Press Up's v Bench Press
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[quote name='BartMan']there is a myth about a roman legionaire who started squatting with a calf on his back, and as the calf grew into a bull, he just kept squatting, and ended up squatting a huge weight - onviosuly! Do that with your son and press ups![/QUOTE]<br />
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Where is Red Beard when you need him!!? this sounds like something he'd have a crack at! -
only allowed to eat it after you've done 100 push ups and 50 overhead lifts of a 20kg bag of charcoal!! hmm biceps with big ass bottles of bbq sauce maybe!?
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a press up variation I have on my current chest programme is a four second decent, with a standard push. KILLS you at the end of the reps. I do it on a machine though, as when you are coming down for the last rep, you always seem to just give way halfway down...<br />
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Great for a good burn though. COuld do it on the smith machine too no doubt - I might do that next Thursday as a variation from using the chest station machine thing! -
[quote name='taniwharugby']I used to be able to do one arm ones, but TBH they dont really do much for the chest as toget the balance right....<br />
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I wont stop doing others, just a I feel I get more out of the varied Push Up exercises. <br />
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Plus, my son thinks it is fun to sit on my shoulders/back while I do them, so that helps...[/QUOTE]<br />
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Push up variations are mean. Try the spiderman pushups, the medicine ball roll, the wide grip-close grip with varied timing etc. <br />
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The slow decent/explode up are an awesome way to stimulate muscle growth (anyone tried the 10/1 variation - freakin killer) -
I have "perfect push -up" handles - they really work.<br />
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also do medicine ball push ups - they are hard core.<br />
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also like doing hindu pushups and every now and then divebomber pushups.<br />
Havent done regular old school pushup for years.<br />
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My #1 gutbusting exercise involving a push up is with a 20 kg medicine ball ....(all while holding the ball) start standing, shoulder press -> squat - >burpee - >medicine ball pushup (or two) -> burpee return -> return to standing from the squat and repeat until you collapse which is a lot sooner than think!<br />
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So it was late last night and since I haven't tidied the garage for about 1000 years I couldn't be arsed going out to bench so ripped into a few push ups. Shit ya feel the burn after 40 or so reps, completely different than benching big weights in the 6-8 rep range or whatever. I have a feeling I'll be sore later today ! definitely good for a bit of variation and to "keep the muscles guessing" or however the old cliche goes....
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[quote name='BartMan']there is a myth about a roman legionaire who started squatting with a calf on his back, and as the calf grew into a bull, he just kept squatting, and ended up squatting a huge weight - onviosuly! Do that with your son and press ups![/QUOTE]<br />
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Look up Milo of Crotona, a greek Olympic Wrestling Champion, who is said to have done this while the Etruscans still dominated the Italian Peninsula and Rome was still a swamp. Among other things, Milo is said to have a diet of 10KG of meat, 10KG of grains and 18 pints of wine per day. Being strong was clearly rated higher than being cut. -
