Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Body weight excercises...

oh_rob
oh_rob
Posts: 29
Joined: 2003/11/26
Canada
2003/11/26, 03:31 PM
I was wondering if bodyweight excercises like pushups and dips help build up bulk in a perticular muscle group, or do they just tone and strengthen the muscle?

Cheers,
Rob
bowers
bowers
Posts: 179
Joined: 2003/04/13
United States
2003/11/26, 11:56 PM
No, they will not bulk you up. Bodyweight exercises are only effective to a certain point. In order to build mass you need to create an overload for that muscle which will cause microscopic tears that when properly nourished will rebuild hopefully larger and stronger. Good luck
nshewman
nshewman
Posts: 1
Joined: 2005/04/27
United States
2005/04/27, 06:27 PM
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::cool::cool::surprised::love::big_smile::angry::dumbbell::(:)
2005/04/27, 06:51 PM
nshewman? explosive diarrhea? of the fingers?

You need to continually overload your muscle fibers....you will likely continue to build muscular endurance without really building much power or mass....with bodyweight exercises....however you can stay in very good general shape doing those exericses...