Push Ups

[Eddie1969]

So I have never been good with push ups. What are the most effective exercises to help me increases the amount of push ups I can do.

[Herzeleid]

Pushups.
you just gotta work on them, try weighted ones/incline/decline/ etc

[SteveCNY]

Originally Posted by Herzeleid

Pushups.
you just gotta work on them, try weighted ones/incline/decline/ etc

if u cant do them reg style, try them assisted, or put your knees on the ground and build strength that way,.

[Eddie1969]

I can do them I just wanna do more. I was told to do more incline presses and shoulder presses

[SteveCNY]

Originally Posted by Eddie1969

I can do them I just wanna do more. I was told to do more incline presses and shoulder presses

oh my bad. well i would say do some weighted pushups. have someone place a weight on your upper back as you do it. get used to doing it with weight, so when you do them without the weight, youll be like a piston!

and deff hit chest heavy and shoulders and triceps. those 3 are the main muscles involved.

[DJAuto]

Pushups are more of a endurance exercise. The only way to really do more pushups is by doing pushups.

Do 10 sets every other day. The next week, increase the amount of reps in each set.

[papi93]

Originally Posted by Eddie1969

So I have never been good with push ups. What are the most effective exercises to help me increases the amount of push ups I can do.

You get better at pushups by doing pushups. Grease-the-groove. This example illustrates pullups but you can subsitute pushups in its place: http://forum1.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=967733

[taipan_342]

If you struggle with push-ups hit your triceps harder in the gym and build your strength up in them, will boost your push-ups no end.