Why not just do the push-ups to failure but more sets ? Because the other workout seem like filler ? I mean work the other pieces of your chest with other exercises but if you’ve got enough in the tank why not just do the push-ups for the specific muscles that work that you were doing other exercises for? All genuine questions.
@@alwaysachance217 push-ups don’t target the chest as well as some other exercises can do. He is just doing them to give his chest a last hit to ensure he killed his chest figuratively. I do the same, but them with a narrow grip bench with a 2 second pause at the bottom, that really finishes of your chest and triceps after a nice push day
@@alwaysachance217well there’s only two pieces for your chest. The upper chest, and the lower chest. It’s important to have the mind muscle connection and work both past failure. If you go to the gym for a while then doing push-ups it’s going to take extremely long to actually get your chest tired. If anything it makes other muscles give up before the chest muscles so push-ups should be done as last sets so you are actually able to work your chest to exhaustion instead
I once complimented a guy on his chest, his face lit up and he looked very happy. Not long after I complimented a woman on her chest, let's just say she didn't appreciate it...
@@blury5730 my recommendation is slowly work up to them. The way you can progress it would be things like trying the push up on your knees. If you find any pain in your wrists, shoulders etc, then you should address those first as it’s gonna be so hard to do it with injuries. Begin by testing it out on your knees and if you can do that, then get into a push up position, and slowly gradually move your hands further and further back. So week 1 do push ups normally. Week 2, try moving your hands 2-3 inches back from where they were in week one (you’ll instantly notice the weight distribution difference as the lever working the exercise will cause it to be much heavier) slowly continue to improve while maintaining your shoulder health and wrist health. Make sure you’re properly warming up those shoulders with some dynamic stretches (arm swings, arm circles etc.) and warm up your wrist by giving them a couple twists, do some rotator cuff warm ups and then give your sets a try
@@blury5730 sorry didn’t mean to send you a book, just trying to cover a couple of the bases, I left out the boring science parts but if you wanna hear about them too I can explain
He might not have gotten his from push-ups, but I developed mine primarily from push-ups. It’s possible depending on your genetics to develop an amazing body with calisthenics. I used to train with some random guys in a park and they looked like marble statues of Greek gods.
@@bloviatingbeluga8553 I just meant they looked carved from stone but that’s a good point. For what it’s worth these guys were a bit more swollen than a greek statue in the chest. Wife a good variation of modern push-ups you can develop a great chest, even if it won’t be Arnold’s perfect tits.
@@crackheadengineering3716 pros and cons man. There’s plenty of people out there who would trade you genes in a heartbeat. Be proud of your body even if it’s not the dream body you want because it could have 8 fingers and no feet or a half a brain.
I like the elevation advice. I haven't done traditional floor pushups in years. I use pushup bars mainly because I don't like kissing the floor or hurting my neck by looking up
Rocking back and forth that far would bias the front delt more. I would recommend rocking a little bit less and wear a weighted vest. This pushup is hard and also relevant for experienced lifters
The weighted vest is an awesome addition but I'm not certain his version biases the front delt more. It certainly puts the chest through an even greater stretch though.
@@danielkrome6640 dude it will build you a big chest. Not directly but doing push-ups as a warmup can help with muscle mind connection and as a cool down can be a good stretch. Someone who hasn’t gone to the gym can gain muscle from push-ups and get a bigger chest because they’re muscles are under active. Push-ups are good but I agree it won’t grow you a “massive chest”
@@IRedBerryI I had the biggest chest for somebody my way back in school, and I never ever did weights and only did push-ups. I did do a lot of air push-ups and Planche push-ups as well though.
Please don’t do this unless your body weight is low relative to your chest muscle size and strength, most people are the opposite, for them, doing this puts huge load on shoulder joint and tendons, making you susceptible to tears which can damage your body permanently. There are many reasons why he have that chest, that risky exercise isn’t one of them.
@@rampage3337ong, the variation he should which he claimed “used less shoulders” literally uses more shoulders because his hands are aligned with the anterior delts and not the chest fibres 💀🤦♂️ it amazes me how stupid some of these “influencers” are
Once you have this wide chests, make sure to do incline push ups (where your feet is placed on to something high). Don't leave your upper chest behind 💪.
My only concern is the diagonal decent could create shoulder injuries. Probably good to not exceed your current flexibility which might reduce gains a little but prevent injury.
The Forward-backward motion of the push-ups he’s talking about really made a difference for me for a while until one day it messed up my shoulder/collar bone. Be careful and consistent with every rep.
