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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push ups

jnellie
jnellie
Posts: 924
Joined: 2002/02/24
United States
2002/03/24, 07:59 PM
do you get the same results from push ups when you do them on your knees instead of your feet
ltroisi
ltroisi
Posts: 764
Joined: 2001/11/06
United States
2002/03/24, 08:54 PM
You work the same muscle either way. Of course the stress on the muscle is greater when on your feet. If you can only do 10 by doing them on your knees, it is a great place to start. Slowly build up and eventually you can do the full body push up.

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There is no substitute for hard work.........Leslie
Philia2
Philia2
Posts: 4,078
Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2002/03/25, 01:46 AM
Also when you get stronger then put up your feet on a bench (and your head down). Do some push ups that way as well and you'll get great results for your upper chest.

Good luck!

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- Nina :o) La vie est toujours aussi belle.....
MuscleRage
MuscleRage
Posts: 203
Joined: 2001/12/09
United States
2002/03/25, 09:18 AM
There are many other ways of trying to make push-ups harder besides putting your feet on a bench. You can put your hands closer together, farther apart, or past your head(difficult). If you get really strong you can try these things called chinese push-ups. You have to put your butt in the air, keeping your legs straight, and then do a push-up from that position.