Push ups good enough for chest development?

[Counterstrike]

i can only go once a week to the gym, trust me. i figured i would work out my back bicep and calves. adn twice a week at home do push ups about 10 sets 5 sets of regular pushups and 5 sets of wide since it works out chest shoulder and tricep is this good enough for hitting the muscle for development? not trying to look liek arnold ro anything but its mostly for endurance and keep good psyhique and for legs jog/sprint twice a week together one after the other and bike twice a week on hard gear for endurance and leg development what do you think? not trying to get big looks liek mens health cover basically need to drop another 10% BF THOUGH

 

[The Terminator]

They are decent (for warming up imo) but you will hard pressed to actually get the look you want with them as your "core" chest movement...

 

[guards]

why can you only go to the gym once a week?

 

[MikeyG]

I'm with guards-- 1x a week bro? maybe you ought to invest a barbell and a bench... cheap if found at yardsale and will be the best investment you ever made.

 

[40butpumpin]

i can only go once a week to the gym, trust me. i figured i would work out my back bicep and calves. adn twice a week at home do push ups about 10 sets 5 sets of regular pushups and 5 sets of wide since it works out chest shoulder and tricep is this good enough for hitting the muscle for development? not trying to look liek arnold ro anything but its mostly for endurance and keep good psyhique and for legs jog/sprint twice a week together one after the other and bike twice a week on hard gear for endurance and leg development what do you think? not trying to get big looks liek mens health cover basically need to drop another 10% BF THOUGH

Bro, forget about bi's and calfs in the gym if you have limited time. Begin with some big body exercises such as deads, squats or power cleans and then do back and chest. You can get yourself some db's for your home and curl until your hearts content right at home. As for your calfs find a big hill or big stairs and do some explosive running up and down in an interval training sense. I have very developed calfs and that's all I do for them. But as far as push-ups they won't make you grow, only resistance training of a progressive nature will make you grow. I do literally hundreds of push-ups every week just to pass the time on off days and all they do IMO is keep me toned up. hth

 

[swampmoose]

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bro, i always finish a good chest workout with pushups.....i do a few sets and just focus on the blood rushing in my muscles, i dont think there is a better excercise for shape using natural movements.

 

[satchboogie]

I'm with guards-- 1x a week bro? maybe you ought to invest a barbell and a bench... cheap if found at yardsale and will be the best investment you ever made.

i can think of a better investment.

 

[Cro Magnon]

The problem with doing only push ups is that you won't be able to generate enough intensity. So . . .

Suggestion 1: slow down your movement. Try 10 seconds down, 10 seconds up. Even longer if necessary.

Suggestion 2: find some way to do dips. On your kitchen counter, your couch, between two saw horses in your garage -- whatever. Dips allow you to place more stress (i.e. your entire bodyweight) on your chest muscles.

CM

 

[satchboogie]

Herschel Walker made it to the NFL doing only pushups and situps.....then again he did about 1,000 reps every day.

he was genetically gifted. but i dont think we should get into a topic of genetics. my last thread about it got deleted.

jesus christ, dialtone, your back is fuckin massive!

 

[nice6pac]

callling bullshit here, push-ups, especially 1 arms done correctly are way better than bench in everyway, that is get in normal pushup position and just put 1 arm behind your back no moving your feet or anything