@@rwiii5115well you see, just because you pull back your shoulders doesnt mean you disengage your shoulders. Then the added angle to the press leaning forward makes the movement favor your shoulders as that motion is much closer to the function of the front delt than the chest. Chest primarily brings the arms across the body and the shoulders primarily raise the arm vertically so making it harder by pushing your body verticslly compared to the arm position is all shoulder
That squeezing the back tip helped wonders for me. My arms always blow out before my chest can get a good pump during pushups. I’m gonna try this way tonight after work
I'm 50 years old and your pushup technique has developed my chest way better than I ever did in my younger days with weights. And this has happened quite quickly. I've also ditched the gym in favour of heavy bands at home. Maybe it's my physiology but the bands are working way better for me than weights. I think this is because I tan take on a higher load with less risk of injury. Thanks for helping us older blokes too who don't have access to a gym.
When i first started losing weight i started with just pushups in my room, doing different variations to increase difficulty and man when i got down to the weight i wanted my chest was notably more defined
I heard a male gymnast once say just turning your hands inward like a handspring will give you tremendous results since your pushing for power that way. Those dudes are also the most jacked so makes sense
What does age have to do with it I’m sorry but doesn’t come of right, especially since this dude is def younger than you and def more well built. And trying to go for really hard progressions such as Macklemore push ups are unnecessary because they can easily lead to injury. if you wanna build finger strength and forearm/wrist strength by doing knuckle pushups sorry to tell you but theres better exercises with wayy lest risk of injury.
Pro tip from a former competitive bodybuilder....the pec is not a pushing muscle, it is an adductor and meant for pulling across the front of tge torso. Push-ups work the anterior head of the delts and the triceps
When I workout I always get compliments on my chest and I credit push-ups as being one of the main contributors to it. However, I advise people to also assure that they do a lot of chest stretches throughout their day as tight pectoral muscles can contribute to ‘rounded-shoulders’. So daily, I would stretch my chest, holding each stretch for about 30 seconds and repeating several times.
@@Novastralyn either go to a door and put your hands on the edges of the door frame like you gonna do a push up standing. Push your chest forward while your hands still in the edges and hold for a while . Like 10 or 20 or whatever seconds you want and do it for whatever reps you want Or just do a push up but go down as far as you can and hold for sometime Or do the side puch ups where you bend one arm like you gonna do a normal puch up but the other hand is stretched , you switch from side to side ( if you don't understand just look up something else) If you don't understand what i say am sorry cuz English isn't my first language but i wanted to help lmao
Now THAT is a good comment! So many muscular guys with round shoulders and hunched postures, sometimes it's ridiculous. Telling one them would get me in trouble since I'm skinny. I do the occasional push up campaign, but it hurts my shoulder joint, guess at 50+ one needs to stick to lighter stuff like knee push ups or elevating those handles more.
@@Novastralyn Just as RED SEC mentioned, you can hold on to a door frame or a bar with your hand, arm straight, and pivot your body until it stretches your chest. I hold the stretch for about 20-30 seconds, then the same for the other arm. I repeat this a few times. When you stretch one side, pay attention to how ‘free’ your chest feels in comparison to the other side. My chiropractor also gave me this routine. Being that I was an avid gym goer at the time, he told me to do half the amount of workouts I do on my chest in comparison to my back. This however was specific to me and my situation. Ultimately, it was to highlight that tight pectoral muscles pull the body inwards, while strong back muscles pull the body backwards.
Good tips, but I like to only squeeze the shoulderblades at the bottom, and push them forward athe top. This ensures serratus anterior recruitment which is a difficult muscle to train with other movements.
Yeaaaa i wish i knew this sooner, a bit while back i wanted to see what pushups could really do for me, so i just cranked out hundreds for months and it was good for arms, but i only saw little chest growth.
There's "cranking out hundreds of pushups" then there's "cranking out hundreds of pushups EFFECTIVELY"...2 different things. For instance, a standard 5 sets of 10 doesn't really do shih, but promote ALOT of *junk volume* INSTEAD of *effective reps* . The Grease the groove method is really only good for building Neuro kinetics and strength gains, but won't do SHIH for muscular hypertrophy and aesthetic gains. I like using Rest-Pause sets with SLOW(3-5second count) eccentrics til failure. Do about 5 sets of these and watch how your strength AND aesthetic go through the roof. WHY!?! Simple, bc you're effectively increasing both *Time under Tension* AND *Effective Reps* simultaneously 👀👀💯💯💯💯💯💪🏾🧔🏾♂️
@@Redditor6079he artificially increased the range of movement with dumbbells, which isn't bad, but adding in the forward leaning movement on top of that does make it bad.
hey dylan i watched the motivation video you posted, it was great and even the haters were there, thats how you know it was great! keep up the solid work ethic, it will take you far
Sorry, they're for your triceps. To do upper chest I do inclined pushup (like against the bench or something) and shift my feet back slightly so that when I go down my hand touches my shoulder
Yes. However, DON’T take his advice of rocking forward while lowering. This biases the front deltoids, causing fatigue before pectoral muscles reach failure.
