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5'8
too much
not many

im about
6'0
160lbs
20? maybe

but i decided im gonna try and do a handstand pushup last week, just to see if i can work my way up to one...based on my msn poll, about 13/14 ppl think ill fail miserably :P i guess we'll find out

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Originally posted by daydreamer 5'9 141 lbs 51 what are they good for anyways, what muscles do they target.

they target the chest, and the closer your grip the more the emphasis switches from chest to tricep.

dont do anything for your bicep.

6'1"
168
Last time I tried (flu rightnow not gonna do it ) was somewhere around 35.

Last time we did like...a real competition we did pyramid battle. We started with pullups.

a person grabs the bar and does 1. then next person does one. first person goes again and does 2. then 3. get to 10 and work back down the pyramid.

then we did pushups.

ended up being 70 pullups and 190 pushups. was a lot of fun

6'2"
170
25~

I havn't been working out for the past two years, and I have never been good at doing them

6'1"
193
115

I'm a bodybuilder for christ sakes...

Oh, and to the person that said the wider the easier - that is only true to an extent, you are targetting different areas of different muscles with your hands close or far apart. It may be easier for you to go wide however other people may find it easier to hold their hands an inch or so apart..

lol to whoever said they are boring.. i can do all of mine (70) in 1-2 minutes. if 1-2 minutes bores you, then i think you have the worst attention span ever. its fun to see how rapid you can get up and down. i dunno... to each his own i guess.

^the worst what?

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Originally posted by Trazedict lol to whoever said they are boring.. i can do all of mine (70) in 1-2 minutes. if 1-2 minutes bores you, then i think you have the worst attention span ever. its fun to see how rapid you can get up and down. i dunno... to each his own i guess.

As fun as the speed run might be, it's not as effective as taking your time (towards your muscles, that is).

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Originally posted by SAEBodybuilder 6'1" 193 115 I'm a bodybuilder for christ sakes... Oh, and to the person that said the wider the easier - that is only true to an extent, you are targetting different areas of different muscles with your hands close or far apart. It may be easier for you to go wide however other people may find it easier to hold their hands an inch or so apart..

generally i would expect the chest to be larger the triceps

yes some people have huge arms and no chest thats a fact.. in this case close stance may be easier but i would sincerley doubt it since even then you have to go all the way down with your bend on your elbow as opposed to slightly less than 90 degrees

its simple mechanics

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Originally posted by Nou Your now the most emo looking poster on TA. Gratz!

SCORE!

I was aiming for that.

5'8
200lb
60 pushups.

quote:

Originally posted by beats and beeps 6'2 127 8

do you smoke crack?

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Originally posted by Zenchowdah do you smoke crack?

lol

I've been lifting forever and ever and ever, and I've never gotten out of the 50's, although its never been a goal of mine.

5'10
168 pounds
low 50's on a good day

whoever said they don't have the time for pushups needs to be filled in: just doing 20-30 pushups before you go to bed or after you wake up will show dramatic results in just a few weeks. The minute or boredom suffered is well worth it.

in high school we were taught about this pro football player who didn't believe in using weights to lift, and did like 3,000 pushups a day, and he was a Big BIG dude.

5'7
141 pounds
about 70-80

5'10

70 kg

30-35 generally. I don't do them as quickly as possible. I go down, hold for a second and then go up. I target my chest area as much as possible and adjust my stance accordingly. and triceps and shoulders get a nice workout too.

Since when do pushups have a metric and standard property?

anyway

6'3"
180
35

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Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit generally i would expect the chest to be larger the triceps yes some people have huge arms and no chest thats a fact.. in this case close stance may be easier but i would sincerley doubt it since even then you have to go all the way down with your bend on your elbow as opposed to slightly less than 90 degrees its simple mechanics

NOT trying to flame here, but:

Try doing a few pushups normally, and then try doing a few with your hands AS FAR OUT AS POSSIBLE. I mean so far out that when your arms are near locked your chest is an inch or so above the floor. In these reps your arms are being bent ever slightly and your body is only moving a few inches. You'll find these NO DOUBT harder than normal ones even though you are moving the same weight less disntance (it's simple mechanics). The fact of the matter is to do the most possible reps of pushups you need to find the spot where you hit both your triceps and chest most efficiently and fairly. Some people with long and weak arms hold very widely. Some people with short strong arms grip very close together. The mechanics of everyone's body are different.

Oh, and it's not all about muscles size `(chest is bigger than triceps)`, it's more about leverage and how you use that muscle you got. My arms and calves measure the same circumference, but I can do calf raises with a few hundred pounds on my shoulders, but am lucky to do decent bicep curls with 140+ on the bar. . .

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