Are pushups any good ? or not worth doing

[Babba]

pushups are an awesome upper body condition tool, but don't forget pull ups.

 

[bj per Ali]

Push ups and it's variations are the best P4P upper body body excercises there are. If anyone has any info studies proving otherwise, then please.

lmao.. that's the first time i've heard the phrase "best p4p exercise." wow.

 

[Broke Lesnar]

^^^ right... How about you do some research yourself? Why don't you find us an article that supports your position, and then I'm sure we can dig up several hundred articles that say differently.



That was not your argument. Nor is what you said true. So you take several months to do as many pushups as you want, and then see if your 'core' can handle a several hundred pound deadlift for multiple repetitions...

So holding isometric exercises will not help you strengthen your core? The plank is the most popular isometric exercise and guess what when you're in pushup position that's a plank. You can hold this for 30 secs then do a pushup, or two, or ten. Or hold the position at the bottom of your pushup with your chest hovering inches from the ground. Try doing this for time 2-3min or whatever, do mutiple sets, then get back to me about how it doesn't do anything for strength gains.

 

[Oblivian]

So holding isometric exercises will not help you strengthen your core? The plank is the most popular isometric exercise and guess what when you're in pushup position that's a plank. You can hold this for 30 secs then do a pushup, or two, or ten. Or hold the position at the bottom of your pushup with your chest hovering inches from the ground. Try doing this for time 2-3min or whatever, do mutiple sets, then get back to me about how it doesn't do anything for strength gains.

While he's getting back to you on that, why don't you explain the following: "You can gain more functional, and core strength from pushups alone than you can using gym equipment."

Pushups have their limitations and strength gains from them is definitely the biggest limitation. We've already explained our reasonings why, and I'd love to hear your reasons as to why you believe it's better than Squats, Deadlifts, Overhead Press, etc. I guess the training methods of strength athletes has been wrong all along!

 

[Endo]

So holding isometric exercises will not help you strengthen your core? The plank is the most popular isometric exercise and guess what when you're in pushup position that's a plank. You can hold this for 30 secs then do a pushup, or two, or ten. Or hold the position at the bottom of your pushup with your chest hovering inches from the ground. Try doing this for time 2-3min or whatever, do mutiple sets, then get back to me about how it doesn't do anything for strength gains.

I would say a plank would be good for strengthing the core of a person who doesn't exercise at all, or an 80 year old woman.

The plank may be a very common exercise, but how many people do you honestly see doing deadlifts in your average gym? Do you honestly believe that just because of it's popularity makes it a more effective workout? Push Ups are popular, even for women. Do you think that is more effective than a bench press?

Let me think, plank with body weight, or deadlift with twice your body weight, which will work my core better? I'm going with teh plank.

Even if your deadlift isn't 2x your BW, say it is your body weight, it is still a more functional lift than a fucking plank... A plank is good for one thing, keeping little kids who play football in line.

So, I guess we'll see Payton Manning and all other professional athletes doing planks and push ups for real core strength... Since they are so effective and all...

 

[Endo]

Actually, people are generally looking for the easiest way out, so I guess that explains the plank's popularity...

 

[Monger]

I recommend doing the following protocol...

Push ups 3 x silliness
Diamond push ups 1 x death

That always gives me crazy bear like strength.

 

[Endo]

WwwooowwW! I bet your core could kick superman's ass.

I'ma try it tonight... Thanks for the suggestion. You're my hero!

 

[Monger]

I should note that most can not complete a true set of Death reps and live to become stronger from it. I've had to spend many years doing reps of Silliness and Madness to be able to do Death reps and actually make gains from them. If you start with sets of Death too soon, you

 

[Endo]

What about half to death? Like when you get scared half to death...

 

[GenHannibal]

Push ups Suck

 

[Endo]

^^^ ban.

 

[Monger]

What about half to death? Like when you get scared half to death...

1. Everyone knows that half of Death is Silliness... did you not have math class in school?

2. I don't get scared and I don't appreciate you implying otherwise.

 

[Endo]

1. Everyone knows that half of Death is Silliness... did you not have math class in school?

What is this math you speak of?

2. I don't get scared and I don't appreciate you implying otherwise.

Sorry, pleast don't kill me with your super-human-like strength you developed in your core from planks and push ups.

 

[Broke Lesnar]

You guys are right, it's about lifting mass amounts of weight and not TUT(time under tension) which is exactly what tempos are. How stupid of me to think that holding a push up(static hold) at the bottom, would have more benefit than the actual pushing up. It obviously makes no sense to focus on the eccentric movement for strength gains. Thank you all so much I have been working out wrong, until now. Yeah and doing deadlifts for sure works the core much better than planks where almost the entire body is engaged for periods of time, where every my muscle is simultaneously firing.

 

[Oblivian]

You guys are right, it's about lifting mass amounts of weight and not TUT(time under tension) which is exactly what tempos are. How stupid of me to think that holding a push up(static hold) at the bottom, would have more benefit than the actual pushing up. It obviously makes no sense to focus on the eccentric movement for strength gains. Thank you all so much I have been working out wrong, until now. Yeah and doing deadlifts for sure works the core much better than planks where almost the entire body is engaged for periods of time, where every my muscle is simultaneously firing.

Lol. Do you even understand what strength is? This has to be one of the most comical things I've read in a while.

 

[Endo]

There have been a fuck-ton of these know-it-all squirrels lately... Funny thing; none of them have any proof, let alone one documentation, to support their theories...

 

[Clint07]

Ignoring the ridiculousness of the argument in general, you do realize that Jack LaLanne was a big advocate of weight lifting and still lifts weights right? Although he did have some failings like inventing the smith machine.

 

[Endo]

^^^ the smith machine? Kill him...


Edit: Clint... You seem to know a lot of useless facts. Lol.

 

[Clint07]

lol yeah it's a side effect of working in front of a computer with no real work to do.

Plus everyone should know who invented the smith machine in case they ever get a chance to slap him.