I’ve been doing push up’s since I was little and always been incorporating it into my workouts I would usually do 120 after most workouts and I sprained my chest lol shit sucks having to wait for it to heal because I just love working out so much
True i hate injuries because it takes you out of your routine and if you cant get yourself to start again after time off everything can go downhill fast
I swear elbow placement is super underrated for chest day, i never understood how people let someone spread there elbows out when doing chest knowing there using mainly shoulders at tht point, every time i tuck my elbows in it targets my chest like nothing else
@@ArchyPoppy gotta lower the weight, ik it seems like a bitch move but anyone who isn’t ignorant understands, ive seen big dudes dumbbell curl 25lbs but they do it with slow n control form n mind muscle connection n idk how to explain it but it just hits the muscle differently vs when ur using mainly momentum
Lol what are you talking about, chest is targetted more by flaring elbows out, not tucking them in. People tuck them in during presses for shoulder health
@@ArchyPoppy Do knees on the floor if its too hard. Don't be ashamed of yourself man, the weakness means you have a road for progress. Do it with knees on the floor, progress step by step and eventually normal push ups will be a breeze.
@@ABC-ik9vj Its not a waste of time. For example I do incline dumbbell press, or flat dumbbell press, and its good for my stabilizer muscles overall. I dont benchpress, because its not worth it imo. Just look at the safer options, and make it as simple and basic as possible and the gym is great. Honestly. Hybrid calisthenics and dumbbell exercises might be a good option too since thats all youll ever need.
I recommend tightening your glutes and going slow on the way down instead rocking back and fourth you will feel your chest more and reach failure with less reps.
The problem is not pushup. The reason why a lot of people don't get gains from pushups is because they dont the squeeze of the chest at top. And also people are not using the chest muscle the let the shoulders and arms do most of the work. Specially if you are not even squeezing out at the top. Edit: I'm definitely trying this technique, it does look like the chest muscle is more isolated. Thank you for the tip!!
This is true. Several fitness things I've read agree that push-ups are really about all you need, and they all give different variations and one of them gave like 10 different variations you could do to stress different muscles.
I saw a guy that only had a big chest. It looked weird but he said he was Army and that’s what did it. From push-ups. Met him at a bar so I still don’t know
as a female chest expert, I can explain that the 'rocking forward' works because your 'pecs' (pectoralis major) are actually multiple 'heads' (similar to the three main heads of the Deltoids, the 'shoulder muscles' aka Delts) - although back when I was bodybuilding in the 80s it was just thought of as two 'heads' - the upper and the lower. Doing reps that angled your fists up at about 45 degrees (towards your forehead) worked the upper pecs more [eg. Incline Presses/Flys] and doing reps that pushed downwards at about 45 degrees (your fists moving more towards your solar plexus or stomach) worked the lower pecs more [eg. Cable Flys]. Even Mr.Ferrigno and Arnie spoke of this in magazines like Muscle And Fitness. Great advice, wtg
I've been working out for 8 months and i am impressed by my chest development which is all thanks to push ups. If i were to add one small tip to the ones you gave, start doing them with extra weight to keep you in 8-12 rep range
there’s so many obnoxious haters in this fitness industry and we should do something about it. people are just rude and hateful for no reason. Love you dylan
100%! I am yet to see anyone do push-ups at my gym. Towards the end of my workout, I always do incline, decline, standard and finish off with iso-lateral flys past midline with a good stretch in between.
I usually do a few burnout sets to failure to get my chest pumped up with a lot of blood and then a few more sets at full range of motion bruh when I’m done I swear it feels like my chest is going to rip open
well done dude, you really done the best of you!!! great tips by the way ,i know trainings a lot and i will add this one thanks!! now i love your channel!
Where are they rated? I'm looking to change up my routine and I would like to see a rating of all the different exercises so that I will know what is best.
Push ups are severely underrated and that’s why I include them in my workout program! You can find it here 👉🏼 dylansprogram.com
How long have you been doing push-ups like this commitment wise.
Hell yeah bro. Those pecs are lookin solid. I'm definitely gonna make a chest day, and start doin these. Big 👍
@@Galactic_fart_sniffera tik toker: that's what the himster said😏:
Your chest is like a baloon
Cool!
Now, how do I pump it up?
With air?😏
I end every chest workout with 2 sets of push-ups to failure. It ensures that my pecs are 100% maxed out and produces insane pumps.
Why not just do the push-ups to failure but more sets ? Because the other workout seem like filler ? I mean work the other pieces of your chest with other exercises but if you’ve got enough in the tank why not just do the push-ups for the specific muscles that work that you were doing other exercises for? All genuine questions.
Probably not necessary but okay…
@@alwaysachance217 push-ups don’t target the chest as well as some other exercises can do. He is just doing them to give his chest a last hit to ensure he killed his chest figuratively. I do the same, but them with a narrow grip bench with a 2 second pause at the bottom, that really finishes of your chest and triceps after a nice push day
@@alwaysachance217well there’s only two pieces for your chest. The upper chest, and the lower chest. It’s important to have the mind muscle connection and work both past failure. If you go to the gym for a while then doing push-ups it’s going to take extremely long to actually get your chest tired. If anything it makes other muscles give up before the chest muscles so push-ups should be done as last sets so you are actually able to work your chest to exhaustion instead
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“Can I squeeze it?” 💀
That's step 4 bro 💪
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I once complimented a guy on his chest, his face lit up and he looked very happy.
