[quote]1morerep wrote:
bealedozer wrote:
Moving weight is moving weight my friend.
as i said earlier…not true. open chain and closed chain movements…big difference![/quote]
Intuitively i’d agree. Have i missed a T-Nation article on this? any other links to follow up you’d recommend?
Give me a break. When I equated the pushup with a squat, I;m referring to the change in recruitment and the act of moving your body in space, not the effect on the quads…its sad that that needed to be explained, but I suppose you weren’t serious.
YOu are right about the effect on your wrists, but the core staboilization that arises from pushups targets the WHOLE upper body (shoulders, back, pecs, abs, lower back) and brings more muscles into play. Yes youre not gripping the bar, but that only keeps the forearms flexors out of the equation. While not at the same level as dips weighted pushups will make a significant change in your upper body once you can move a certain weight. Also changing ther pattern of motor recruitment will accelerate your strength gains in both movements.
[quote]Tulkastaldo wrote:
u_mombooto wrote:
I sincerely hope you’re joking. A weighted pushup would involve a lot more stabilization.
not at all. The weighted pushup might involve core stabilization and such, much like the normal pushup, but in the bench press the weight is applied to the wrists, forcing stabilization of deltoids, pecs and triceps in order to keep the weight from crushing you.(or the weight sliding off if you’re one of those people who don’t use clips)
In the pushup, regardless of how much weight you use, you have a nice solid floor to push against,and your back to stabilize the weight. The stabilization comes then from the proximal end of your arms because the weight is behind you instead of in your hands. The support of the weight is more evenly distributed and therefore less intense.
While you equate the pushup with a squat, I’ve never felt it in my quads when doing pushups with 100 lbs. in a backpack, (unless you count the process of standing up afterwards.)[/quote]