pushups vs bench press

[pete89]

i know everyones proly gunna say bench press over push ups but i feel push ups have been givin a bad name lately and is the "forgotten" exercise. just wonderind what everyones opinion was. it seems more people i talk to today say bench press and older people like my grandfather who worked out 30-40 years ago say that push ups are the best exercise out there. i realy wouild like to know cause im also thinking of starting this 90 day training split but the only way the chest gets worked in this split is in variaionts of push ups. theres not one weighted exercise for chest. just pushups and dips.

[barraganap]

Pushups and pushup variations are great for working nearly all of your upper body. And I know that I may get flamed for saying a gimmick product works, but get the PerfectPushUp. The damn thing will have you on your knees in no time, plus it prevents there from being any wasted effort or energy.

[Burns23]

u cant really add weight to pushups

[itslocke]

i know everyones proly gunna say bench press over push ups but i feel push ups have been givin a bad name lately and is the "forgotten" exercise. just wonderind what everyones opinion was. it seems more people i talk to today say bench press and older people like my grandfather who worked out 30-40 years ago say that push ups are the best exercise out there. i realy wouild like to know cause im also thinking of starting this 90 day training split but the only way the chest gets worked in this split is in variaionts of push ups. theres not one weighted exercise for chest. just pushups and dips.

The key part of what you said was that people 30-40 years ago think push ups are better...a lot has changed since then and its been proven that more muscle fibers are recruited during bench press. This means that more muscle will be broken down, which leads to a higher possibility for more growth.

Push ups are great, but are not ideal for bodybuilding.

[pete89]

u cant really add weight to pushups

you never seen anyone put a weight plate on there back doing push ups? or someone pushing down on there back for resistance

[iam fuzz]

you never seen anyone put a weight plate on there back doing push ups? or someone pushing down on there back for resistance

I do this once every 2 weeks, but its not replacement to Bench Pressing.

Just add it in addition to your benching

-fuzz

[akkxn]

A few days ago I put all the large books I have and all the dumb bell plates I have into my huge school bag. Since the bag was ~30kg, i kind of put it on while sitting in front of it. Anyway, I thought I'd try a kind of drop set. First I would go to failure with the bag on, then i'd go to failure without the bag immediately after.
In conclusion, pushups are a lot more fun than the bench press if you get creative and you can do them everywhere. I also got a great worked feeling in my traps, pecs, lats, tris and upper abs the next day! Next time i'm going to get my gym ball involved in the pushup fun =D

EDIT: to answer the question though, bench press works my chest better than pushups

[Delgadido]

i still use pushups as a superset.

[Heartless]

are your ****ing kidding me?

[OutsideCenter]

I do raised leg pushups, i also might try the bag thing someone mentioned

[gupunkitar2004]

go pushups I got my chest pretty close to the size it is now with a combo of weighted pushups siper setted with dips. . . I recommend the power pushup 2 great product. I recently just bought it and I was very skeptical but resistance bands work surprisingly. So go PUSHUPS!!!!

[Toffee Nose]

who would take time to invent a bench press etc to then find better work could be done without any equipment

[benjamin88]

for building muscle > obviously the bench press
for muscular endurance and fitness > the push up

[/\/\ichael]

I voted bench press because there is way more resistanse used than doing pushups

[VeinMania]

I think both are good when used correctly. Bench is a good exercise and should be a mainstay but some pushup variations like the plyo pushup build strength and power.

[Quickshot657]

Both are very effective exercises, its just easier to add weight on bench due to there being a bar.

[pete89]

who would take time to invent a bench press etc to then find better work could be done without any equipment

umm well every product u see on tv for example to get good abs you need this ab lounge crap when you can get great abs doing normal curnches......therefore its not uncommon for people to take the time to invent soemthing that is more useless then the orgial way to do something....not saying bench press isnt a great exercise tho

[CJTEX22006]

Easier way to add weight to your back and not worry about it falling off.

Sand bags

Old Skool 8-)

Push ups FTW

[Bakerrboyyy]

Do fly then inclined pressups imidiatly after like a superset.
Fly will pre-exhaust the chest so when u do the pressups the myofibrilar damage is increase in your pecs.

Neither exercise is superior really just depends how you use them, because you can replaces push ups with bench.

[Muscle69camaro]

I voted bench press because there is way more resistanse used than doing pushups

by using the extra resistance (weight) your chest will grow much faster. I suggest doing push ups on one of those swiss exercise balls as a superset after some heavy incline bench.

[dagunna]

Push ups are actually better then bench press(I know it's hard to believe). A recent study has shown that push-ups activates your pecs,triceps and even your shoulders more then a bench press. That's why a guy that can do a lot of push ups can bench more thn a guy who just benchs and can't to push-ups. I have been doing push ups for years now, without doing any bench and the first time I did a bench press(a week ago) I ws benching 265 with ease. I only weigh 165 and benched 265x10(it's amazing I know). This fact and the study prove that, the old saying bench is better than push ups is false and an old wives tale, good luck and take what I said into account if you really want to get big and ripped.

[phillyfreak7]

Pushups and pushup variations are great for working nearly all of your upper body. And I know that I may get flamed for saying a gimmick product works, but get the PerfectPushUp. The damn thing will have you on your knees in no time, plus it prevents there from being any wasted effort or energy.

LMFAO





The answer is Bench Press and it's a no-brainer. I'm sorry but if you think push ups are better than the bench press you have 0 clue what you're talking about.

[BitterBlossom]

<3 weighted push ups