Not long after I complimented a woman on her chest, let's just say she didn't appreciate it...
Women ☕️
@@smartgamer5142woman 🗿☕
they just mad men got muscle in their chest and they got fat ☕️
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@@JoeBlobA yes
For anyone wondering the last push-up he showed was a planche push-up, and they’re extremely hard on your shoulders so be cautious with those
That's the first thing I thought when looking at that. There's no way i'm doing those.
its so bad for the shoulders if you haven't built up the flexibility or strength to comfortably handle them they'll ruin your shoulders@@kuunami
@@comical98so just elevate your hands? when can I try to do these?
@@blury5730 my recommendation is slowly work up to them. The way you can progress it would be things like trying the push up on your knees. If you find any pain in your wrists, shoulders etc, then you should address those first as it’s gonna be so hard to do it with injuries. Begin by testing it out on your knees and if you can do that, then get into a push up position, and slowly gradually move your hands further and further back. So week 1 do push ups normally. Week 2, try moving your hands 2-3 inches back from where they were in week one (you’ll instantly notice the weight distribution difference as the lever working the exercise will cause it to be much heavier) slowly continue to improve while maintaining your shoulder health and wrist health. Make sure you’re properly warming up those shoulders with some dynamic stretches (arm swings, arm circles etc.) and warm up your wrist by giving them a couple twists, do some rotator cuff warm ups and then give your sets a try
@@blury5730 sorry didn’t mean to send you a book, just trying to cover a couple of the bases, I left out the boring science parts but if you wanna hear about them too I can explain
"Pushups can be a great exercise for chest if you modify them until they're dips"
Can you post a video with your tips please
@@showbread9366 wtf
@@Person-lk1vs ftw
Lmao my thoughts exactly!
@@showbread9366 w
“I’ve been doing traditional chest workouts at the gym for years but let me tell you how doing a push-up can get you a chest like mine” 🤣
He might not have gotten his from push-ups, but I developed mine primarily from push-ups. It’s possible depending on your genetics to develop an amazing body with calisthenics. I used to train with some random guys in a park and they looked like marble statues of Greek gods.
@@aaronlegend14 greek gods have small chests because they models the sculptures were based on used push-ups...
@@bloviatingbeluga8553 I just meant they looked carved from stone but that’s a good point. For what it’s worth these guys were a bit more swollen than a greek statue in the chest. Wife a good variation of modern push-ups you can develop a great chest, even if it won’t be Arnold’s perfect tits.
@@aaronlegend14 genetics fucked me over. My entire farming has a dad bod. We’re all cross country runners and run 2+ miles daily
@@crackheadengineering3716 pros and cons man. There’s plenty of people out there who would trade you genes in a heartbeat. Be proud of your body even if it’s not the dream body you want because it could have 8 fingers and no feet or a half a brain.
I like the elevation advice. I haven't done traditional floor pushups in years. I use pushup bars mainly because I don't like kissing the floor or hurting my neck by looking up
If you look up your form will suffer and you'll gain neck problems, look down.
Never look up
I'm always hitting the floor with my nose 😂
Why are you looking up?
"can I squeeze it?" must be the most relatable quote each & every one of us thought
Rocking back and forth that far would bias the front delt more. I would recommend rocking a little bit less and wear a weighted vest. This pushup is hard and also relevant for experienced lifters
Who
Yeah. Thats the problem with influencers... They think they know how to train
The weighted vest is an awesome addition but I'm not certain his version biases the front delt more. It certainly puts the chest through an even greater stretch though.
@@joeberger3441 his final looks like a psudo push up
Guess what muscle group that type of push up trains ?
The front delts
@@bahandplays8373 But that's what he said
It’s good to hear someone else talking good about push-ups
It won't build u a big chest. Never.
@@danielkrome6640 it could, if you did adequate progressive overload with weighted push ups. But why would you. Just use bench.
@@danielkrome6640 cap, it worked. 😂
@@danielkrome6640 dude it will build you a big chest. Not directly but doing push-ups as a warmup can help with muscle mind connection and as a cool down can be a good stretch.
Someone who hasn’t gone to the gym can gain muscle from push-ups and get a bigger chest because they’re muscles are under active. Push-ups are good but I agree it won’t grow you a “massive chest”
@@IRedBerryI I had the biggest chest for somebody my way back in school, and I never ever did weights and only did push-ups. I did do a lot of air push-ups and Planche push-ups as well though.
Please don’t do this unless your body weight is low relative to your chest muscle size and strength, most people are the opposite, for them, doing this puts huge load on shoulder joint and tendons, making you susceptible to tears which can damage your body permanently.
