posted Mon, 02/27/2017 - 22:57
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Bench VS Push ups
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Peoples opinion on building mass on one side we have people saying the bench on the other hand people saying mass amount of push ups build a better chess
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Both are exercises in the toolbox of bodybuilding. Used appropriately they will both add to the overall shape and development of your chest. One isn't necessarily better, it is all how you incorporate them into your overall routine.
warm up with push ups to fail. Guillotine barbell presses followed by flat bench dumbbell fly's. Or reverse the order if you like with fly's first.
Stevebdumbbell bench press and wide grip dips
Neither!
what do you have in mind for mass in the chest
Dont get me wrong, they can be effective and of course are effective, but there are more effective ways of engaging the pecs
bench is good when you really learn how to engage the target muscle and keep it engaged the whole way through a rep range. Even more effective when people stay in the actual ROM, and more effective again when downward tension is increased at the top of the range (via bands for example).... but none of it matters if the muscles arent being engaged, growth will occur but nowhere near as much as is possible with real engagement
in my experience most people, including high experienced and big/strong people, dont get that right fully
I would suggest any fly-type movement is superior, dumb's, cables, machines with an inward trajectory etc. Its the inward movement or in the case of barbell/bench; inward focus (without actually moving hands in) that makes the difference
As for pushups, will never give your chest mass, but, and again only my opinion, the likes of plyo push ups can be a nice finisher for chest after a hypertrophy workout
close elbow pushups are great for triceps - they are just dips on a different level really!