So it seems I use more Triceps then chest muscle when doing push ups, I can't seem to use chest muscles, it seems to automatically use mainly my arm, will they still tone my chest a bit anyway or no?
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Push ups
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it's better for your chest than nothing, but if you really want your chest to get big it won't be enough.i'm talking purely from personal experience as i don't have a huge chest (it's certainly not nothing) but nice arms from doing mostly pushups.
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Place your arms wide, and go deep into the push up. Don't fully extend your arms if you don't want to, and this will focus mainly on your chest.
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Is it possible that it's actually working my chest anyway, and my arms just get tired allot quicker then my chest?
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It's definately doing both, but your chest is much, much strongr than your triceps. So your triceps will run out of energy first.
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Maybe I was doing them fine then. I had almost completely stopped because getting angered that all I was doing was giving my triceps annoyance and not doing anything to build up my chest
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Doing push ups won't build up your chest at all, not unless you're severely overweight.