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What muscles are used when you do a push up? Post # 1 ( permalink)
Aug. 28/06, 03:21 PM
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| | | What muscles are used when you do a push up?
or rather, is it the same muscles you use to lift dumbells? |
What muscles are used when you do a push up? Post # 2 ( permalink)
Aug. 28/06, 03:24 PM
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| | | Yes; triceps, pectorals, anterior deltoid |
What muscles are used when you do a push up? Post # 3 ( permalink)
Aug. 28/06, 03:26 PM
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| | | so, if I lift weights will it help me to do more push ups too? or will I have to do push ups to get better at that? |
What muscles are used when you do a push up? Post # 4 ( permalink)
Aug. 28/06, 03:31 PM
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| | | benching would probably help out with your pushups |
What muscles are used when you do a push up? Post # 5 ( permalink)
Aug. 28/06, 07:00 PM
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| | | There comes a point when push-ups become an endurance activity. Consider push-up simply a bench press with your bodyweight. Weight fluctuations aside, your own resistance is going to remain consistent. Now imagine lifting a barbell of the same weight over and over again. There reaches a point when lifting it will have more to do with your slow-twitch fibers than your fast-twitch fibers...
So in the short-term, yes, it will help your push-ups. In the long-term, if you want to get good at push-ups, you better do push-ups. |
What muscles are used when you do a push up? Post # 6 ( permalink)
Aug. 28/06, 07:18 PM
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| | | ok,
Thanks for the help. | |
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