Best Way to do Pushups (FOR A BIGGER CHEST)
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Date: 2022-04-22
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Ostyn
I'm 22 and was diagnosed with Acute lymphoblastic luekemia at 18. When I was 18 I could cut and split a cord of wood alone in 3 hours. Done deal. I am 6 foot and used to have chest capable of pushing 300 up. I am years into chemo and will finish in march for 3. 5 years of literal hell. I am stronger now than I ever was. My drive to get it is so dense i get sweaty just thinking about pushing myself. I love the pain for some reason. I get satisfaction from sore muscles. Your videos have helped me more than i could ever thank you. You are the man when it comes to correct form. My chest can now only put up less than 100 pounds on a bench. I hate how I look, but I use the hate to fuel my vision of doing what ever it takes to bounce back and show cancer it can literally go f--- itself. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart sir
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I'm 22 and was diagnosed with Acute lymphoblastic luekemia at 18. When I was 18 I could cut and split a cord of wood alone in 3 hours. Done deal. I am 6 foot and used to have chest capable of pushing 300 up. I am years into chemo and will finish in march for 3. 5 years of literal hell. I am stronger now than I ever was. My drive to get it is so dense i get sweaty just thinking about pushing myself. I love the pain for some reason. I get satisfaction from sore muscles. Your videos have helped me more than i could ever thank you. You are the man when it comes to correct form. My chest can now only put up less than 100 pounds on a bench. I hate how I look, but I use the hate to fuel my vision of doing what ever it takes to bounce back and show cancer it can literally go f--- itself. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart sir
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alex
I dont understand, if you do a narrow pushup, wouldn-t you use more your triceps and less the pectorals because the the arm(glenohumeral joint) does more a flexion when pushing up and an extension of the elbow, which would mean you would have less contraction from the pectoralis major and more contraction from the long head of the biceps and the triceps. On the other hand, wide grip would allow for more horizontal adduction which would engage more the pectoalis major. I get that narrow grip will engage more the pecs at the end of the movement because of the angle of the humerus being more perpandicular to the chest when finishing your pushup. Still, shouldnt the horizontal adduction allowed by the wide grip pushup be more important than than what the narrow grip allows at the end of the movement?
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I dont understand, if you do a narrow pushup, wouldn-t you use more your triceps and less the pectorals because the the arm(glenohumeral joint) does more a flexion when pushing up and an extension of the elbow, which would mean you would have less contraction from the pectoralis major and more contraction from the long head of the biceps and the triceps. On the other hand, wide grip would allow for more horizontal adduction which would engage more the pectoalis major. I get that narrow grip will engage more the pecs at the end of the movement because of the angle of the humerus being more perpandicular to the chest when finishing your pushup. Still, shouldnt the horizontal adduction allowed by the wide grip pushup be more important than than what the narrow grip allows at the end of the movement?
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Reinis
One thing I have been taught by one world-class fitness guy who competed was to pull together my shoulder blades and hold them pulled together while bench-pressing as well as doing pushups - it really transfers much of work to chest rather than triceps at least at the beginning of a set until of course your chest muscles become a little fatigued and you feel your triceps doing more work for the few last reps in a set. Also, the same guy thought me that I should not full extent my arms to full lock if I want to target my chest as the last bit of extension mostly target triceps, not the chest, that means one should always extend as much as possible but leaving elbows a bit bent.
For me, this advice helped a lot and I hope it does others as well! Have a nice day!
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One thing I have been taught by one world-class fitness guy who competed was to pull together my shoulder blades and hold them pulled together while bench-pressing as well as doing pushups - it really transfers much of work to chest rather than triceps at least at the beginning of a set until of course your chest muscles become a little fatigued and you feel your triceps doing more work for the few last reps in a set. Also, the same guy thought me that I should not full extent my arms to full lock if I want to target my chest as the last bit of extension mostly target triceps, not the chest, that means one should always extend as much as possible but leaving elbows a bit bent.
For me, this advice helped a lot and I hope it does others as well! Have a nice day!
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MrColdDrink
I love doing deep pushups with dumbbells because it is so simple yet so effective, for me I consider only 3 king body weight exercise that I do on a daily basis, the Push-up, the squat, and the burpees. I personally love doing all three because of the many variations you can do with different kinds of loads or no load. There are just many options to do them in, but it is up to you to figure out and adapt to doing the different exercises and variations of exercises.
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I love doing deep pushups with dumbbells because it is so simple yet so effective, for me I consider only 3 king body weight exercise that I do on a daily basis, the Push-up, the squat, and the burpees. I personally love doing all three because of the many variations you can do with different kinds of loads or no load. There are just many options to do them in, but it is up to you to figure out and adapt to doing the different exercises and variations of exercises.
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Maui43
Lol I've been starting to do home workouts and when I first tried the dumbbell pushups they made it easy on my wrists, but I still wasnt really getting a strong contraction on my chest. My bed height is about the same length as my arms so I planked off my bed up to my waist(I'm still new to this) and only did like 10 reps before I was shaking on my way up. Today's the day after and my entire chest is kn fire -
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Lol I've been starting to do home workouts and when I first tried the dumbbell pushups they made it easy on my wrists, but I still wasnt really getting a strong contraction on my chest. My bed height is about the same length as my arms so I planked off my bed up to my waist(I'm still new to this) and only did like 10 reps before I was shaking on my way up. Today's the day after and my entire chest is kn fire -
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Brayton
Hey man you're absolutely awesome. I don't care about the fake weight bull stuff. No matter how much weight you lift you are giving amazing advice and I appreciate it. You have helped myself and my friends. Do better. I was a calisthenics practitioner for a while and how much you have helped me is unmeasurable. Thank you so much
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Hey man you're absolutely awesome. I don't care about the fake weight bull stuff. No matter how much weight you lift you are giving amazing advice and I appreciate it. You have helped myself and my friends. Do better. I was a calisthenics practitioner for a while and how much you have helped me is unmeasurable. Thank you so much
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RJ315
I've been training for a couple years now and I've always had a hard time engaging chest even on a flat bench. My should issues has caused me to subconsciously rotate my shoulder inward so my -natural- form for lack of better term is off so what should be hitting my chest doesn't it took me about a year to correct the issue
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I've been training for a couple years now and I've always had a hard time engaging chest even on a flat bench. My should issues has caused me to subconsciously rotate my shoulder inward so my -natural- form for lack of better term is off so what should be hitting my chest doesn't it took me about a year to correct the issue
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Michael
Can anyone tell me how often to do these kinds of push ups? How many times a day? What kind of diet (I don't have access to body building products, just typical things in my kitchen. I'm just starting an exercise regime, hoping for success for once and don't want to get discouraged.
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Can anyone tell me how often to do these kinds of push ups? How many times a day? What kind of diet (I don't have access to body building products, just typical things in my kitchen. I'm just starting an exercise regime, hoping for success for once and don't want to get discouraged.
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grega6
A question for you Jeff! What u have to say about guy being ripped and deadlift record holder, but only eats once a day and he is vegan? Im interesed of hearing your explanation and toughts about that. Kind regards.
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A question for you Jeff! What u have to say about guy being ripped and deadlift record holder, but only eats once a day and he is vegan? Im interesed of hearing your explanation and toughts about that. Kind regards.
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abdulrahman
Great Video Athlean, and I'm already in your AX1 program.
I just wish that you showed Jeff's hands while doing the pushup so we can see the technique. Unfortunately we can't see them.
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Great Video Athlean, and I'm already in your AX1 program.
I just wish that you showed Jeff's hands while doing the pushup so we can see the technique. Unfortunately we can't see them.
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