-40 cm from your hands, so that your buttocks are high up in the air push your head toward the ground and pretending you put your head through a hole at the bottom of a fence,bring your head forward maintain that position for 2 to 3 seconds in one fluid motion, bring your body back to the starting position.
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