pushups or pullups
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honeybunch1
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No! Push-ups are very effective, and will do very well for your upper body as well as pull-ups. They are very much "resistance" exercises, even if you're "only" using your body weight. I've sworn off upper body weights for about a year now, and I'm not looking back.
Flys are what's called an isolation exercise, and is not as efficient an exercise as are bench presses and push-ups which are compound exercises, working multiple muscle groups. You would make better use of your exercise time doing compound exercises.
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Flys are what's called an isolation exercise, and is not as efficient an exercise as are bench presses and push-ups which are compound exercises, working multiple muscle groups. You would make better use of your exercise time doing compound exercises.
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honeybunch1
Cathlete
I got better results using bodyweight exercises, and those incorporating stability balls, medicine balls and Gliders.
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fit_fairy
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I absolutely love what pushups and pullups/chinups have done for my upper body. I haven't completely stopped wts like HB. But she's making a convert outta me!
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kathryn
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I think for the most part, push-ups can replace most chest work quite nicely (with the benefit of working much more than the chest). But I personally will not swear off incline dumbbell work. It's what helps me keep some fake 'cleavage,' and when I don't do it for a while (even when doing push-ups and other chest work) I see the difference (even though some say that you can't isolate the different parts of the chest and they all work together).
You can, however, do a type of 'flye' when doing push-ups. Get some gliding discs (or a plate on carpet, or a microfiber cleanin cloth on wood) and use one under one or both hands, sliding the hand(s) out as you go down and in as you go up. YOWZA!
You can, however, do a type of 'flye' when doing push-ups. Get some gliding discs (or a plate on carpet, or a microfiber cleanin cloth on wood) and use one under one or both hands, sliding the hand(s) out as you go down and in as you go up. YOWZA!
honeybunch1
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Converting the world one person at a time!
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fit_fairy
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>Converting the world one person at a time!
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LOL. You should check out Ross Enamait's book "Never Gymless" It covers a variety of body wt exercises. He took a whole 3 months (I think it was 3)and simply did body wt exercises to see if he would lose anything by not lifting. The answer no. He totally supports the notion of body wt training. He is a former boxer, now trainer. Doesn't box cause he broke his hand too many times. But WOW!! He has a litte training segment there that shows him doing body wt exercises.
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Catherine
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LOL. You should check out Ross Enamait's book "Never Gymless" It covers a variety of body wt exercises. He took a whole 3 months (I think it was 3)and simply did body wt exercises to see if he would lose anything by not lifting. The answer no. He totally supports the notion of body wt training. He is a former boxer, now trainer. Doesn't box cause he broke his hand too many times. But WOW!! He has a litte training segment there that shows him doing body wt exercises.
www.rossboxing.com
Catherine
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honeybunch1
Cathlete
I have his Med Ball book - I'll have to get the Never Gymless one - thanks!
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