There are many reasons why he have that chest, that risky exercise isn’t one of them.
"If you perform a push up correctly..."
"Normal push ups suck..."
"Do these push ups that I made up..."
Getting a lot of mixed signals here.😂
the usual from these influencers that think they know shit.
@@rampage3337ong, the variation he should which he claimed “used less shoulders” literally uses more shoulders because his hands are aligned with the anterior delts and not the chest fibres 💀🤦♂️
it amazes me how stupid some of these “influencers” are
Thats what im saying do normal pushups really suck? im kinda new to this and dont how to properly perform one now i guess
I already have a shit ton of stress in my chest from anxiety
Don’t think that’ll help lol
U need to get pumped up
@@jblah1 it is
soft
You need to get sleep
Bro is flexing 'till failure... 😭☠️
If he was u would be able to see his chest muscles since hes lean but you cant so hes clearly not
@@randomnameg4041 what
@@rei.of.sunshine he’s talking about the muscle striations
@@rei.of.sunshine when he flexes u can tell bc the separation in the upper chest and middle chest
@@black_hammer2789 didnt know the name thank you
they way this dude says push up has me feelin stupendous
Once you have this wide chests, make sure to do incline push ups (where your feet is placed on to something high). Don't leave your upper chest behind 💪.
My dear that's called decline push ups where your feet are on some thing
"No, mom, I'm *not* _fucking_ the floor."
im concerned your mum doesnt know what a pushup is
@@Blurr1d0.Im more concerned why his mom even thought that in the first place.
@@sirkermitthefirstoffrogeth9622this insinuates that he was at one point fcking the floor
@@matthewcaimbeul8722 poor floor
@@yesntyesnt #JUSTICEFORFLOOR
Thanks for the solid advice
looking strong kid , your right
My only concern is the diagonal decent could create shoulder injuries. Probably good to not exceed your current flexibility which might reduce gains a little but prevent injury.
And wrist injuries.
It's all good when your 19 like this guy lol. Also git gud 😂
@@heetsees he's prob still causing damage that will surface yrs later
Right. I was thinking that same thing. I used to do push-ups like that too, and now my shoulders and collar bones are always tight and clicking.
This is just a form of a stupid looking dip
The Forward-backward motion of the push-ups he’s talking about really made a difference for me for a while until one day it messed up my shoulder/collar bone. Be careful and consistent with every rep.
you should use that advice with every excercise. bad form even with light weight can destroy joints.
I was watching the video and saidto myself. That will cause major shoulder problems
I knew there was something dangerous about this workout. Back to normal pushups. "If it's not broken and works, don't fix it."
@@Sergmanny46 facts, sometimes it's best to stick to the basics
shoulder-killer. Do NOT rock forward unless you’re in a band.
Bro snuck in ”can I squeeze it?” and thought we wouldn’t notice
Homie also got great chest genetics, look how full they are omg
My triangular pecs are envious but at least they help with trigonometry
This is great advise for push-ups. One thing you forgot mention is the trenbologna sandwichs between sets. Those really seal the deal for me.
Tell me you have a shit physique without telling me you have a shit physique
My man just activated front delts to a level 100
"My man" you dont understand muscle activation.
Yeah newsflash pushups are a compound movement
Everyone is suddenly a athlete
Yes, but also the chest too
@@rwiii5115well you see, just because you pull back your shoulders doesnt mean you disengage your shoulders. Then the added angle to the press leaning forward makes the movement favor your shoulders as that motion is much closer to the function of the front delt than the chest. Chest primarily brings the arms across the body and the shoulders primarily raise the arm vertically so making it harder by pushing your body verticslly compared to the arm position is all shoulder
This should be renamed to the destroy your front delt challenge
Yeah this guy is an idiot, plus he is on roids.
Dude, first video I’ve seen actually teach a good push up, looks clean, ima do that
That squeezing the back tip helped wonders for me. My arms always blow out before my chest can get a good pump during pushups. I’m gonna try this way tonight after work
It helped you even though you haven't tried it? Bruh, shut up
I would do this but my right side back blade broke- I guess. 😔
Why say it "helped wonders for you" if you literally haven't tried it yet? "Im going to try this tonight after work" 🤦♂️
@@Superterrestrial right lmfao
@@Superterrestrial and it got likes 🤦♂️
How to fuck up shoulders 101: Follow that last step.
Maybe, but the ladies will love it!
For real my rotator cuffs are already shot from never working them out.
@@spillmill never do it for women that is very wrong
I'm 50 years old and your pushup technique has developed my chest way better than I ever did in my younger days with weights. And this has happened quite quickly. I've also ditched the gym in favour of heavy bands at home. Maybe it's my physiology but the bands are working way better for me than weights. I think this is because I tan take on a higher load with less risk of injury. Thanks for helping us older blokes too who don't have access to a gym.
