What muscles do push-ups exercise?

Answer 1

Push-ups work out your chest. But, depending on the grip it will hit other parts too, like shoulder, and triceps. The different types and which part they work out:

- Shoulder-length grip: Your chest.

- Wide-grip: Your outer-chest.

- Close-grip (that forms a triangle with your fingers): Your inner chest, but, mainly your Triceps (the muscles on the back above your elbows).

- You can also elevate your feet off the ground, and this will target your lower chest. Elevating your upper body and doing push-ups will target your upper chest.

You should try to do a variation of all them, since, push-ups themselves are not as intense as bench-pressing.

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Answer 3

When doing wide grip push ups (hands are more than shoulder width apart) you work the front of your Shoulder, the Chest & a little of the Bicep, and close grip push ups (where your hands are closer together closer than shoulder width apart) works your Triceps & Chest

Answer 4

200 reps is overkill, 3 sets of 15 to 30 reps is good. the pushup doesn't develop the whole upper body, although a good proper push up uses muscles in the entire upperbody, it builds mostly the tricepts

Answer 5

Mostly chest muscles but also arm muscles.

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Answer 7

Chest and shoulders mostly. Arms to a lesser extent.

Answer 8

abs, chest, arms, core, shoulders and back