Push Ups

nsbmsk · Post by **nsbmsk** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:58 am

If wrist pain is a problem try doing the pushups on your fists. I get pain in wrists too and find that it's easier to keep wrists straight when doing the pushups. yes the pushups are slightly harder this way but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

(Rage) · Post by **(Rage)** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:18 am

Dang, im not sure i can do that! It's sorta is getting better in a way. when I did it yesterday, it wasn't as awful as the first day.

I'm way too skinny around wrist, and forearms arent that big either, and doesn't have a looooooots of muscle, i guess it's just pressure, plus, i fractured arms long time ago, and i always get random pain in myright wrist, as i remember, left wrist didnt hurt at all.

So i just have to take it easy, and get used to it slowly.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:40 pm

- your better off doing push ups from an elevated surface such as a bench or a table as "girl" push ups from the knees are far tooe asy and don't require much core stimulation...as you get stronger lower the your resting on until on the floor

- a lot of grils have weak wrists and w/out reading the other posts use push up bars or db's to ease that or even knuckles if you can bare it

- simply start with regyular push ups until you can do 15 - 20 of them perfectly in a row...rememeber 5 full range of motion push ups are better than 10 half ones...if you can only do 4 than maybe do 5 sets of 3 adding reps to each set as you get stronger

- push ups can give some extra cleavge if that's what your after and more shape but you won't get big saggy man boobs from them..they'll also work the tri's too

- wrist pain should go away as you get stronger i would think

(Rage) · Post by **(Rage)** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:25 am

When i do them on the floor, i cant go all the way down, but i never really tied chabnging arms position, so ill try that.

Long time ago i sued to do push up against the door floor with arms are far apart, and i started doing them again.

I do push ups using bed too, but it's a bit too high, but it's working..

That day I was able to do 10 pushups in a row, girl's pushups...so i think ill stick to easy positons for now, until i get stronger, then ill do the standard pushup...

do they work bi's too?

nsbmsk · Post by **nsbmsk** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:57 am

There was an article I read about how women can do full pushups instead of girl pushups. Start out in the full pushup position and lower yourself as far as you can, then put your knees on the floor and push yourself back up. Do this 10 times. After doing this for a week or so you should be able to substitute some full pushups in the set. According to the article it should take about a month to be able to do the full 10 pushups without having to put your knees down.

In other words the first half of the pushup is regular and the second half is a girl pushup. It's worth a shot if your determined to do full pushups.

(Rage) · Post by **(Rage)** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:39 am

hmm, thats really interesting. sister can do 4 full pushups, the regular kind, but it took her time to get used to it...ill take it slowly, cause i dont want to preussre myself...ill try different things. and see what im more comfy with, and then work way up from there.

Turel · Post by **Turel** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:51 pm

I can finally do about 50 normal push ups at once

but I find the narrow grip and wide grip much harder... Which muscle groups do these focus on apart from middle chest?

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:04 am

close grip - tri emphasise
med grip - front delt / chest emphasise...you should be strongest on this one
wide grip - chest emphasise...not great for the shoulder joint though

harinarayanan · Post by **harinarayanan** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:44 am

I ve been doing pushups for the past 8 months and there has been better development of chest, biceps and triceps. I do 6 to 8 sets with 50 reps per set. Now, i am interested in getting a sudden and tremendous growth of muscles. How can i achieve goal? Should i do push ups using dip handles for support or should i lay hand flat on the floor? How many sets and reps should i do for a sudden growth? Will pushups contribute to the building of fore arms too?

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:25 pm

you need to overload the muscles...55 push upd won't do it either...you'll need to start doing dome bench presses...how's your posture by the way? i bet your head tilts forward and shoulders are rounded...not cool...

jonwade · Post by **jonwade** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:33 pm

Push ups can build a little mass. I started a 100 push ups a day challenge last year, and this was hard for me. I weight 95kg (15 stone). The most noticeable change was in triceps, arms really bulked up from those push ups. So they can build some bulk, but probably only if you are a bit overweight!

harinarayanan · Post by **harinarayanan** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:50 pm

How can i overload the muscles? Btw, there is no fault regarding the posture, i do pushups keeping the back and body straight during the course.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:17 am

i meant yoyr posture in general...

you need to overload w/ external wt (bench presses etc) unless you have wt vest...

you could try elevating your feet until your doing handstand push ups too...great exercise that

carrie11 · Post by **carrie11** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:47 am

Can you give us some tips on how to prevent having pain in the wrists after doing push ups? Thanks!!

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:03 pm

try holding a pair of db's and doing them..obviously the hexagon shaped one's are easier as they won't tend to roll around on you...otherwise get some of the ole push up bars