Weighted Push Ups Vs Bench Press
A new study has just been published in the journal of strength and conditioning research 1 which compared the effects of progressive push up variations to the traditional bench press exercise for gains in muscle growth and strength.
Weighted push ups vs bench press. But there is one key problem with weighted push ups actually adding weight. Adding weight to your bench press while adding weight around your midsection means that you are simply improving your leverage to move another object. The battle amidst pushups vs bench press seems to have begun. Pushups with weighted vest vs.
But they also move the entire body through space like weighted dips. Weighted push ups vs bench press weighted push ups benefits. You aren t really getting stronger. Unlike other studies that simply used an increase in repetitions to gauge strength gains in the push up this study correctly used a progression of push up.
Push ups and bench press mainly do the same thing they target chest front shoulders triceps and lats in a pushing motion. In a study that compared the strength improvements of a 1 rm and 6 rm bench press vs. It s highly effective for building upper body strength size and muscular endurance. As long as you can comfortably get yourself into the push up position you re good to go.
If your bench press numbers are going up but your push up numbers are simultaneously suffering that s a sign that you are not gaining real functional strength. However charles bronson aka michael peterson former guiness wold record holder in push ups in one minute 118 describes himself doing 25 push ups with no less then three people with a total weight of 250lbs on his back plus bronson s own 225 that would make 325 375lbs depending on their position on his back no easy weight for that amount of reps good luck in achieving that. Weighted push ups are more of a horizontal pushing movement like the bench press. Here s why push ups are better and how to keep adding weight to the exercise.
The surprising thing is that the pushup could be in reality superior for full development than the the most popular weightlifting exercise. No equipment needed the main benefit to weighted push ups is the fact that you can do them anywhere without the need for a gym. The horizontal torso angle at the bottom of weighted push ups mimics the bench press. Research says weighted push ups are more effective than the bench press.
However when doing bench press the weight moves and the upper body is stabilised on a bench which makes it easier to focus on your chest and push more weight. Pushups on the other hand are often overlooked and thought of as a. Push up researchers adjusted loading in the push up via heavy resistance band to account for loading. Why are push ups.