Push-ups, for more than just chest ? Options

[BlueEyezBlind]

What are the different types of push-ups? Are they just for the chest? I do the standard p.e. push-up and sometimes the one where u make your hands into a diamond. Are there any others and do they work back,biceps etc?

[largosama]

while pushups are good for your shoulder, chest, triceps and abs if you try hard enough, I wish you good luck trying to get to it work for biceps

[Trolling]

Dont forget pectoras and traps... Depends on how you are doing it ... Do pullups and chinups for biceps

[PingPong]

well.. iono about the abs.. haha

coach made us do 225+ pushups cuz coach wants us to train like navy seals.. cuz like he said "we are the toughest guys on campus" and cuz "wrestling is the toughest sport on campus"

anyways after doing that... my while upper body was soooooooooooo freaken sore.. cuz i was really outta shape.. my tricepts were sore the most.. meaniing.. i think.. that pushups mostly work out the tricepts? iono i could be wrong..

i didnt do the full amount of pushups.. i prolly just got to 210 or so.. dam that hurt..haha.. no one could raise there arms anymore.. which sucked..

[heyyfrankie]

the ones where you clap when you come up and the ones where you put one hand behind your back? that might work ...

[sm0kinm0nky]

iunno how the heck you do 200+ pushups but at gym i do standard and diamond, my friends brother whos a marine told us to do this pushup where like you make a fist and do a pushup that way instead of your palm on the ground

[racoons > you]

i do push ups every night. and my arms are growing. i am so impressed with my selfis incredible

and sit ups too

[wonmin]

well.. iono about the abs.. haha

coach made us do 225+ pushups cuz coach wants us to train like navy seals.. cuz like he said "we are the toughest guys on campus" and cuz "wrestling is the toughest sport on campus" 

anyways after doing that... my while upper body was soooooooooooo freaken sore.. cuz i was really outta shape.. my tricepts were sore the most.. meaniing.. i think.. that pushups mostly work out the tricepts? iono i could be wrong..

i didnt do the full amount of pushups.. i prolly just got to 210 or so.. dam that hurt..haha.. no one could raise there arms anymore.. which sucked..

225 pushups at once? it would still be hard to believe even if you said 10 rest after every 50.


the closer you have you hands(triangle pushups), the more it works your tricepts.
the farther away you have your hands, the more it works your chest.

pushup is all about tricepts and chest.

[Caucasian Asians]

It actually depends on what kind of pushups your doing... Not to sound like a wiseass or anything but most of the people i've met dont really know how to do affective pushups...
Depends on what your trying to accomplish too. If you just want a toned body than just do as much of what your doing right now as you can.
If you want bigger bulgier muscles than I suggest the Military Pushups
Military Pushups - Keep arms completely straight from your shoulders to the ground and keep back straight...
If you want to allout slotter the fat and have your muscles overtake your body than just do Diamond Pushups. I'm sure you've heard of those before so i'm not going to explain it. If you've basically mastered all of these than I suggest you get some weights and place them in a backpack while doing pushups to increase intensity of the excersize...

[Mireh]

they work out your arms, shoulders, and abs.

as for different types of pushups, idk

o.o;

[*salcha*]

ONE HANDED PUSHUPS!!!!!!!!!

[jaeman]

Knuckle push ups, thumb push ups, and anything else that you can think of!

[sportschick1]

One handed pushups, clap push ups, pushups when you go down and push up you push your whole body off the floor including your feet where your entire body is off the ground and then clap pushups behind the back (extremly hard, only seen 1 person ever do these) then you got your diamond, your knucle, then take dumbbells and then put your hands on the them and dp pushups, you can elevate your feet works different muscles, just getcreative, you can do wall pushups, then handstand pushups

[largosama]

one handed push ups are hard

[*krnxswat*]

one handed push ups are hard

Not really. All you need to do is practice alot and you'll eventually get the hang of it.

[learninghowtofal...]

yeah push ups work your back, chest, shoulders, and arms.

[Levy2k6]

man, ya talking about 200+ pushups.. i can barely do 17 in a minute.. haha. i need more upper body strenght.. im better with running and sits up tho.

[soulless727]

im sure it helps other things.....and there are other ways to do them...like the one handed or two handed and push up and clap.......wish i could do that...

[miss barnes]

pushups are for the arms dearie

[iliang86]

i usually do pushups to work out my chest and triceps

[Soleil]

Its for your arms and some muscles in your gluttes and legs as well as chest.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

It you want some bigger pecs, do some Spread Eagles.

[shesnothxc]

for basketball you can do one-armed push ups that help a lot.
if its to hard to do at first you can try doing the push ups where you have one had on a ball and the other on the ground and then switching hands.

[BOLIN_Vee]

well i dunno how to explain it, u could find a step or a coffe table (a stirdy coffee table) and face ur back to it, then put ur hands behind u resting it on the step/table whatever, and keep ur feet straightend out. it looks like ur sitting in a chair or somthing...but do it...OKAY?? jk

[MrElsewhere]

^i know what you're talkin about. i think it's like reverse pushups or something.

Try elevating your feet for a more difficult push-up. Umm, like everybody else said, diamonds, claps, one hand, etc.

my friends brother whos a marine told us to do this pushup where like you make a fist and do a pushup that way instead of your palm on the ground

I heard that's actually better for your wrists. Must suck if they're doing those on concrete or something, though.