Ashtar
Mar-15-07, 10:50 AM
http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=fitness&category=muscle.building&topic=total.body&conitem=0fc69cf736b40110VgnVCM10000013281eac____&page=1&cm_mmc=FitnessNL-_-2007_03_13-_-Body_2-_-More_Power_to_the_Pushup
They're quoting Alwyn Cosgrove:
the pushup also trains your abdominals, lower back, upper back, and glutes
Abs makes sense and is common, but does anyone understand how the pushup works lower back, upper back, and glutes? I mean, if anything I could understand how pushups might work your hip flexors and quadriceps a little bit (by keeping knees and ass off the ground) but I don't get the other ones. Normally I'd dismiss it but AC seems to get a lot of positive talk in other places so maybe he understands some subtle physics?
On the third page, (http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=fitness&category=muscle.building&topic=total.body&conitem=0fc69cf736b40110VgnVCM10000013281eac____&page=3) they quote a guy with a C.S.C.S. saying that by supinating (though he doesn't actually use the term) your hands, pushups work your biceps instead. Excuse me? Does this strike anyone else wrong?
Beach Muscles - Dumbbell Underhand Pushup
Keep your legs straight. Keep your elbows close to your body. In the classic pushup, your chest and shoulders move approximately 75 percent of your body weight; your biceps just keep your arms stable. But when you turn your palms forward, a large portion of your body weight falls directly on your biceps, says Carter Hays, C.S.C.S. So you'll build all your mirror muscles--your abs, chest, and biceps--with just one movement.
So I'm thinking less about trying for that certification now...
They're quoting Alwyn Cosgrove:
the pushup also trains your abdominals, lower back, upper back, and glutes
Abs makes sense and is common, but does anyone understand how the pushup works lower back, upper back, and glutes? I mean, if anything I could understand how pushups might work your hip flexors and quadriceps a little bit (by keeping knees and ass off the ground) but I don't get the other ones. Normally I'd dismiss it but AC seems to get a lot of positive talk in other places so maybe he understands some subtle physics?
On the third page, (http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=fitness&category=muscle.building&topic=total.body&conitem=0fc69cf736b40110VgnVCM10000013281eac____&page=3) they quote a guy with a C.S.C.S. saying that by supinating (though he doesn't actually use the term) your hands, pushups work your biceps instead. Excuse me? Does this strike anyone else wrong?
Beach Muscles - Dumbbell Underhand Pushup
Keep your legs straight. Keep your elbows close to your body. In the classic pushup, your chest and shoulders move approximately 75 percent of your body weight; your biceps just keep your arms stable. But when you turn your palms forward, a large portion of your body weight falls directly on your biceps, says Carter Hays, C.S.C.S. So you'll build all your mirror muscles--your abs, chest, and biceps--with just one movement.
So I'm thinking less about trying for that certification now...