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Dalton85 · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 242

I was told that you are only working your chest within the first foot off pushing off, then after that it's pure triceps. Is this true?

If it is, does it work the same way for pushups.
So like if you're doing pushups and want to work the chest you should go up very far and kind of "bounce" up and down?

swanso5 · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:22 am Post subject:

yes i'd agree with that...the front delts also get a birth during the movements mostly in the middle range of motion for both

Boss Man · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject:

I would also concur with that. It's not somethign I've heard before, but when you think of it, it couldn't all be pure Chest the whole way, because if the Pecs extended as far as the Arms, relative and in relation to their contracted length, your Pecs might look like Bananas when expanded, if they could fully expand about 2 ft+.

So when you think logically, what you said makes some reasonable sense.

Also don't bounce up and down on Push-ups. If you do them right, you should have nice steady control, with about 2-3 second reps. Bouncing up and down, results in potentially quantity being more prominent over quality, and you may be doing so many Bounce-ups, you're paying too little attention to range of motion, and not taking proper advantage of all your reps.

So try to utilise good steady control, think about your reps from start to finish, and no bouncy bouncy.