if you cant hit a gym, can push ups give you a respectable body size?

[Ghosthowl]

with of course cardio included running/jogging 45 mins a day. Can push ups alone give you a respectable front size? What I mean is a toned good looking chest/neck/shoulders, how many push ups should I aim doing a per day?

[Mindi912]

No.

[Ghosthowl]

No.

so a gym is a must even if you did 600 push ups a week?

[Mindi912]

so a gym is a must even if you did 600 push ups a week?

You'll get some results but not enough, other than that you'll just get good at push ups.

[ironwill2008]

so a gym is a must even if you did 600 push ups a week?

Yes, if "a respectable front size" is your goal.

[Ghosthowl]

Yes, if "a respectable front size" is your goal.

It is. Like I am not looking to be big or anything just how can I put it, a taylor lautner like body.

[Mindi912]

It is. Like I am not looking to be big or anything just how can I put it, a taylor lautner like body.

Sorry I stand corrected -



the answer is yes.

[Ghosthowl]

lol I mean twilight version.

[Mindi912]

lol I mean twilight version.

Er he doesn't look much bigger...

[Jmanx]

lol I mean twilight version.

lol taylor did excerises with resistance bands and ate alot of red meat and was at gym almost every day

[Ghosthowl]

lol taylor did excerises with resistance bands and ate alot of red meat and was at gym almost every day

but couldnt you just do a ton of push ups and dumb bell work outs to achieve that kind of body, I dont wanna be big but just toned out.

[-Lucifer]

lol I mean twilight version.

No.

You will need some kind of resistance to progress.

[Ghosthowl]

hm would would weighted clothing + push ups be more effected? Like a weighted vest, arm bands etc?

[csrobbins]

I just saved 150 bucks and bought a used bench and machine off craiglist and from a used sports store. I too thought I could get big using body weight exercises and pushups, all this does is wakes your muscles up a bit, and after that your only working on endurance because your not progressing weight.

It doesnt take alot to come up with this even if your young and in school. If your serious you will do what it takes. And all it takes is about 150 bucks, keep a diet and exercise journal, get a begginer program, work on form, progress in weight, eat, all these are necessary for your goals.

[400Lb Gorilla]

but couldnt you just do a ton of push ups and dumb bell work outs to achieve that kind of body, I dont wanna be big but just toned out.

toned out= low bodyfat

dumbells would get you a good sized chest. but if all your looking for is getting ripped then yes bodyweight exercises+ low calorie diet+ cardio= visible cuts evrywhere

[Ghosthowl]

I just saved 150 bucks and bought a used bench and machine off craiglist and from a used sports store. I too thought I could get big using body weight exercises and pushups, all this does is wakes your muscles up a bit, and after that your only working on endurance because your not progressing weight.

It doesnt take alot to come up with this even if your young and in school. If your serious you will do what it takes. And all it takes is about 150 bucks, keep a diet and exercise journal, get a begginer program, work on form, progress in weight, eat, all these are necessary for your goals.

I plan on getting a 50 lb weighted vest, is 50 lbs enough to start you think?

[Crazymix]

with of course cardio included running/jogging 45 mins a day. Can push ups alone give you a respectable front size? What I mean is a toned good looking chest/neck/shoulders, how many push ups should I aim doing a per day?

you ever seen someone from jail?

[Ghosthowl]

toned out= low bodyfat

dumbells would get you a good sized chest. but if all your looking for is getting ripped then yes bodyweight exercises+ low calorie diet+ cardio= visible cuts evrywhere

Thank you and yes thats basically what I`m looking for ripped, not get huge or anything.

[400Lb Gorilla]

you ever seen someone from jail?

lol they have gyms in jail... just saying

[nsiegel5]

I dont understand what the hesistation is to going to the gym and lifting weights. If you cant find the time or afford the fees then you have to improvise and find ways to make things work. I love how so many guys think its so easy to get big muscles and as soon as you touch a weight your chest explodes. If you want get resistance bands and add them to your push ups plus you can do them on two platforms spread out so you can go down lower (you can just set up two chairs next to each other). In high school we took basketballs injected them full of water and did chest passes bouncing them off a brick wall as hard as we could for 30 seconds on 30 seconds off for 6 minutes straight. There are things to do and ways to get it done but its a whole lot easier to lift weights.

[spirit3530]

lol I mean twilight version.

no

toned out= low bodyfat

dumbells would get you a good sized chest. but if all your looking for is getting ripped then yes bodyweight exercises+ low calorie diet+ cardio= visible cuts evrywhere

no

I plan on getting a 50 lb weighted vest, is 50 lbs enough to start you think?

no buy a weight set and do it right, stop bull****ting

you ever seen someone from jail?

lol they have gyms in jail... just saying

This...

don't believe the movies. People that look "buff" when they leave prison lift weights.



Pushups and situps aren't going to get it done.

[unicornsRreal]

do pullups with the pushups everyday. you will get the body of your dreams. i promise you.

[Nskrd]

Crack should do the job

[jc1186]

You can get great gains from just a set of dumbbells & a bench. Should set you back around $100 second hand & should keep you going (& looking good) for a while!

[Ironlife]

You can gain some size especially for a new lifter who lifts weights, but as you progress there are going to be better, more suitable means to gaining size, different avenues that are somewhat more practical.

[Manc33]

People lift weights in jail because they have to otherwise they will get picked on. Kinda like the outside, but with a thousand times more bullying and thus a thousand times more incentive. People can do anything if pushed hard enough, its just that most don't bother to push themselves that much.

If a skinny guy @ 150LBS had no chest at all and was just starting out, he can make his chest look ever so slightly toned from push ups I bet, but after that he is just doing "endurance" training I guess, maintaining his toned chest but never building it.

Think, if this skinny guy can only do 3 push ups, of course his tiny skinny muscles will develop from push ups alone, but that will only last a matter of months before it is impossible to build on the pecs that way.

I guess it depends how you want to look, but this is a bodybuilding forum and so, size is what matters here. I myself want to get just over 200LBS... in the long run. I say long run I mean about 5 years. Been putting about 1lb a week on recently (consistently over the last 8 weeks) and thats doing some cardio as well

When I started push ups for the first time, after about 3 or 4 lots (over say 8 or 10 days) I felt a lot stronger... but then I was starting out, push ups are ONLY any use when you are first starting.... or you did join a gym but never touched the bench press for some inexcusable reason, then yeah you'd have no chest and push ups will help.

Thats the bottom line from me - if you have a piss weak chest then yeah, push ups will build your pecs a tiny bit, they will do *something* but I can't see it doing that much.

Ever seen those monkeys doing push ups? Animal cruelty aside... its funny as hell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzF2QGUoDjE

[400Lb Gorilla]

you bumped this stupid thread? why?

[Mindi912]

you bumped this stupid thread? why?

What I want to know is how the **** do these people find such old freaking threads!

[400Lb Gorilla]

What I want to know is how the **** do these people find such old freaking threads!

lmao they use the search function i just want to know what the key words he looked up were since his post had alot to do with prison and what vaguely sounds like fear=based bodybuilding lol.

[PeterGibbons316]

I love when people don't get the answer they want so they just rephrase the question and ask again, as if the answer is going to change.

Why ask for advice if you aren't going to take it???