For building up to a full push up, yes.
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For building up to a full push up, yes.
CT and his anti form philosophy
AquaCityBoy
Veteran
Samson's form is horrible. His back is rounded, he's hitched, and he didn't lock out half the time.
Pool_Shark
Can’t move with me in this digital space
I don't know what's going on with my gym, maybe it's summer and everyone's gone on holidays but it's been mad quiet lately. Went in at 5pm yesterday and there were like only two people in the weight room. Been like that for the past week as well. Not complaining though 
Push-Up Weight Distribution Percentages - All Things Gym
Push-Up Weight Distribution Percentages
December 26, 2011 By Gregor Winter 3 Comments
In case you wondered how much weight you move during a push-up, here’s a chart from Zatsiorsky’s Science and Practice of Strength Training (via).
“Percentages of body weight supported by the hands during push-ups at various postures”
Coincedently, Charles Poliquin also posted something about the efficacy of push-ups.
A new study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research identified the percent of body weight you lift with four varieties of the push-up. In a regular push-up, you lift 64 percent of body weight, whereas with a knee push-up, you lift 49 percent. If you’re new to training, performing the push-up with hands elevated on a 24-inch bench will allow you to lift even less than a knee push-up, at 41 percent of body weight. Elevating the feet on the 24-inch bench makes it harder and allows you to lift 75 percent of body weight, still not enough to elicit serious strength gains if you can bench press 225 lbs.
one scoop
I worked out yesterday. I did a 2 mile job and then worked on chest. It's been awhile since I did barbell bench press. I tweaked my shoulder so I laid off of it and did machine bench.
Anyway, I did 3 sets at 135 lbs. and wasn't feeling the funny pinch in my shoulder.
I've also been doing intermittent fasting once a week to get my weight down. I saw that I was good at maintaining my weight week to week but I was trying to go down in weight. So, with intermittent fasting. It's been slowly driving my weight down.
So, for I've lost about 8 pounds.
I also notice that when I eat the next day. I have diarrhea of both breakfast and lunch. It's like the meal took a zip-line through my intestinal tract.
Anyway, I did 3 sets at 135 lbs. and wasn't feeling the funny pinch in my shoulder.
I've also been doing intermittent fasting once a week to get my weight down. I saw that I was good at maintaining my weight week to week but I was trying to go down in weight. So, with intermittent fasting. It's been slowly driving my weight down.
So, for I've lost about 8 pounds.
I also notice that when I eat the next day. I have diarrhea of both breakfast and lunch. It's like the meal took a zip-line through my intestinal tract.
