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07-07-2008, 07:51 AM #1
Do Pushups work your abs?
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07-07-2008, 07:52 AM #2
Just to hold the body straight.
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07-07-2008, 08:03 AM #3
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your whole core, plus your legs, and shoulders (and everything else really), are all activated, to keep your body in a straight line. However if you let your midsection sag towards the ground, then I doubt they're really doing anything.
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07-07-2008, 08:26 AM #4
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07-07-2008, 08:27 AM #5
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not a lot but it does work it a little bit why not do exercises that target ur abs if u want to work them out leg raises crunches
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07-07-2008, 08:35 AM #6
Abs help as stabilizers, but that's all. So I wouldn't use pushups as an ab workout.
Just like the lats help stabilize the bench press. But you wouldn't be doing bench for your lat workout.--There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
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07-07-2008, 10:26 AM #7
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07-07-2008, 10:56 AM #8
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10-10-2008, 10:53 PM #9
try going right into a set of pushups after doing a set or 2 back2back of crunches, v ups, etc.....then tell me if that doesnt work your whole abs...infact after the pushups go right back into some crunches or w/e and back into pushups.
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10-11-2008, 01:32 AM #10
If you wan't to get your abs in to better shape, then you should do ab exercises. Push ups and many different compound exercises work your abs, but you really can't say they'r effective when compared to ab exercises.
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10-11-2008, 02:25 AM #11
Yes
I think yes, pushups work on abs too... the major parts that get the benefit are the shoulders and your forearm but to a certain extent they do work on your abs.
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10-11-2008, 08:21 AM #12
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10-11-2008, 09:27 AM #13
Rectus Abdominis activation in the regular pushup is higher than in maximal squat and deadlifts by EMG.
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10-11-2008, 05:39 PM #14
Push Ups work your abs by strengthening your core.
One of my favorite exercises is doing push ups on a stability ball http://www.best-abs-exercises.com/fi...exercises.html
I like to do it at the end of my ab workout to really fatigue the abs.
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10-11-2008, 05:45 PM #15
Really all exercises work the abs and core. Push-ups would work them more-so than say curls but less than deadlifts.
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10-11-2008, 11:20 PM #16
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Yes! I did the p90x chest video and my abs were sore for 3 days after, more then my chest was...
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10-11-2008, 11:23 PM #17
yes, but not enough
like above, almost every exercise hits your midsection somewhat, just keeping a straight back.
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05-04-2011, 02:51 PM #18
part of my lower abdominal regime includes elevated push ups and they certainly work for me. As nillo says keep a straight back as if you don't it will have the wrong effect on your lower abdominal
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05-04-2011, 04:39 PM #19
Yeah, they do... but, you're going to need to make it significantly harder on your abs to get any kind of development from them.
Add weight, or modify the exercise. Or better yet, do other exercises for your abs.A man can only be beaten in two ways: if he gives up, or dies.
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05-05-2011, 04:09 AM #20
Leg raises don't necessarily target the abs any more than push ups would. Both involve an isometric stabilizing role for them. Leg raises would only be working the abs as a mover if you were swinging the pelvis up too. I don't know if everyone does that.
Planks aren't a good ab exercise? RVD likes them and he can do back flips =)
Which comes via the rectus abdominis amongst others (TA, etc)
This sounds like a misleading generalization. Activation would depend on intensity, and this would go up with heavier deadlifts or squats just like it might with various people's push ups.
Wouldn't it be easier to say that push ups / planks strengthen the core by training the abs?
No they don't.
That's debatable. Curls and deadlifts primarily rely on static strength in the lower back. A front squat or overhead press would be a better contender for a competing ab exercise.
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05-05-2011, 01:23 PM #21
i think pushiups are acutally one of the quickest methods towards firmer abdominals
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05-05-2011, 03:33 PM #22
One of how many quickest? With whom is the prize shared?
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07-18-2013, 10:11 AM #23
Push ups work great for your whole core if done correctly.
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