Man's phsyque is godly
Chest is nuts good genetics
Deep pushups were what grew my chest a ton
I also added weight
This is a great bit of advice
Try Mike Tyson pushups, too.
True, my chest went from flat to one of those in movies using solely push-ups
No it didn't... Cool story fatty
I guarantee you didn't do your push ups the way this idiot demonstrated
And tren
@jeremy h u can get really shredded by just working out with ur body only and no weights, tren and a gym is not a necessity
When i first started losing weight i started with just pushups in my room, doing different variations to increase difficulty and man when i got down to the weight i wanted my chest was notably more defined
Thanks bro im working out for physique and sports but can't get to the gym on a regular basis. These tips help a ton!!!
I heard a male gymnast once say just turning your hands inward like a handspring will give you tremendous results since your pushing for power that way. Those dudes are also the most jacked so makes sense
Not like in this video then right?
Steroids..
Most if these people are steroid freaks
The most jacked compared to who? The world population? Because that would be bodybuilders, who do machines and db's mostly
Well I’d much prefer a gymnast physique than a bodybuilders any day
@@PapaBaush so would I
Coming from a 44 year old. Knuckle push ups and on the fingers work more than just the chest.
What does age have to do with it I’m sorry but doesn’t come of right, especially since this dude is def younger than you and def more well built. And trying to go for really hard progressions such as Macklemore push ups are unnecessary because they can easily lead to injury. if you wanna build finger strength and forearm/wrist strength by doing knuckle pushups sorry to tell you but theres better exercises with wayy lest risk of injury.
@@kesimukasa3621 keep crying
@@kesimukasa3621 one day you’ll see.
As life goes on .
Peace.
@@chocolatesquirrel2002 😂😂😂 who is you
@@mrbaktrak1181 I guess I will can’t argue with that 🤷🏾♂️
Peace to you too.
Blud is tryna take out the competition
Pro tip from a former competitive bodybuilder....the pec is not a pushing muscle, it is an adductor and meant for pulling across the front of tge torso. Push-ups work the anterior head of the delts and the triceps
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When I workout I always get compliments on my chest and I credit push-ups as being one of the main contributors to it. However, I advise people to also assure that they do a lot of chest stretches throughout their day as tight pectoral muscles can contribute to ‘rounded-shoulders’. So daily, I would stretch my chest, holding each stretch for about 30 seconds and repeating several times.
How do you stretch your chest?
@@Novastralyn either go to a door and put your hands on the edges of the door frame like you gonna do a push up standing. Push your chest forward while your hands still in the edges and hold for a while . Like 10 or 20 or whatever seconds you want and do it for whatever reps you want
Or just do a push up but go down as far as you can and hold for sometime
Or do the side puch ups where you bend one arm like you gonna do a normal puch up but the other hand is stretched , you switch from side to side ( if you don't understand just look up something else)
If you don't understand what i say am sorry cuz English isn't my first language but i wanted to help lmao
Now THAT is a good comment! So many muscular guys with round shoulders and hunched postures, sometimes it's ridiculous. Telling one them would get me in trouble since I'm skinny. I do the occasional push up campaign, but it hurts my shoulder joint, guess at 50+ one needs to stick to lighter stuff like knee push ups or elevating those handles more.
@@Novastralyn Just as RED SEC mentioned, you can hold on to a door frame or a bar with your hand, arm straight, and pivot your body until it stretches your chest. I hold the stretch for about 20-30 seconds, then the same for the other arm. I repeat this a few times. When you stretch one side, pay attention to how ‘free’ your chest feels in comparison to the other side. My chiropractor also gave me this routine. Being that I was an avid gym goer at the time, he told me to do half the amount of workouts I do on my chest in comparison to my back. This however was specific to me and my situation. Ultimately, it was to highlight that tight pectoral muscles pull the body inwards, while strong back muscles pull the body backwards.
@@gympath Great comment!
This is the first time I actually get a workout right, thank you so much brother
If you make the same video but instead for shoulders you'd be a beast
Dude these push ups feel so much more satisfying!
That's a whole different exercise. Thanks for the tip, bro.
“Can I squeeze?” 😂 ain’t no way someone is asking that lol
Boys will just squeeze them without asking
that was me yes
Me too
"ain’t no way someone is asking that lol"
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This is legit good advice. Rarely seen on here
Good tips, but I like to only squeeze the shoulderblades at the bottom, and push them forward athe top. This ensures serratus anterior recruitment which is a difficult muscle to train with other movements.
Yeaaaa i wish i knew this sooner, a bit while back i wanted to see what pushups could really do for me, so i just cranked out hundreds for months and it was good for arms, but i only saw little chest growth.
Maybe genetics at play.
There's "cranking out hundreds of pushups" then there's "cranking out hundreds of pushups EFFECTIVELY"...2 different things. For instance, a standard 5 sets of 10 doesn't really do shih, but promote ALOT of *junk volume* INSTEAD of *effective reps* .
