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Usually when I see people post their workout here, nobody has any pushups included, but I've always tried to fit them into mine. Have I been making a mistake? Are they that insignificant?
>> Anonymous
It's probably a given.
>> Anonymous
Push ups are a last resort when other more effective weight lifting exercises cannot be done.
>> Anonymous
>>250960
I'm sure it has a purpose, I personally don't do it because I have dumb bells and curl bars at my place for the upper body stuff.
>> Anonymous
>>250960
They're good cardio and it helps tone most of your upper body. I do plenty of push ups and sit ups a week, but I don't think of them as part of my workout routine. And if I had to choose between weights and push ups, it'd be weights hands down.
>> Anonymous
pushups are good at getting you better at pushups. they don't build muscle, and there's better exercises out there if you're not in the chateau d'if
>> Anonymous
>>251009

I've been doing a lot of pushups and running as my main workout since I don't have access to weights, and don't have the money to buy them for at least a few months. My arms are twigs and I have a bit of a gut, will I get any results this way?
>> Anonymous
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I only do pushups, body weight exercises (squats, dips, pull-ups, chin ups) and use barbells for shoulder press and curls.

I think its working.
>> Anonymous
i do a 5X5 set of explosive push ups after my cardio, it really helps to define my upper body.
>> Anonymous
>>2510635X5 set of explosive push ups

I really hope you're kidding.

>>251033I've been doing a lot of pushups and running as my main workout since I don't have access to weights, and don't have the money to buy them for at least a few months. My arms are twigs and I have a bit of a gut, will I get any results this way?

Running is great. Push ups will help, but don't expect too much. If you change the types of push ups you're doing that should help as well.

>>251050I only do pushups, body weight exercises (squats, dips, pull-ups, chin ups) and use barbells for shoulder press and curls.

I guarantee that push ups are the las thing on the list that helped you get that body.
>> Anonymous
>>251075
>> Anonymous
>>251050
Hey there hottie.
>> Anonymous
>>251075

Why is that so impossible to believe? Muay Thai / Kickboxers do bodyweight exercises primarily and they have outstanding physiques and an exquisite musculature. Even brazilian jiu-jitsu artists utilize bodyweight exercises primarily and they have nice physiques.

Sigh. Inb4 shitstorm from the citizens of /fit/
>> 04 !!LtgOgT0wJFN
Bodyweight exercises work, and work well.
>> Anonymous
>>251091Why is that so impossible to believe? Muay Thai / Kickboxers do bodyweight exercises primarily and they have outstanding physiques and an exquisite musculature. Even brazilian jiu-jitsu artists utilize bodyweight exercises primarily and they have nice physiques.

I'm not knocking body weight exercises. I'm just saying that I think that the dips, pull ups and chin ups are most likely the biggest factor in your physique. I do push ups as well, I've done them regularly for at least ten years. Granted I'm 20 now and I was bound to be a scrawny teen no matter what I did, but I didn't start to get BOEUF until I started lifting weights a year or so ago.
>> Anonymous
>>251050


You look like a guy whose name starts with a J for some reason, are you?
>> Anonymous
>>251208
HOLY SHIT ARE YOU PSYCHIC?
>> Anonymous
Guy who took picture in mirror here.

My friend and I made pushup bars out of pvc pipe and my chest and shoulders got noticeably better once I started using them like mad. I still say pushup variations played a huge roll in what I have so far.
>> Anonymous
And my name starts with an A if that was directed at me.
>> Anonymous
>>251050
>>251210

You need to shave that line of hair off man, great physique though, I'm impressed.
>> Anonymous
>>251220
Heh thanks. I don't like thinking about shaving especially since my dad looks like a sasquatch -_-
I fear a very fuzzy future but I dunno how I feel about trimming anything.
>> Anonymous
>>251050
I read or other post and agree fully. I also only do calisthenics. I used to body build back in high school and part of college. I found out that it is just dead wait and bulk. Doing pure calisthenics helped fuel my endurance and strength like mad. Also it does build muscle (the kind that will actually help you kick ass) and help tone at the same time.
>> Anonymous
>>251220

I have a happy trail too...are they really that bad?
>> Anonymous
>>251261

Fuck no! I think happy trails are unbelievably sexy.
>> Anonymous
>>251261
Femanon here, I too am really turned on by happy trails. In fact, I'm stroking my dick right now.
>> Anonymous
>>251284

Wat.
>> Anonymous
>>251284
wat
>> Anonymous
>>251284

wat
>> Anonymous
>>251284
twat?
>> Anonymous
>>251284

wat
>> Anonymous
>>251287
>>251290
>>251292
>>251294

hivemind?
>> Anonymous
>>251305

wat
>> Anonymous
>>251305
wat
>> Anonymous
Pullups;
Regular (palms away) half your max
close grip, (palms to you) "
close grip (palms away)
Wide grip (palm away)
Cliffhangers, 10 each way

Then;

20 pushups, regular (ON KNUCKLES OMFG TOUGH)
20 wide grip
20 triangle.

Or you can do hopper with a medicine ball, or 10 on each side, or triangle w/ medicine ball

Shit fucks my chest up, I love the feeling.

This is before lifting, btw
>> Anonymous
>>251033
Here are good bodyweight exercises.
*Dips, forget pushups
*Pistol squats, work into them using box pistols
*Pull ups/Chin ups, back motherfucker, you need to work it
If you can do more than 5 reps, YOU'RE NOT GAINING STRENGTH. Add weight when you can do more than five.
>> Anonymous
>>251318
I must halt you on your incorrect information buddy.
1-5 reps range is the best for gaining strenght, but you also gain strenght at higher repetitions.
>> Anonymous
>>251323
Yeah, I was oversimplifying a bit.
>> Anonymous
gains may be slower, but there are definite gains
>> Anonymous
What about handstand push-ups?
>> A*R Anonymous
I used to want to do them badly but then I wondered if there were adverse effects of having all that blood rush to your head when you're pushing your body hard.
>> Anonymous
Alright I'm seeing what the majority of you are writing and I can see that there are a lot of idiots here.
For the few that said pushups are good, they're right.

You don't normally see pushups in a workout because what's the point of doing pushups when many have access to weights, right?
Pushups are great for beginners, AND for experienced athletes and weightlifters. Point being, pushups can be modified to work different areas of the pectorals, they work out the bi's and tri's just like benchpress, and you work out the abdominals in order to keep proper form. Plus, if you keep pushups in your workout regimen, you're working out all these muscles PLUS you're degree of difficulty raises for every pound of muscle mass you gain on your body.
Pushups are one of those bodyweight exercises that will always be hard to do, because the more you work out, the more you weigh, the more weight you have to push against in a pushup.
Workout that never plateaus, fit them into your workout and go hard on them, it'll do you good.
>> Anonymous
I've been lifting weights for like 4 years and I still do push ups all the time. Pull ups too. They're essentials.

I generally do like 4 sets of 25-30, or sometimes 2 sets of 50. 15 or 20 in a row was a struggle back in High School. Now I can do 60 no problem.

Great workout, always keep doing them no matter what.
>> Anonymous
I use them for warming up. Not for strength but for push/pull balance and shoulder/scapula posture.