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What muscles does the push-up work?

post #1 of 24
5/23/10 at 1:13pm
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I always hear that the push-up is about the best body weight exercise anyone can do, and I know it works chest and tris, but what else does it engage exactly? I mostly do body-weight exercises seeing as I travel a lot, don't always have access to a full gym, and want to have a routine I can do with minimal equipment.
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post #2 of 24
5/23/10 at 1:16pm
do burpees.
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post #3 of 24
5/23/10 at 1:36pm
Depends on your hand position and posture. Standard pushups target the chest and triceps mainly. To hit the triceps harder, do diamond pushups where you place your palms much closer together. To hit the delts, do pike pushups (hard) or tiger pushups (even harder). For ultimate bad-assness, do handstand pushups.
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post #4 of 24
5/23/10 at 1:49pm
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What are burpees, tiger push-ups and pike push-ups?
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post #5 of 24
5/23/10 at 2:09pm
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Originally Posted by Matt View Post
do burpees.

+1
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post #6 of 24
5/23/10 at 2:17pm
Chest and tri's... closer the grip, the more tri's you work. Also, a bit from your core from stabilizing the position.
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post #7 of 24
5/23/10 at 2:23pm
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do burpees.

+1 And thank me later...

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post #8 of 24
5/23/10 at 4:23pm
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+1 And thank me later...


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post #9 of 24
5/23/10 at 4:36pm
Thank You!
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post #10 of 24
5/23/10 at 5:18pm
I thought pull ups were the best...
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post #11 of 24
5/23/10 at 5:18pm
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Nudies? Do they show her naughty bits?
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post #12 of 24
5/23/10 at 6:12pm
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Originally Posted by Captain Winky View Post
What are burpees, tiger push-ups and pike push-ups?

Burpees: See the other wikipedia link posted.

Pike Pushups:

http://www.ronjones.org/Coach&Train/...shUp-Pike.html

Tiger Pushups:

http://www.ronjones.org/Coach&Train/...hUp-Tiger.html
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post #13 of 24
5/24/10 at 12:05am
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Nudies? Do they show her naughty bits?

yesh
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post #14 of 24
5/24/10 at 12:30am
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Burpees: See the other wikipedia link posted.

Pike Pushups:

http://www.ronjones.org/Coach&Train/...shUp-Pike.html

Tiger Pushups:

http://www.ronjones.org/Coach&Train/...hUp-Tiger.html

lol.

those look, um, interesting... some would even consider inviting

Burpees will wear you out. Great full body workout when you have no time, weights and/or limited space. If you do a real explosive jump and fluid motion, I swear, after about 10, Im dying.
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post #15 of 24
5/25/10 at 12:22pm
Yes, burpees, or actually superburpees involving a push-up at the bottom and an explosive leap at the top.

Doing push-ups on their own will target the fagit muscles.
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