The Grease the groove method is really only good for building Neuro kinetics and strength gains, but won't do SHIH for muscular hypertrophy and aesthetic gains.
I like using Rest-Pause sets with SLOW(3-5second count) eccentrics til failure. Do about 5 sets of these and watch how your strength AND aesthetic go through the roof. WHY!?! Simple, bc you're effectively increasing both *Time under Tension* AND *Effective Reps* simultaneously 👀👀💯💯💯💯💯💪🏾🧔🏾♂️
Leaning forward into it like that actually works shoulders more than anything
ik right?
The dude's chest looks jacked so maybe he knows what he's talking about.
@@garypulliam3740 yeah we're sure that nothing else is involved
Damn that chest is nice g
That moon face though!! 😂😂
Another tip is to tuck your elbows in. The easier it gets, place your hands closer towards your hips and eventually you can do a planche push up
Great way to preference the front delts over the pecs 🫣
Those angled pushups are also going to work wonders on the rotator cuffs so in time the arthritis is going to feel superb👌
They're actually healthier than bench because the shoulder is actually able to move naturally
@@Redditor6079sry but nah
BRUH I took this as gospel thinking it'd fix my shoulder cuff troubles!!
@@Redditor6079he artificially increased the range of movement with dumbbells, which isn't bad, but adding in the forward leaning movement on top of that does make it bad.
Is this type of push ups can solve my rounded shoulders problem? Is possible help me plz guys
Bro, you are JACKED, lookin aesthetic af over here.
hey dylan i watched the motivation video you posted, it was great and even the haters were there, thats how you know it was great! keep up the solid work ethic, it will take you far
Just imagined my shoulder exploding. 😅 Stay young as long as you can friends.
Doing push-ups as a sole chest workout has destroyed my anterior delts
Been doing this for a month now and it really made a difference and it made my chest stronger 💪💪
then what?
@@code8217 I guess he's happy 🤔
This really Helpful. Thank you❤
Bro I wanna thank you so much I did 5 sets till failure with the last rep being paused and I had an incredible pump you are a real chad 🗿
Totally agree . I get best pumps with just push ups . I feel it pumps the whole pectoral very well .
Last thing isnt necessary but is really good too. Built a chest in maybe a month with just push-ups
Dudes like this be roasting the og pushup
Diamond push ups help develop the upper and inner pecs a ton too so give those a try.
not at all. they are for triceps
Sorry, they're for your triceps. To do upper chest I do inclined pushup (like against the bench or something) and shift my feet back slightly so that when I go down my hand touches my shoulder
@@ethan986 LoL, do you even know what are inclined push ups for?
They are for lower chest & for upper chest are declined push ups
why tf is there a shitton of idiots everywhere with no experience spreading misinformation
Does this still workout the triceps too?
Yes. However, DON’T take his advice of rocking forward while lowering. This biases the front deltoids, causing fatigue before pectoral muscles reach failure.
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Yes ❤
It also works if you take steroids
I've been doing push-ups wrong , but it's been the 1 that he did at the end ... I always thought that's how you do it 😂
I’ve been doing push up’s since I was little and always been incorporating it into my workouts I would usually do 120 after most workouts and I sprained my chest lol shit sucks having to wait for it to heal because I just love working out so much
True i hate injuries because it takes you out of your routine and if you cant get yourself to start again after time off everything can go downhill fast
I swear elbow placement is super underrated for chest day, i never understood how people let someone spread there elbows out when doing chest knowing there using mainly shoulders at tht point, every time i tuck my elbows in it targets my chest like nothing else
Im a complete fatty i cant complete sets with tucking my elbows in its too much lmao
Every time I do pushups I fuck up my shoulders unless I tuck my elbows all the way to my sides
@@ArchyPoppy gotta lower the weight, ik it seems like a bitch move but anyone who isn’t ignorant understands, ive seen big dudes dumbbell curl 25lbs but they do it with slow n control form n mind muscle connection n idk how to explain it but it just hits the muscle differently vs when ur using mainly momentum
Lol what are you talking about, chest is targetted more by flaring elbows out, not tucking them in. People tuck them in during presses for shoulder health
@@ArchyPoppy Do knees on the floor if its too hard. Don't be ashamed of yourself man, the weakness means you have a road for progress. Do it with knees on the floor, progress step by step and eventually normal push ups will be a breeze.
these are legit. Been doing em for a month and a half maybe and my chest went from tiny to actually big
“ I get a lot of compliment on my chess “
I get lots of compliments at the gym from random people telling me that my chest is insane and when i tell them i only do push-ups they freak out😂
ONLY? THE WHOLE TIME? Why doesn't everyone do this?
@@ezanamedhin ikr
@@MHMD__ALI lmao same, I sometimes consider gym is a waste of time but I think I'm just new on the gym
@@ABC-ik9vj Its not a waste of time. For example I do incline dumbbell press, or flat dumbbell press, and its good for my stabilizer muscles overall. I dont benchpress, because its not worth it imo.
