Why is push-ups important instead of bench pressing?

Answer 1

Push-ups and bench pressing are both important. When a student wants to start bench pressing, normally I will ask him to do a test on his push-up count. Not to my surprise, many trainees can only do 3 or 4 reps... 12 reps at most. Push-ups in fact can be a prerequisite for bench pressing.

Push-ups are levered chest exercise.

Bench press allows you to add weights without a limit.

Since, we don't add weights when we push up, it's more of an endurance exercise, a trained person can do over 100 reps easily.

Bench press overloads you with very heavy weight, and this results in your muscles growing. It's a mass building exercise.

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For endurance training, push-ups are important.

For bodybuilding, bench press is one of the power movements and is very important as well.

^_^ enjoy your chest exercise

Answer 2

I think that it all depends, but the push-up involves more muscles and muscle control versus the bench press.

Answer 3

easier on the joints

Answer 4

depends on what your doing them for! different set of muscels! triseps/ biseps- all ways get them confused!