JSM

Hey everyone,

This may start a debate or maybe not. The question is do you think doing pushups builds muscle or just maintain muscle. I know you can make pushups more intense and difficult by the position of your hands and how fast or slow you do them or how many reps but what is everybody's thoughts on pushups. You know if you aren't able to go to a gym do they help. I am an expeirenced lifter and tend to think sure you could build some muscle but not a lot but i am asking everyone because I have never been that route where I relied on pushups for muscle growth.

samurai69

well, i have seen a few US marines that have managed to build good chest size and definition without doing any other chest exercise other than pushups

big

Eating enough calories and protein and progressive resistance builds muscle. Most genetically normal people cannot build muscle any other way.

So if you're doing 10 pressups today and 20 pressups in a month's time after increasing by 2 reps each week, you'll have built muscle.

If you keep doing 10 pressups each week however, you'll most likely not gain any muscle.

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Ironman

I think though you would plateau fairly quickly using these as a way to build chest

Aftershock

Yes the problem is you cant effectively add resistance so you have to keep increasing the reps. Given that the best rep range for most people is in the 6-10 range then its fairly easy to see the problem.

There are just more efective things to build your chest.

Good if your on the road tho and cant get to a gym.

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