Just look at the safer options, and make it as simple and basic as possible and the gym is great.
Honestly. Hybrid calisthenics and dumbbell exercises might be a good option too since thats all youll ever need.
I recommend tightening your glutes and going slow on the way down instead rocking back and fourth you will feel your chest more and reach failure with less reps.
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That is peak body composition, holy fuck, it does not get better than that. Fuck me, thats awesome
u can do some good bodyweight chest exercises on the dip bar too
The problem is not pushup. The reason why a lot of people don't get gains from pushups is because they dont the squeeze of the chest at top. And also people are not using the chest muscle the let the shoulders and arms do most of the work. Specially if you are not even squeezing out at the top.
Edit: I'm definitely trying this technique, it does look like the chest muscle is more isolated. Thank you for the tip!!
This is true. Several fitness things I've read agree that push-ups are really about all you need, and they all give different variations and one of them gave like 10 different variations you could do to stress different muscles.
I saw a guy that only had a big chest. It looked weird but he said he was Army and that’s what did it. From push-ups. Met him at a bar so I still don’t know
@@TheCryptoKeeper an inebreated soul is an honest one
@@scottwilliams846 I don’t think he was drinking. Only me.
as a female chest expert, I can explain that the 'rocking forward' works because your 'pecs' (pectoralis major) are actually multiple 'heads' (similar to the three main heads of the Deltoids, the 'shoulder muscles' aka Delts) - although back when I was bodybuilding in the 80s it was just thought of as two 'heads' - the upper and the lower.
Doing reps that angled your fists up at about 45 degrees (towards your forehead) worked the upper pecs more [eg. Incline Presses/Flys] and doing reps that pushed downwards at about 45 degrees (your fists moving more towards your solar plexus or stomach) worked the lower pecs more [eg. Cable Flys]. Even Mr.Ferrigno and Arnie spoke of this in magazines like Muscle And Fitness.
Great advice, wtg
Didn’t understand a word but I admire your knowledge
I've been working out for 8 months and i am impressed by my chest development which is all thanks to push ups. If i were to add one small tip to the ones you gave, start doing them with extra weight to keep you in 8-12 rep range
How do you add weight?
@@spudboyQweight vest
@@Street-Savvy thanks!
greetings from Germany💪you are my motivation👊
Man it’s nice to see I’m doing all the right things on instinct .
This variation biases the front delts so much more than the chest 💀
there’s so many obnoxious haters in this fitness industry and we should do something about it. people are just rude and hateful for no reason.
Love you dylan
They’re hating because he’s basically advocating unrealistic outcomes.
Good thing I am seeing this few moments to my workout session for today. I'm gonna try this out. Thanks.
Jesus christ those push ups are deep bro that's insane nice work
You’re right. Some people say muscular people don’t do push ups because it’s not enough weight and can’t even do 30 of them
That last one will engage your triceps more, taking away from the chest isolation.
He’s trying to sell you a program. You won’t get a chest like his doing push ups. Flat press, incline press, a dip and your fine
where is the sales pitch
@@Kaphriel1 the sales pitch? In the comments.
Plus some juice. 😂
@@Setixir just showed up for me
@@Kaphriel1the sales pitch is his chest bud 😂
THANKS MAN ive been struggling on my push ups cus of my shoulder plates squeezing together now I can do it way better and more smoothly
100%! I am yet to see anyone do push-ups at my gym. Towards the end of my workout, I always do incline, decline, standard and finish off with iso-lateral flys past midline with a good stretch in between.
I dig it thanks. I’m 53 and getting it in my own body parts, that need help. You look like you figured it out. Thanks bro.
These are habits I started doing naturally while I was looking to make my push-ups “better”. Really cool to see them articulated out like this!
This helps so much, thank you bro
It’s like the push up variation where you place your hands closer to your hip
pushups were the only reason i was able to hit 225 on bench
Military press did it for me 😂
@@cj.59 military press is extremely excruciating yet underrated and it works the very very top of your peck which really makes your chest look full.
I usually do a few burnout sets to failure to get my chest pumped up with a lot of blood and then a few more sets at full range of motion bruh when I’m done I swear it feels like my chest is going to rip open
bro took reinvent the wheel way to serious
Nothing beats the bench for me
well done dude, you really done the best of you!!! great tips by the way ,i know trainings a lot and i will add this one thanks!! now i love your channel!
Weighted pushups are extremely extremely underrated. I do them as a warm up exercise on chest day
Where are they rated? I'm looking to change up my routine and I would like to see a rating of all the different exercises so that I will know what is best.
When I workout my upper body I do 100 weighted push-ups followed by curls or other exercises with dumbbells
@@bbthree8886 You said underrated. Where did you find the rating?
@@garypulliam3740 Probably meant underused or something like that
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