how much weight is used during a pushup? reps

[Bigbruiser79]

i was wounder what percent of your bodywieht is actually be pushed up during a pushup. reps if there is a good response.

[Mikey1]

very little

[Jyzmastazero]

check this out if u wanna do full bodyweight pushups, its an exercise called the planche...

I def cant do it yet, but seems sick.

http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/229/

[mrdiaz]

70% with regular pushups

[braindx]

It depends on your center of gravity. Since the center of gravity in guys is higher up in the torso, that means the pushups will have more of the body's weight in them. Usually it will be about 55-70% depending on the weight distribution of the male (your abercrombie and fitch guys e.g. skinny people will be on the lower end of the spectrum). For females, it will probably be around 50-60%ish more or less.

[digitorum]

i was wounder what percent of your bodywieht is actually be pushed up during a pushup. reps if there is a good response.

Because it is a closed chain exercise, meaning the distal component of the lever doesn't move (your hands), this distorts the biomechanics as you pressup. It means the range of motion change decreases at a progessively slower rate the further up the rep you go because you are acting at a pivot, that being your foot. Therefore you start off like a bench press, but at the end it looks like you've done a decline bench press. This alters the percentage of bodyweight used throughout the rep and also muscle recruitment.

[massofgas]

Because it is a closed chain exercise, meaning the distal component of the lever doesn't move (your hands), this distorts the biomechanics as you pressup. It means the range of motion change decreases at a progessively slower rate the further up the rep you go because you are acting at a pivot, that being your foot. Therefore you start off like a bench press, but at the end it looks like you've done a decline bench press. This alters the percentage of bodyweight used throughout the rep and also muscle recruitment.

^^cliffnote version: gimme reps
i heard it was 60-70% of ur bodyweight. However it really depends. If ur one of those people who have a big upper body but chicken legs obviously the weight would be unevenly distributed to the front and the percentage would be higher.
What I would do is go into pushup stance over a weight scale